I used to work on Cobra helicopters and we required that the blades rotate in order to fly.
Apparently these days they've gotten away from that requirement.
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on 4/29/2010 8:38 AM
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Dixie
says:
on 4/28/2010 at 11:21 AM
Russian helicopters-- so ugly, the Earth repels them.
Weer'd Beard
says:
also appears that with the main rotor stopped the tail rotor doesn't need to spin so fast!
I bet that saves energy! GREEN TECHNOLOGY! THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED!!!111
I bet that saves energy! GREEN TECHNOLOGY! THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED!!!111
Wolfwood
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I LOL'ed, too.
As ugly as they may be, I always thought the Hind (and the A-10) had a sort of brutal-scary beauty to them. As in, "Don't **** With Us."
As ugly as they may be, I always thought the Hind (and the A-10) had a sort of brutal-scary beauty to them. As in, "Don't **** With Us."
I don't care who you are, that right there's funny!
Dixie
says:
As ugly as they may be, I always thought the Hind (and the A-10) had a sort of brutal-scary beauty to them. As in, "Don't **** With Us."
Oh, don't get me wrong, I love the Hind. It's just that Soviet engineers seem to have taken a little extra effort to make their designs as ugly as possible.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I love the Hind. It's just that Soviet engineers seem to have taken a little extra effort to make their designs as ugly as possible.
Linoge
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Frickin' Ruskies - I just knew they stole a-grav technology from the Nazis!
That said, ever since Firefly, I have not been able to look at Hinds in quite the same way...
That said, ever since Firefly, I have not been able to look at Hinds in quite the same way...
Do not sell the Hind short. That is one tough sonofabitch.
Also as one here mentioned the Warthog is ugly until its beauty or armaments and maneuverability is needed by the ground forces
Also as one here mentioned the Warthog is ugly until its beauty or armaments and maneuverability is needed by the ground forces
Steve
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I didn't know you were a Jarhead, Robb. You're still cool, what with being an Air Winger and all. :)
Joel
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"Ask a Russian engineer to design a pair of shoes, and you'll get something that looks like the box they came in. Ask him for something to kill Nazis with, and he becomes Thomas Alva Edison."
- Neal Stephenson (paraphrased)
- Neal Stephenson (paraphrased)
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