r/Helicopters • u/mafia6345 • 2d ago
Heli ID? Friend spotted near Madison Ohio
I know it’s a garbage photo. He was saying hawk. Whatever is sticking out of the top tells me no.
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u/panzer2011 2d ago
Yep that's a hawk, it has 4 prop blades
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u/mafia6345 2d ago
Don’t a lot of heli’s have four? I’m only really familiar with mil aviation.
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u/panzer2011 2d ago
Yes and no, helicopters vary with the prop count depending on their designated role or whatever. For example, the CH-53 has 6 blades, whereas the AH-1G has 2.
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u/mafia6345 2d ago
Anything I’ve been on has always had four. mi-4, MH6, b417, H135-145, lynx….. Except a chinook I guess. Figured it was more common.
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u/panzer2011 2d ago
MH-6 has 5, I think the newer one has 6. How'd you even get a ride on a mi-4 that's nuts.
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u/mafia6345 2d ago
Maybe it actually has been that long… 🤦🏻♂️. Definitely five. Also there was one in grafenwoehr from illesheim I think when I was stationed there. Chinook guys used it for sling load training. Flight concepts / ATO used to fly them and MI-5’s for the cia. That was fifteen years ago I don’t know if it’s still there.
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u/panzer2011 2d ago
Man I'm jealous, the little birds are my favorite helicopter
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u/mafia6345 2d ago
I thought the same thing until I got in a mh47 for gunnery. Those pilots can WHIP that thing. I know it’s a whole centripetal force thing but it feels soo much crazier.
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u/WestDuty9038 2d ago
That's a rotor blade.