'chopper down

[The Chap]

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]

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

[Parihaka]

#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}-]

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.