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Ace pilot ladies and gents


Ok I've never been in the armed forces but this looks to be deceptively hard. Military folks help me out here. On a scale of 1-he has become the helicopter, how good was this?

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User avatar #27 - leonhardt (01/07/2016) [-]
>He forgot to close the door

Do you want a draft

Because that's how you let in a draft
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User avatar #32 to #27 - smug (01/07/2016) [-]
>machine gun sticking out of the back
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User avatar #35 to #27 - kingofthedragonmen (01/07/2016) [-]
Great armies are built by using the draft.
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User avatar #76 to #35 - Rei (01/08/2016) [-]
10/10
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User avatar #12 - utburd (01/07/2016) [-]
I'll be damned, you can pop a wheelie on a helicopter,
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#17 to #12 - longchildjones (01/07/2016) [-]
i hope this comment hits front page.
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User avatar #52 to #17 - barakakaka (01/07/2016) [-]
Wait, this one or the one you're replying to?
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#80 to #52 - longchildjones (01/08/2016) [-]
the one i replied to
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User avatar #83 to #80 - ethkot (01/08/2016) [-]
I'm a simple man, see hot girl: thumb up
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User avatar #85 to #52 - longchildjones (01/08/2016) [-]
also i just realized my dancing gif says "no one cares at the end."



i thought it was just dancing 0_0
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User avatar #87 to #85 - barakakaka (01/08/2016) [-]
So someone actually did care.
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User avatar #88 to #87 - longchildjones (01/08/2016) [-]
yes :3
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#90 to #88 - barakakaka (01/08/2016) [-]
Is your child really long though?
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#91 to #90 - longchildjones (01/08/2016) [-]
Bruh.

The longest
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#1 - coolnamestaken (01/07/2016) [-]
I mean it's probably an 8-10 difficulty because even though the back is planted on the ground giving the pilot more support in terms of staying stationary. The soldiers exiting the bird are relieving a massive load on the air frame so the pilot needs to slowly take out power in order to save the bird from nosing up too much like you see it do a little of. Also it looks like they are at a decently high elevation which also plays into how much power the pilot has to manage keeping half of the aircraft at a hover. So, yea, in simple terms, still pretty hard to do.
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User avatar #2 to #1 - agnaraed [OP](01/07/2016) [-]
thanks coolna

DId you use to fly helis?
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#3 to #2 - coolnamestaken (01/07/2016) [-]
I'm a crew chief in a UH-60, so even though it's not the same as the 47 I have picked up on stuff that's going on up front in terms of power management and drift control.
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User avatar #4 to #3 - idhitjack (01/07/2016) [-]
46's. Those should be Marines and a Marine pilot, id say 7-8 (Marine helicopter pilots train to make drops and extractions in odd terrain)

I was cargo a few times on these, lots of vomit.
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User avatar #7 to #4 - trostell (01/07/2016) [-]
Actually looks a lot more like a 47. The 46 only has the lower bulge in the rear quarter, nor do the exhausts face the rear, instead facing directly outward. The nose on a 46 is also rounded, and doesn't jut out like the one in the content.

I am almost 100% certain that's a CH-47.
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User avatar #8 to #7 - idhitjack (01/07/2016) [-]
I hadn't noticed that. Good eye. You know what else the 47 has 5 bubble windows and the 46 only has 4, pretty sure that one has 5.

I concied the point .
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User avatar #9 to #8 - trostell (01/07/2016) [-]
The big tip-offs are the nose, the exhausts, and that bulging lower section, I used to have a bit of trouble telling them apart too.
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User avatar #10 to #9 - idhitjack (01/07/2016) [-]
Dont forget the landing gear, 46s only had 3 where the 47 had 4.
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User avatar #11 to #10 - trostell (01/07/2016) [-]
That's one of the finer details that you can't always get a good look at, but still a fair point.
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#49 to #9 - anon (01/07/2016) [-]
nerd
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User avatar #55 to #4 - crazypebble (01/07/2016) [-]
Chaps are Brits and the Chinook is most likely RAF. Probably HC3 variant but hard to tell.
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User avatar #65 to #55 - idhitjack (01/07/2016) [-]
How can you tell they're brits? Not that I doubt you just curious?
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User avatar #69 to #65 - crazypebble (01/07/2016) [-]
Blokes in the foreground are Parachute Regiment. Difficult to tell which battalion as the TRFs are hard to make out, but looks like 2 Para.
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User avatar #71 to #69 - idhitjack (01/07/2016) [-]
Might be why I didnt quite recognize it. But I don't think the was the HC mk3, from what I saw they only made 8 of them and they had a very sketchy beginning (apparently just the mk3). While I believe it could be a HC?it is not to probable that its a mk3 unless they made major advancements in the past 8 years.
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User avatar #72 to #71 - crazypebble (01/07/2016) [-]
Could be a HC2. Since if this is 2 PARA then it'll most likely put the year at 2008. HC3 weren't doing test till 2009 I believe. HC4 and onwards didn't appear till 2011.
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User avatar #68 to #65 - crazypebble (01/07/2016) [-]
Uniform and equipment. Desert DPM camouflage, SA80s, Osprey body armour and Mk6 helmets.
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#5 to #4 - coolnamestaken (01/07/2016) [-]
ahhh my mistake, guess I shoulda put 2 and 2 together for the type of personnel being dropped
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User avatar #6 to #5 - idhitjack (01/07/2016) [-]
Its all good, depending on when this is the uniforms can be hard to distinguish, what tipped me off were the windows, thos tiny littl round bastards on the 46, you have to practice ditching a 46 and a 53 (Im sure you had to go through a similar helo dunker for UH60s(sweet ass chopper by the way!)) I hated those little ass things.
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#13 to #6 - coolnamestaken (01/07/2016) [-]
Oh god dunker :o. That was an interesting day
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User avatar #14 to #13 - idhitjack (01/07/2016) [-]
I had a lot of fun with it. But then I spent a lot of time swimming so I was already very comfortable in the water.
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User avatar #51 to #3 - cumberdale (01/07/2016) [-]
I'm thinking about to join the US Forces while I'm a german. I served for 5 years now. Do you know something about stuff like that? Can someone just join?
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#31 to #3 - anon (01/07/2016) [-]
SH-60 crew chief here. Woo.
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#24 to #3 - anon (01/07/2016) [-]
do you play run through the jungle while in the process of operations
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#40 to #2 - ellojello (01/07/2016) [-]
If that's an 8-10, then the **** the coast guard pilots do must be a 20. I respect coolnamestaken's experience, and agree this maneuver is somewhat difficult but I think his scale is off.

I might dig up some videos in a while when I'm not supposed to be working, but the Coast Guard pilots (and some of the Navy pilots) are real ******* aces. They fly over raging seas with huge swells and generally keep the helicopters at the same height above the water at all times (i.e. they have to rise and fall with the waves). Not to mention they often have to touch down on ships that are being pitched about. Like I said, this is more of a Coast Guard thing than a Navy thing, but both are impressive.

There are also Cattle Ranchers in Australia that use small helicopters to herd cattle; they can do some really amazing aerobatics that are much more difficult than this.

Again, I don't disagree that this would be difficult for most pilots, but if ten is the hardest-of-the-hard, this ain't it. I would bet most coast guard, Marine, and Army pilots could pull this off; they train for drop offs like this. Being able to touch the end down like this is essential for delivering crew into rough terrain, like the mountains we are fighting in in Afghanistan.
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User avatar #66 to #40 - idhitjack (01/07/2016) [-]
But is the scale simy held to military pilots or all? If all then 7-9 would be a fair assesment with almost everything Navy Coast Guard and Marine pilots doing being a 10 do to the increased difficulties with sea and winds.
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#26 - learmy (01/07/2016) [-]
Look at all those baby killers, the sons of Columbus, the slayer of native americans.
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#29 to #26 - anon (01/07/2016) [-]
oh Learmy... I never see you enough around here!
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User avatar #37 to #29 - unladenswallow (01/07/2016) [-]
He's like a tar pit. The bubbles are rare and slow to emerge, but the noise they make when they pop is pretty neat.
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User avatar #44 to #26 - battletechmech (01/07/2016) [-]
sons of columbus? you mean the mexicans?
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#45 to #26 - anon (01/07/2016) [-]
How do you ******* keep falling for **** like this? do you just like being pissed off?
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User avatar #33 to #26 - bombadier ONLINE (01/07/2016) [-]
They're British bruv
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#36 to #26 - dasbrot ONLINE (01/07/2016) [-]
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#47 to #36 - kaboomz (01/07/2016) [-]
i dont know why but im saving that image
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#62 - manninex (01/07/2016) [-]
So I don't wanna say its not hard, but it isn't too rare. It's called the pinnacle maneuver and it's taught to CH-47 pilots. It's used to drop off people without landing or drop them off where there isn't much room to land (ie: a house). But yeah. This isn't like Ace level stuff An ace helicopter pilot must be pretty skilled for shooting down enemy aircraft.

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User avatar #21 - Rei (01/07/2016) [-]
Like that in mountains where winds move in unpredictable ways?

That's some god tier flying.
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#57 - mazztricks ONLINE (01/07/2016) [-]
It's impresse to see
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User avatar #93 to #57 - raverr (01/08/2016) [-]
That flying fish is eating too many infantrymen. Bring our boys home!
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User avatar #61 - travycrack (01/07/2016) [-]
that is about a 4-5 on the hardness scale. Harder than Calcite, but not quite feldspar.
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#78 - mitdwit (01/08/2016) [-]
Once I realized these helicopters looked like hungry giant metal fish faces, there was no turning back.
Now all I see is a hungry giant metal fish face.
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#23 - pentol ONLINE (01/07/2016) [-]
i was once in the vicinity of a helicopter landing and taking off (medical helicopter with pilot, crew of 2, and space for 2...rafts(?))
Even if i was standing 15-20 meters away, it felt like my face was getting polished with sand, and i had dirt in my teeth for a few days afterward. why aren't these soldier guys flying about from the force of the wind from this **** ?
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User avatar #39 to #23 - unladenswallow (01/07/2016) [-]
Probably helps that they're each carrying a third of their body weight in gear. Not enough surface area to weight ratio for it to do more than exfoliate their skin vigorously.
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User avatar #19 - lateaxis (01/07/2016) [-]
the guy who got out first looks like some cgi monster for a little bit
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User avatar #18 - dikslapping (01/07/2016) [-]
Average we trained for pinnacle landings all the time. If he was a **** pilot his IP would not let him do it during a mission till he was proficient.
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#16 - anon (01/07/2016) [-]
i showed my ssgt this and said he knew one of the guy leaving that bird.


i know internet plus friends of a friend... but whatever.

he said that this operation was in north east afgahnistan while the wind was blowing.

if he wasn't lying then this was red baron tier **** .
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#73 - mermoohue ONLINE (01/07/2016) [-]
OP, I don't know if anyone else has said this. I used to fix the avionics in these, and the newer ones can auto-stabilize. This should be incredibly easy in theory.
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#50 - vicecomx (01/07/2016) [-]
people at /k/ommando probably know
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#63 to #50 - anon (01/07/2016) [-]
Was the camo theme they were going for 'Highly ineffectual'?
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User avatar #75 to #63 - thempc (01/08/2016) [-]
or "children's pajamas"
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#43 - turbanmasher (01/07/2016) [-]
5/7
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User avatar #67 - zeropro (01/07/2016) [-]
Requires very steady hands and a sixth sense of wind detection.
On a scale of 1-10, probably 7 on a no-wind day
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#59 - kristovsky (01/07/2016) [-]
Britbong pilots though

swell with colonialism pride both
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User avatar #15 - thatuglynat (01/07/2016) [-]
i did this in arma 2 once

im so useless
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User avatar #30 to #15 - Einsty (01/07/2016) [-]
Get 3 if you don't have it already. The new features are pretty dope.
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User avatar #60 - elcreepo (01/07/2016) [-]
Eh, the pilot has a long way to go before he becomes the helicopter.

This was difficult, but not god-tier impossible.
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