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Throwback Thursday for 13th April

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In our Throwback Thursday feature, we've covered several iconic units from the Command & Conquer franchise. But, what such list would be complete without the original ORCA Assault Craft, GDI's signature aircraft from the original Command & Conquer? Introduced in the ninth mission "Field Test The ORCA" (in Trieste, Italy or Arad, Romania), this VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) craft was powerful and agile, and was seen in cutscenes easily dodging SAMs. Its core design was retained throughout the series, confirming its status as a series' icon.

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How big is an Orca? How does it compare to modern helicopters?

I mean I've always loved it,

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but it looks more like an armed escape pod... or a Cobra F.A.N.G.

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I really like how it developed into this...

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GDI 4 EVER!

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5 minutes ago, Gben said:

How big is an Orca?

As for the TW one, go to 0:31 to see it compare with a signal officer:

 

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15 hours ago, Gben said:

How big is an Orca? How does it compare to modern helicopters?

My rough measurements put all generations of the Orca around 6.5m long. The TS and TW variants kind of look longer, but estimations still came up pretty close to the same number every time.

Comparing that to Wikipedia's list of modern attack helicopters:

Agusta A129 Mangusta = 12.3m
Bell AH-1G Cobra = 16.2m
Bell AH-1Z Viper = 17.8m
Boeing AH-64 Apache = 17.7m
Denel Rooivalk = 18.7
Eurocopter Tiger = 14.0m
HAL-LCH = 15.8m
Kamov Ka-50/-52 = 16.0m
Mil Mi-24 = 17.5m
Mil Mi-28 = 17.0m
TAI/AW T-129 = 13.5m

The shortest among those, the A129 Mangusta, is still nearly twice the length of the Orca.

All of them have a two-man crew, except for the Ka-50 (increased to two with the Ka-52). The Orca always appears to be operated by a single man.

A Google search for the smallest military helicopter comes up with the MH-6 Little Bird. I am not convinced this is accurate, as nothing seemed to come out and state this was in fact the "smallest military helicopter", but we'll run with it. It is 9.8m long, still about 50% longer than the Orca.

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Thanks Nmenth, so yes, it's small.

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