Emu Posted July 9, 2015 Posted July 9, 2015 Interesting read. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR676.html
QuiGon Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 Haven't read it yet, but judging from a brief view it looks really interesting. Thanks for sharing! Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing!
whiteladder Posted July 10, 2015 Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) Great find, I have only read the British chapter so far. Some of the facts are a little suspect though. It states in that chapter that the British were only able to operate 5 Wah-64 from HMS Ocean, because their foot print was too large and the AH64 doesn`t have folding blades. But British 64`s do have folding blades, and are designed for maritime operations with floation bags etc. The actual reason for the number is that 665 Squadron happened to be on HMS Ocean qualifying for full ship ops off Gibraltar and had 5 aircraft with them. Apache with rotor folded. This gives the Apache roughly the same Deck Footprint of a Folded Merlin helicopter or Sea King. The Apache is slightly longer (17.76 meters vs 16.9) and larger (5.5 against 5.2). The folding rotor speeds up and eases also air transportation within cargo planes such as the C17. Edited July 10, 2015 by whiteladder 1
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