Another cobra question

judging from the the real-life photos they APPEAR to be some sort of shielding... I am not sure but in the photos they appear thing and painted black, no evidence of any instrumentation etc... maybe some type of pre-kevlar?

I know there are some Marines the in the Aircraft forum who were attached to HMM's that might have some experience with choppers.. maybe they can help you...

here's a pic of some:

Believe they are part of the armor seating for the aircrew
John
helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission

John got it right...they're supposed to be armor shielding. Usually they're black in the Whiskey Snake.

Yep, those are armor panels for the aircrew.

Here are some better pictures:



As you can see there is a panel on each side in each cockpit plus another panel attached to the canopy door of the front cockpit.