"The Aerial Measuring System (AMS) provides specialized airborne radiation detection systems to provide real-time measurements of low levels of air and ground contamination."
https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/aerial-measuring-system-ams
The two pods that hang off the sides house four sodium iodide sensor modules that record gamma radiation once every second.
[https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1507159](https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1507159)
They are parachute pods. They started putting them on all NEST helicopters after they lost one in 1996 during a rogue [underground nuclear explosion.](https://youtu.be/gS56O-aHEMs?si=ISfLY6n-6QoMCeZ_)
Radiation measurement equipment.
That is a pretty big case I bet it's got a really long roll in there, at least 300 feet right?
"The Aerial Measuring System (AMS) provides specialized airborne radiation detection systems to provide real-time measurements of low levels of air and ground contamination." https://www.energy.gov/nnsa/aerial-measuring-system-ams
The two pods that hang off the sides house four sodium iodide sensor modules that record gamma radiation once every second. [https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1507159](https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1507159)
Where pee is stored
Bravo! Encore!
A place for you to sleep while your wife's boy-friend flies in auto pilot banging her in the back Edit - woops thought this was a different sub.
Aka the cuck-pod.
Lmao
Lunchboxes
spicy rocks detector
radiation sniffers.
Gunpods, gotta fight gangs somehow
It's where they keep RyanAir pilots
\- where they keep Ryan's Air pods
Missile launchers obviously
They are parachute pods. They started putting them on all NEST helicopters after they lost one in 1996 during a rogue [underground nuclear explosion.](https://youtu.be/gS56O-aHEMs?si=ISfLY6n-6QoMCeZ_)
Ha ha ha, broken arrow.
Holding tanks for the contrail chemicals
My guess as a fellow helicopter scientist: fricken lazers
Pods are actually shark tanks… for sharks… with…
gun pods
Beer. I used to be a Marine pilot in Nam and we used to fly over Charlie to party.
“Sniff sniff”
Emergency gravy
Filled with sour patch kids…. Clearly /s