Royal Marine Reacts To RAH-66 Comanche: The F-35 of Helicopters

[@lancelavallee8487]

We take it as a compliment! We are warriors. Naming things after us going into battle... Love it.

[@OriginalHuman]

Love that!

[@steeljawX]

I mean, the assets bearing names out of honor are used a lot more than the ones bearing names based on American Colonist History. Chinook's, Apache's, and all the other helos are used a lot more on average than the Minutemen (thank goodness.) That all aside, I'm still waiting for the Navy to name a carrier the "USS Joe Medicine Crow", because we all know why a ship bearing his name would be terrifying. Plus, we all know it's nickname will be "War Chief" and every boot on the ground will never not be able to grin at the words, "War Chief has Eagles in the sky!" over the coms.

[@jedhaney3547]

@@steeljawX Those 'Colonist' names are seemingly reserved for missiles; Patriot, Minutemen, etc. There's ALOT of tribes you can pull from, not that many names comparatively for Colonialist/Revolutionary War terms. Rangers are already in use. Wait, why the 'thank goodness'?

[@1badsteed]

Using Minutemen means a war is going on...@@jedhaney3547

[@hitmixhyepock9405]

Facts I think it's cool.

[@davidsilvercreek8541]

I am full blood Navajo and as all non-activist American Indians we are HONORED by the names...

[@danielbrueggemann3058]

I've met a kick ars Navajo old timer he was down to earth said it how it happened spoke his mind and let you determine what to do with the information makes me wonder why some hated the name of the Washington football team the Redskins but I get it but the Indians are part of our American history we must never forget to not let it repeat 😊

[@jamestunedflat8942]

Glad you said it. My blood is too well mixed for me to be an official member of the black foot tribe, but I agree, and haven't met any tribal members who haven't felt pride in the nod to native American heritage.

[@davidsilvercreek8541]

@@danielbrueggemann3058Red Mesa high school, on Navajo Nation reservation AZ are the Redskins...

[@seebarry4068]

I'm sure you have a more informed take than me, but you speak for everyone? 🤔

[@Bearfacts01]

It’s a source of pride for most natives.

[@maeckknox6535]

when a new helicopter named after a native tribe enters service the tribe it shares its name with are invited to do ceremonial rites on the helicopters. there is footage of the Kiowa tribe doing this for the South Dakota national guards Kiowa helis

[@vegas7027]

NOTE: This is just a broad generalization of why some US weapons are named after Native American tribes and leaders is often due to the two being once enemies and the amount of respect the two share which other. While I'm sure some will disagree with this, it must be kept in mind that Native Americans have a strong affiliation due to a longstanding tradition of American Natives serving proudly and with great distinction in the US Military. Think of the Wind Talkers of the Navajo who served in the Marines during WW2. While there are exceptions and examples of horrible treatment by some, love of country is the most compelling. *"The U.S. military has a long history with Native Americans. Armed conflicts between the two were commonly known as the American Indian Wars and were fought intermittently from the time the U.S. was first settled by Europeans to early in the 20th century. But Native Americans also served as some of the fiercest fighters for the United States for more than 200 years. In fact, 32 Native Americans have earned the nation’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor." *US. Department of Defense (cited source) Notw

[@michaelscott33]

Cherokee and Osage Native American here. I love it.

[@Justice094]

The FARA Program (New Scout Helo for 2028) was canceled just the other week sadly.

[@GLJKins]

We have forces in Government that want a weak America. This is why they canceled the F-22, many other. If they could they would get rid of the A-10. It's at the top of the list, because it's one of the best ground supporting planes in history. And is wanted by ground troops. This is the reason why they keep canceling our top technology.

[@willythemailboy2]

What we've seen in Ukraine led the Army to conclude that no scout helicopter is going to be capable enough to justify risking lives when nearly-as-capable drones are available instead.

[@derekleininger3468]

I am honored by the respect given

[@thomasmccall2455]

Thirty years ago. Just imagine what is in the sky now.

[@Chief1lung]

It was "retired" over operation cost, but don't think for a second that you will never ever see this again

[@m2hmghb]

The thing about the Comanche is that it directly led to the stealth hawk like the ones used on the bin laden raid. It makes me wonder what they've been doing since then - the Comanche was back in the 90s.

[@mekboy7403]

They've been experimenting with different types of stealth helos. I heard talk of a stealth chinook but that didn't seem to go anywhere. Currently they are working on whats basically a modern Comanche named the Invictus.

[@michaelray5595]

Ft Rucker had a simulation building in 2003... the program sadly was cut in 2005ish...

[@Haeroism]

Hello Buddy. Loving your videos. Former British Army lad here who grew up just up the road from Lympstone. Awesome content, good vids and great topics. I Will try and free up some time to watch your live streams. Keep up the work bud. If you ever pop down to Devon again, give us a shout and i'll get some beers in and meet you in person. Also does this not remind you of a green version of Chopper from AirWolf?

[@Deimos_One]

Nostalgia for the classic PC games

[@TheRagratus]

I have a buddy that was really REALLY into flight sims, he even bought the flight controllers, throttle, and rudder pedals. He crushed on this game. There is no doubt that he could fly a plane, now nerves and "g-forces" might get him but I think he could give it a go.

[@larryblake842]

I love watching his face as it lists more impressive advanced features and he is trying his hardest to figure out just why it failed to make it to the production line.

[@chaseychaseum5366]

I thought I saw one of these flying over my house one day, but I didn't see it.

[@timper4326]

This video reminds me of the AH-56 Cheyenne helicopter project, another sweet helicopter project that didn't go through.

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Like stated earlier in the video - the U.S.S.R. ( Union of Soviet Socialists Republic ) lost power and became Russia ; when that happened the need for expected military systems decreased so this program was one of those that got terminated

[@BillD5244]

A big issue of getting replacements and such is building an air frame that can handle over all weight, have the survivability, along with having the much needed hardware. After all of that, people need to have a firm idea of what they need so something can be built.

[@stew9168]

Wow that gave me a flashback to being a kid watching Bluethunder.

[@dallascbyz]

the reason the helicopters are named after Indian tribes is because the Indians fought had and were tough so they renamed the choppers after them because they are designed to fight hard obviously.

[@-scrim]

Not really.

[@ColinBriant-uj7mp]

Just to ruin everyone's day wouldn't the rotors kill any semblance of stealth?

[@Always3000]

America has a different type of “Rich People Problems” lol We stay making jets and choppers that we don’t need lol

[@LilSebastian_]

You can’t say H either… but that’s ok. Observing Brits I have noticed that they speak in syllables.

[@1lthrnk]

For the most part they are pretty proud of tribal names being attached to the military equipment. The only people that seem to get upset about using tribal names for warrior combative equipment or a NFL team. They get upset about the Name of the Washington Redskins. It didn’t seem to upset the coach William Dietz who may or may not have been the Sioux nation. But I have heard interviews with American Indians from different tribes who aren’t upset about the old mascot because they are at least recognized by the American people

[@darkoblivion8136]

The helicopter was actually in Black Ops 2 the attack heli killstreak

[@ViolentKisses87]

The Successor Scout helicopter program had some cool helicopters, including the Bell 360 Invictus which looks like a RAH 66 little sister. They canned the program in favor of drones as of 2 ish months ago after watching the Ukraine War closely.

[@jst1man]

Half the Apache. All of the Comanche. Really?

[@40Acres_and_A_Mule]

helicopter is equal to making a brick fly only so much aero dynamic changes u can make lol

[@gregadomeit4020]

Check out the sikorsky with the pusher propeller.

[@ThadDePadua9928]

Sounds about right, like seeing this on my C&C Generals gameplay. ;-;

[@CoachE_360]

nice i love flying mine and im building the 360 next!!!!!

[@or10nsharkfin]

My dad served in one of the units in the former Fort Hood back in the mid-to-late 90's that was running tests on some of the components for the RAH-66. Said that a lot of what they worked on went into later iterations of the UH-60 Black Hawk.

[@seebarry4068]

1:15 you think they probably thought about wheels before they built the rest mate? 2:35 they plan on the B52 lasting a century.😂

[@40Acres_and_A_Mule]

there is or was a new copter i think its raider x its cool but cancelled it for an upgraded Osprey thing

[@ExUSSailor]

A total failure! The Army just wouldn't let it go. The DoD threw BILLIONS down that hole. Trying to make helicopters stealthy is a useless wate of money.

[@typhoon1575]

It is yea. Helicopters are already meant to fly low using cover and terrain to their benefit. All that extra work I'm stealth for marginal situational benefits that are easier solved with better positioning and long range weapons

[@StoicBerserker]

Pretty dang hard to tell for sure, I mean unless you're sitting behind enemy radar trying to target one and seeing if you'll get or keep a lock, infrared would ultimately probably be more reliable, again idk for sure though. What do you think Jina

[@typhoon1575]

3:55 Kind of. It flew like crap, but the level of stealth provided by that plane was very much real, and to this day of high quality. It was phased out because we made better stealth aircraft that can fky better and hold more payload. Even then no other country in the world has succeded at producing a true stealth aircraft. Their closest attempts are still more radar visible than the f117 by a considerable margin

[@yeti8it396]

upgrades on Helo's are not Airforce as jets and so forth. Those are covered by a totally different branch.

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Like in the TV series ( Air Wolf ) the helicopter that was { Air Wolf } and what it's capabilities were ; if that could only be made in real life. The Army would have a very formidable helcopter that maybe could be the only one needed.

[@iKvetch558]

LOL...definitely not all that comparable to anything that is in service in the US military, since they never actually produced any of them. 💯

[@shalakabooyaka1480]

They are from different branches. Army spends it between helo's, tanks, arty, grunts etc etc. Air Force buys planes and stuff the planes shoot or drop.

[@jst1man]

To be realistic, 30 billion wasn't just used on that helicopter. In the 80's and 90's the US military and the Military industrial complex was notorious for using funds from 1 project for another using it as a patsy for spending and the Senate allows it.

[@paulhansen4586]

Great video👍. Could you react to the fat electrician operation, Paul Bunyan. ( the greatest show of force ever.)

[@maxwellmortimermontoure7274]

I second this. Love that dude. Just learned he doesn’t use a script, it’s all in his head!

[@rubeja7able]

In Arma 3 is RAH-66 Comanche, game name: AH-99 Blackfoot. Amazing helicopter 😁

[@jeremybachelder1197]

you beat me to it i just typed it all out then was like lemme check first :P

[@theredscourge]

The US Military names their helicopters after the Apache and the Comanche because they were the most violent and feared tribes, so much so that I believe they were completely wiped out.

[@kp9597]

The Native American Tribes are Honored that Their Tribes are Honoring the Native Tribes by naming Successful Military Machines after their Tribes.

[@freeforall825]

I was stationed at Fort Rucker when they were developing this and they flew it a few times at the airfield across the road from me. It was a big waste of money, but they did get some new tech developed for helicopters in general. 28 million per helicopter is pretty cheap if you think about what you're getting. There are civilian luxury helicopters that cost more than that.

[@ericmightywombatprince]

The other company paid the government better money than the Apache .

[@BobarissGish]

It is not that helicopters are hard to upgrade it is certain people believed that helicopters are no longer necessary when drones can do the same job cheaper.

[@TheJakeo147]

I love that U.S is always trying to outshine its adversaries but I feel like we go about it the wrong ways sometimes. Yeah it wasn't a needed heli and yeah it had problems. But some of our equipment just doesn't need replacements. But man I'd be happy as hell if we had a halo pelican

[@JintoLin]

As the video stated it was not a complete loss but hundreds of billions for tech upgrades is still a major loss in funds that could of been managed better

[@adamrou12345]

Could have been managed better yes. But these types of projects tend to not got approved for funding without plenty of pork for contractors in the states with flexible lawmakers.

[@yankee_tango]

Nice video on a helicopter program that was cancelled, as has the newest program to try and get something to replace the scout helicopter FARA program as well effective in 2024. So there is no new development program any longer. There was another attack helicopter being developed at the same time as the Cobra attack helicopter AH-1 types it was the AH-56 Cheyenne, it was being developed by Sikorsky during the Vietnam war due to the fact the AH-1's had some kind of software issue apparently. The is a video out there about as well. Loving your content, it is nice to see a variety of types of stuff being shown by you here. Chubby electron Dude has a new video out as well that you may want to see, it is about how the U.S. Air Force took out half of the MiG 21's used by the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam war. They did it in about 18 minutes or so. I hope you check it out.

[@five_eleven_tac3393]

Would be nice if you could look at the AH-56

[@Onbronco77]

Don’t worry !! Jan-Michael Vincent and Airwolf will take care of us 👍

[@olivercaamanoformoso5582]

So Rockstar swiched the origins of the Hind and the Comanche as in GTA the Comanche is named ''Akula🦈' having soviet cover and russian name painted in cyrilic russian writing and the Hind is called Savage, like Native Americans where called by the Brits and later US Settlers so often. And has US kind of stickers By the Way. The Rockstar version looks way cooler I think

[@72tadrian65]

That thing looks almost as sexy as an Ornithopter from Dune!

[@miqoto]

Cheaper/more economical to just do drones at this point.

[@daltonmckee4788]

Game play reaction videos?

[@drew65sep]

In hindsight, it's probably a good thing that this thing was canceled. With Boeing involved, parts would be falling off and dirt-napping crews.

[@mrnickbig1]

The RAH-66 failed primarily due to problems with the overly complex engines. Also, IMHO, it would have been much stealthier in a NOTAR configuration.

[@RECoyote]

You never played the game back in the 90s?

[@xzocker9247]

CnC Generals vibes lol

[@kodakfilm69]

It wasn’t shit canned.. it was moved to black budget and continued to be refined. 😊

[@hmshood9212]

F-22 actually. The F-35 not so much.

[@MrShwaggins]

Gotta grind away to unlock the next branch of the tech tree.

[@grizzlycountry1030]

Retractable landing gear like the dolphin helicopter.

[@timmooney7528]

The Commanche scout project was canned back in 2004 in favor of researching drones. In retrospect drones were a better choice

[@NottiOne]

They put all the good technologies into the Apache. The Apache has almost all those capabilities.

[@markhogan9435]

Theoretically, the helicopter was not supposed to fly. It's very complex working parts can only be upgraded to certain level, which slows down progress. Even the so called God pin on the shaft is a miracle

[@russfelger]

Just remember, when a program is dropped, its never scrapped. Ultimately, some of that program is used in full or in part in future developements. So, its not a complete waste of time and money.

[@garycamara9955]

Its Aich no haytch!

[@wiilli7685]

The Bell Invictus .

[@pugsbella]

cost of 1 chopper could buy lots of drones

[@johndickson435]

Dam I hate it when these people think that the rest of us would rather hear them talk and make comment after comment instead of the actual video it self.

[@xubious]

He's kind enough to put the video in the description if you don't wanna hear him

[@krueputohe9155]

Can someone from New Zealand become a Royal Marine?

[@OriginalHuman]

I’ve never seen it. Most likely depends on citizenship.

[@krueputohe9155]

I did some research and come across Common Wealth citizenship, Do you know what that is?

[@stingray69691]

My Gosh! The RAH-66 looks like the helicopter from the TV show Air wolf!

[@Mr_Z_89]

While i do not speak for all natives of course, my moms half of the family is a mix of Navajo and Cherokee native tribes and i would say i am honored to have such powerful machines named after our people.

[@RatSpleam]

KZbin is putting you in my recommendation again!

[@davidvega6215]

You can't say the H word either .lol.

[@string_fellow_hawk]

This was an attempt to make a genx tv show real. ❤ nice try No work ever done in creating new things go to waste.

[@doxfire]

My pops worked on Seahawk's and he told a story of when he went to visit Sikorsky's manufacturing plant and walking through the wrong set of doors because he got lost and seeing this thing and promptly being whisked away by security and them telling him he saw nothing even if he had top secret clearance. I took with a grain of salt, but for all I know he really saw one of the prototypes being built.

[@mr.metorix6318]

Was it canceled OR did the government Claim to have canceled the program, but keep the program alive for a Special Operations Attack Helicopter. I have witnessed a Comanche Flying at night in 2004 during its testing, there is no mistaking the sound of that 5 bladed rotor.

[@paulholsinger9690]

And the army hold the Comanche as the best warriors to ever live so they are trying to truly honor them.

[@Byepolarchaos]

Here’s something to consider the amount of development and basically beta experimental equipment was done, but it was 23 years and all that money spent it doesn’t necessarily mean nothing was accomplished. They may have decided that we’re not going to build that iteration but the amount of technology that comes out is staggering. Do US has two stealth helicopters now

[@thomasmcelroy5785]

Pretty sure that stealthy helicopters will be needed in the coming 15 years; drones are making it really cheap to get a warhead to the target, while still being very effective, and drone swarms would be a helicopter's nightmare

[@Chief1lung]

Just a hint... no body spends that kind of money to just cancel the whole thing......

[@bulletproofpepper2]

Helicopter blade technology is maxed out, the blade going forward is move faster then the helicopter and the blade going back is slower then the helicopter, there is a point the blade going forwards is moving through the air quicker makes a pressure wave that disrupts the airflow at the tip. This is a quick and easy explanation. 250 miles per hour is the minimum speed. The v-22 Osprey was going to the next great thing but it has its own problems.

[@Chief1lung]

If you wonder about the natives with military, look up the code talkers from the Navajo nation...

[@Adiscretefirm]

7 billion, psshhhh that ain't much. Besides, they don't forget everything they learned in the R&D. Practices and systems will turn up in later projects or be brought to the current fleet

[@n8vsarestillhere111]

You should check out the video showing what happened when they pitted attack helicopters vs fighter jets

[@xubious]

I'm interested... who made the video?

[@n8vsarestillhere111]

We are the mighty

[@seanpaula8924]

CIA and Special ops PROBABLY have a few flying around..😉😜

[@semperparatusadversustyran4336]

The Channel We are the mighty has a video about why some military helicopters are named after Is native american tribes

[@burnttoaster6313]

The rrrrraaaaaaaahhhh 66

[@1ntwndrboy198]

Drones are the future 😮

[@HomerSimpson514]

By the looks of it, we are entering drone warfare age that will make all these platforms obsolete for the most part.

[@rhettwhipple2617]

A scouting platform... that can be done with drones for less cost and risk?

[@chuckokelley2448]

It honors a warrior culture

[@Whiteknight-xg2pq]

Ahh yes the most abused helo in 2042.

[@Robstercraw]

My cousin flew an Apache

[@davidnoel2977]

The only known Comanche attack helicopter left in existence is here in our military museum in Alabama. They need to bring it back out and give it only a few minor upgrades. The other one is obviously under lock and key back with the company

[@GRIMON3]

Would love to see a F blah blah blah Mohawk one day fr fr

[@aaronyork3995]

Can you imagine a Helo in the US being called “Zulu Spear Chucker” But our nations are still fair game. Dumb

[@Bearfacts01]

Works for me!

[@ethanbrinkman3401]

That'd be a dope name for a railgun...if you're offended by the U.S. naming aircraft after native nations, you're an idiot. It's an honor to have a piece of equipment named after you.

[@One_foot_in_the_Grave]

I wouldn't want to make a generalization but a long time ago I asked a friend what he thinks and he said he thinks it's "pretty fucking cool" lol he said what would you think of a tank called the "fighting Irish Canadian " which would be cool as fuck ! IMHO. LoL