CH-47 Chinook

[Captain Canada]

I like that Type 43 idea Geoff.....sounds interesting.

And speaking of Chinooks, have you guys seen how awesome the new CDN ones look ?

[Green Dragon]

Would that be the ones in grass green and olive drab Captain? Very nice.

Paul Harrison

[Diamondback]

I also seem to recall that the Compound Chinook had four-bladed rotors... combine that with ACH-47 loadouts and MH-47E nav gear and you might really have something.

BTW, the version I heard with ACH-47's collapse (wish I could remember whose book...) was it was designed to operate with at least two aircraft flying together, and after two combat losses (with only three converted) they didn't want to build more. (Never mind how many F-4s, A-6s, etc. we were busily decorating the landscapes of both Vietnams with at the time because of the military incompetence of LBJ, McNamara and their little cabal of Freaking MORONS...)

[McColm]

I had a go at stretching the fuselage, didn't really add that much in length. Contra-rotating rotors might be worthwhile if have the patience. I tried the Rotodyne route but couldn't get it to work. So I went for a mega stretch Sea Knight instead.