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Dave_Jackson 21st Aug 2008 17:30

Pictures of new stealth helicopter
 
On the ground
Hovering
High speed flight
Design team



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skadi 21st Aug 2008 17:37

...and this is the downwash::ok:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._DustDevil.jpg

skadi

Overdrive 21st Aug 2008 17:38

It looks too unsubstantial to me. It would make a poor weapons platform IMO, and no useful load.

Lt. Kije 21st Aug 2008 17:50

Maybe not, but that's not what a stealth aircraft is for. I was impressed. I don't suppose we can expect to not see it in action anytime soon.

S76Heavy 21st Aug 2008 18:01

Very useful force multiplier.

You put one in the area of operations, and claim there are 50..

Ian Corrigible 21st Aug 2008 18:01

Slow day, Dave...? :hmm:

:E

I/C

tail wheel 21st Aug 2008 19:03

New Stealth Fighter:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...lthFighter.jpg

Dave_Jackson 21st Aug 2008 21:57

Ian,

Slow day, Dave...?
Very slow.
It was either this thread or go out window shopping for a low mileage X2-ABC. ;)

Dave

Ian Corrigible 21st Aug 2008 22:39

Dave,

The X2 is so yesterday; what you really want is one of these...

http://www.adflightsystems.com/i/gallery/10029.jpg

(Methinks someone has spent too long watching Terminator 3...) :E

I/C

rotorque 22nd Aug 2008 10:38

I can't believe I actually looked at the 'in the hover' picture after already getting the punchline from the first pic ...... :p Very good Dave.

Heliringer 22nd Aug 2008 11:05

You should try finding one after you've tied it down for the night.

Anyone seen my coat?

topendtorque 22nd Aug 2008 12:34


You should try finding one after you've tied it down for the night
Or tied one on?

my brother told a top yarn from some time just after the first gulf war.

seems oz was going to be treated to a visit by one of these new fangled stealth F117 turnouts, so the local radio announcers kept saying.

Night after night it was supposed to turn up just after midnight. Of course in a place like Darwin the radio jocks could easily see the results of their guile. There they all were, hundreds of em, perched up on the end of Runway 11 at Darwin International, with kids, dogs, and eskies full of stubbies, the crowd just grew and grew.

finally, tonight was THE night, then next AM the radio waves were awash with bogus reports of sightings.

It was some days into April before most realised how they had been duped and some months before many would talk about it, my brother included.

SASless 22nd Aug 2008 16:02

Was not the venerable Scout helicopter an early stealth concept as it had to bit under the standard British Army Camouflage net? Surely they must have been awfully hard to spot in such a case?

It must have been a thrill to fly one of the things all decked out with the camo net and all.


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