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Location: SW Cheese Country
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I know the UH-1 is noisy because it is a 2 blade main rotor interacting with a 2 blade tail rotor and someone should tell the Avatar movie guy. Sometime in the late 60s they decided to make a Loach quiet (before NOTAR) and added a 5 blade main and 4 blade tail to quiet it down and then had dim lights to have it blend into the ambient night. They decided to tap the wires in North Viet Nam with them and it seems they were semi successful. Airbus is working on a different blade design as well to mitigate noise.
They had a NOTAR some time ago at Mirimar at the airshow and again at Airventure a while ago. Neat design and you wouldn't duck the tail into something you shouldn't.
The Lynx is a pretty capable craft from what I have seen and fast as well.
My bad eyes prevented me from flying in the military and honestly thought Army rotorcraft would be good. Never thought about Navy rotorcraft.
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The X15 was the only aircraft I flew where I was glad the engine quit. - Milt Thompson.
"Don't get so caught up in your right to dissent that you forget your obligation to contribute." Mrs. James to her son Chappie.
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