Super secret helicopter?

goof2 · 05-05-2011, 07:08 PM

This is a conspiracy I can get on board with. This is a picture of the tail of the helicopter that was destroyed in Bin Laden's compound. It doesn't look like anything from any Blackhawk I've ever seen.

tallywacker · 05-05-2011, 07:14 PM

Honestly it looks MH-60 with some further modifications we don't know about. Pretty interesting.

derf · 05-05-2011, 07:24 PM

yup, looks like a new helicopter or at least a highly modified blackhawk. The media around this has it pegged as teh reason that they were able to evade pakistani radar, rather than the flying through dead spots.

Avatard · 05-05-2011, 07:41 PM

Nannnnh. That's just OBL's amplified HDTV antenna...

tallywacker · 05-05-2011, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by derf

yup, looks like a new helicopter or at least a highly modified blackhawk. The media around this has it pegged as teh reason that they were able to evade pakistani radar, rather than the flying through dead spots.

Yeah those ultra stealth chinooks they used as well were invisible...

derf · 05-05-2011, 08:17 PM

An expert in helicopter aviation drew up this rendering based on the tail section, really everything except the tail section is completely a fabrication of his mind, but it still gives you an idea of what it could look like.

and another stealth helo

Particle Man · 05-05-2011, 08:20 PM

Now I have the theme to "Airwolf" running through my head. Over and over and over...

derf · 05-05-2011, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tallywacker

Yeah those ultra stealth chinooks they used as well were invisible...

how do you know they were chinooks? So far I have not seen definative proof of any specific helicopter, all we know is that 4 went in and 3 came out. You can fit 11 people in a standard blackhawk with seats installed, you can fit more than 20 in an emergency.

Adeptus_Minor · 05-05-2011, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

Now I have the theme to "Airwolf" running through my head. Over and over and over...

You mean it isn't always doing that? Maybe it's just me...

Razor · 05-06-2011, 02:18 AM

Helicopters dont need to be stealth to avoid RADAR, they just need to fly low, which happens to be what they are good at. Even some fixed wings (primarily C-130 variants practice NVG flying at 200-500 feet in other than flat terrain to utilize the fact that RADAR doesn't give 100% percent coverage. Not sure what the terrain around the villa was, but I do know that most ways leading into Pakistan from Afganistan are relatively mountainous and would be "training as usual' for 60 drivers, espicially if they happened to be from one of the units such as the 160th SOAR...

05-05-2011, 07:14 PM	#2
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derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	yup, looks like a new helicopter or at least a highly modified blackhawk. The media around this has it pegged as teh reason that they were able to evade pakistani radar, rather than the flying through dead spots. __________________

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05-05-2011, 08:17 PM	#6
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	An expert in helicopter aviation drew up this rendering based on the tail section, really everything except the tail section is completely a fabrication of his mind, but it still gives you an idea of what it could look like. and another stealth helo __________________ Last edited by derf; 05-05-2011 at 08:26 PM..

05-06-2011, 02:18 AM	#10
Razor Token Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: My House Moto: '07 Kawasaki Mean Streak Special Edition Posts: 109	Helicopters dont need to be stealth to avoid RADAR, they just need to fly low, which happens to be what they are good at. Even some fixed wings (primarily C-130 variants practice NVG flying at 200-500 feet in other than flat terrain to utilize the fact that RADAR doesn't give 100% percent coverage. Not sure what the terrain around the villa was, but I do know that most ways leading into Pakistan from Afganistan are relatively mountainous and would be "training as usual' for 60 drivers, espicially if they happened to be from one of the units such as the 160th SOAR... __________________ Power Corrupts, Absolute Power... is pretty damn neat

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Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	Now I have the theme to "Airwolf" running through my head. Over and over and over...