Guess the Helicopter!

[shinRaiden 0]

MI-12 prototype?

And yes, that is the first variant of the MI-24.

[shadow 6]

Looks like a MI-12 (V12) and a MI-24A (V24)

[Schoeler 0]

Why must the Russians make such huge freaking helicopters?

It's always big, big, big with the transport aircraft and helos!

[theavonlady 2]

Why must the Russians make such huge freaking helicopters?

It's always big, big, big with the transport aircraft and helos!

You want something small?

[Major Fubar 0]

Thats a KA-26, yes?

http://ofp.gamezone.cz/index.php?showthis=6404

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So, who can name this one:

[Sole 0]

Eurocopter Dauphine (or a licenced version with a different name :P)

if it's not, disregard the next pic you'll have to guess

not so hard I believe

[Major Fubar 0]

Eurocopter Dauphine (or a licenced version with a different name :P)

Close enough: 2001 AS 365N3 Dauphin 2 Helicopter (as used by the Australian Police force)  

Out of interest, is that the same chopper as the one in Joltan's sig:

[Nathanz 0]

Out of interest, is that the same chopper as the one in Joltan's sig:

http://img48.photobucket.com/albums/v147/majorfubar/JoltanSig.jpg

Thats a Kamov Ka-60 Kasatka  

edit: Sole thats a Kaman K1200 KMax ? I remember seeing it on the tv sometime

[theavonlady 2]

Pic too big:

http://www.jetphotos.net/images/images2/d/DSCN8632a.JPG.64555.jpg

update and thanks to you know who you are ;):

[Colossus 2]

Looks like a MI-12 (V12) and a MI-24A (V24)

MI-12 prototype?

And yes, that is the first variant of the MI-24.

Yes it was a Mi-12.

Maybe this can give a clue if that Mi-24 was a Hind A.

Quote[/b] ]The design of the Hind can be traced back to the Mi-8, NATO codename 'Hip', a medium lift transport helicopter with a number of armed variants

in the mid 1960s. Components of the Mi-8 were used to form the basis of the

Hind, the first dedicated attack helicopter to be built in the Soviet Union.

The Soviets studied reports on American helicopter operations in Vietnam with

considerable interest. Unlike the West, they remained convinced of the benefits

of a heavily armed carrier. In 1966 the Mil Design Bureau was tasked by

the Soviet goverment to design such a helicopter. The new gunship was to be

smaller and more powerful  than the Mi-8, with stub wings for weapon

attachment and enhanced lift at higher speeds. The fist prototype, the V-24,

was completed in 1969. The flight crew consisted of pilot, gunner and

engineer. Up to eight troops could be carried in central cabin. During

flight trails, one aircraft was fitted with a 'fenestron' shrounded tail rotor,

similar to the Gazelle, but the design was rejected. The first production aircraft, designated the Mi-24, was delivered to the Soviet Air Force in 1972.

During early production, several significant design changes were

incorporated on the HIND A. The stub wings were mounted with a

pronounced anhedral in order to reduce the effects of downwash from the

main rotor blades when hovering. Plates were fitted to the ends of the stub

wings for the purpose of mounting AT-2 'Swatter' AT missiles.

A director pod for the AT-2 missiles was fitted under the nose of the helicopter.

Later models were fitted with more powerful 2,220 shp Izotov TV-3-117

turboshaft engines. The tail rotor was moved to the port side of the vertical

fin and its direction reversed in order to improve yaw control. It is an

interesting fact that a modified version of the Mi-24 Hind A, known as the

A-10 (?), broken eight world records of the helicopter performance during 1975,

including speed, climb rate and altitude.

The deployment of two regiments of 45 Hind A's in East Germany during

1974 caused NATO considerable concern. The West had no equivalent of

such heavily armed helicopter. NATO tank crews nicknamed the helicoper the 'bogyman' due its fearsome appearance and devastating

firepower.

In-service use of the Hind A highlighted several shortcomings. Crews

complained of vulnerability to enemy ground fire, cockpit visibility and

limitations of the machine gun.

From the Hind95

I guess it is a Hind A becouse the later versions had a

re-designed nose and also mounted on infra-red and gatting gun (4000 rps) equipment.

[Nathanz 0]

Pic too big:

http://www.jetphotos.net/images/images2/d/DSCN8632a.JPG.64555.jpg

update and thanks to you know who you are ;):

http://img34.exs.cx/img34/5355/avon1.jpg

We need a clueee

[theavonlady 2]

Pic too big:

http://www.jetphotos.net/images/images2/d/DSCN8632a.JPG.64555.jpg

update and thanks to you know who you are ;):

http://img34.exs.cx/img34/5355/avon1.jpg

We need a clueee  

I lost the info link! Now we'll never know!

[Nathanz 0]

Pic too big:

http://www.jetphotos.net/images/images2/d/DSCN8632a.JPG.64555.jpg

update and thanks to you know who you are ;):

http://img34.exs.cx/img34/5355/avon1.jpg

We need a clueee  

I lost the info link! Now we'll never know!    

After a little research I found its name:

HélicoptÄre Laflamme LF 01  

[Kaliyuga 0]

Here's another old, strange copter

[Nathanz 0]

Here's another old, strange  copter  

http://members.cox.net/mskipwith/mysterycopter.jpg

Ahaha, I was just about to post the same thing:

Oh bugger ... forgot the name  

edit: Ok i found the name: Hiller YH-32 Hornet

[Kaliyuga 0]

yeah pretty cool chopper, interesting idea to put jets on the end of the blades:

The main rotor had one Hiller 8RJ2B ramjet at the tip of each blade for the main propulsion system, and an auxiliary gasoline engine could spin the rotor up to 50 rpm to enable the ramjet engine to function. Ordered in 1952, all 12 prototypes were delivered to the Army in 1956.