First, I was not born in the U.S.A. the English is not my native language,
Second, when people as you find a job, is because people as me created the
concepts and the technologies.

With respect to the antitorque systems, if you review the recent history
previous to the Ah-64, you'll found indications of which I say, nevertheless it
is necessary to mix the old things with the new things, just follow the purpose
of the modifications proposed for the Apache, don't wait for some amazing
technology.

I was never involved with the Comanche's battle systems. But in some concepts as
The FlyByWire and others cancelled (Do you remember that the LHX was planned as
a single) for that reason I knew only public information on those systems.

What happened with the Comanche was caused by the bureaucracy and the greed -on
both sides-, the UAV/UCAV was foreseen as complement.

Don't worry, the Uncle Sam has much work for you...

No matter the destiny of the Comanche, the work of the engineers was supreme...

If someday you visits Nevada, perhaps you'll see me, but you will never know who
I am.

My work is a secret, but aside from its the helicopters are my passion. - do not
track the IP of this message, I use an IP relay installed in the PC of some
idiot in the South America -.
--

Goku Rules ....

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| I'm sorry, but when it comes to Comanche you don't know what the hell you're
| talking about. Given that you can't even spell Comanche properly, I
| shouldn't be surprised.
|
| The Comanche radar is not "taken from the LONGBOW" as Ron says. Nor does it
| have "many common parts with the AH-64 longbow" There are zero common
| parts. Comanche radar is a total rehosting and regeneration of the basic
| longbow system on a completely digital platform. The only thing in common
| is the idea of a mast-mounted targeting radar. Neither our antenna nor our
| radar controls are common with Longbow. As a matter of fact, one of the HTI
| efforts from Comanche leftovers is to take our digital Radar Electronics
| Unit (REU) and our low Radar Cross Section radar antenna (both of which are
| much lighter than the longbow system) and put them in the next generation
| AH-64.
|
| Full Fly-by-wire is planned for the AH-64, again based on Comanche
| technology. The idea is to have a common FBW software set for the AH-64 and
| UH-60, with an overlay for the specific aircraft.
|
| As for the antitorque system, I'd dearly love to hear about this mysterious
| new technology - I'm an aerodynamicist by trade, and I'm not aware of any
| new antitorque technologies within the last 40 years or so.
|
| Dan Hollenbaugh
| Soon-to-be-ex Lead Test Engineer
| Comanche PMO
|