'chopper down

The Chap · 02-21-2006, 23:17 PM

I have mentioned previously that one of the greatest problems a heli. can face (esp. urban) is the power line. NOE being the pilot bugbear.

This thread is as much for the hobyist as the mil. pro. I don't think that Attack Heli. is cost effective compared to armour or fixed wing. Please prove me wrong. the following are thoughts directed at temperate and urban zones of combat.

#1 A net gun fired at the blades.
#2 A water cannon (or, indeed, fire hose) fired at the blades/inlets
#3 Water balloons from sling shots filled with petrol
#4 Paint ball hits on the cabin
#5 Emergency rocket with line - through the blades
#6 Halogen torches
#7 Multiple rescue flares
#8 Anti-tank rifles

You get the idea. I hope I'm daft.

Captain Drunk · 02-22-2006, 02:44 AM

A cigarette butt flicked into the mid-air refueling probe of both a chopper / fixed-wing aircraft can be equally devastating

**Parihaka** · 02-22-2006, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Chap

#3 Water balloons from sling shots filled with petrol

Instead of a water balloon I'd use the anarchists best friend, a can of hairspray. (never leave home without it)

-{SpoonmaN}- · 02-23-2006, 01:25 AM

Well they dont seem to lose too many of them in urban areas, so it cant be that bad.
And even if they take a serious hit, auto-rotation means that a lot of them can crash land and be salvaged and put back into service even after being shot down, as opposed to a jet that tends to explode when slamming into the ground at high speeds.

02-21-2006, 23:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
The Chap *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 08-18-04 Location: UK Posts: 1,204 Country:	'chopper down I have mentioned previously that one of the greatest problems a heli. can face (esp. urban) is the power line. NOE being the pilot bugbear. This thread is as much for the hobyist as the mil. pro. I don't think that Attack Heli. is cost effective compared to armour or fixed wing. Please prove me wrong. the following are thoughts directed at temperate and urban zones of combat. #1 A net gun fired at the blades. #2 A water cannon (or, indeed, fire hose) fired at the blades/inlets #3 Water balloons from sling shots filled with petrol #4 Paint ball hits on the cabin #5 Emergency rocket with line - through the blades #6 Halogen torches #7 Multiple rescue flares #8 Anti-tank rifles You get the idea. I hope I'm daft. __________________ Where's the bloody gin? An army marches on its liver, not its ruddy stomach.

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02-22-2006, 02:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
Captain Drunk Banished Join Date: 01-02-06 Location: Goa, India Posts: 825	A cigarette butt flicked into the mid-air refueling probe of both a chopper / fixed-wing aircraft can be equally devastating

02-23-2006, 01:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
-{SpoonmaN}- Death, the Destroyer of Worlds... *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 09-08-04 Location: The badlands of West London. Posts: 1,455 Country:	Well they dont seem to lose too many of them in urban areas, so it cant be that bad. And even if they take a serious hit, auto-rotation means that a lot of them can crash land and be salvaged and put back into service even after being shot down, as opposed to a jet that tends to explode when slamming into the ground at high speeds.

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