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                        Another cobra question

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                        supercobra
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        Posted by supercobra on Saturday, September 11, 2004 4:42 PM
                        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.
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                        Cobrahistorian
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Sunday, September 5, 2004 12:59 AM
                        Yep, those are armor panels for the aircrew.
                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 4, 2004 11:37 PM
                        John got it right...they're supposed to be armor shielding. Usually they're black in the Whiskey Snake.
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                        grandadjohn
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Saturday, September 4, 2004 9:04 PM
                        Believe they are part of the armor seating for the aircrew
                        John
                        helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Saturday, September 4, 2004 8:16 PM
                        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:



                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Bones-coa
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Savannah, GA USA
                        Another cobra question
                        Posted by Bones-coa on Saturday, September 4, 2004 7:30 PM
                        Can anyone tell me what the four indicated items in the scan are? I can't find them in my references but I also can't see what purpose they serve on the model itself. BTW, this is an AH-1S.

                        Dana F On the bench: Tamiya DO335B-2 with LOTS of Aires stuff (On Hold) Trumpeter A-10 with LOTS and LOTS of aftermarket goodies! (On Hold) Tamiya 240ZG (In work)
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