Let's All Pitch in to Buy This Black Hawk

"CleverUsername" (CleverUsername) 07/09/2014 at 08:37 • Filed to: None

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Have a million or two rolled up in your sock drawer? Great. I have found the appropriate outlet for your rainy-day trust fund. Behold, a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

It comes with all records and documentation, and is being sold "as-is" in Meridianville, AL. You're probably going to have to do a little maintenance before it gets off the ground, but who doesn't love a good project, er, `copter? The bidding starts at $1,323,000.00 with the reserve not met.

In other news, if you're not browsing !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! every so often, you're missing out on some !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! deals.

Alfalfa > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 08:39

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I was looking into getting a wagon, but this will do fine.

PumpedSump > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 08:42

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Hmmm. I don't think this will fit in my driveway. Might have to cut down the tree.

CleverUsername > Alfalfa 07/09/2014 at 08:44

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The real question is; Will it baby?

Your move, Torch.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 08:44

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I'd much rather have the Oppocopter .

Titan-E34 > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 08:45

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I was looking for a more interesting daily flyer...

Mr-PLP > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 08:49

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David E. Davis > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 08:50

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I wonder if these retired UH60's will become the new gate guardians when the UH-1's start falling to pieces.

angusparvo > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 08:50

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Where's the Nice Price button?

Turbolence1988 Loves Magic Turn Circles > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 08:52

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"Medium Lift?" As in, this thing could lift something weighing roughly 2,500 pounds?

I mean, you could buy a motorhome and car trailer for race weekends, but slap a cot and a TV in here and I think you'd be on your way!

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 08:52

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I'd rather have the Citation III for $500,000.

http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/au…

The Machine > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/09/2014 at 09:04

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Paint it pink and reboot Riptide.

WhiskeyGolf > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 09:05

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Would you keep the cots inside or swap it for something more comfortable? Is there room to mount a TV? Are La-Z-Boys flight rated?

jesuschrysler-geo-cpt-planet > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 09:13

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Kickstarter this. If people will kickstarter potato salad, they will kickstarter a freakin military helicopter.

erikgrad > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 09:14

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If the internet can raise $60,000 for someone to make potato salad, we sure as hell should be able to buy this. Which one of us is going to set up the Kickstarter?

Chaos-cascade > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 09:23

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Doesn't it cost about 20k an hour to fly one of these?

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > WhiskeyGolf 07/09/2014 at 09:23

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I saw the interior of GWB's white-top Blackhawk when he flew into my airport in 2004. That's a good place to start.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > David E. Davis 07/09/2014 at 09:25

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My Guard unit was an attack helo battalion, and one of the Huey crew chiefs had this bumpersticker that said "When the last Blackhawk flies to the boneyard its crew will fly home in a Huey".

Meemperor > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 09:25

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This Hind is way, way cooler. http://www.aviatorsale.com/aix10214/

shieldsdb > WhiskeyGolf 07/09/2014 at 09:26

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They make "executive" packages for these things. Leather seats, sound proofing, etc.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 09:27

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I don't need all those seats; was looking for something more like this..

stoke > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 09:27

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How many V6 Apaches could we get for that?

Subarnoob > Chaos-cascade 07/09/2014 at 09:54

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Maybe if you add in the price of the 'copter and the amount of use it will get.
Fuel isn't anywhere that expensive, and maintenance can't cost that much unless it's getting an off frame resto everytime it's used.

LugNutz > Meemperor 07/09/2014 at 10:05

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I've shot a few of those down back in my day.

Lt. Price

Meemperor > LugNutz 07/09/2014 at 10:12

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More robust than a blackhawk.

MEESTALUBBA > Chaos-cascade 07/09/2014 at 10:14

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only when the government is paying for it

Jonathan Harper > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 10:15

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They're also selling an M5 ...

FlyFlyAway > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/09/2014 at 10:19

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That seems cheap. Idk much about what planes cost, I just figured a lot more than that.

bpands > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 10:33

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With $1.3M you could go for the blackhawk here, OR wait until some of the police Caprices starts filtering through the auction site and buy enough of those for a one-make race.

SlabSheetrock > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 10:47

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I'm intrigued by how the government came into possession of a salvage-title M5. They're pretty adamant about it not getting back on the road, but there are loads of goodies I could retrofit into my e39 530i.

http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/au…

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > FlyFlyAway 07/09/2014 at 10:51

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It is cheap, the listing mentions some engine issues, it is hard to tell if it is a good deal without getting a look at the log books.

CleverUsername > SlabSheetrock 07/09/2014 at 10:51

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Likely, they're just covering their liability. The government is remarkably risk-averse. If anything is wrong with it that might make it unsafe, they want to make sure that you can't sue them over it, ever. There is an endless supply of unscrupulous people who see the government as a big, giant checkbook.

Andrew Pickle > bpands 07/09/2014 at 10:57

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They already are and have been for a while...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevrolet-…

Thunder > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 10:57

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Finally!

A reason for KickStarter to exist!

Andrew Pickle > Andrew Pickle 07/09/2014 at 10:58

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Didn't even notice that was a V6 one, fail.

M54B30 > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 10:59

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I'll take the M5 for sale on there

M54B30 > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 10:59

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the M5 on the site will baby well

bpands > Andrew Pickle 07/09/2014 at 11:06

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And so it begins...

ErikVonZipper > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 11:09

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I'll just leave this here

scoob > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 11:26

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How many MPG does it get?

ragnarok83 > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 11:36

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NP! (They go for $14-17 million new)

Granted, the UH60-A's only have 3000 shaft horsepower. "Only." 3000 SHP.

Just sayin'.

ragnarok83 > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 07/09/2014 at 11:37

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But the Cobra will not baby. Well, I mean there is a second seat which... is good for either a toddler or a new pilot.

Both are about as good on the controls... so... kinda a wash either way.

Andrew Pickle > bpands 07/09/2014 at 11:39

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Typically low mile (sub 1k) V8 cars seem to go for right around 20k. Someone needs to make this spec league a thing.

ragnarok83 > scoob 07/09/2014 at 11:39

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In all seriousness... it burns 800-900 pounds of fuel an hour at 120kts.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ragnarok83 07/09/2014 at 11:42

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Of course it will baby. Besides the front seat for the copilot/gunner, there's the ammo bay behind the cannon which is accessible by side doors.

ragnarok83 > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 07/09/2014 at 11:54

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You have clearly, never seen my wife:
1. Drive.
2. Shoot.

She does either with the grace of a seizing elephant wearing tap shoes on a greased floor. Hmm... granted... I must concede your point that it will in fact... baby. I mean, it DOES have wing stations.

4thwall > Mr-PLP 07/09/2014 at 11:59

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wow, that certainly is a big black......... cock.

sam reese > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 12:06

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GSA auctions rules. Few months ago I bid on a colet Jaguar fire truck in atlanta.

sam reese > ragnarok83 07/09/2014 at 12:07

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note from son of a cobra pilot: unlike nearly every chopper ever, pilot sits in back, and the gunner sits forward. Source of much confusion.

ragnarok83 > sam reese 07/09/2014 at 12:13

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I didn't specify station, only that there was a second seat.

You are certainly not wrong. Buuuuut all the tandem cockpit helos I know of have gunners up front and pilot in the back. (Cobra, Apache, Hind).

Unrelated sidenote: I have a lot of respect for the Cobra, but the Super Cobra is the sexy beast in my mind.

SP23 > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 12:19

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The station wagon of the sky.

ragnarok83 > Turbolence1988 Loves Magic Turn Circles 07/09/2014 at 12:21

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Depending on altitude and temp... 7000 pounds or so.

Chaos-cascade > Chaos-cascade 07/09/2014 at 12:23

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http://www.defencetalk.com/forums/air-for… sorry I guess that was for the super stallion.

Viggen > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 12:27

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S/N: 79-23310.

That's going to have a lot of flight hours. If an aircraft from 1984 I saw had over 4,500 flight hours, I can only imagine how many more this has. No thanks. I'll wait for another Chinook to pop onto the auction block.

Chaos-cascade > sam reese 07/09/2014 at 12:27

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the power washer at the Home Depot just not up to snuff?

CaseisinChibaCity > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 13:03

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Would you take a company check?

Loki_LaVey > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 13:08

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If anyone buys one let me know, I can teach them how to fly it.

Kiltedpadre > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/09/2014 at 13:14

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Really scary news is that the listing mentions that the logs are incomplete and sporadic. Expect to be dropping a lot of money into repairs that you may or may not need simply because you can't prove that time and or cycle limited parts have been properly maintained or replaced as needed.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Kiltedpadre 07/09/2014 at 13:18

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True you would probably need at the minimum an annual and probably a major just to figure out what was wrong.

mr_gofast > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 13:32

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BTU could use this - he could chopper his i8 or sls gt around the country from track to track.

PaveHawk6465 > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 13:40

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If it has major engine issues... 701C Turboshafts cost ~$625K each... It appears to have some of the more recent modifications; LED caution/advisory panel/master warning, EFQI, and some others. It's a 79 with only 4900 hours, not bad actually. And it has 2k pages of airframe history accompanying it. Depending on what she needs to get off the ground... I'd say anywhere from another $500k to $2m, not counting labor. Sounds like a fun weekend project!

sam reese > ragnarok83 07/09/2014 at 13:51

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Jumped in too early, It's just odd for most people to think of the pilot riding back-seat. I didn't know that about the Hind. I had heard hey had a rear-gunner with linkages to the gun... but that doesn't make much sense now.

My dad's comment about the differences between a Cobra and Super Cobra go something along the lines of "don't gamble in former french colonies, and don't fly over water with one engine." I'm pretty confused by most of what he says, but those both seem legit. the 3' wide profile of an original cobra is pretty svelte.

sam reese > Chaos-cascade 07/09/2014 at 13:52

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yeah, its top speed was lacking.

CleverUsername > Viggen 07/09/2014 at 14:04

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Apparently, this one has 4900 hours on it.

ragnarok83 > sam reese 07/09/2014 at 14:04

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Agreed on all accounts! Haha.

And yeah, two engines makes up about 75% or the reason I like the new Super Cobra. Like the UH60, it can fly most times even with a single engine failure. AND, it's toting about 2.5 times the original's horsepower. BEAST.

CleverUsername > scoob 07/09/2014 at 14:08

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About .17 MPG, or 6 gallons/mile. Yeah.

Mazarin > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 14:55

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Cheaper than these Blackhawks:

drivegooder > CleverUsername 07/09/2014 at 21:57

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Been playing a bunch of BF4. This thing doesn't handle that well.

UH60_Pilot > drivegooder 07/09/2014 at 22:07

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BF4 flying is terrible. The real ones handle quite well :)

Makoyouidiot > sam reese 07/10/2014 at 00:33

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Please tell me you won it.

Zach > CleverUsername 07/10/2014 at 01:22

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I saw this hawk on my last cross country flight [with the US Army, Aviation].

The site offers a nifty tool for figuring out how much money we save by recycling, check out the pic I made a few weeks back when we came across this auction!

drivegooder > UH60_Pilot 07/10/2014 at 04:38

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Ha! I take it that you fly these things in for real world. That's awesome. Stay safe!

sam reese > Makoyouidiot 07/10/2014 at 12:31

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negative. I was really just looking for a steel tracked base for my next robot.

sketchcat > CleverUsername 07/10/2014 at 19:21

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OH COME AWWN!

so much awesome.

http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/au…