One tough Russian built Helo Video - Takes Sam hit, flies off

[Gman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kPAVv837seA#at=11

Try to ignore the dirka allah mohamed ackbar cries which are typical of these videos, or better yet do what I do, watch it on mute.

Anyhow, very interesting to see this helo take what looks like a direct hit, or at least a fused hit with most of the warhead fusing straight into the target.  A few seconds later, it shows the same helo flying away trailing some smoke.  I guess the warhead missed the rotors, the obvious and easiest thing to hit to bring a helo down.   Very lucky helicopter crew.

[GScholz]

Nice. Another video linked to on the page shows the same helo making a controlled landing, probably behind friendly lines.

[Nathan60]

Wonder what they are saying when it just flies off.

[Ack-Ack]

Nice. Another video linked to on the page shows the same helo making a controlled landing, probably behind friendly lines.

More like a controlled crash landing.

ack-ack

[GScholz]

Yeah. Might have been autorotation at that point.

[superpug1]

The transmissions on those things are super over built, I'd venture to say that it was able to get away.

[Gman]

I'm still really impressed, and surprised even that it made it out ok.  Watching in slow motion, it sure looks like the weapon did what it should, the explosion is HUGE in still frame, with a lot of debris coming off too, yet it still flew off.  I've seen videos of Mi24's taking Stinger hits, and they just blew apart, or had a lot of the rotors chopped off and fell like stones.  Like I said, very lucky crew, they should say some extra "hail Allahs" tonight, and buy some of those 500$ million power ball tickets, this being their lucky day/week.

[kilo2]

 

Holy crap the chopper took a big hit. The allah snackbars quiet down a bit once they realize its flying away.

[Ack-Ack]

The transmissions on those things are super over built, I'd venture to say that it was able to get away.

Holy crap the chopper took a big hit. The allah snackbars quiet down a bit once they realize its flying away.

It didn't fly away, it crash landed not far from where it was hit and it looked like it came down in FSA territory.  From the video of the crash landing, it looked like it was a very, very hard landing with what appeared to be a small explosion and then a black smoke plume.

Like I said, very lucky crew, they should say some extra "hail Allahs" tonight, and buy some of those 500$ million power ball tickets, this being their lucky day/week.

They should save their money as it wasn't their lucky day.  I don't think being shot down and if they survived the crash landing, being taken prisoner by the rebels sure wouldn't be considerd lucky.

ack-ack

[skorpx1]

Oh yay. Yet another video of the horribly screwed up region in the world where a missile hits a flying vehicle and it goes down.


Anything new over there yet?

[TwinBoom]

snackbar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Babalonian]

I'm still really impressed, and surprised even that it made it out ok.  Watching in slow motion, it sure looks like the weapon did what it should, the explosion is HUGE in still frame, with a lot of debris coming off too, yet it still flew off.  I've seen videos of Mi24's taking Stinger hits, and they just blew apart, or had a lot of the rotors chopped off and fell like stones.  Like I said, very lucky crew, they should say some extra "hail Allahs" tonight, and buy some of those 500$ million power ball tickets, this being their lucky day/week.

I wouldn't go as far to say they made it out, nevermind OK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tgo1g1DpcA

snackbar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  

[GScholz]

I'm still really impressed, and surprised even that it made it out ok.  Watching in slow motion, it sure looks like the weapon did what it should, the explosion is HUGE in still frame, with a lot of debris coming off too, yet it still flew off.  I've seen videos of Mi24's taking Stinger hits, and they just blew apart, or had a lot of the rotors chopped off and fell like stones.  Like I said, very lucky crew, they should say some extra "hail Allahs" tonight, and buy some of those 500$ million power ball tickets, this being their lucky day/week.

The Mi-24 and Mi-8/17 share most of the power-train, so this is one lucky crew. If they survived...

[Gman]

Hah, ACk ACK is right, I didn't see that other video of them crash landing until just now.  Oh well, still beats being blown to bits, but not by much if they were captured I guess.

Either way, pretty impressive/lucky/strange that it didn't just blow apart in the air, as I said before about the MI24/Stinger hits...do a search for some of those videos, those helos fared far less well than this one did.  Luck of the draw I guess when it comes to air to air missiles, much like everything else I suppose.

[MarineUS]

I bet the folks on that chopper crapped their pants.

The "crash landing" looked survivable.