Bell AH-1 Cobra - Olympic Airshow - Sunday

[@muxline5835]

What a show and what an excellent cameraman too! I'm sure the pilot of both machines inspired those kids! Fun fun!

[@donaldslayton2769]

I do not miss listening to this all day. Cool to watch still

[@thedude1-wn2ij]

Awesome display!

[@Condor1970]

We should send these to Ukraine. The USA still has quite a few of the older Cobras in inventory, while the USMC upgrades to new Vipers. They are much easier to train on and maintain than most attack helicopters, difficult to shoot down, and are generally PERFECT for that environment.

[@rasimbosnjak]

A iz

[@yuanyuanalan6092]

i love ah-1

[@francisconti9085]

The Huey family..the birds, and the people..

[@threestarsandasun204]

2013 Bell Ah-1f Cobra Helicopter

[@kendonnelly3248]

Odd it doesn't have the TSU for the Tow missiles. Yet it has the racks. The gun stow looks kinda high also. Still a sweet machine.

[@francisconti9085]

Probably a mockup job after the "demilitarization" It looks like AH-1G (or late model -1G with tail rotor on right side) was upgraded to -1S Mod, 20mm cannon turret, flat window panes and TOW racks.. The AH-1F was the fully improved production/modernized model? Worth looking up! Any of the Bell Huey family of helicopters are really versatile, and the other Bell helicopters have also seen improvements and upgraded capabilities.. the AH-1Z is a MONSTER, as is the UH-1Y.. they BOTH have the equivilant power of a Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk now..DOUBLE the capability of their predecessors, which started with single 900shp engines! 4 blade main rotor and twin engines seems the present..let's see where the future leads!

[@themechbuilder6171]

why does the rotor look so slow

[@fight2flyphoto]

Because it's only 2 fat blades and it is pretty slow. 324 RPM. A Bell 407 has 4 blades and 413 RPM so they'll look quite a bit faster.

[@francisconti9085]

Watch the blades of a Chinook! Big fat.long things, each set of 3 are turning @ 180 RPM if I recall.., the hub you can track one blade as it goes round! *The wider blades give your eyes more time to see the blur pass, so less "lost" in the background with that "stronger signal" of greater duration!

[@ronaldgreen5292]

Because, its rotor blades are heavy, and are 12inches, or, a foot across!! Probably close to 28ft. In diameter. Rotor rpms on Huey helicopters are normally 315-325@ full throttle. It's basically a giant spinning wing!!

[@訴厚哭]

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