Doppelganger Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 What kind of chopper was that? http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/05/aviation-geeks-scramble-to-i-d-osama-raids-mystery-copter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster90 Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 (edited) It was a Blackhawk, however speculation is being raised that there was top secret, never-before-seen stealth technology on the tail rotor (and possibly other parts, but the wreckage is too hard to tell). The US is scrambling to get the tail sent back to US hands immediately before China or anybody else gets their hands on it in the black market. Most likely it was a blackhawk rigged up with similar stealth technology like that on our bombers. Edited May 5, 2011 by Rooster90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/05/army-mission-helocopter-was-secret-stealth-black-hawk-050411/ The helicopters that flew the Navy SEALs on the mission to kill Osama bin Laden were a radar-evading variant of the special operations MH-60 Black Hawk, according to a retired special operations aviator. The helicopters low-observable technology is similar to that of the F-117 Stealth Fighter the retired special operations aviator said. It really didnt look like a traditional Black Hawk, he said. It had hard edges, sort of like an ? F-117, you know how they have those distinctive edges and angles thats what they had on this one. Speculative drawing http://cencio4.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/black-helo-down/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter~SPARTA~ Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Made up by one of profile drawing guys on militaryphotos board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halli~SPARTA~ Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Haven't seen one fly past yet but if they are 160th soar then sooner or later I will see it but as of yet all I have seen is regular old choppers. (I live 35 miles from their post and my Dad lives within 15) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Haven't seen one fly past yet but if they are 160th soar then sooner or later I will see it but as of yet all I have seen is regular old choppers. (I live 35 miles from their post and my Dad lives within 15) I'd say SOAR only flies at night, especially their super-secret choppers which probably fly out in the desert somewhere where nobody would see them. Campbell is pretty populated. If they were going to fly them during the day, they would be packed inside a C-5 or C-130. I saw plenty of them flying around Nashvegas yesterday BTW, are you going to the air show in Symrna? I'm dying to go, but gas is just too damn expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Haven't seen one fly past yet but if they are 160th soar then sooner or later I will see it but as of yet all I have seen is regular old choppers. (I live 35 miles from their post and my Dad lives within 15) Hey I heard the President is coming to Campbell today or tomorrow to recognize the 160th. Keep your eye out for AF1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/05/army-mission-helocopter-was-secret-stealth-black-hawk-050411/ Speculative drawing http://cencio4.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/black-helo-down/ I wonder where they got that idea from? (the scrapped Comanche RAH66 project?) http://www.military-today.com/helicopters/rah66_comanche.htm Scrapped in 2003 (budget cuts) developed in the 90's http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum/war/fig/w_fig43.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 (edited) Military version of the black choppers you might have heard of. Edited May 7, 2011 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halli~SPARTA~ Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Durka the air show is not to far from me but I plan on saving money this month so no but I'm sure to see some old stuff flying about. Yes the President was here to talk with the Seal team and 160th fellows but I did not see his plane as I was inside most of the day working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis~SPARTA~ Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Not only radar evading, but sound suppressed. Not totally quiet, but with a reduced pattern of noise. The bad news is that the Chinese already have had a go at the tail section. Was it worth turning that over to the Chinese, along with F-35 and F-22 and F117 technology to do the work one JDAM could do, and risk fewer lives? It depends on what was on his laptop. The next cold war will not be pretty, and if there's a hot one, it will not be with the advantages we had over every opponent since Korea. If I were in Taiwan, I'd be learning to speak Chinese. Oh, wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis~SPARTA~ Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Stealth chopper quiet as an outdoor air conditioner: http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110510-above-tearline-us-stealth-helicopter?utm_source=SWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=110512&utm_content=watchvideo&elq=11e8822479e246bcb5ed2e60dd493cab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I don't know where I read it, but somebody made a super-quiet helo back in Vietnam, by regulating the speed of the rotors and putting a muffler on it, and a few other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Could it be the Hughes 500p http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/the_quiet_one.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebden~SPARTA~ Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Now we just need a custom ARMA2 helo for Takistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Could it be the Hughes 500p http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/the_quiet_one.html That's exactly the story I was talking about. Amazing that they *supposedly* just let it go after such a successful mission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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