Overly Dramatic Chinook

[RainMotorsports]

@Dirty-Lex This ones for you - http://imgur.com/gallery/mwSPu

 

[cplmac]

It's a good thing those things float for a few hours because the Corps puts one in the drink pretty much every year off the left coast.

 

[Snakebabies]

hehe....got some good shots of those things from llaughghanistan....look bulkky and fun as hell to fly....especially if something goes wrong

 

[DragBag11B]

Was in one of these for Op Foal Eagle in 2006. Having manned a Hawk door gun and a Chinook tail gun, the Chinook felt way faster. I am sure Lex can confirm/deny.
Frankly I have no idea how our rotary birds stay aloft. I once concernedly asked about the hydraulic fluid leaking, crew chief told me, "If it ain't leakin, we ain't flyin!"

 

[OfftheRails]

Chinook's the fastest chopper in US service. Something to do with the advancing blade, the sound barrier and twin rotors having a shorter blades for the weight. We have the Lynx, which is faster and can also FLY UPSIDE FUCKING DOWN which seems daft for a helicopter but might come in handy one day.

 

[Dirty-Lex]

Chinook are like our fat kind of awkward and really really laid back cousins. Imagine a dude who drives an RB vs. A Hawk pilot who drives a corvette . Everyone LOVES flying in Blackhawks

 

[OfftheRails]

Lex, was I right about the limiting factor being the advancing blade tip and the sound barrier? Feels like something I should know.