Avimimus

Not to mention often requiring tuning by ground crew prior to each flight (at least going off of the CF-100 radar as an example)!

Ah, well... I guess it is up to Polychop then! Thanks.

Very neat! Is there any chance you could create a mod to remove the door gunner from the Sa342 Gazelle? The cockpit view is best in the doorgunner version (closest to the civilian model) - but there is no option to unmount the minigun! Anyway, if it is easy to do - it'd be a neat mod to have.

Often the amount of work to rebuild a 3d model designed for a different purpose is more than building a model from scratch. There are a lot of technicalities apparently.

Sorry for the delay in replying! Most publicly owned museums have supporting access to the collections for researchers and educational purposes as part of their mandate. The staff are usually pretty good. I once just showed up and asked to take some pictures of the He-162 for a modeler (and they let me go right up to it and take pictures through the canopy). They didn't let me raise the canopy though (I'm sure that'd require writing ahead, getting permission from the curators etc. and might not happen).

Well, that makes me a bit glad that I didn't see the teaser last year. I'll hope for 2025 I guess

But... the teaser... is still just the teaser? We are going to have to wait months aren't we? To find out if a Su-17/22 is planned?

With the hints coming out - I'd change my answer to the Su-17 and the IA-58... aircraft I'm actually excited for. *edit* The IA-58 is probably from the free mod? Does the Razbam version even have a cockpit under development yet?

Well, so long as you aren't operating a weapon or heavy weapons right? No harm no foul?

Voice tone doesn't come across in text.... so people can't tell what is or isn't a joke. Also, since you raised young people trying to be non-offesnive, what happened to 'young people don't have any manners?' or is it only people in their nineties who still value politeness and respect? Young people can't win.

To be fair - I spent a lot of time triple checking... I didn't want to risk being disappointed. There are a lot of differences though - starting with, well, everything (for the most part). I could see that. I think the Su-17/22 has about 75% of the payload, and an ability to make multiple passes on a target. It also might have a similar or greater variety of guided weapons (depending on the variant we get). So, it is a better fit than the Mig-27... even if it is more of a supersonic flash past kind of design that has some elements which are similar to the Mig-27. It'd definitely be nice to have all three someday

The Jaguar kind-of always reminded me of the Panavia Tornado... if it got confused and thought it was a trainer. For some reason I've always loved it a bit.

It'd be nice to see them team up. I'll take any Su-17/Su-22 I can get though!

Hoping that the infrared system for ground units will also involve upgrades to seeker modelling... hoping for improved rocket fragmentation modelling for us helicopter types.

Fascinating!

I just want to see an official A-4 and F-100 and F-104 and F-105 get announced because... along with the A-6, A-7, F-4, F-8, in development and the other already released planes it'll mean that they'll start running out of American aircraft and have to give us a Mig-27 or Su-17 by 2030.

I'd love a Mig-27. or better yet, a Su-17... old enough we might get them. But there was no Soviet/Russian aircraft in the trailer other than the updated 3d model for the Kamov and some shots of the Mi-24P.

Just so you know - it is a Lancaster X - so a bit different: https://ingeniumcanada.org/aviation/artifact/avro-683-lancaster-x If there is a specific part of the landing-gear or bomb bay I might be able to get access to do a walk-around if I phone ahead.

If you need reference photos from Ottawa (and environs) - let me know.

Does the plan to remove the hardpoints mean we'll be able to civilianise the Gazelle? The version with the best forward view (and no anti-tank avionics) is the one with the minigun - so if we can remove the minigun it'll create an excellent multi-purpose helicopter.

Yeah, it pioneered the twin-roof turbine layout of the Mi-8 and Mi-24... and was also used for a lot of weapon fits over the years.. and is ubiquitous as a transport and utility helicopter with almost 5,500 built! Plus the anti-tank missiles are more primitive so it gives a bit of that Mi-24D experience (MCLOS)... while also having a 23mm cannon, rockets, and Iglas...

Yes, I gather that - rockets receive velocity from the launch aircraft (so they spin up faster) and they also aren't flying through rotor wash. I remember reading somewhere that the same rocket fired from a helicopter can have something like three times the dispersion it would have if fired from a jet. That said, the S-24 has an advantage in that its high mass would make it less effected by rotor wash, and its angled rocket engines would help it spin up a bit faster... so the effect should be less - but it should still be there.

Clouds do move in their internal test version. *edit* I didn't realise this post was so old.

You are missing the next most produced Soviet Helicopter - Mil Mi-2! Like an Mi-8 and a Gazelle or OH-58 had a baby... cannon, machine guns, rockets, anti-tank missiles, anti-aircraft missiles - quite a variety in the Polish URP version...

I suspect the acquisition to release path for the Igla will be faster - and it also won't set off the laser warning receivers on the target - so there is probably still an advantage in a close fight with an Apache (which could easily happen in complex terrain).