Comments for So, what's wrong with this picture?

So, what's wrong with this picture?

2007-10-24T14:16:01Z

I don't think we can blame Bill, though I'm working on it.

Nope, it's not a Chinook parked in front of an engineless C-17.

And there's something else funny about it.

Slightly larger pic available here.

Bill can't play, except to provide appropriate misdirection and snark. You snipe-hunters will have to do it on your own.

Ready, set, Google!

Comment from Ledger on 2007-10-26

2007-10-27T00:43:58Z

“Ledger, most all hellaflopper rotors are floppy and flappy…” –Justthisguy Yep, I can see from the other pictures that the rotor blades do not scrape the wing – it is just the angle of the picture. I got a few hours behind the cyclic.

Comment from Justthisguy on 2007-10-25

2007-10-26T03:01:48Z

P.s. I am not a normal person. I would have perfect confidence in Chief Bill's transporting me in a helicopter. I'd like to have a somewhat younger co-pilot along, just in case the Chief dropped dead or something, but, yeah, the fun would be worth the risk.

Comment from Justthisguy on 2007-10-25

2007-10-26T02:53:00Z

Ledger, most all hellaflopper rotors are floppy and flappy, and loosely jointed, and this is one of the many things which scare normal people who have to ride in one of those gizmos.

Comment from Ledger on 2007-10-25

2007-10-25T09:04:14Z

Are the front rotors supposed to scrape against the top of the wing - or is that just the angle of the picture?

Comment from Casey Tompkins on 2007-10-25

2007-10-25T07:53:35Z

...So it's the wings, right? :)

Comment from HomefrontSix on 2007-10-25

2007-10-25T07:06:25Z

Jim B ~ Nah...it was just slumming.

Comment from jim b on 2007-10-24

2007-10-25T02:01:30Z

Looks like that Chithook tried to grow up and grow wings like a respectable aircraft

Comment from NinjaFluff on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T21:34:14Z

Ahh, I see now... the standard Chinooks only have three blades, where this one has 4. Now I understand what you meant when you told HL he was half right!

Comment from NinjaFluff on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T21:31:46Z

Ahh, I see now... the standard Chinooks only have three blades, where this one has 4. Now I understand what you meant when you told HL he was half right!

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T21:27:14Z

NinjaFluff - to those of us who have been around Chinooks, the 4 bladed rotors are enough - but when you add the wing to it... and reference your first comment - yes, it does have twin jets on the rear pylon, like all Chinooks - though on this particular bird, the engine pods are empty. She's not completely stripped, but she's certainly not anytime-soon airworthy.

Comment from NinjaFluff on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T21:23:34Z

It's a hauler, so no weapons were ever mounted to be missing... No evidence of fire, so that means Bill hasn't flown it... Can't see the innards, so we don't know if it's stripped out in the inside... Wait, is this a trick? Is the "something funny" even about the equipment, or is it more in line of the story behind this beast?

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T20:32:22Z

Tie-down straps? We don't need no steenkeng tie-down straps!

Comment from NevadaDailySteve on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T20:08:04Z

Okay, duh, one of a kind. Sometimes it takes awhile. Are the tie down straps as invisible as the shadows? I don't think I'd want to be close to that thing in a windstorm.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T19:11:07Z

All the proper shadows are there, they're just hard to see. It *is* the Rucker machine. When they built the new museum and rearranged the external displays, they painted many of the aircraft.

Comment from HomefrontSix on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T18:36:19Z

Funny lookin' bugger, ain't she? I remember asking MacGyver what the he!! that was when we first got to Rucker. I love that museum...they have the coolest stuff in there!

Comment from NevadaDailySteve on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T16:27:31Z

I gotta go with homebru on this one. Not only that but the splotch on the front rotor looks exactly like the splotch on the pictures of the 347 at Fort Rucker at http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/history/aircraft/A_Models/65-07992/65-07992.html This helicopter looks to be in much better repair and a darker color than the Fort Rucker helicopter while the rotors are the same color.

Comment from AFSister on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T15:06:02Z

It looks funny, ergo it must be Barnum and Bailey.

Comment from BillT on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T14:14:49Z

...all the pics I can find of the 347 seem to have some small jet engine lookin' things on the rear pylon... They're *turbine* engines, Ninj (tsk -- jet engines on a helicopter -- what a ridiculous idea). Between the pitch of the wings and the stretched fuselage, the engine nacelles are masked. The wings even hide 'em when you're looking from the front quarter.

Comment from MajMike on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T13:26:45Z

it looks funny, ergo it must be French.

Comment from NinjaFluff on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T13:19:22Z

I dunno... all the pics I can find of the 347 seem to have some small jet engine lookin' things on the rear pylon... since this is a nose-on pic, they may be obstructed. Kind of hard to tell.

Comment from homebru on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T13:15:31Z

So am I supposed to believe that rotors on the 347 don't leave shadows?

Comment from BillT on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T13:06:55Z

I don't think we can blame Bill... Oh, go ahead. Maybe I'll get a job offer from DARPA.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T12:44:43Z

Yeah, Fred - but most people don't know about the 347. And HL only got it half right - both rotors are 4 bladed, though the angle on the pic makes it hard to see that. I didn't know about the 347 until I saw it on Sunday. If you're used to Chinooks, it's an eyecatcher when you first see it, especially nose-on.

Comment from Fred on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T12:09:48Z

It's a 347. All helicopters are funny so, that isn't much of a clue.

Comment from Trias on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T10:27:03Z

All I can say after seeing this and the last one is ..less is more.

Comment from Heartless Libertarian on 2007-10-24

2007-10-24T10:24:04Z

Rear rotor's got an extra blade.