Z-10 thread

[Black Shark]

It is the exact same helicopter, just compare the damage of both pictures.

The UHF antenna and the ripped off tail rotor identical.
Housing of side and top fuselage behind the cockpit exact same damage, crack at the after section (tailboom) exact same spot,surrounded area same houses, same people investigators can be seen on both pictures.

The dangeling slider on the sidewindow, location of rotor blades in exact same position and almost undamaged rotor blades.

The odds for such identical damage on the helicopter at two different accidents would be unbelievable high.

And a helicopter in NoE flights (Nap over Earth) has still some high speeds that a) the helicopter must have crashed 30-50 meters after powerline and pylons and b) was to fast to react for the pilot.

 

[Engineer]

Seems indeed to be a flight into power lines, if you look closely at the strongly bent rear cablecutter (as well the front one is even missing completely).

Deino

I have a feeling that those cutters were not designed properly.

 

[lcloo]

I have a 600 mm telephoto lens for my old camera which can close in on all objects from few hundred feets to more than 1 mile, to the effect of as if they are all just few feets a part.

The power cable tower could be near the camera but far from the Z-10, by zooming in at full telephoto length of camera lens, it is possible to have this effect of the tower seem like close by the Z-10.

Edit - to verify wether both photo showed same helicopter, check the damage on the tail rotor, I doubt the chances of 2 Z-10s went down with exactly the same damage. One photo was taken likely by a 50mm lens, another by a large telephoto lens, could be 800mm to 1000mm lens.

 

[Franklin]

Any news on the WZ-16 Turboshaft engines that was suppose to go into production this year ?

 

[kwaigonegin]

I guess I'm the odd man out but I do not believe they are of the same chopper. Unless the helo has been moved and the metal pylons placed there, it can't possibly be from the same incident. You can also see shadows from the pylons on the tail section so it is very close if not next to the helo. Zoom lens and angle of the shot would still show the metal pylons regardless.

As to the similarities of the damages, it is not as unheard of as one may think. If both choppers lost power and did an autorotation landing and 'belly flop' on a nice soft field the damages would be somewhat similar. As been highlited by some posters here while the damages to the hull look relatively similar they are certainly not identical!

 

[Deino]

Only a simple test or already a preparation for naval operations ??

 

[xiabonan]

Only a simple test or already a preparation for naval operations ??

It's a co-op exercise between the Army and the Navy

 

[volleyballer]

Only a simple test or already a preparation for naval operations ??

Weird ...

 

[asif iqbal]

Weird ...

Nothing weard and we have been calling this for years it's about time a attack naval helicopter was based on board Amphibous assault ships because a Amphibous landing on a beech head will require suppression fire by attack helicopters and cover for transport helicopters

If China wants to have a true over the horizon Amphibous assault capability they will need to get a attack helicopter in the air over the combat zone this is a must

Combat attack helicopters at sea are now a requirement for most LPD and LHD

It's like cross decking between navy's the are testing out the landing and take off from a helipad the pilots are training and there is much to learn the ship is moving and it's a great opportunity to learn to land of a small deck on the back of a ship while it's moving and at sea

In my opinion this is a huge step forward for PLAN and to me it looks like a standard army aviation helo there is no flotation devices or any other naval modifications on this chopper so they are in the early days of this new tactics

I would like to see the deck of the Type 071 LPD packed with a few of these helos would be a very nice

Something like this

San Antonio Class LPD with helos

 

[PanAsian]

Only a simple test or already a preparation for naval operations ??

China needs to build a LHD for these babies!