Guest pampa14 Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 I share with you, photos of Mil Mi-35M, FAB designated AH-2 Sabre. The Brazilian Air Force ordered 12 helicopters, based in Porto Velho AB, in service with 2nd Squadron of 8th Aviation Group. More informations and a lot of photos can de found here: http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2012/04/faex-xii-mil-mi-35m-hind-e-ah-2-sabre.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantankerously Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Should have just bought Apaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBuzzkill Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 Bad. Ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted December 21, 2014 Report Share Posted December 21, 2014 I would fly a hind in a heartbeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superstallion6113 Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 (edited) I'll take the Hind overthe Apache. Edited December 22, 2014 by superstallion6113 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apacheguy Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 Should have just bought Apaches. If they could afford them, they would've. With the price of oil plummeting lately Brazil has a whole lot less money in the bank. Hinds are a joke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Pig Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I recently spoke to an Apache pilot who's flown other Russian helicopters. He said you have to admire the rugged approach the Russians use with their attack helicopters, but side by side, the Apache comes out ahead by a long shot every time. Not like helicopters dog fight each other, so I don't know that comparing the two is the same as say, comparing an F22 to the Mig 29. Ive never flown either..... so thats all I have. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharyouTree Posted December 22, 2014 Report Share Posted December 22, 2014 I'll take the Hind overthe Apache. I'll take the DAP over the Hind 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFoski Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I'm one of those people that finds some machines, cars/aircraft/guns, extremely sexy. That Hind has curves in all the right places in my opinion. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCav19D Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I'll take the Hind overthe Apache. Thousands of Afghan mujahideen can't be wrong! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WmDszVxti0#t=127 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apacheguy Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 It's funny, I can't find any film of a Hind shooting from a hover, is it really possible that the vaunted rooskies can't make a gunship that has enough power to fire from a stable hover? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALFTdSIdShs I guess it's ok, it's not like Brazil has any credible enemies anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCav19D Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 I do believe that the whole f*cking airframe can't hover for more than 100 hours during its lifetime. I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Eh, the guys out here in Texas hover them around all the time. Its a f*cking helicopter. It probably has limited OGE power when its high hot and heavy, but so dos everything else. Well, besides a Chinook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotdogs Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Not like helicopters dog fight each other, so I don't know that comparing the two is the same as say, comparing an F22 to the Mig 29. Actually the best thing to kill another helicopter is another helicopter. Cobra and Huey pilots do air to air flights every once in a blue moon and simulate Hinds and a few other foreign helicopters/aircraft. I do know of a few pilots who may or may not have been jumped by foreign non-NATO aircraft in international waters. So while it may seem pretty isolated it actually happens more than you would think. Iranian Cobras and Iraqi Hinds did engage each other in the Iran-Iraq war. Lots of interesting features on that thing though - most obvious being the turned exhausts. Definitely have come a long way from the original which had some interesting cockpit ergonomics/set up. I'd take the best trained aircrew. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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