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#3753372 - 03/19/13 11:04 AM AH-64E Guardian  
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So the ole Longbow has a replacement. Who'd have thought?

http://www.army.mil/article/98383/_Guardian__rises_at_Joint_Base_Lewis_McChord/

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#3753387 - 03/19/13 11:46 AM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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nifty!

#3753399 - 03/19/13 12:15 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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Quote:
"The increased power will now allow us to stay on the objective longer and with more ammunition," said Lt. Col. Geoffrey Crawford


Can only be a good thing.


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Devs said there was stuff there, but you just couldn't see it.
#3753444 - 03/19/13 01:54 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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#3753486 - 03/19/13 02:46 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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so China's Longbow Clone they built using hacked data from the engine control software is obsolete already.


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#3753522 - 03/19/13 03:43 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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"AH-64E pilots now have the option to control nearby Unmanned Aerial Vehicles," said Chief Warrant Officer 3, Richard Crabtree, 1-229th ARB maintenance test pilot. "They can view UAV camera feeds, adjust their flight path and launch missiles at targets spotted by the UAV."

I want that.

Nice!

#3753534 - 03/19/13 03:54 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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I hadn't even heard they were working on that - very cool!


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#3753553 - 03/19/13 04:30 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: SkateZilla]  
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Originally Posted By: SkateZilla
so China's Longbow Clone they built using hacked data from the engine control software is obsolete already.


confused


Originally Posted by Abraham Lincoln
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.


#3753556 - 03/19/13 04:35 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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Old news. If you're a Comanche nut! yep

#3753569 - 03/19/13 04:47 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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In other older news, to make themselves look better, the Army and Boeing renamed the AH-64D Block 3 Longbow program to AH-64E Guardian.

Across the Pacific, North Korea is renaming its MiG fighters to "Super American Killers" with the same amount of improvement to their warfighting ability.



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#3753576 - 03/19/13 04:56 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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In yet other new, the AIM-120C-8 was renamed AIM-120D, and the F-16 Block 60 was renamed F-16E.

At some point things can grow enough in capability to warrant a new major version indication ... this happens in software, too.


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#3753639 - 03/19/13 06:24 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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The question of when a new model is just a block upgrade and when it's a new version can probably be debated in quite a number of cases.

deadhorse

A related discussion (and often not lacking in entertainment-value)is the naming of systems to fit the political needs of the day, e.g. the through-deck cruisers of the RN (known as "carriers" in the rest of the world), or the Tu-26, renamed Tu-22M to prove that it was just an updated version and not a new design (which it was).

#3753724 - 03/19/13 08:38 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Flyboy]  
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Originally Posted By: Flyboy
Old news. If you're a Comanche nut! yep


Comanche who? wink

#3754225 - 03/20/13 06:06 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Ibex]  
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Originally Posted By: Ibex
The question of when a new model is just a block upgrade and when it's a new version can probably be debated in quite a number of cases.

deadhorse

A related discussion (and often not lacking in entertainment-value)is the naming of systems to fit the political needs of the day, e.g. the through-deck cruisers of the RN (known as "carriers" in the rest of the world), or the Tu-26, renamed Tu-22M to prove that it was just an updated version and not a new design (which it was).


F/A-18E/F? rolleyes


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#3754256 - 03/20/13 06:35 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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#3754258 - 03/20/13 06:37 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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Originally Posted By: Stormtrooper
Originally Posted By: Flyboy
Old news. If you're a Comanche nut! yep


Comanche who? wink


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#3754259 - 03/20/13 06:37 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: 531 Ghost]  
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Originally Posted By: 531 Ghost
Originally Posted By: SkateZilla
so China's Longbow Clone they built using hacked data from the engine control software is obsolete already.


confused


http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/how-us-software-ended-up-in-chinese-assault-helicopters/

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/07/02/us-firm-guilty-of-aiding-chinas-attack-helicopter.html

Last edited by SkateZilla; 03/20/13 06:41 PM.

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#3754262 - 03/20/13 06:42 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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I was thinking those things could go over 200mph hmm. 189 is kind a slow now days.


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#3754280 - 03/20/13 06:58 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: Stormtrooper]  
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Unless you can slow down the rotors, that's a practical limit. The rotor blades can't break the sound barrier.
Things like tilt rotors or compound helos can go faster by changing the dynamic, but a conventional-layout helo is limited to about 200mph by physics.





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#3754324 - 03/20/13 07:48 PM Re: AH-64E Guardian [Re: SkateZilla]  
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Interresting. As I work with the same engine line the US Army AH64, UH60 AH1W, AH1Z and UH1Y The "software" can be locked out if the pilot has the need. Of course at that point the pilot essentially becomes the "software" and has to monitor more closely his engine parameters always keeping the engine in lock out at 10% Q less than the engine not locked out.


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