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Barstan Aircraft Storefront Sale!!!!

Barstan
19-10-2004, 21:25
BARSTAN AIRCRAFT STOREFRONT


PLease buy.All orders will be verified as soon as possible.

AH-64A/D APACHE ATTACK HELICOPTER

The Apache is a twin-engined army attack helicopter .
The AH-64D Longbow is fitted with the Longbow millimetre wave fire control radar and the Longbow Hellfire missile. 300 AH-64Ds are in service with the US Army out of a total of 501 procured - 232 new build and 269 US Army AH-64A Apaches being upgraded to AH-64D standard. Deliveries are to complete in 2006. The Longbow has also been ordered by the Netherlands (30, deliveries complete), Singapore (20, first delivered in May 2002), Israel (eight) and Egypt (35). A number of AH-64A helicopters have been upgraded to AH-64D standard for South Korea. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has requested the upgrade of 30 Apaches to AH-64D longbow standard.

A 30mm automatic Boeing M230 Chain Gun is located under the fuselage. It provides a rate of fire of 625 rounds per minute. The helicopter has capacity for up to 1,200 rounds of ammunition.

The AH-64D is armed with the Lockheed Martin/Boeing AGM-114D Longbow Hellfire air-to-surface missile which has a millimetre wave seeker, allowing the missile to perform in full fire and forget mode. Range is 8km to 12km.
Price:5.5 million

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A129 INTERNATIONAL MULTI-ROLE COMBAT HELICOPTER

The A129 International multi-role combat helicopter is the latest variant of the A129 Mangusta (Mongoose) helicopter.
The A129 International is a multi-role helicopter for armed reconnaissance and surveillance, high value ground target engagement, escort, fire support and air threat suppression. It is armed with new powerful air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles, an off-axis cannon and an increased weapon payload.

The structure of the helicopter is a semi-monocoque design with an aluminium alloy frame. Composite materials make up almost 50% of the fuselage weight. The airframe provides ballistic protection against 12.7 mm armour piercing rounds. The engines are armour protected. The main rotor has ballistic tolerance against 12.7 mm rounds.

The A129 International helicopter can be armed with Raytheon Stinger or MBDA (formerly Matra BAe Dynamics) Mistral air-to-air missiles. Italian Army A129 Mangustas are equipped with Stinger. Stinger missile certification was successfully completed on the Italian Army A129CBT in October 2003, using Stinger RMP Block I missiles.

The helicopter has dual air-to-ground missile capability with the Lockheed Martin Hellfire or Raytheon TOW 2 missile or a mix of both, giving the gunner selective fire against low and high value targets and the capability of precise hits in urban environments. The Mangusta is fitted with the HeliTOW system for the TOW2A missile
Price:2.3 million
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PHOENIX UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

The Phoenix Battlefield Surveillance, Acquisition and Targeting System provides real time surveillance by day and by night. Its mission is to disseminate battlefield information, including target identification and position data to command centres and artillery units over secure battlefield communication nets.
The air vehicle, of modular construction, is manufactured from composite materials including Kevlar and carbon fibre/glass fibre reinforced plastic (GF/CFRP) sections and Nomex honeycomb panels. The propulsion system consists of a Weslake Aero Engines WAE 342 two stroke, flat twin fuel injection engine, which provides a power of 19kW (25 hp) power. The engine drives a two-bladed fixed pitch wooden propeller.

The ground control unit consists of a ground control station vehicle and a ground data terminal towed by a Land Rover. It can be positioned up to 25 km from the launch and recovery units.The launch vehicle is a standard 14 tonne army truck, equipped with a pallet mounted lifting crane, hydraulically and pneumatically operated launch catapult and ramp, and computer to download mission data into the UAV prior to launch. Within sixty minutes of reaching a launch site, the UAV can be assembled and launched. A second UAV can be launched within a further 8 minutes.
Price:750 Thousend
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KA-60 KASATKA (KILLER WHALE) MEDIUM WEIGHT TRANSPORT HELICOPTER

The Ka-60 Kasatka or Killer Whale helicopter is a medium weight transport helicopter.
The Ka-60 has a maximum speed of 300km/h and maximum range with internal fuel of 625km. Composite materials make up about 60% of the helicopter's structural weight. The four-bladed composite main rotors have swept back tips and a 13.5m diameter. The rotors are resistant to 23mm shells. The tail rotor in the tail ring is a multi-blade design with eleven blades. The fan blades are of carbon reinforced Kevlar.
The helicopter can be armed with two seven round 80 mm rocket pods, type B-8V-7, or two guns either 7.62mm or 12.7mm. The selected weapons are suspension mounted from a single piece boom installed transversely in the cabin to the rear of the doors.
The helicopter is powered by two turboshaft engines, type RKBM RD-600V, built by NPO Saturn. The engines have a standard arrangement of three axial stages plus one centrifugal stage with a free turbine drive and take-off rating of 969kW. The helicopter is offered for export with two General Electric CT7 engines. The fuel tanks are filled with polyurethane foam to reduce the risk of explosion.

The helicopter is equipped with retractable reverse-tricycle type landing gear. Shock absorbers are installed on each unit.
Price:2.6 million
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Barstan
20-10-2004, 07:42
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Nation of Fortune
20-10-2004, 07:55
my nation wishes to purchase the following
100 x AH-64A/D apache = $550,000,000
100 x KA-60 Kasatka = $260,000,000
grand total = $810,000,000
Sanctaphrax
20-10-2004, 14:22
How many stupid storefronts have popped up lately?
Generally its either people copying another storefront or people offering WAY to low prices.

you fall into B. How can you design, develop and produce helicopters for 750'000 USD?
Jonothana
20-10-2004, 14:29
Yep. Far too low. Storefront officially IGNORED.