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Btw is there any reason why Army helos are still painted black/OD?
...with some exceptions, of course: http://www.airliners.net/photo/1177212/L/
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Btw is there any reason why Army helos are still painted black/OD?
...with some exceptions, of course: http://www.airliners.net/photo/1177212/L/
Most of the Army helos I've worked on are painted CARC Green. nasty pait to work with too!Btw is there any reason why Army helos are still painted black/OD?
...with some exceptions, of course: http://www.airliners.net/photo/1177212/L/
I honestly did not know that... Boy do I feel like a jackass.
There's a name for that? Seriously. Here I thought gay color names were reserved for the paint section at Lowe's.
The RAF might use Air Superiority Grey. In America we should be using Air Superiority Gray.
Does that mean they are or are not the same colour?
A lot of labour goes into thinking up those names.
Not as much as they used. You think our military is fucked, go talk to a Brit.
Btw is there any reason why Army helos are still painted black/OD?
...with some exceptions, of course: http://www.airliners.net/photo/1177212/L/
Not all... But if we ever do have to fight a real war against a real army driving us back to NOE flight (ie Korea) the Green will be very useful. The unit Im in did actually fly with the Carolina guard guys that painted their Apaches gray though. They were apparently a bitch to see when your used to "Roger traffic 2 o'clock at 4km" and seeing a big green Apache and instead finding nothing that jumps out at you.
They were apparently a bitch to see when your used to "Roger traffic 2 o'clock at 4km" and seeing a big green Apache and instead finding nothing that jumps out at you.
Isn't that the point? Don't you want the bad guys looking up to have a hard time seeing you?
I think its more a matter of "Is this worth repainting against an enemy whose standoff distance is far shorter than we can be seen visibly especially at night."
I dont agree with it, I just feel like thats what the bean counters have come up with as a reasoning behind it. We do still do a lot of practice NOE flight and there is still a lot of unhappy places with vegetation and we dont maintain a quick easy way to repaint these aircraft.
I get you still do NOE. But isn't the main threat for rotary wing from the ground? So looking up wouldn't gray be better than a dark color? Actually, wouldn't gray would be better everywhere but over a green environment?
I'm guessing this has been posted before, but still one of the better paint jobs I've seen.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cxmptAPYR-s/RgxOtD3wNQI/AAAAAAAAAj8/HwovSsEcBvw/s1600-h/image0043.jpg
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/westcoastime_2159_23648720
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cxmptAPYR-s/RgxOtD3wNQI/AAAAAAAAAj8/HwovSsEcBvw/s1600-h/image0043.jpg
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/westcoastime_2159_23648720
Take an area like this
If you can see me from a lower altitude than me flying NOE, its because I flew right over your head. At that point grey, green, or purple your not gonna miss me. People on the ground trying to pick out aircraft flying at NOE are looking at a very low slant angle, so anything other than vast open flat desert gives me lots of stuff to hide behind and get close to you. Best way to spot me in that kind of terrain is to sit on a hilltop or ridge line and try and pick me out amongst all the background. At that point green is good.
Its actually a principle of Firing Position selection, picking a background that you can hide against same as you wouldnt want to shoot into the sun, or in front of a full moon.