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Bell wants its V-280 Valor to replace the Blackhawk. Now it's testing in Arlington
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| 10/20/2018
| Byron Harris
Posted on 10/21/2018 5:29:07 AM PDT by DFG
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posted on
10/21/2018 5:29:07 AM PDT
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DFG
To: DFG
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posted on
10/21/2018 5:53:00 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
To: DFG
Has never been an airframe as versatile as the Black Hawk: troop transport, gunship, medi-vac, fire-fighter, pilot recovery, electronic warfare, ship replenishment, anti-submarine.
A tilt-rotor is not a helicopter.
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posted on
10/21/2018 5:53:41 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
To: DFG
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posted on
10/21/2018 5:54:28 AM PDT
by
AnalogReigns
(Real life is ANALOG...)
To: DFG
That is one ugly airframe.
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posted on
10/21/2018 5:56:58 AM PDT
by
animal172
(Call me simply deplorable.)
To: DFG
![](https://media.wfaa.com/assets/WFAA/images/606321358/606321358_750x422.png)
Weird-looking bird...
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posted on
10/21/2018 5:58:15 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: carriage_hill
I bet it goes further, faster. Thats the only reason why I would think they would promote this, thing.
To: Psalm 73
Blackhawk is a tilt-rotor C130 - absolute workhorse, multi-configuration flexibility.
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posted on
10/21/2018 6:06:39 AM PDT
by
jagusafr
To: DFG
Needs much bigger engines and drive rotors compared to the cargo compartment. Those things have to suck more fuel than an M-1 tank in the fast lane on the Autobahn. Good Grief, I’ll take the Huey and catch up!
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posted on
10/21/2018 6:12:52 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(.....been here this long you actually expect me to read the article....)
To: DFG
Boeing/Sikorsky has yet to unveil their SB-1 Defiant demonstrator for this project.
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posted on
10/21/2018 6:24:33 AM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
To: jagusafr
Blackhawk is a tilt-rotor C130 The Blackhawk is a conventional single rotor helicopter, not a tiltrotor
To: RayChuang88
To: DFG
In a hot battlefield situation those HUGE twin rotors gives the enemy a huge target of opportunity to destroy & disable that big bird!
At the risk of sounding my usual skeptical self I'm guessing that the cost of these new Osprey-Lite birds are going to be 2-12x the cost of the Blackhawks they are intended to replace?
As usual, some top brass is lining his retirement funds at the cost of soldiers lives?
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posted on
10/21/2018 6:29:16 AM PDT
by
prophetic
(Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
To: BwanaNdege
I'm talking about the actual SB-1 Defiant prototype. Sikorsky has flown two demonstrators but they're not the real SB-1.
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posted on
10/21/2018 6:32:34 AM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
To: Delta 21
Needs much bigger engines and drive rotors compared to the cargo compartment. You mean like this?
![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcToXHphju4aWJpaMwYRAjJHlfsNmXHwhOyRWQqyp9oodO2p87O5ng)
or this?
To: Vermont Lt
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posted on
10/21/2018 6:37:08 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
To: DFG
Uh...no thanks.
How's that gear work hold up in a sand environment?
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posted on
10/21/2018 7:12:07 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: DFG
Recent forest fires near our house attracted BLM aircraft to fight them. A 50 yr old Huey was among them. Reckon the Blackhawk also has a few more years of active life left in it.
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posted on
10/21/2018 7:29:12 AM PDT
by
lurk
To: Psalm 73
The Sikorsky Boeing is a far superior platform. It has dual roters and a pusher prop.
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posted on
10/21/2018 7:32:22 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight yourr way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: BwanaNdege
My bad, was thinking Osprey.
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posted on
10/21/2018 7:55:38 AM PDT
by
jagusafr
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