MRH90 takeoff

MRH90 002 & 003 taking off from Brisbane Airport

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Science & Technology

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• MRH90
• NH90
• eurocopter
• NHI
• australian
• army
• helicopter
• TLH
• aviation
• space

[WootMapler]

Aha, this is comical how the rotors appear to be hardly moving at all.

[nachospole1]

well we have the rights to build and manufacture the parts here 42 of the choppers are being built in brisbane so u dont have to worry about not getting parts getting the tiger was a poor choice but if is finaly working my dad is research and development in the army he wanted the cobra but what u gonna do. im not sure what his view is on this but i have read up on it and it looks like a good piece of kit and the version we use is different from the euro version to suit our needs

[Gam3rzulu]

@discofishing true enough, I dont think we will ever 'replace' the our UH-60 its just australia wanted a heavy load capability by the looks of it. Although chinnoks would have been a better option we are getting some new amphibious assualt ships and they wanted a chopper that can do heavy loads AND be used on a carrier, to be honest you are right, but im sure such a suggestion will be on the table

[discofishing]

@Gam3rzulu Think about what the US has done to its 60s. We've weaponized them, put refueling probes on them, turned them into CSAR birds. Look at the 160th SOAR and what they've done with their aircraft. Are you going to be able to do much of this with a MRH90? Doubtful, especially with it's performance shortfalls it has that keep countries like Germany from using them in A-stan. There's a reason Sweden chose the 60 over the 90. The ADF should upgrade their Hawks and buy new ones.

[Gam3rzulu]

@discofishing I suppose its becuase the Australian military wants to update, Blackhawks are good tactcally but I suppose they wanted multi purpose choppers that can carry in cargo AND troops, since the MRH-90 has a rear ramp and the Black Hawk Does not, Im not quite sure that they 'suck' they seem to work well from what I seen from the little demonstration at 5. AV and the townsville airshow, aw well time will tell, I suppose the Blackhawk will be with us for quite some time yet

[discofishing]

Why didn't yall buy more Blackhawks? NH90s suck.

[MrFattyfatfatboy]

does any thing in the adf work or do they sit around gathering dust because we cant get them to work and how come no one is being held accountable for the dismal US rate in all the adf machines,if it was private buisness id sack all the higher officers for being good for nothings.

[investornator]

@blakeblake321 its the MH-60 Romeo

[investornator]

@blakeblake321 nah the ADF isnt stupid.....its the Governemnt im worried about......Seasprites anyone ?

[calisaetia]

@blakeblake321 what about the collins class submarines? We have 6 submarines only 1 is on patrol, 4 in repairs, 1 used for training.

[AnnieRoadAGGRO]

should have bought EH101 merlins instead which is bigger and handles dusty conditions better, there have been a number deployed in Afghanistan and previously iraq and i havnt herd any issues with them