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Picture Post => Current and Finished Projects => Topic started by: John Howling Mouse on January 22, 2006, 10:39:50 AM

Poll
Question: Which option should I pick for the shortened version?
Option 1: LOACH helo (lightly armed but more for observation). votes: 10
Option 2: Full-blown (but shorter) light attack helo? votes: 4
Option 3: Civilian business helo? votes: 6
Option 4: Other? (specify) votes: 7
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: John Howling Mouse on January 22, 2006, 10:39:50 AM
Because I will end up with two, similar helo's out of this exercise in ugliness, I am trying to plan what role the shorter one would occupy.  The longer one is definitely destined to become a large, multi-purpose combat/attack helo.

At present, it will have that god-awful Soviet turquoise interior color but, other than that, it could go with any of the options stated (or others I have not yet considered).

What do you think?

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Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: AeroplaneDriver on January 22, 2006, 10:49:28 AM
I think a military dealie with lots of guns would look great, but for something a bit different I'm voting Civilian corporate helo.  How about custom decals for "Flange Brothers Mobile Abbatoir" or some other suitably "ugly" business?

Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: Tophe on January 22, 2006, 11:22:53 AM
I will not say that military job is ugly somehow, I will smile into a mild ugly job: getting/transporting tax money from Indian camps far away in the Northern Canadian forest...
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: Sentinel Chicken on January 22, 2006, 12:30:46 PM
My vote was for a LOACHski, but after further reflection, I'm thinking an ag bird would kick some booty:

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It would make a nice heliborne companion to the PZL M-15 Belphegor.  
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: Captain Canada on January 22, 2006, 12:33:40 PM
Loach sounds good, with those big windows and doors..
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: John Howling Mouse on January 22, 2006, 12:53:18 PM
QuoteLoach sounds good, with those big windows and doors..
You know, that made me wonder just where the heck would I put the winglets on the smaller one with that big door on the side and all.  If going underneath the door's bottom edge, that sure doesn't leave much room for underwing hung ordnance.

And, since there will now be a conventional tail-rotor on the short version, would leaving the aft clamshell doors be kind of a dumb/unsafe idea?

SC: your idea about an AG-version makes me want to buy yet another one of these kits for that concept.  Stop doing that!   :lol:   Could imagine a very different aft fuselage to store liquids in tanks where the clamshell doors are located on the regular Huskie.  Hmmmm...
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: Bryan H. on January 22, 2006, 01:48:19 PM
What about some sort of firefighter helo?  Or as an alternative a police or coast guard machine?

:cheers: Bryan
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: wolfik on January 22, 2006, 02:39:40 PM
the longer would be nice as an art of CSAR helo? or maybe as a anti ship helo? with anti ship rockets and fuel tanks...and a rear ramp with a minigun?(5.56mm is enough...a prototype was used during the vietnam war...)
the shorter as a what if police helo with tilt turbines like the one in the Terminator movie...Aerial Hunter Killer
dont forget the flir and other "usefull equipment".... B)

:cheers:
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: nev on January 22, 2006, 02:48:43 PM
I voted civvie - I'm imagining Toad and Kurly piling into one before flying out to some rig somewhere to do some work!

And the thing about a civvie job is this - you can make up your own butt-ugly corporate scheme with hideously mis-matched colours :)
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: Ollie on January 22, 2006, 03:54:18 PM
Flying vodka bar for the remote locations?

:wub:  
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: SebastianP on January 22, 2006, 06:43:27 PM
Looking at the photos and the circular windows you've marked out, I'm sort of hoping they're going to be bubble windows...

IMHO, there's only one scheme that'll do for the little ugly thing - Marine One...

SP
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: The Rat on January 22, 2006, 08:28:58 PM
I like the civvy idea Baz, maybe some gorgeous busty babe doing traffic reports?
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: K5054NZ on January 22, 2006, 08:55:53 PM
I voted Loach.......but, cos of its ugliess, it's really more of a roach.....eww!
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: Mike Wren on January 23, 2006, 07:40:21 AM
methinks a civil version in Aeroflot markings would really contrast with the military one
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: noxioux on January 23, 2006, 09:05:40 AM
How about a civilian security force chopper.  Something for a low-end corporate HRT or protection team?  Perhaps a 7.62 minigun or a pair of M-60's by the doors, and a bunch of well-armed black suits inside.
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on January 24, 2006, 05:19:46 PM
Paint it orange and white and attach a bit bucket of water to it and make it a fire fighting helicopter.  
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: Eddie M. on January 24, 2006, 05:24:36 PM
Make it a large animal rescue helo. :) animal graphic on the side and the whole bit. ^_^
    Eddie
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: retro_seventies on January 24, 2006, 07:11:10 PM
oooooooooooh that's an idea.

working for some national park in sierra leone or something? how about an okapi on the side?

nice and dirty khaki colour - lots of rust and a couple of salvaged panels from another "haggard".  spotlights? bedding rolls? net gun? couple of crates in the back to hold them in? couple of park rangers sitting on the skids?

my GOD eddie, that's a killer idea my friend.... :wub:  :wub:  :wub:  :wub:  
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: K5054NZ on January 24, 2006, 09:14:24 PM
Yeah netgun! Need any advice? Just call! ^_^  
Title: What to do with "short" helo version?
Post by: anthonyp on January 25, 2006, 06:41:09 AM
At first, the "short" in the thread title made me think of "short yellow bus," but upon further reflection, I like Ollie's idea.  Flying.  Vodka.  Bar.  :lol:

:cheers:  :cheers: