Swan Falls In Love with Helicopter

[46Tbird]

The V-22 is awesome. Haven't you even seen Transformers?

Which one is this scene from?




lol

[talisman]

Which one is this scene from?

Pretty much every crash I've read about was attributed to pilot error.

[46Tbird]

Pretty much every crash I've read about was attributed to pilot error.

Nope. But I'm not gonna bust your balls about Bell. I have an uncle that has 14 patents for rotors at Bell, and I'm sure Scott hates him for it. And Bell has done some great things. The P-39, the P-59, the X-1, and..... well........ that's about it.

[talisman]

Nope. But I'm not gonna bust your balls about Bell. I have an uncle that has 14 patents for rotors at Bell, and I'm sure Scott hates him for it. And Bell has done some great things. The P-39, the P-59, the X-1, and..... well........ that's about it.

I have a slight obligation to defend them, since my dad retired from there after he retired from the Army, and I'm hanging out at the house those retirements paid for, and eating all my parents food this week.

[46Tbird]

Local trivia alert. The first product manufactured at the Bell factory on Hwy 10 in Hurst was the outer jet pods for the Convair B-36D then being built at Carswell.

[JP135]

Local trivia alert. The first product manufactured at the Bell factory on Hwy 10 in Hurst was the outer jet pods for the Convair B-36D then being built at Carswell.

Never knew that.

Man, that was back in the day when Highway 10 was a real big deal. And nice.

[46Tbird]

It was actually 183 at the time. lol

[mirefire 2.0]

Bell 222 FTW you sluts...

[Moose242]

Eurocopter > Yank shit

[helosailor]

Igor Sikorsky (born and raised in Russia) invented the horizontal main rotor/vertical tail rotor system. And the X2 holds the absolute speed record for helicopters. Variants of the H-3 are still in regular service with at least 4 countries 55 years after they entered service. Hardly yankee or shit.
Oh, and...

[46Tbird]

Every manufacturer mentioned thus far builds helicopters in the United States. I don't talk too much shit about any of them because they all have an important economic impact on our country.

[YALE]

The X2 looks like a toy submarine.

[46Tbird]

Google 'x-49a speedhawk' for one seriously cool helicopter. The ducted tail could be added to any basic airframe but the proof of concept used a Sikorsky.

Technology is bringing some amazing changes to rotary wing aircraft.

[Moose242]

Igor Sikorsky (born and raised in Russia) invented the horizontal main rotor/vertical tail rotor system. And the X2 holds the absolute speed record for helicopters. Variants of the H-3 are still in regular service with at least 4 countries 55 years after they entered service. Hardly yankee or shit.

I really have no opinion, I was just stirring the pot. The only thing I know about helicopters is that I can't fly one.