Posted: 2007-10-21 02:04
The Z-8A is used by PLA Army Aviation. The Z-8 and Aerospatiale/Eurocopter produced SA 321 Super Frelons are in service with the PLAN.77SiCaRiO77 wrote:better this one since z8 are only used by the PLA navy![]()
The Z-8A is used by PLA Army Aviation. The Z-8 and Aerospatiale/Eurocopter produced SA 321 Super Frelons are in service with the PLAN.77SiCaRiO77 wrote:better this one since z8 are only used by the PLA navy![]()
hey i love the bird man its great and its cool looking if it cant land good then we dont have to land this would be a great bird for the paratrooper kit every one whines about00SoldierofFortune00 wrote:Don't believe that ****. Talked to another Marine I know today and he said that that same magazine gave the thing a bad rap.
I actually got a chance to go under one last weekend and help hookup something under it while in flight and it isn't a bad bird at all. But I admit that I didn't want to fly on it even though they asked if anyone would.
But it sure is fast as hell when the blades go horizontally, even when it had a waterbowl hooked up underneath it.
A lot of aircraft have bad wraps at first, but if all the little kinks are worked out, it would definately save a lot of Marine's lives and also help get to place faster.
Are we getting a c-130 if so I think im ganna need some landing room to put that sucker down LOL[R-CON]M.J.Patterson wrote:no.. its a c-130.![]()
o yeah ,your are right . but mi17s are more common than z8s in the army[R-DEV]Eddie Baker wrote:The Z-8A is used by PLA Army Aviation. The Z-8 and Aerospatiale/Eurocopter produced SA 321 Super Frelons are in service with the PLAN.

The X-49A “Speedhawk” is an experimental helicopter currently under development. It is the subject of a $US 26.1-million U.S. Navy-sponsored project that consists of a Sikorsky YSH-60F helicopter modified by Piasecki as a testbed to test the “Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller” (VTDP) system. One YSH-60F will be converted to test the feasibility of VTDP under an advanced technology demonstration program. The YSH-60F is powered by two General Electric T700-GE-401C engines.
The demonstration contract was awarded in October 2000 by the Naval Air Systems Command to Piasecki Aircraft. Piasecki will install a lifting wing with flaperons and a vectored-thrust ducted propeller (VTDP), or “ring tail,” to a U.S. Navy Sikorsky YSH-60F.
The compound helicopter technology that will be added to the YSH-60F was first demonstrated in trials of the Piasecki 16H-1 and 16H-1A in the early 1960’s, when the helicopters were flown at speeds up to 225 mph (360 km/h).
The X-49A YSH-60F flight demonstrator will be updated with a lifting wing taken from an Aerostar FJ-100 business jet. A ring tail will also be added and the helicopter drive train will be modified to accommodate VTDP. Piasecki will conduct integrated tests of the modified drive train at the Navy’s helicopter transmission test facility.
The cockpit controls will be modified with the addition of a manual prop pitch override on the collective for the ring tail. This will be the only visible change to the aircraft’s existing mechanical controls in the cockpit. The other controls needed to operate the compound helicopter’s systems will be integrated into the aircraft’s existing mechanical controls to reduce pilot workload. Weight added to the X-49A YSH-60F will be about 1,600 lb (725 kg). It will have an unrefuelled combat radius of 1,411km following a rolling take-off, and 963km after a vertical take-off, representing a three-fold increase over the standard H-60.
As of 2004 the X-49A YSH-60F/VTDP demonstration program was being transitioned from the U.S. Navy to the U.S. Army.
x2robbo wrote:Thats the stupidest thing ive ever seen.
Superior Mind wrote:Wow, that speedhawk is awesome. But does it have enough advantages to see service yet?
british :LtSoucy wrote:Ya nad isnt it not widley used by American Troops overseas.(Not engough to get in PR atleast.)
And i dont beleive the Kiowa or Super Stallion are becuase there are no other clear cut MEC, Chinese or British helos taht could fill those roles for those factions.
Dan UK wrote:I WANT THE HERCULESE !![]()

oh noes! hard coding!Hotrod525 wrote:i want to seen the AC130 Gunship from Desert Conflict in Project Reality it would be AWESOME in Kashan :O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgMa_8bdiQY
'[R-CON wrote:M.J.Patterson;512441']http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY2sLl5pYGg[/youtube]
porn adds? -__-[R-DEV]Jaymz wrote:We're not actually going to use it but don't worry. There's still a lovely surprise in store![]()
I have to agree with Clypp, Time doesn't like anything about the military, any chance to do some damage to their reputation will be taken. I do have to point out a line from the article which puts everything you've heard about the MV-22 into perspective:'[R-CON wrote:M.J.Patterson;512428']Heres a thread that lists some more reasons why it won't be in PR...
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 82,00.html
One Third have crashed! Can you imagine if they tried to make the Harrier today? What sort of coverage do you think Time would give it? How about the F-14 which had its first crash on its 2nd flight?Like the AV-8, the V-22 is a radical aircraft crammed with compromises that may change combat forever. And like the AV-8, it may also kill a lot of Marines while doing little of note on the battlefield. Since 1971, more than a third of Harriers have crashed, killing 45 Marines in 143 accidents.