What helicopter is this?

[ISX]

The Blackhawk is designed to haul passengers, and the crew sit side-by side; where the Apache only holds 2, and we sit in tandem, so the shape is much different. When you compare outside dimensions is when they are very close. Speed is all relative, depending on distance, location, and what the mission is. Sometime we are faster, but most times they can out run us. All those missile and rocket pods aren't the most aerodynamic. Believe it or not but the Chinook is the fastest helo in the Army inventory.

Now that is awesome! This thing was only like 500ft up or lower so it was going slow for a reason I am sure. I didn't have any idea about the speeds of them all, other than wikipedia which tells a different story than you, but I know how wikipedia is

[AH64ID]

I didn't have any idea about the speeds of them all, other than wikipedia which tells a different story than you, but I know how wikipedia is

Max vs cruise are two very different animals.

[ISX]

Max vs cruise are two very different animals.

Here is what wiki says, which still shows the chinook as being slow. I like to think wikipedia is right but someone with first hand experience will always dominate anything wikipedia says, to me anyways. I wonder where they got their stats though. Apache http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah64#Specifications_.28AH-64A.2FD.29 Never exceed speed: 197 knots (227 mph, 365 km/h) Maximum speed: 158 knots (182 mph, 293 km/h) Cruise speed: 143 knots (165 mph, 265 km/h) Chinook http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-47_Chinook Maximum speed: 170 knots (196 mph, 315 km/h) Cruise speed: 130 kt (137 mph, 220 km/h) Black Hawk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UH-60_Black_Hawk Never exceed speed: 193 knots (222 mph, 357 km/h) Maximum speed: 159 kn (183 mph, 295 km/h) Cruise speed: 150 kn (173 mph, 278 km/h)

[AH64ID]

Mission weights and profiles will change cruise, so its hard to pin that number down..The data on the CH-47 looks slow.