Navy to buy seahawks!!! OMG!!!

• kopiosatu

  28 May 05, 13:30

  Originally posted by risenlava:

  m'sia??? oh... r they buying apaches too??? haha... didnt noe their army was tat updated or advanced... but i may b wrng...haha...

  i'm not talking apaches, i'm talking about the aircrafts they have now.
• risenlava

  28 May 05, 13:38

  haha...true... if they cant maintain their current military hardware, dunno wats gonna happen if they buy those nxt generation military hardware...
• kopiosatu

  28 May 05, 13:42

  ever seen how they service their aircraft, I haven't... because they don't even check the bloody thing.
  
  I was sitting at the airport and this m'sian chopper lands.
  
  it shuts down and the pilots and crew happily walk out and i dunno where they go to.
  
  I'm sitting there looking at the aircraft and was wondering... aren't they gonna at least do a visual check?
  
  the crew strolls back to the aircraft and starts it up and flies off.
  
  sometime later, i read the news that their chopper crashed.
  
  amazing.
• risenlava

  28 May 05, 13:53

  they go drink kopi izzit??? dt tell me they hv no airbases or anyting??? nid to land at airport??? lol....
• kopiosatu

  28 May 05, 13:55

  Originally posted by risenlava:

  they go drink kopi izzit??? dt tell me they hv no airbases or anyting??? nid to land at airport??? lol....

  this was in Bandah Aceh, all the military aircraft land there.
  
  You can do a visual check anywhere.
• Rockhound

  28 May 05, 14:34

  any feasibility on the usage of AH-6 little birds?...probably small-men units of guards or the adf using them?
• kopiosatu

  28 May 05, 14:36

  Originally posted by Rockhound:

  any feasibility on the usage of AH-6 little birds?...probably small-men units of guards or the adf using them?

  We already have the Fennecs for now actually.
  
  Don't look down on these babies.
• risenlava

  28 May 05, 15:16

  the fennecs may b gd enuff for nw but the AH-6 probably has better speed, firepower & manuvoerability(is tis hw its spelled???).....
• kopiosatu

  28 May 05, 15:37

  Originally posted by risenlava:

  the fennecs may b gd enuff for nw but the AH-6 probably has better speed, firepower & manuvoerability(is tis hw its spelled???).....

  And how about logistics? Can the helicopter be upgraded? (Most can be upgraded but can they upgrade to a system Singapore wants?) Cost of spares? Cost of maintaining the aircraft?
• risenlava

  28 May 05, 15:48

  true...true.... even if the saf wanna buy it, it wt b anytime soon.... they will prob b short of money after buying the seahawks recently...
• kopiosatu

  28 May 05, 15:50

  Originally posted by risenlava:

  true...true.... even if the saf wanna buy it, it wt b anytime soon.... they will prob b short of money after buying the seahawks recently...

  for general info, choppers cost more than fixed wing aircraft.
• SMAPLionHeart

  28 May 05, 16:44

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  for general info, choppers cost more than fixed wing aircraft.

  Does not apply to all aircrafts..
• nismoS132

  28 May 05, 17:42

  Originally posted by kopiosatu:

  ah? in du shen kong? simi lai???

  that's what i thought when i 1st heard that term
  
  basically is just using inofficial methods to make things work. like stuffing pipe cleaners into m16butts so they don't vibrate.
• kopiosatu

  28 May 05, 20:46

  Originally posted by SMAPLionHeart:

  Does not apply to all aircrafts..

  common sense would tell you that, i meant generally
• kopiosatu

  28 May 05, 20:47

  Originally posted by nismoS132:

  that's what i thought when i 1st heard that term
  
  basically is just using inofficial methods to make things work. like stuffing pipe cleaners into m16butts so they don't vibrate.

  hahahahahahahaha~
  
  um... i'm supposed to say this, we follow the official technical publications which include maintenance practices and work practices.