Viking445 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 For me its a close race between the Bell 430 and the MD 530F. The Bell b/c........well its Airwolf!!! The MD b/c I'v always loved the way they look and the fact that its a pretty light thing and has 650shp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 (edited) For me its a close race between the Bell 430 and the MD 530F. The Bell b/c........well its Airwolf!!! The MD b/c I'v always loved the way they look and the fact that its a pretty light thing and has 650shp! If you want to get technical about it, Airwolf is/was a Bell 222... , but I think the 430 is much nicer anyway, even without the machine guns... Edited January 21, 2007 by Holden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCHone Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 The Bell 430 by far. The one on the Bell website with the same paint job..ohh my god...ohhh yeahhhhh..........oh sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Driver Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 EC120 hands down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatnlazy Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 The B204/205 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delorean Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 The new Bell 417.....with the EC-130 close behind. So how about the ugly ones? Anything that starts MIL-..... (the old Russian ones). On the civilian side, no question about it, the Brantley B2B. Ugly'er than a man's a$$. BO105 would be in a far second place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoFlyer Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Delorean, are you implying that my rear looks like a brantly. If you are, then, thems fightin' words... I have always had a thing for the 500. But these days anything with a rotor, that I can fly, does it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rookie101 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 The Bell 430 is easily the best looking helo, but it's got to have the retractable landing gear, it just isn't the same with the skids. The skycrane has a special place in my heart though . Now if you wanna talk ugly, I think most members here know what I think is one of the uglier helicopters, the KMAX-1200. Here is a good picture of the 430 with some even better looking front seat occupents (courtesy airliners.net) http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1154...next_id=1127077 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly2pb Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 MD 500!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superman Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 For me the SA-365 Dauphin, very sexy, with the Bell 430 in a close second and the EC-130 third.The ugly.........Hmmmm, I'd have to go with the Hiller UH-12 and the Alouette. (sorry Bossman) To me Helicopters are kinda like Pizza and Women..................there all good, some are just better than others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copter doctor Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 My fav. has always been the 530F. I think the EC 130 is nice except for head on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500pilot Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 (edited) As I currently fly the 430 and as my sig sugests I have lots of time in the 500 its a toss up. The 430 is a Bentley and the 500 a Ferrari. Both are damn good looking. Would make for a good threesome. And for the poster that talked about the 130, I sometimes fly one and as my mom once said "if you dont have anything good to say dont say anything at all" Edited January 22, 2007 by 500pilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james28 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 407/417 http://www.bellhelicopter.textron.com/en/c...Show400x266.jpg just beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flingwing206 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Sexy - EC120 & EC135Most Excellent Looking - MD520N, MD ExplorerFast and Capable while standing still - EC145, Bell 427Appealing in a '67 Camaro sort of way - MD530FTimeless classics - Bell 206 BIII, Hughes 500D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coanda Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 EC135 military and civilian....mmmmmm finger lickin good. ok that was weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyby_heli Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Most beautiful: MD Explorer, Eurocopter EC155, Bell 430Sexiest: EC 135, MD520NSexy in a mean way: RAH-66 Comanche....not a civie model, but to cool not to mention.Sexiest sounding & Timeless classic: Bell UH-1H, loaded to the rims.Most impressive: Skycrane and MI-26 HALO (loved the pic of it slinging out a chinook!)Most impressive maneuverability: SA 341/342 Gazzelle And now the not so beautiful, impressive and sexy ones..... Weirdest: Sikorsky R-5, Kaman H-43 HuskieWeirdest name: Kaman KA-25 "Hormone".....what? Ugliest: Brantly B2 has been mentioned, the K-MAX is not very attractive either! (never fly anything that can have a mid-air collision with itself!!) Most Dangerous: Any "Kit" helicopter built in a barn..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sikorskypilot Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Skids are for kids for some of the birds namedHands down its has to be the Sikorsky S-58TIts like the ugly duckling it may have looked bad when it was a roundmotor But look at her todayhttp://www.midwesthelicopters.com/photo.html Dead sexy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Hunt Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 (edited) Fly By Heli, The KA-25 Hormone isn't from Kaman, it is from the USSR. The name is allocated by NATO convention, explained to me many years ago, so i have forgotten some of the bits. B for Bomber (Bear, Badger) F for Fighter (Foxbat, Fishbed) and H for Helicopter - WhoreMoan. One syllable is propellor (Bear) and two syllable for turbojet. But the convention loses a bit there with the Hormone, as it is a turbine, but not a propellor. Dunno how they get around that one. Oh, and by the way, the best looking bird is an S-76. Edited January 22, 2007 by Eric Hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Driver Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 UGLY = BK117 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostHeliBoy Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 MD500D = SEXEC135 = SEX with lots of friendsBH430 = Sex with Expensive FriendsSkycrane = Sex with friends you'd rather see in a slingS76 = SEX with P0rn0 queen um yea... so Brantly, Mini 500 and the other things you can build in a barn is a long effort in the dark with yourself.. so enough said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-43 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I guess beauty is still in the eye of the beholder as I'll be happy to stand up and vote for the K-Max. It may appear ugly to the unititiated or uninterested however I think it looks downright cool and power to pound there isn't anything that will touch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coanda Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 you think the bk-117 is ugly!!! uugh can't agree with that. fine ass chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyby_heli Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) and power to pound there isn't anything that will touch it.You might be surprised....The K-MAX has a power to weight ratio of 0.28 hp/lb. (1350HP to 4,690LB empty)The skycrane has almost TWICE the power to weight ratio of 0.47 hp/lb (9118HP to 19,240LB)The Chinook CH-47D has 0.39 Any machine that can lift more than its own weight is bound to have a high power to weight ratio. oh...the Brantly B-2B has a power/weight ratio of 0.17 hp/lb. Edited January 24, 2007 by flyby_heli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-43 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I was speaking in terms of how much it lifts to how much power it has. K-MAX 1325 horsepower 12000 lb gross weight = 9.05 lbs/hp S-64E 9118 horsepower 42000lb gross weight = 4.6 lbs/hp Helicopters seldom fly empty so performance at empty weight is kind of moot in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FauxZ Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Personally, anything multi-rotor is sexy to me. I love the K-Max (servo flaps... wooo).. Then again big girls need love too.. S-76, 430, 222, etc etc are quite sexy... And I know I'm going to the gallows for this one, but I've never cared much for the Jet Ranger. Maybe because it's "the standard" and it's so common. Dunno. Sure wouldn't refuse to fly one though. Brantley.. Um, yeah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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