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July 2nd, 2009   Post 1
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Post; Apache limitations


Can any of you aircraft types give me a source to help debunk this windbag who keeps telling me the Apache is capable of doing a loop- going completely inverted? I'm trying to 'use my words'.
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July 2nd, 2009   Post 2
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It's possible
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July 3rd, 2009   Post 3
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Video of Apache with Longbow doing a loop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us18o7qOXjI
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July 3rd, 2009   Post 4
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Damn. I'm gonna have a hard time living this one down. I figured that video was bollocks.
 
July 3rd, 2009   Post 5
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Yeah it can actually do it.
I heard that the Blackhawk can also do it but I've never seen a video of it pull it off.
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July 3rd, 2009   Post 6
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bulldogg
Damn. I'm gonna have a hard time living this one down. I figured that video was bollocks.
Well, if it makes you feel any better I didnt think it was possible either until I saw the video. I still dont quite understand the Science of how its possible.

A inverted Helicopter generates no Lift, so in theory it should fall like a stone. Perhaps carried by its own momentum, but Helicopters dont fly that fast in general, I would have wagered it would have stalled out before it reached the apex of the loop.
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July 3rd, 2009   Post 7
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Apparently some four bladed helicopters can pull it off but no two blade helicopter can.
Not something I can confirm but I did read that somewhere years ago.
 
July 3rd, 2009   Post 8
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMaOka2jdC0, if that is possible, why not AH-64
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July 7th, 2009   Post 9
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Damn. Anyone know a good youtube proxy??
 
July 7th, 2009   Post 10
the_13th_redneck
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uhh liveleak?
Don't think htat'll work in China.
Why don't you try one of those Chinese youtube rip offs. I'm sure they have a clip of that somewhere.
 



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