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2019-06-24 Science

This Is the F-35 of Helicopters: Meet the RAH-66 Comanche

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Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Duh. Those rotor blades are way too short.

Posted by gorb 2019-06-24 01:38|| 2019-06-24 01:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Spin the rotors fast enough...

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-06-24 02:01|| 2019-06-24 02:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Comparing the RAH-66 to the F-35 is the kiss of death.. Major difference is that the Army finally canceled the RAH-66 project after a massive cost overrun.

One POS is enough, glad we don't have two of them.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-06-24 02:05|| 2019-06-24 02:05|| Front Page Top

#4 one POS? not counting the USN’s littoral class of ships or the Zumwalt class????

Posted by Cheremp Ghibelline4808 2019-06-24 08:31|| 2019-06-24 08:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't forget this one. Though it would have been fun to have a bunch of them causing mental anguis on name basis alone in the ME.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-06-24 10:26|| 2019-06-24 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Were these ALL Bush bombs or holdovers from Clinton?

Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-24 13:57|| 2019-06-24 13:57|| Front Page Top

#7 the RAH-66 origins go back to the Reagan era and, at that time, its purpose was mostly stealthy surveillance (although it had some weapons)

the funding for the prototypes was mostly Clinton era although some was from the Bush 43 era

eventually, the Bush admin terminated the RAH-66

and notwithstanding the image, the diameter of the rotors was about 40'

Posted by lord garth 2019-06-24 14:13|| 2019-06-24 14:13|| Front Page Top

#8 The RAH-66 was an idea ahead of the then existing technology. Stealth helicopters didn't die. See the stealth Blackhawk used in the bin Laden raid.

Posted by Jolulet Splat8124 2019-06-24 17:16|| 2019-06-24 17:16|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah. Wouldn't die. They had to kill it. :-)

Posted by gorb 2019-06-24 17:37|| 2019-06-24 17:37|| Front Page Top

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