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The Great, Constantly Changing Picture Gallery...part DEUX
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Certainly one of the "iconic" aircraft of the Vietnam war. Am surprised there are so few remaining…unless you specifically mean the UH-1H variant…since they are still widely flying in the USMC and elsewhere…I think.
What is it about the Huey's blades that make it sound so different from other 2-bladed RW aircraft? I can still tell when a Huey variant is flying over the house on its way to/from SDM here in San Diego. Nothing else seems to sound the same.
Only the "D" models…the “most aerodynamically perfect” Pterodactyl variant ever built. They were better-known, in pop-culture and several TV/movie portrayals, as "Terror-dactyls".Dude, just messing with you....R1, on the other hand, flew real Pterodactyls.
For you history buffs: The "Deltas" retained the characteristic double-ogive forward fuselage hull form and the “area rule” (e.g., Coke bottle shape) configuration of the early-production Pterodactyls from which they were derived, but also possessed all-flush riveting with composite carbon-glass matrix overlay for heat dissipation. The standard Airco-Vickers & Blohm 16-cylinder (in vee configuration) Mega-Merlin powerplants (which power the stock "Ptero" variants) were also replaced with the brand new, highly derivative (and so far secret) V-20 (in X-configutation for improved over-the nose visibility) Jordan-Jumo-Daimler liquid nitrogen-cooled Gandalf engines. The addition of NFOs to the community (known as RIOs, or, more commonly: R-TEN Units) was required by the addition to the Delta models of RIO-operated/turret mounted Webley-Oerlikon 60 MM “Hell Hammer” cannon systems, which supplemented the standard, pilot-controlled Browning-Vickers 30 MM “Cloud Sweeper” gatling guns found in the standard A, B and C models.
And now you know…the REST of the story.
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The HMX-1 VH-3s, various flavors of 60s, and the USCG Dauphins that roam the DC airspace all have a distinct sound, but your right R1, the USAF VIP UH-1s out of Andrews have a very unique sound.
http://www.freesound.org/people/OroborosNZ/sounds/157722/
If I fly a dinosaur, what does that make your steed?
I just watched about 10 gallons of dino fuel drain from the wingfold of your hog as they were spreading on cat 1 As much as I am glad the god's of Naval Aviation saved me from my own desires, the old drumstick is sexy in a weird way....so I'm not hating. Anyway, I don't believe that buno 168xxx has been made yet. Until I see it, I wont believe it
True American right here
I guess you just had to have been there.
I can tell the story again....I have time
I retired before my airframe retired.If I fly a dinosaur, what does that make your steed?
Anyway, I don't believe that buno 168xxx has been made yet. Until I see it, I wont believe it
I've know lots of guys that had to transition from various platforms including A-6, F-14, S-3, H-2, H-3, H-46. I was not one of them...thankfully.
Did you put a nice curl in the maiden?
Unfortunately, that iconic sound was lost when Bell upgraded the Hueys to 4-bladed models. They do get the sound of more 'splosions per sortie though, so all in all, maybe it's a wash.
But seriously…why does a Huey ALWAYS sound different from a Jet Ranger, or a Cobra, or whatever?
Check the helos.If I fly a dinosaur, what does that make your steed?
Anyway, I don't believe that buno 168xxx has been made yet. Until I see it, I wont believe it
The blade cord and airfoil shape. It's a fat blade with a specific shape that seems to cause the tips to snap a lot more than others. The 206 has a smaller cord. The Cobra is close, but I agree, the Huey is still the "singular" sound.
FWIW, I can usually tell a -60 from it's tail rotor. I always find it interesting how each aircraft has it's own sound when you get used to it. The 206 has a distinctive T/R sound, as well.
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