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Dare I ask... Favorite helo?

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 10, 2003 12:07 PM
Attack Helo: AH-1W Super-Cobras (a liittle bias but basically any Cobra)...Deadly
Medium Lift: H-60 Series...tough, fast, and lethal
Heavy Lift: CH-53E...They're fast and can haul a load
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Posted by tempestjohnny on Saturday, November 8, 2003 11:30 PM
AH-6 and OH-58 litle bugs witha big bite.

John

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 8, 2003 8:33 PM
Not being a helio modeler in the main I do however have a couple of favourites:-
Iroquois (sorry if the spelling is out) reason. One of them bulled myself and another operator doing forward control/relay from of the top of a mountain during a bushfire. We left our departure a bit late and it was only the choppers down draught that kept the fire away as we scrambled aboard and flew off to safety!
Bristol Sycamore......First flight in a chopper
Ericson Aircrane/Skycrane.......Elvis.Hulk ,Georgia Peach and now Isabel for all the work they did in protecting the state during the Bushfires over the past few years.
Also a BIG thankyou to the crews as well.
Elvis and Isabel arrived in Sydney last week for this season.
That is my list
Dai
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Posted by sharkbait on Saturday, November 8, 2003 2:32 PM
To Fly in order of smile thinking about them:
1 Bell 205a-1 (UH-1H) with or without a belly tank or waterbucket and that great noise - calm day no wind -35 C heard one coming for 20 minutes 40 NM -46 statute!!
2 Bell 206L-1 just a pleasant ride and good little slinging machine. Outorotates real well too!!!!!!
3 Bell 212 (UH-1N ) with the PT6- 3B engines especialy slinging over the jungle.
6 Bell 412 fast and a real stump puller.
4 As 355 Twinstar ( on fixed floats yet! just too much fun )
5 As 350 Astar ( Good heater but doesn't outorotate as well as the 206L1)
6 SK-76 A ++
7 Bell206B (Fun on floats too)
8 Bell 47G, G2 and G4A ( you always love your first !!!) agreat learning machine - got to drive one after 20 years and smiled for days.
9 Hughes 500D ( fun but cockpit too small)

You have never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3!

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 8, 2003 10:46 AM
Umineko, 'bout time you posted on the Forum. I see you joined a while ago. If you can, post up some pics of your Mi-24A in whatever stage you're at, so we can see how it's coming along.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 8, 2003 10:44 AM
SH-3H Sea King. It's just so darn cute.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 8, 2003 6:11 AM
kamov ka-50 werewolf!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 8, 2003 2:05 AM
The CHINOOK is my faverite helo all those rotors all those cargo hooks. one awsome chopper. Can't wait to see Panda's 1/35 CHINOOK kits It's gonna be great . marke
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 8, 2003 1:56 AM
The CHINOOK is my faverite helo, all those rotors, all those cargo hooks one awsome chopper. Can't wait to see Panda's 1/35 CHINOOK kits
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 6, 2003 8:58 PM
Hi all...

Just thought I'd add my vote... Despite the fact that there are some truly mean- looking and well known helos out there (AH-64, AH-1, CH/MH-53, Mi-24, Etc...), and some real sexy ones, too (S-76, A-109 and the HH-65 Dolphin)... My vote goes to the HH-60J Jayhawk. It looks great in USCG paint, and is just a damn fine aircraft. Besides, it's used to save lives, and that (IMHO) is a truly important mission... Not to knock the combat and transport helos, but something about the Jayhawk and its SAR mission appeal to me.

Brian
SJAFB
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 7:59 AM
Well I might be alone in this but my all time favourite is the Mi-24A. In it's time it was the Bogeyman to end all Bogeymen to any western armour crew and I think the old glasshouse canopy actually makes it look more sinister than the D,E and F model. My love of this beasty and perhaps the scarcity of information on it have prompted me to start scratchbuilding one in 1/25th scale... it's a big mother in that scale I can tell you.
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Posted by r13b20 on Saturday, August 2, 2003 8:01 PM
Well... since I work there... NO LAUGHING... Schweizer Aircraft Corp.'s 300C. piston engine, civil and (some) military applications
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Posted by UH-1V_CE on Saturday, July 19, 2003 11:53 PM
Well my screen name says it all! I get to crew UH-1Vs and UH-1Hs almost every day I
work. They are horribly reliable. Our helos were made from 1969 to 1974. I wish the army would put alittle more money into them. Our O.R . rate is higher than most blackhawk med units (so I am told by our pilots). We have a hanger full of broken hawks from another unit. The Army has extended the service life of the huey to 2008. You can't dispute it's success being the blackhawk was made to replace it in 1978. I will say that the hawk has alot more power, and alittle more user friendly. Dave
Crew Chiefs keep em up!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 5:30 PM
Hello all,
Being new to this forum let me join in with Davey5 and TeamTornado and mention the C(ivil) word.
Small: Hughes (MD) 500. D-version, Tall Skids. Like the one TC flew in the TV series Magnum
Medium: EC155. A beefed up AS365N Dauphin. Beautiful curves on that one. Ok Davey: I admit: I like the S76 as well.
Big: Both BV234 (civilian Chinook) and S64. To my knowledge Columbia Helicopters (Oregon) is one of the last companies with BV234's. And who or what can beat the S64E's from Erickson Skycrane?!

Gertjan



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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 7, 2003 9:13 PM
my favorite helo is the huey, it has been around for a long time now and still in use in all kinds of scenarios, in vietnam it had alot of uses medivac,gunship,transport. there isnt to many helos around that has that ability of use the hueys had since vietnam except for on and that is the blackhawk it is taken over the huey description but huey is still the favorite
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 7, 2003 10:40 AM
MH-53 PAVE LOW

Big, Bad & Beautiful!!

(Hope R-M won't sue me for saying that...)




"Plastic Good - Diecast BAD!"
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 1, 2003 12:32 AM
Well You did ask!! My favourite would be the Bristol Sycamore. Why? First helio I flew in. My wife says it should be the Ericson Aircranes Elvis Georga Peach and Hulk because the saved our house during the bushfires a year or so ago. Well the fires did get to within 20metres of the house so I geuss she has a point. TTFN Dai
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Posted by Duke Maddog on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 2:15 PM
I like the Hind as well, I have 7 built in 1/72 scale: 2 German, 1 Iraqi and four Russian. I have an Mi 8 and an Mi 17. The -8 is Russian, and the -17 is German.

One of the most lethal looking choppers I think is the KA 50 Hokum or the Mi 28 Havoc. I love the camo pattern on my Havoc. In my Marine unit, I have the AH 1J, AH 1T, and AH 1W in 1/72 scale. I agree with everyone else: it is an awesome looking machine!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 20, 2003 11:07 AM
theAH6 the MH53 and the Westland Lynx are my favourites.
I flew in a 32 Sqn RAF Gazelle once with a test pilot - i'll never forget that one!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 4:17 PM
In the weird and wacky category, I would say the Kamov Ka-26 (NATO "Hoodlum"), especially in the "skycrane" configuration.



dig those funky twin radials & twin counter-rotating blades.

B
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 16, 2003 8:21 PM
CH-47.....next question

"No Crap..there i was....1,500 feet, inverted, with a sling-load"

2 Burnin' - 6 Turnin'
Ramps Up, Ready In The Rear

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Posted by Cobrahistorian on Thursday, June 12, 2003 1:28 AM
Rdexpress,

I wasn't aware that the BT helo was destroyed. I know that the miniseries "Amerika" did use at least two similarly built aircraft, probably those used for the BT Television show that came out after the movie, but they could have been built later. Too bad that it flew so poorly, it certainly looked cool!

I've got a bit of original documentation on the Cheyenne and have spoken to a few guys who actually flew it. Impressive bird, but too far ahead of its time... Of course, I'm waitin for the Comanche... hopefully I'll be transitioned to Aviation from Armor by the time they're reaching combat units!
"1-6 is in hot"
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 11, 2003 12:37 PM
After all these gun ships, time to be boring:-)
It has to be the Wessex, worked with and flew in them. Very closely followed by the sky crane. What I wouldn't do to see one of those babies up close.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 8, 2003 2:37 PM
Well for me its the CH-47 C/E first one I logged many hours in combat in one the other is the Slick and N model naval version .We use those in Anartica with the C-130 VXE-6 Ice Birds .The squadron was decommioned in 2000. I have slung out many a down huey and snake. http://www.angelfire.com/ga3/BROTHERSinARMS/index.html ....... I guess they called us Salvation and homewardbound.....
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 3, 2003 6:22 AM
Favorite Helo would have to be a Mil-24 Hind. Is there anything cooler or meaner looking in the world? Hokums are cool too but still no Hind.
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Posted by rdxpress on Tuesday, May 20, 2003 12:57 AM
Here Again,
Late as usual! My fav is the AH-56A(Should be E or F by now!) Cheynne.
Flight wise it could do what NO other helo can do, would carry more, faster than
Cobra or Apache !
NOTE to CobraH, The Blue Thunder was destroyed at end of filming as it was not
cost efective to restore it to stock, and it was more dramatic to see it hit and blown
up. I didn't see Amerika so not know what was used. BTW the pilot that had to fly
BT in the movie (I dont remember his name, Sorry) told me it flew like a pig!!!
Good Hunting,
rdxpress
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Posted by gregers on Saturday, May 17, 2003 9:10 AM
Hi folks I know that i am in danger of being strangled with a flexi-file by the helicopter purists for this one but. 1 V22 OSPREY I know it's not a real copter by definition, but it is a rotery winged craft . 2 FAIREY ROTODYNE cos its just plain odd and if you have read my comments on another thread you will know i LIKE odd....Gregers
Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 3, 2003 5:51 PM
Sorry Guys, for me it's got to be the Bell 212. Huey with a spare engine. Worked on them in my time with Bristow Helicopters, what can I say, the ultimate flying truck!

Also worked on S-76A and A+, looks nice from the outside, but changing the mag plug on the main rotor gearbox is a true bitch of a job! About 1,1/2" of clearance from the firewall (not good for wire locking!).

Not to say the hell hole on the 212 is a barrel of laughs, especially when the a/c had been flying oil field support in Nigeria for 2 years (We're talking BIG bugs preserved in jam like Aeroshell 41 hydraulic fluid)!

Got chased across an airfield in a Land Rover by a Mil-24 at Redhill once, scary moment, but that's another story!

Beers,

Rob M.
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Posted by fuzzy on Friday, May 2, 2003 4:19 PM
Definitly the Huey. Lots of time crewing H models. What a view out the barn door in
the summer. Blackhawks are great but you'll freeze in the back. Attack helo favorite
would be the AH-1S.
Fuzzy
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 4:23 PM
Interestingly enough the Rooivalk is based on a puma.. Talk about unruly kids..
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