flyby_heli, I think there's a few firehawk drivers on the boards here that can elaborate, but I'd guess that it's being operated by a government agency under a restricted CofA, ie, not for commercial use. Similar to police forces using exmil machines.
Nick, do you mean to say that ballistic tolerances are outdated? I recall somewhere that the MI24's canopy can withstand .50 cal rounds? Are any western machines as tolerant?
As for the OEI performance on the BH, does that mean you did no OEI flight testing or performance charts at all? Is there any OEI transients published?
If a crew were to have OEI, do they just adjust the controls as necessary to maintain desired flight (pull till the Nr horn comes on
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