New stealth helicopter apparently part of Bin Laden raid

[helosailor]

I worked on 5 different models of the H-60 for 13 years and the main & tail rotors for another 3 years. That they are trying to pass it off that those were "specially modified" Blackhawks is ridiculous. There is nothing in any of the pictures I've seen that is in any way H-60.
More lies.

[onemeangixxer7502]

I don't think it could, with the increased cost . I mean just like the HEMS industry one after another they are thinning out the twins. The last question , I'm a Civilian pilot if thats a reference to service. Either way cool concept but helicopters just aren't built for speed. Impractical way to cover any real distance.

I worked on 5 different models of the H-60 for 13 years and the main & tail rotors for another 3 years. That they are trying to pass it off that those were "specially modified" Blackhawks is ridiculous. There is nothing in any of the pictures I've seen that is in any way H-60.
More lies.

Thats pretty cool, it just looks like a shroud covering whatever type of hinge/pitch links it has. I've not got to get up to close to them like a pre flight. Pretty cool birds though.

[Sgt Beavis]

Here you go boys...

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/top-secret-stealth-helicopter-program-revealed-osama-bin/story?id=13530693

[Ruffdaddy]

^^^cool...like I said I work ground vehicles, but I've seen large dollars spent on superior systems, and even more spent on one offs. Look at the price of any fighter jet. The X2 will eventually compete.

[Sgt Beavis]

I don't think it could, with the increased cost . I mean just like the HEMS industry one after another they are thinning out the twins. The last question , I'm a Civilian pilot if thats a reference to service. Either way cool concept but helicopters just aren't built for speed. Impractical way to cover any real distance.
Thats pretty cool, it just looks like a shroud covering whatever type of hinge/pitch links it has. I've not got to get up to close to them like a pre flight. Pretty cool birds though.

One thing to note, the H-60 has a four bladed tail rotor. That one is clearly a 5 blade.

[helosailor]

Thats pretty cool, it just looks like a shroud covering whatever type of hinge/pitch links it has. I've not got to get up to close to them like a pre flight. Pretty cool birds though.

The shroud is one thing. The paddles of the tail rotor are different, the tail pylon is different, the stabilators are different. If it's still an H-60 airframe, it's been modified beyond recognition.

[onemeangixxer7502]

One thing to note, the H-60 has a four bladed tail rotor. That one is clearly a 5 blade.

That statement was directed at the new sikorski helicopter

[Frank]

Yeah I saw that the other day...

I'm sorry, but what exactly are we looking at here? It looks broken.

[roliath]

I'm sorry, but what exactly are we looking at here? It looks broken.

Looks like its the tail rotor of one of the helicopters used when they initially landed on the compound.

[46Tbird]

[Forever_frost]

I love when we have tech that the rest of the world doesn't know about.

[jason07]

Silent is nothing new. Also I'm sure they flew under the radar. From what my friend says they fly every where about 50ft @ 120kts indicated. Have you ever seen radar in a tower or ever been inside a control tower?

No I have not. I am just a common ground dweller with an opinion.

[onemeangixxer7502]

I'm sorry, but what exactly are we looking at here? It looks broken.

Looks like its the tail rotor of one of the helicopters used when they initially landed on the compound.

Yah its kind of hard to tell, what your looking at is directly at the vertical stabilizer and the tail rotor, the rest of the tail appears to be pointed in the air.

No I have not. I am just a common ground dweller with an opinion.

go check it out some time, its not what you would expect. Very simple stuff. I was kind of like "this is it" when I visited a towered airport in FL

[jason07]

Here you go boys...

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/top-se...ry?id=13530693

Absolutely fascinating!!

I liked the last part that said that residents experienced loss of electricity and Internet capability before the raid started and after the helicopters left!

[D. Lil]

What is even cooler - they said when they landed power and cell phones shut down, ECMs for cell phones but how did they kill the power I wonder?