New generation Chinese Stealth attack helicopter

New generation Chinese Stealth attack helicopter schedule to take its maiden flight soon.

The only reason the US commanche had failed was because there was no way to hide its blades from radar back then. But now Chinese engineers figured out a way to hide them. And now it looks like an UFO. I would suggest its pilots to wear green pilot suits and cover their face in green. If they do that, even somehow they get shotdown, their enemy would hesitate to go near them lol

Flying saucer-like attack #helicopter to take to the sky in 2020

China has showcased an attack helicopter model that looks just like a flying saucer, a scale prototype of which is scheduled to make its maiden flight in 2020. Chinese military experts said on Friday that though the aircraft is highly experimental and may not be put into practical use anytime soon, it is beneficial to China's technology development for future helicopters.

Dubbed the Super Great White Shark, the sci-fi-like aircraft is on display at the 5th China Helicopter Exposition in Tianjin, which runs from Thursday to Sunday.

The 7.6-meter-long, 2.85-meter-wide helicopter features a blended wing body design, which makes it seem as though the aircraft itself is a wide ring with its cockpit fixed in the center.

According to the information board at the exposition, inside the ring there is a coaxial rotor system with a diameter of 4.9 meters, which will likely provide vertical lift. On two opposite sides of the ring, both parallel to the direction the cockpit is facing, there are two turbojet engines that could provide huge horizontal thrust for high speed movement.

Two pilots can fit in the cockpit, and can steer the direction of the aircraft by controlling a set of rudders located under the rotor system. The rudders could also work with the rotor system to provide a small horizontal thrust for low speed movement.

The helicopter has a maximum takeoff weight of 6,000 kilograms, a top speed of 650 kilometers per hour, a ceiling of 6,000 meters and a climb rate of 16.5 meters per second, according to the information board, which also said that its fuselage is coated with stealth materials.

The Super Great White Shark is a high-speed helicopter designed for future digitalized warfare, according to the board.

Attracted by the futuristic design of the aircraft, Chinese military observers pointed out that the aircraft's high-speed and stealth capabilities could give the weapon an edge on the battlefield.

Others questioned the helicopter, saying that it could be unstable and might not be able to fly safely. They noted that foreign countries including the US had made experiments with similar ideas in the past which had failed to be put into practice.

A scale prototype of the aircraft will make its maiden flight at the 2020 edition of Airshow China in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong Province, China Central Television reported on Friday.

Here are more details

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/101391...t-white-shark/

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/16/a...hnk/index.html

Theres gotta be somewhere we can put those laser guided rocket pods

They better not use this as a pretext for anal probing.

Here are more details

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/10139187/china-helicopter-great-white-shark/

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/16/asia/china-new-helicopter-ufo-intl-scli-hnk/index.html

Looks like a submarine.