Z-10 thread

[wtlh]

Engine IR suppressors reduce engine thrust as well as increase weight. Z-10 with its current engine is already underpowered.

 

[SteelBird]

Female pilots with WZ-10

 

[Black Shark]

Female pilots with WZ-10

Nice pictures.
Do you have any good pictures of inside cockpit?

 

[SteelBird]

Nice pictures.
Do you have any good pictures of inside cockpit?

I'm afraid the PLA won't show us what's inside the cockpit of such a sensitive equipment.

 

[no_name]

I think there were pics of the cockpit posted, just that they looked generically like any other glass cockpit for helos.

btw is that yellow thing for ejection?

 

[PanAsian]

I think there were pics of the cockpit posted, just that they looked generically like any other glass cockpit for helos.

btw is that yellow thing for ejection?

It seems like a real tight fit for this pilot. And I think they are showing the pilot's station so it's somewhat generic. The weapons officer's station is probably where the sensitive information is.

 

[Black Shark]

It seems like a real tight fit for this pilot. And I think they are showing the pilot's station so it's somewhat generic. The weapons officer's station is probably where the sensitive information is.

It is highly unlikely that the Z-10 has ejection seats when this is meant by "ejection".
This is most probably emergency jettison of weapons to throw unnecessary ballast away to have sufficient power for emergency landing or getting out of hot zones. The cockpit looks to scrambled for safe ejection and usually ejection seat mechanism is on the seat to prevent pilots injury when they are still having their hands somewhere else than by themselfs, also the roof does not look like it has any explosives and seats have no rocket engines like on K-37-800 seats, so i think it is almost certain it has no ejection seats.

 

[Sczepan]

both attack helos in one unit ... thx 4 the pic

 

[no_name]

It is highly unlikely that the Z-10 has ejection seats when this is meant by "ejection".
This is most probably emergency jettison of weapons to throw unnecessary ballast away to have sufficient power for emergency landing or getting out of hot zones. The cockpit looks to scrambled for safe ejection and usually ejection seat mechanism is on the seat to prevent pilots injury when they are still having their hands somewhere else than by themselfs, also the roof does not look like it has any explosives and seats have no rocket engines like on K-37-800 seats, so i think it is almost certain it has no ejection seats.

I think attack helos ejects whole cockpit cabin in an emergency rather than individual seats, a la Goldeneye style.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

Agreed Shark, also look at the angle of the firewall behind her. Typically ejection seats use some form of rail to guide the ejection the rails on her seat would guide her right into the fire wall and rotor mast. Speaking of which the rotor mast on KA50/52 has to have explosive bolts to strip it so that the pilot ejected from the chopper.... Don't find out on a first hand experience why they are called choppers.... Well actually it would be head first so he would never know what hit him if something happened and the bolts failed to fire.