Apache formation take off

[leptir70]

dude I searched a long time for a good apache cockpit vid and this is it

i have a apache vid too if you want to see it it calls :Volkel 2011 :AH-64D apache takeoff

[KENKENNIFF]

I saw an apache over Berkshire once, sounded like God playing the bongos

[MrCartagena1986]

Well why do you think the 1 60th special ops dont use apache and use blackhawks? they can load a black with twice the amunition and full of gas a pache cant have a full tank of gas and a full load a amunition, and even with all the load the blackhawk still faster and manuverable than the apache. look for videos with blackhawk weapons load.

[MrCartagena1986]

Blackhawks are far better aircraft.

[jebus4444]

@MrCartagena1986 The Blackhawk is certainly more versatile, but in terms of being outfitted as an attack helicopter, in no way,shape, or form is the Black Hawk a better aircraft. No fucking chance.

[FFEvan87]

That.... Is AWESOME! god bless!

[thehawkofnight]

@Shitraver Because contrary to popular belief, most helicopters gain altitude by moving forward and gradually adjusting the blades to create more lift then just hovering and rising from there. Plus, they have the bombs so they get to do whatever the hell they want

[bekazeta2008]

it is true sembleme real rain...

[270Gmoney]

Its amazing how quiet these things are

[ILoveFail123]

@Shitraver to save fuel

@cplruadolf exatly right

[cplruadolf]

@Shitraver They take off like planes so to save fuel consumption, because they have two short aerofoil wings which create lift just like how planes fly, which is a fuel free way of gettingthem into the air, rather than just using the main rotor

[recruit71]

@cplruadolf Any helicopter can take off like this. And no, they are not called wings and they do not provide very little to no lift at all. When a helicopter is carrying a lot of weight, the main rotor can be tilted forward in order to produce foward movement. Which in turn allows for more airflow over the rotor blades thus creating lift. Making it easier for the aircrafts engine to take off with a heavy payload. Huey pilots in vietnam performed this same technique when overloaded.

[recruit71]

@cplruadolf And the so called wings are not wings. They are called pylons, which are used to mount multiple weapon launch systems. Yes, they are aerodynamic, but they are not intended to act like a wing or provide lift.

[cplruadolf]

@recruit71 Ok you are right on most of that information, but could I just point out that I didn't say they are aerodynamic, I said they are aerofoil which is exactly what wings are, to be able to creat lift. Although yes they do provide very little lift, but are mainly there to house the pylons which hold the weapons, there would be no point in not making them aerofoil.

[devastationz12349]

what a great american helicopter

[ungaownzu]

I would love to kill in these, but im colorblind.. fml

[DamnationDrummer]

Thanks for uploading these videos, what a machine, what ever happened to the amazing Afghan footage you used to have on here? Would love to see that again.

[xxchinookxx]

While we cruised in our CH-47 Chinook at 160 MPH, Longbow pilots would ask us to slow down a little for them so they could catch up.

[T1MCPT]

Probably because the airport they were at wanted them to lift off over the runway, not by all the other parked aircraft.. also when a helicopter does a rolling take-off it uses a lot less fuel and puts a lot less stress on the main rotor gearbox (less torque needed to gain altitude when you have forward airspeed vs being stationary/hover). Obviously only helicopters with wheels instead of skids can do this...

Think about why a Harrier doesn't always take off and land vertical, some of the same

[tehsnickers]

Is there a reasion, why you started on the runway, and not vertical?

[LuyenDarkness]

@tehsnickers As T1 mentioned, Fuel economy. and they're in no rush

[warhawk009]

The graphics in this game suck.

[Captus15]

@warhawk009 lol

[TheFalloutMan1]

77 to 1

[RossoCorsaRed]

Why did you stop filming?!

[Captus15]

@RossoCorsaRed Common sense.. he have to work.

[KASHIV12]

I LOVE HOW IT TAKES OFF AS AN AIRPLANE!

[MrCoward24]

i love apaches as a helicopter not a killing machine

[stoopidoooo]

i still dont get how to do a rolling take off with a helicopter. the thrust is going down, not behind you. its like flying a propellered plane in space.

[nunchuck19]

@stoopidoooo the rotors can be moved. if you wanna move forward than you aim the bottom of the rotors to the back of the helicopter. the thrust is now forcing the helicopter to move forward and up

[TheFisherman290]

A rolling takeoff is done when you are power limited and can't do a normal VMC takeoff

[Erund]

How anyone can call this bird ugly escaspes me

[AJobv]

^_^ i love these Helis, I saw a couple of them fly over My home town, right down in the South East.

[AltruisticShine]

64Ds are amazing pieces of equipment. Being able to share targets with other 64Ds that can't even see the target sounds pretty awesome. Poor bastards who only see one chopper don't know what's comin. This reminds me of protoss with cloaked carriers. For some reason.

[joshwashposh]

those choppas takin off like daaammm planes!

[eaglecreek123]

Did you really need the runway, or did it help for the take off?

[nativemrv19722]

One of my  favorite Helicopters!

[Yed213]

Man to fly those you gotta be one lucky mother fucker

[grinch8302]

@Yed213 naw just one of the best in your class in woft

[MiG2880]

It all seems so cool until you realise what these damned things are used for. I saw some leaked footage on WikiLeaks of US Apache pilots that made me want to throw up and reject my own humanity.

[Kirov686]

@MiG2880 If you don't know what the Apache helicopter is used for, than you are a moron.

[MsBULLDOG60]

@MiG2880 its an attack chopper moron what did you think they were used for duh!!!!

[Lionwolf0777]

This from a guy with the handle Mig.

[MiG2880]

@Lionwolf0777

My screen name is an abbreviation of my real name, not a tribute to Russian fighter aircraft.

I stand by my original statement, although I doubt I will find much support for peace here.

[skinnadoor]

Ride along in the gunners seat, truely awsome, i'd give my left nut to do that.

Fantastic video

[sfsoundhound]

wow awesome!

[Jdmtramp]

I would kill to sit in that cockpit. What an amazing chopper

[dunker1967]

you would have to kill if you were sat in the cockpit

[rockstargamesyay]

@dunker1967 lol good reply

[jgtheman84]

@dunker1967 hahahahahahahaha

[armystrong8808]

@dunker1967

lol

[stawaz]

@Jdmtramp i would kill to fly in it XD

[discofishing]

@Jdmtramp you would certainly KILL if allowed the chance to sit in that crewstation.

[rTin099]

@Jdmtramp everybody would kill to be in the cockpit, AND THEN KILL!!!!! XD

[ElenarMT]

@Jdmtramp Damn straight man! So would I! What an amazing machine

[himmler251]

nice beautiful aircraft hell a flight of 4 are passing over low lever as i speak i live near FT RUCKER, ALABAMA HOME OF US ARMY AVIATION i live under " BEARCAT " cooridor to carins army airfield

[SegMista]

Apaches are awesome.

[richardradon]

Nice video... keep up the good work. Richard

[dunker1967]

all twin aircraft need to be at a minimum speed to maintain level flight on one engine, so it makes perfect sense to achieve it with a rolling takeoff before you get airborn and thus minimise the risk...

[Jacobrocks9900]

@grinch8302 in Camp Bastion they need a runway for the helicopters because of the thin air in the mountains, which Camp Bastion is located at. Dont know if this is the same reason, Heard it from a Danish Airforce fellow I have, he's been stationed twice in Afghanistan.

[grinch8302]

@Jacobrocks9900 oh cool man the brits were running apaches outmof there a while back wheni was in bagram the apaches out of Bastion are legandary for the work they did!

[ghostsniper29]

@grinch8302 its because they are cool like that lol

[airsoft1214]

what branch of the military do you have to be in to fly these? is it they army or airforce?

[gunnerman22]

army, navy and marines have cobras, dont know what the airforce has

[tagger9805]

incorrect, marines do use cobras, however navy primary is attack heli is blackhawk, army is the apache

[OlderG0ds]

army - apache, kiowa, blackhawk

marines - cobra, huey

navy - seahawk

air force - doesnt really use attack choppers, pave hawk and iroquois

for US anyway. I know UK army uses apache

[grinch8302]

pave hawks and old ass hueys they retired the best thing they had the pave lows

[83bismuth]

air force uses bombers, fighters and logistics aircraft.

helicopters give accurate fire support for their own branch, such as marine corps and army missions. air forces take out high value targets before these guys even get into the battlefield

[dunker1967]

@83bismuth not so......AH is used extensively for HVTs. Remember..we put the close in close air support!!!

[sully0001]

@83bismuth The first Gulf War, Apaches were used to blow the fuck out of Iraqi Radar sites before the Air Force came thru to bomb Bagdad, giving the jets clear lanes to fly thru and egress out of with early warning the Iraqi's

[nat1243]

@83bismuth this may be true but the seals and special forces teams are the guys that laze the targets

[grinch8302]

@nat1243 naw each branch has forward observers that can "paint"targets, army has scouts, pathfinders, and im sure rangers and breen berets can do it the airforce has tacps, jtacs, and ccts, to do it

[nat1243]

@grinch8302 this is true but im shure the seals and marine scout snipers are most called they use the others on lower profile countrys

[nat1243]

@grinch8302 im not dissagreeing with you its just that thell put seals and better trained teams in countrys that we dont have diplomatic relations with vs. tacps and other not as well trained teams

[grinch8302]

@nat1243 if the seals go in they WILL have and air force cct or a s.o.f tacp/jtacs for coordinating airsupport thats the cct/tacp bread and butter thats what they are trained to do get bombs/naval arty/gun runs on target and no one in the military does it better not the seals not the recon marines not the rangers so while the seals and green berets get all the glory its the air force tacps/ccts who bring the rain

[grinch8302]

@gunnerman22 air force has hueys the pave hawk and the osprey no attack helis

[RyanL330]

@airsoft1214 Army (in the US at least). The USMC passed because the tricycle landing gear isn't optimal on ships.

[grinch8302]

@airsoft1214 army

[Royfirefighter]

I like helicopters but for firefighting and rescue, not for kill....

[fernanties]

kill or be killed

[Subcidal]

That makes no sense.

You dont go into a firefight to not kill somebody, And you sure as hell dont rescue people if they arent involved in a firefight.

[Mish0Picka]

Okay?...

You do know helicopters are used for firefighting aswell ? (as in putting out fire)

And there are more rescue scenarios that those of war, coast guard operations, hospital transport etc...

[grinch8302]

i think he ment fire fighting like putting out fires and rescuing idiots who get lost in the mountains

[killkidnumber2]

mhmm id love to fly the apache, chinook or merlin :D

[rewirewi]

wow thats a really amazing vid, i would love to go in one of those.

[wolfman157]

i love helicopters but hate the hight =(

[khayassine]

also buy lock on ^^ flying safe!!

[dunker1967]

The RA? I assume you mean the Royal Artillery? Well when they aren't smacked out of their heads, or complaining about doing sh1t....and to be honest...without us watching their backs in Afghanistan they wouldn't have a leg to stand on...

[Greener262]

Is that supposed to be scary??? The ra could swat that piece of sh1t right out of the sky!!!!!!!!!!

[dunker1967]

and if you are referring to the IRA, then you are a total 2wat who is living in the dark ages. The IRA is and always has been a cover for a very small minority of biggoted criminals...

[Greener262]

you have to be weird to think they are criminals they are simply men who want freedom for their country but the british government is too stupid and cowardly to listen so they have to use force.agree or not that is the truth.

[dunker1967]

No I dont agree. I have come face to face with many of these so called "freedom fighters" and the main concern with them was the continued extortion, smuggling and intimidation.

[Greener262]

Well they need money if theyre getting the brits out

[Nk00037]

hey i been woundering how many hours u can get on this heli before u re fuel....

[SheepJumpFish]

They were total wankers who were killing Irish people while trying to free Irish people which is total bollocks and couldn't touch and apache

[edyrn111]

There is an APACHE Detachment at RAF Valley now, think they are here for the week, it is one hell of a menacing machine to look at.

[nibbler125]

do you always take off like that or do you normaly take off verticly

[dunker1967]

when we are fully armed the aircraft isn't always able to lift into a hover, so therefore we carry out a running take off to build up speed( and therefore lift) first.

[trloyalist]

How long have you been in?

[dunker1967]

hughes was bought by macdonnel douglas which was bought by Boeing. The aircraft here is the WAH 64.Westland AH64.Built under license by Westlands/Augusta in UK.looks similar to the US model but with totally different Defensive Aids System and slightly differing avionics.also the British aircraft is powered by Rolls Royce engines offering much better lift, hence british models carry the Longbow radar at all times, whereas US counterparts have them removed to allow them to operate in hot climates.

[ted1165]

its designed by hughes and manufactured by boeing

[dunker1967]

airspace is to deconflict other air traffic. Physically they can take off from your back garden.

[edyrn111]

Nice video, are you aircrew or did you bag a ride in one? I live near valley and always try to get down there when the apache makes an apperance, its one mean looking helicopter.

[dunker1967]

you don't bag rides in AH...be nice though.

[edyrn111]

Ah aircrew it is then, yes be very nice to bag a ride in one, I asked the question because I know a few guys who work at Valley in various ground rolls that have been up in the Hawk for a flight, two of them have been up so many times I'm surprised that they haven't been presented with their wings by now!!!, one of the guys has posted a few vid's on here "hawk flight over Windermere" is one and well worth a look, cheers.

[ted1165]

the ah-64 is made by Hughes, an American company. we sell them to the UK.

[dunker1967]

Hughes doesn't exist, it is now Boeing, and these ones are made under license by Westlands in the UK.

[MasterZug]

I thought they were only made in the USA?

[ThemostRegectedName]

doesnt BAe also build them under licens?

[TheFajr]

Apache AH-64 Longbow

best combat helicopter ever!

[engasal]

english ones dude, we have WAH AH-64 Mk1's

[flashgrim]

British actually! We have a British Army not English Army

[engasal]

bugger off, i love my country. i dont call myself british ¬_¬

[flashgrim]

It's not English its British it was paid for by BRITISH taxpayers and it is operated by the BRITISH army.

I'm English but when something is not English but British then I call it British. Fact is you were wrong to call it English, so it doesn't matter a fuck if you don't like to call yourself British the WAH AH-64 mk1 is British.

So bugger off yourself.

[engasal]

dont try to tell me what i am tbh

[flashgrim]

I'm not trying to tell you what you are! I am trying to tell you that the WAH AH-64 Mk1 is BRITISH not English. That's the only reason I was correcting you.

I don't give a monkeys how you want to define yourself. If you had read my response correctly it should have been obvious what I was referring to.

[engasal]

alright, fair enough

[rapsucksmetalowns]

thats what i want to do when i get older be a pilot for the apache i love those things

[SheepJumpFish]

likewise, or the lynx

[jokeingkider]

Wow thats cool!

[Bogdan841]

are u in apache 2

my dad is going to buy me 1 or 2 when i am

a good flyer

[aaron0288]

lol, please say you're joking.

[Bogdan841]

no i am not my dady is rich verry

[aaron0288]

oh please, no amount of money is going to buy you an apache. They won't sell it to you anyway. Dream on.

[Bogdan841]

yes they will i bet u

[nitefly8]

unless you are the leader of your own soveirgn nation, you can't get one. you have to order one directly from Boeing, and Boeing has to have the ok from the US government

[thebeast1337]

i want one

[friend1250]

first comment=)

[DerDemagoge89]

thats not a comment, its bullshit!

btw.:nice video