How many of your helicopter genius know anything about the Russian Mi -24. It performance and abilities aganist any make and model of the US or NATO aircraft. Or should this be address to medical crews?

you gonna buy one

Yes they are going cheap

pick up half a dozen

what the plan would be for a Russian gunship in the GA world. 

something similar TO THIS lol

Time for input from the all Hind gunship pilots on here.

They had a great pic of one in the ops center of the 11th ACR.  What was left of it.  I guess they weren't very good at OGE quick stops!

Bought a calendar from them one year with that series of pictures on it.

your own army, maybe buy an Apache instead.

Or maybe 10-12 cobras for the price of one apache.  And a better OR rate.

Remember that well, We found out that day Hind's can't do "quick stops" like the Cobra he was shadowing can.

when I want info on purchasing a gunship helicopter, nurse Megan is my go to

heavy, slower than obvious, limited angles of roll, and rugged as a T34.

Is this still good?

I've got some time in them back in the 90s working for a PMC in a certain unnamed African nation. Power was decent unless it got real hot or real high. The engines are bullet proof and easy to work on but rarely made it to TBO. Sand would just eat the engines without the proper filters. 

Pilot visibility from the backseat sucked. The gunner sitting up front would need to act as your eyes on the ground if operating near ground equipment or during running take offs. 

Maneuverability was somewhat limited due to it's size. The thing maxes out at 12,000 kg but we tried to stay well under gross, especially in the heat. Either way the thing is big and isn't anywhere as nimble as something like a 500. Also you needed to be careful not to yank the cyclic back in flight otherwise you would risk striking the tailboom with the MR blades. 

The YakB gatling gun was notorious for jamming. Also, finding 12.7 mm ammo would sometimes be hard to come by. We didn't use the gun much. We pretty much relied on the external stores for taking care of business. Cockpit was "sporty" but armoured so you're relatively safe from small arms fire. 

She always brought me back home safe so I can't say anything bad about her. She's a wonderful machine and over engineered in some respects. You can't overtorque the transmission, the thing is just built solid. And it's the only helicopter I ever flew with titanium rotor blades. Must be a soviet thing because of all the titanium they have over there in Russia.

There's a guy in Dallas who will check you out in the 24, he has 2 of them. Can't believe you experts don't know that. It's expensive. Call the Cold War Flight Museum in Lancaster. 

or to

get checked out. he just wanted info. something tells me neither of those aircraft actually can leave the ground. 

but at least we didn't say you could get "checked out" in one at a museum in Texas that has been closed for years and the aircraft are in Arizona lol

a tank, and, as a flying tank, it has its significant limitations reference, say, the AH64.  Head to head, the 24 is toast.