They were dark and had 2 blades, but not in the front and back like chinooks. They were spaced far apart, one above the other. This was their formation....
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Any ideas? They flew right over my home, very close to the ground and shook my whole house.
2007-05-06 10:39:32 · 16 answers · asked by J C 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
not a V-22 Osprey or a UN black helicopter. rotors were above and below each other, not side by side or front and back. There was a good distance between the rotors. One closer to the body of the helicopter and the other up higher above it. Closest Air Force Base or other military base is at least 3 hours from where I live.
2007-05-06 10:51:04 · update #1
sorry... I didn't mean 2 blades, it was 2 rotor heads. I just didn't know it was called that. :o)
I dunno why they are flying over my house. I live in a rural are in the US.
The closest thing I've found was this ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kamow_Ka-25.jpg
It is very similar. The difference was that the ones flying over my house were a darker color and they also had this long thing that stuck straight out of the front of them. I dunno if it was supposed to be a gun or what?
Just curious what they were. I've never seen a helicopter like these before.
2007-05-06 13:53:03 · update #2
Two rotors, one above the other?? The only choppers I know of with that design are Russian Kamovs (see links). The US has captured or purchased some Soviet equipment, and the Russians aren't shy about selling stuff on the open market, so they might have been US operated Russian helicopters, or privately owned Russian choppers, but both of those seem rather farfetched. You've really got me curious now as to what those choppers were.
2007-05-06 11:32:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Could have been V-22 Ospreys on a landing approach. What's the closest military installation to you house?
And those two rotors - were they side by side? Since you said they weren't front and back like CH-47 Chinooks?
EDIT: So you're talking coax rotors: Check this page out then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamov
Kamov makes those, though what you saw could be an experimental design from Sikorsky et al, like so: http://www.sikorsky.com/details/0,3036,CLI1_DIV69_ETI2088,00.html
As you'll see when you hit the link right above, you'll see the Sikorsky X2. I didn't hear of any experimental models though.
Any aviation companies close by within a couple of hours drive?
2007-05-06 10:43:50 · answer #2 · answered by Nat 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
? two bladed or Two rotor-heads ? Just not enough information here
The only recent contra-rotating birds I know of are the Soviet Helix, Hokum,and Havoc. I know the Russians are more than happy to sell the old Helix if you have the cash.
Long ago, Kaman Aviation had a counter-rotating bird (HH-43 Huskie... but they were side-by-side rotors.
House shakers would be CH-53 or CH-47
2007-05-06 12:32:10 · answer #3 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
V22's if they where side by side. are you near Andrews AFB? they where up the last three days. Although there is a russian helicopter that has two rotors mounted on the same shaft. this is closer to what you described, but we don't fly russian army aircraft here. Are you in Alaska?
2007-05-06 11:05:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now, I don't really know my 'copters, but if you're in a rural area, maybe they're the pot-detecting kind.
I used to work at an herb farm (a completely legitimate business) and we had those black 'copters hovering over our greenhouses on many occasions. We used to love to flip them off from our vantage points beneath them. Can you spell "harrassment"?
2007-05-06 11:07:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're thinking of a helo with a coaxial rotor system in which two rotors spin, one on top of another, in opposite directions. this eliminates the need for a tail rotor, but it is rather costly in maitenance. that's oddc; i didn't think the US had any; the Soviets were the ones who used them.
2007-05-06 13:55:14 · answer #6 · answered by F-14D Super Tomcat 21 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not US military. The Russians use that design a lot. Did they look like this?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Kamov_Ka-50_MAKS_2005.jpg/800px-
2007-05-06 11:51:58 · answer #7 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have no idea on the basics of physics and engineering, and you want to get all of your knowledge to build a flyable aircraft from Yahoo Answers? Good luck with your dreams, and get your living will set up.
2016-04-01 11:03:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why were there helicopters flying near your house?
2007-05-06 13:00:31 · answer #9 · answered by awesomenacho 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apaches maybe...National Guard doing the weekend thing
2007-05-06 10:55:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋