>>65079569
Should have named it after some of those pacific natives with the wood armor and copper machetes. Tlingit or Haida

>>65079569
what does this do better

>>65079569
It just makes me sad remembering what happened to Cheyenne 1. She was too pure for this world.

>>65079582
It doesn't crash constantly.

>>65079606
Let's give it a few years of service before we can claim that. Those rotation gearboxes are begging for some dirt and dust damage.

>>65079582
Than the Blackhawk? IIRC it more or less doubles both the speed and range. Once they integrate “launched effects” it’s also a way to backdoor organic more or less fixed wing air support.

>>65079569
Cheyenne is not an ESL-friendly name. Salish would've been better

Not a fan of giving it the bame of an attack helicopter.
Should have been another bird of prey, maybe marine related due to it's resemblance of the osprey.
Ibis, Heron or Pelican might work (Wildcard: MV-75 Boobie)

>>65079785
They should call it
BIG DICK BIRD

>>65079569
We lost the SB-12 for a fucking osprey clone. Was the dual linkage rotors really harder than whatever the fuck this shit is.

>>65079791
Mallard.

>>65079825
yes

>>65079569
How do you pronounce that? My mind went immediately to cayenne pepper

>>65079862

Shy-Ann Too

>>65079785
>original Cheyenne was fucking amazing
>killed because the airforce got buttmad it was too close to a fixed wing aircraft
>new cheyenne is a tiltrotor that literally transforms into a fixed wing aircraft

You gotta love the cheek of it

>>65079785
I mean the Blackhawk, Chinook, and Iroquois (huey) all got injun names, though “blackhawk” does sorta double function as a bird name. I agree Osprey sets bird precedent but i dont think injun names are just for attack choppers.

>>65079569
Instead of the giant propellers why not just use turbo jets or high bypass then you dont have to worry about the blades hitting the ground.

>>65079931
that;s never been an issue smoothbrain

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>>65079578
Nobody knows how to pronounce those names. Everyone knows how to say "cheyenne" because is the name of that dog in the tutorial of Fallout New Vegas.

>>65079779
Yes it is. It's a very pronounceable name.

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>>65079569
I was hoping for "Yupik" instead of rehashing a tribe they already used.

>>65079862
I hope to God that you're an ESL thirdie or so underage that you haven't gotten to state capitals yet.

>>65079569
“Cheyenne II Because Fuck The Air Force” rolls off the tongue pretty well I think.

>>65079825
>SB-12
You mean the SB-1 Defiant?

>>65079997
Native Algic really fucks up euros

>>65079989
>Who should we name this aircraft after?
>Yupik.
>Well if you insist, then I'll pick the Cheyenne.

>>65080091
kek

>>65080091
I laughed a lot harder than I should.

>>65079569
looks like a fixed wing blackhawk.

>>65079707
The reason the Osprey had problems with dust and dirt is because of the jetwash. Now that the jets don't point down and it's just normal propwash kicking up dust, that shouldn't be nearly as bad.

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>>65079578
The Canadians have dibs on the Haida

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>>65079825
SB-1 was a big fat ugly bitch with most of its internal volume taken up by a ridiculously oversized gearbox. The pusher prop config had some advantages for their FARA entry, and then this would have parts in common, but with that program cancelled it just doesn't make any sense.

>>65079931
The Osprey would start brush fires with its exhaust, which is why they stay horizontal on this one.

>>65080091
Kek. Nice.

>>65080091
just what I needed after a long day at work

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>>65079582
it has more range and can autorotate

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>>65080366
>go to bell website
>they have a products tab with their helicopters
>when you mouse over the helicopter, it plays a little take off animation
This is the kind of MIC propaganda that works on me. Completely adorable.

>>65080091
Thats.....probably what happened kek.

>>65079569
>Blackfoot

>>65079946
>never been an issue smoothbrain
stop smooth brane hate

>>65079569
looks like an autistic black hawk

Why not just call it Cheyenne? AH-56 never went in to service

>>65080566
Yo, I wonder if they run Summer and Winter sales. I'd like to cop me a Venom.

>>65080820
Then google results would show a much cooler vehicle.

>>65079984
>fallout fags are retards
Yeah we know but the rest of us could

>>65080366
tilt rotors can't autorotate

>>65079578
Sorry, unless you're a South Western, Great lakes or Plains tribe that gave the US trouble during Western expansion or the Cherokee who took BWC lust to an unheard of level you don't matter and don't get to be on the cool toys

>>65079909
the Osprey is not an army helicopter so it's name doesn't matter. Marines name their birds gay shit like "sea knight", "stallion" and "grey ghost", only the army uses tribal names because the army spent most of its early life bulldozing through injun tribes in the actual continent and not the marines.