upside down?

[Craig.]

guess he got bored flying helicopters the right way up:)
From the blue eagles display team

[ChuckMajik]

Whoa, that takes skill!

[Scottler]

If you look closely, there's a cluster of carabiners falling from the cockpit window.

[ozzy72]

I deny everything

[Hagar]

I never saw a full-sized helo do this yet.

[Craig.]

LOL:)
Doesnt have to do with the fact a full sized helicoptor can cost millions of

[ozzy72]

Only two helis in the world can loop to the best of my knowledge, the Lynx and the Apache. I've seen a Lynx do it, and the first time my lower jaw was around my ankles!
No heli could hover upside down. Physics gets in the way

[Scottler]

Leave it to Mark to have all the specifics....

[Craig.]

lol i knew about the whole only the lynx and apache can go upside down thing. My question is, Why? LOL, what real purpose does it serve other than a cool party trick. And the noise it creates from the lynx doing it.

[Hagar]

It took many years to develop a R/C model helicopter. I believe the first one flew successfully in the 1970s. Now they can do much more than a full-sized one. They're capable of sustained inverted flight under full control & can even climb inverted.

[ozzy72]

The Lynx and Apache have composite rotors that don't flex, so can sustain their shape even in the most extreme flying. Hence the tricks

[Craig.]

lol i get all that, But why? it cant provide much if any help on the battlefield and must cost extra on the blades to have them. So they must serve a purpose that i am missing.

[ozzy72]

Its to improve performance and handling Craig Oh and it makes maintenance less frequent Hence money saved. Oh and allegedly they're better resistant to battle damage (but I've yet to see this proved!)

[Craig.]

lets face it. one RPG on the tail rotor of either and they are going down. Thanks for the answer. I could have asked my dad seeing as he was a mechanic on them for years, but i think my phone bills gonna be high enough this month:) thanks again Mark.

[ozzy72]

No worries Craig, and frankly if you can hit it with an RPG its either parked, or you're going to be eating shrapnel