Author Topic: AH-64 Apache  (Read 26828 times)

Offline Logan Hartke

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #25 on: May 27, 2017, 10:00:12 PM »
Those new Indonesian Apaches might be my new 2nd favorite Apache paint scheme (after the Japanese, of course).

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #26 on: May 27, 2017, 11:04:30 PM »
Not an accessory I can see the Indonesians bothering with.

High in the Owen Stanleys they get snow on the equator...

And Hawaii gets a regular dump of snow each year (maybe not quite as much as in 2016)
« Last Edit: May 27, 2017, 11:06:10 PM by kitnut617 »

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #27 on: September 23, 2017, 03:29:54 AM »
Random idea:  Iranian AH-64 in scheme similar to this:

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #28 on: September 23, 2017, 03:50:55 AM »
Back to the AH-64, anyone else note the additional 'bumps' on this Israeli AH-64?  I presume they are related to the Spike NLOS missiles:




 
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Offline Twiddle

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #29 on: September 30, 2018, 02:17:08 PM »
AH-64 / A-10 hybrid
Kit instructions are not acceptable - let the imagination howl forth !

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #30 on: October 30, 2018, 02:27:53 AM »
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Offline Kerick

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #31 on: October 30, 2018, 07:42:16 AM »
Nice pics of Apaches. The Israeli one with gas bags looks interesting.

Offline ysi_maniac

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #32 on: October 30, 2018, 11:16:04 AM »
AH-64 / A-10 hybrid

This is a geat idea! :smiley:

Offline Volkodav

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #33 on: October 30, 2018, 05:37:11 PM »
Saw that in LinkedIn this morning, now that would be worth getting to replace the tiger.

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #34 on: October 31, 2018, 02:07:05 AM »
Saw that in LinkedIn this morning, now that would be worth getting to replace the tiger.

That might happen... ;)
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Offline Kerick

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #35 on: October 31, 2018, 02:36:59 AM »
Now I have to go out and buy an Apache kit!

Offline Volkodav

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #36 on: October 31, 2018, 07:30:19 PM »
Saw that in LinkedIn this morning, now that would be worth getting to replace the tiger.

That might happen... ;)

Id mention it at work if anyone there was remotely interested in aviation or attack helicopters.

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #37 on: January 04, 2019, 02:30:13 AM »
New Indian AH-64E:

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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #38 on: January 04, 2019, 02:45:04 PM »
From an ardent AH-1 fanboy; That looks very nice! :smiley:
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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #39 on: May 16, 2019, 02:02:07 AM »
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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #40 on: May 18, 2019, 05:31:15 AM »
I love how Boeing are calling it the AH-64E and presenting it as just a continuation of the
Apache.
 ;D

The friggin' thing has less in common with a current AH-64 than the Super Bug has with
a legacy Hornet.
 ;D :icon_fsm:
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Offline Kerick

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #41 on: May 18, 2019, 07:06:28 AM »
Repeat of the Cheyenne project.

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #42 on: May 19, 2019, 01:31:13 AM »
Don't let the facts get in the way of spin... ;)
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Offline Volkodav

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #43 on: May 19, 2019, 08:44:38 PM »
Could it be Boeing are just playing to the current administrations apparent preference for evolved verses new designs?

Offline Kerick

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #44 on: May 19, 2019, 10:37:19 PM »
A high speed Apache makes me think the US Army is changing its thoughts on attack helicopter tactics. The past tactics involved pop up attacks from behind cover with high speed not required. Is this a switch to more of an old Soviet style with diving attacks more like an aircraft?

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #45 on: May 20, 2019, 01:39:25 AM »
Could it be Boeing are just playing to the current administrations apparent preference for evolved verses new designs?

Nope, the it's just a derivative game is an old one.
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Offline Kerick

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #46 on: May 20, 2019, 01:51:47 AM »
Sometimes it works. Like how the A-7 Corsair II was a "derivative" of the F-8 Crusader.

Offline jcf

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #47 on: May 20, 2019, 03:57:04 AM »
Sometimes it works. Like how the A-7 Corsair II was a "derivative" of the F-8 Crusader.

Not the same thing at all, the Super Bug is one of the best examples, it's
a new aircraft yet still designated as an F-18.

That's the game, make major changes yet claim it's still the same basic
aircraft. It's been done in the commercial aviation arena for yonks, it's a
way around having to go through the new design certification process.
The current 747-8 has very little left in common with the original 747.

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Offline Kelmola

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #48 on: May 20, 2019, 07:52:41 PM »
I love how Boeing are calling it the AH-64E and presenting it as just a continuation of the Apache.
I thought AH-64E is just an upgraded Apache (even to the point that D's will be rebuilt to E standard) and AH-64F would be the totally not all-new compound helicopter? ???

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Re: AH-64 Apache
« Reply #49 on: May 21, 2019, 02:00:19 AM »
I love how Boeing are calling it the AH-64E and presenting it as just a continuation of the Apache.
I thought AH-64E is just an upgraded Apache (even to the point that D's will be rebuilt to E standard) and AH-64F would be the totally not all-new compound helicopter? ???

Indeed
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