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February 16, 2023, 06:26 AM
arfmel
Vodka, maybe.
February 16, 2023, 06:52 AM
pedropcola
You can only tie the record.
February 16, 2023, 07:55 AM
erj_pilot
Well first off, the moron filming should be beat within an inch of death for filming in gd portrait mode. F-ing IDIOT!!
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
February 16, 2023, 08:01 AM
architect
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Originally posted by erj_pilot: Well first off, the moron filming should be beat within an inch of death for filming in gd portrait mode. F-ing IDIOT!!
Cut him some slack, he didn't drop his phone right before the critical moment!
February 16, 2023, 08:58 AM
IrishWind
A few months ago there was an article saying the Ka-52 wasn't living up to it's promises in Ukraine. Looks good on paper. Looks better then a Ukrainian MANPAD pops it out of the sky.
Lord, your ocean is so very large and my divos are so very f****d-up Dirt Sailors Unite!
February 16, 2023, 10:18 AM
corsair
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Originally posted by IrishWind: A few months ago there was an article saying the Ka-52 wasn't living up to it's promises in Ukraine. Looks good on paper. Looks better then a Ukrainian MANPAD pops it out of the sky.
Unfortunately the Ka-52 is the most numerous shot-down airframe to-date, I think like much of this war, the crux is how it's used. If this war has taught people anythign (aside from having to re-evaluate how intelligence wonks compile their findings), any offensive on the modern battlefield needs to be a combined arms effort. Even in '03, the US attack on an Iraqi division in Karbala was a helicopter attack that didn't go as planned, forcing a change in how attack helicopters are to be used as a stand-alone strike platform in medium/high threat environments.
February 16, 2023, 10:48 AM
PASig
How do those rotors work? One spinning one direction, and one spending the other direction?
I think I read Igor Sikorsky worked with that type of design early on, but abandoned it because it was too unstable or something?
I guess the Russkies got it to work.
February 16, 2023, 11:06 AM
P250UA5
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Originally posted by PASig: How do those rotors work? One spinning one direction, and one spending the other direction?
I think I read Igor Sikorsky worked with that type of design early on, but abandoned it because it was too unstable or something?
I guess the Russkies got it to work.
From Wiki, on the Ka-50
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Like other Kamov helicopters, it features Kamov's characteristic coaxial contra-rotating rotor system, which removes the need for the entire tail rotor assembly and improves the aircraft's aerobatic qualities—it can perform loops, rolls and "the funnel" (circle-strafing), where the aircraft maintains a line-of-sight to the target while flying circles of varying altitude and airspeed around it.[12] The omission of the tail rotor is a qualitative advantage, because the torque-countering tail rotor can use up to 30% of engine power. The Ka-50's entire transmission presents a comparatively small target to ground fire.
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The coaxial rotor design provides a hovering ceiling of 4,000 m and vertical rate of climb of 10 m a second at an altitude of 2,500 m. The rotor blades are made from polymer materials. The coaxial-rotor configuration results in moments of inertia values relative to vertical and lateral axes between 1.5 and two times less than the values found in single-rotor helicopters with tail rotors. Absence of the tail rotor enables the helicopter to perform flat turns within the entire flight speed range. A maximum vertical load factor of 3.5 g combined with low moments of inertia give the Ka-50 a high level of agility.
I'm no pilot, but it sure looked like that hotshot almost put that chopper in the drink !!
February 16, 2023, 03:38 PM
Kevbo
The fear of stinger or starstreak be real, yo
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February 16, 2023, 04:55 PM
tacfoley
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Originally posted by Kevbo: The fear of stinger or starstreak be real, yo
Back in the late 80's, when Starstreak was on trials at RAF Benbecula ranges in the Outer Hebrides, the RAF Regiment gunners carrying out the trial used to shoot down seagulls at 3 miles.
When they got really bored, they got one of the range guard protection vessels to put up a few 40mm Bofors rounds into the air - then they shot THEM down, too.
Remember that SS is a pretty clever piece of kit - it's actually not one, but THREE closely-spaced missiles moving faster than just about anything you can imagine. After launch, a STARStreak missile quickly accelerates to Mach 4 — roughly 3,000 mph. It is the fastest surface-to-air missile ever made. The technology on these weapons goes even further, with the missile launcher controlling the three submunitions that follow three laser beams.
February 16, 2023, 05:11 PM
gearhounds
The KA-50 and KA-52 are also the only helicopters to employ ejection seats. Explosive bolts blow the rotors free, then the seats fire like conventional ejection systems. Fast forward 1:30 for an idea how it works.
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February 16, 2023, 05:21 PM
P250UA5
^ Down the rabbit hole & some interesting reading
The Enemy's gate is down.
February 16, 2023, 07:54 PM
PASig
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Originally posted by gearhounds: The KA-50 and KA-52 are also the only helicopters to employ ejection seats. Explosive bolts blow the rotors free, then the seats fire like conventional ejection systems.
Hopefully the rotors go first and not the seat, that could get really messy
