helicopter

Was the Blackhawk helicopter originally designed by Ray Leoni himself or a whole team with him?

Hi friends, Recently I stumbled upon a >>facebook post<< showing a couple of pictures of a two-seater helicopter. It resembles a Rotorway Exec - especially when you look at rotors - but comments say that it is a different animal powered by a Jabiru 3300 Gen4 engine, with fuel system and exhaust...

Vertical Flight Society just published excellent video narrated by Cherles Seibel himself about Seibel helicopters. Described are: - Seibel S-1 (design study on tiltrotor) - Seibel S-2 (design study on coaxial helicopter) - Seibel S-3 (single-seat helicopter with CG control mechanism...

Greetings, saw a thread on the forum with a flying SAM. I have an idea to develop such a project using a mega helicopter with good armor, missile interception, missiles in the arsenal of the helicopter (beech and others). Help to develop such a project

Schweizer's CEO - David Horton - during 2024 edition of Heli-Expo teased about company's potential next project (if funding will be available) - the model S444: Source

Although the excellent AH1 Cobra was deployed to Europe in the 1970s and received TOW missiles to help it kill Soviet armour, noone else in NATO could afford it. That left W Germany sticking six HOT missile launchers on its Bo 105 light observation helicopter and the British Army SS11 missiles...

Sweden is generally a very small player on the helicopter market, however, there are a number of projects throughout history. If you know any little information, please post here. Below i put a Westland Lynx armed with eight RBS70 anti aircraft missiles, probably a mockup, iirc from 1989.

The US Huey Cobra was a formidable gunship helicopter. Unlike the later Apache which has found widespread use.with NATO, the Cobra did not get much NATO use. West Germany should have been a major user. TOW equipped Cobras would have added much to Bundeswehr units. Instead the Boelkow B105...

Hi, Agusta was an Italian helicopter manufacturer. It was based in Samarate, Northern Italy. The company was founded by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923, who flew his first airplane in 1907. The MV Agusta motorcycle manufacturer began as an offshoot of the Agusta aviation company at the end of...

A thread or discuss about Iranian forward base/helicopter carrier IRINS Makran. Projects, armament and other.

Hmmm it appears that the Ukraine mil (their spooks anyhow ) have a Blackhawk View: https://twitter.com/di_ukraine/status/1628009819310288900?s=46&t=kcYY0j2IR3BdQqiEsajfsg Cheers

I am amateur writer, I am currently on my 26th page of what I am writing. I have so far come up with help of friends in the military : 1. Tank with two variants (tracks and wheels) 2. Support vehicle of said tank Now I am lacking other important components of army : helicopters and planes...

Looking for any documentation in regards to the A129 International, i have some stuff of my own however it wouldn't hurt having a bit more since this helicopter has not really been vastly documented when compared to other counterparts.

Dear fellow members, Attached is just a little teaser of what is coming up to the market soon.

The Centenary Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society 1866 - 1966 (Vol 70, No 661, January 1966) carries a piece (pp.235-242) by Raoul Hafner on "British Rotorcraft". He compiled his history by getting first-hand accounts from his helicopter-making colleagues (for he was among them), right...

I'm painting the art for the Sikorsky S-72 X-wing. Which aircraft’s landing gear (undercarriage) was used for the S-72 X-wing landing gear? It seems to be similar to the Sikorsky S-70 (UH-60 Black Hawk ) in terms of wheels. Sikorsky S-72, SH-72J_JMSDF , UH-72J_JASDF , VFH-72N, fanart...

Surprised this hasn't been posted . . . French MP and billionaire Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56313271 cheers, Robin.

The RAF's Puma's are due out of service in 2025. What are the likely replacements going to be? I think the most logical choice is one of the Leonardo products AW149?

Knowing how popular helicopters are here I thought I would try this one out. In the 1970s the US cancelled the futuristic but troubled Lockheed AH56 Cheyenne in favour of a new competition which Hughes won with the Apache leaving modified Huey Cobra variants designed for Vietnam to serve well...

Congratulations to Leonardo as Us Navy selects the AW119 as the new Advance Helicopter Training System replacing the legacy Bell TH-57C Sea Ranger, https://www.navair.navy.mil/news/Navy-awards-contract-new-Advanced-Helicopter-Training-System/Mon-01132020-1723