Z-10 thread
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AssassinsMace
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Apparently yet another WZ-10 version. Didn't like the last one that looked like a lesser version. This is one pic and there's more but imageshack seems to have some issue and I cannot upload all the pics.
Is that another redesign or is it the angle and paintjob? ... I swear with every new set of pictures it looks a little different to the previous set...
With some of the pics on Challenge's link it seems to show lots of small bumps everywhere implying more integrated avionics? (datalink, ecm, optical warning and the like?)
The close up of the gun is nice, though the forward E/O pods seem to be different from previous pictures.
You'd think these things would start to come in service -- pictures (and the lack of) seem to show WZ-10 still in trials of some form (no noticeable ID numbers, and all in black or grey camo while PLA choppers are all in woodland green)... Hopefully with all this preparation they can start producing them at a good rate when it joins.
AssassinsMace
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Yeah, this one has a quality finished look to it. Another new tail redesign. Anyone know what that thin arm (like on the WZ-9) near the cockpit is for?
cn_habs
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I am guessing that it's the refueling rod?
No, I think it's some sort of sensor tube like a pitot tube or something (I'm not sure if that means it still in testing though, we've seen WZ-9's with similar mounts but it looks out of place on WZ-10).
Refuelling rods on helicopters are very long and thick, and far from the rotor blades.
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