JACN

Wait ´till the Superbug PRO version be released...AFM?...ha! ;) Álvaro

Yes, I´m still waiting to be allowed to post in that forum :mad: What a stupid and dumb forum registry method they have!!! :badmood: Álvaro

Hi guys, Can anybody tell me how can the ArmA Flight Models be tweaked?. I´ve been looking for a tutorial but...no luck :( I´d only want to edit the flying qualities parameters not build a whole new model. Thanks in advance! Álvaro

Forums down?...:noexpression: http://www.vrsimulations.com/forums/phpBB3/index.php :smilewink: Thanks for the ArmA info. Regards, Álvaro

Thanks for the tip, but I think I know what can I expect from both (a game and a hard-core sim) :smilewink: I think BF2 helos are not so bad modeled...considering it´s a "shoot´em up", and I just wanted to know how good/bad are ArmA´s choppers compared with a "same league" tittle (i.e. BF2) For what I´ve seen in many youtube videos, ArmA´s choppers seems to be extremely sensitive to cyclic inputs...neglecting any inertia effects, specially in big helos. Indeed I´ve seen a video where Chinook was performing 360º rolls while hovering; something that did not happen in BF2, at least in such a crazy way! Anyway, thanks for your comments guys!

Hi SUBS17, Thanks for your reply! See you at VRS ;) Álvaro

So no difference at all between big helos/small helos? no inertia effects?. Also I think to have read that torque needs to be counter act with pedals...that would be an improvement over the BF FM...except in the case of Cobra, Ka-50 and Blackhawk :P

Hi All, Can anybody tell me how realistic are helos FM in ArmA?...compared with BF, of course :P I´ve seen many ArmA videos and they seem too responsive (unrealistic), specially the big ones (Mi-17 & Blackhawk). Thanks,

Nice!!! :thumbup: Thanks, JACN

http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/airforce/Russian_military_to_purchase_10-15_Mi-28N_helicopters_per_year100014897.php :noexpression:

Thank you guys! I think I´ll ask Santa for that Cougar :D :joystick:

Hi all, Can anybody suggest me a good/high-end joystick and pedals?. I´m considering these three options for the joystick: a) Saitek X52 Flight Control b) Saitek X52 Pro Flight Control System c) Thrustmaster HOTAS Cougar Which is the best option? For the pedals I have only one option...Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals..any other better alternative? Thanks a lot, Álvaro

Hi folks, I need to share this. It´s not a new GA BS video but it really worths watching it (at least twice). Hope you enjoy! :) http://www.simtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=c14a6e70a12f74560c02&page=1&viewtype=&category=tf

....and seems that will last for long....:)

Aside of left them without chaff release capability (something wouldnґt be such a big problem in the actual Iraq scenery) the software needed and the device integration study could be more than serious problem (indeed a whole update program!). One thing is that a piece of hardware can be multipurpose and other, quite different, is that the plataform can fully support it. Think it this way: that M-130 dispenser location can be optimal for the chaffs release task...but could be not only ineffective but also dangerous for the aircraft operation in the case of flares release. Believe me, itґs not just that easy :smilewink:

BTW...this is the M-130 dispenser. Altough it can be loaded either with flares or chaffs...in the case of Apache it does load chaffs only: "The Apache can be optionally fitted with M130 chaff dispensers on each side of the rear tailboom, with each containing 30 chaff cartridges." Again, flares loaded in the Apache is only a just a myth... And again (and again and...), tough we all agree flares are not a 100% safeguard, I think a IR jammer + flares mix would highly increase the actual survivability (x2?). Indeed this mix, in adition with a more advanced CMWS, has been quickly considered by the US Army for their combat choppers since the Iraq experience...

Is that really a standar in (all) the US Army Apache fleet?. What is the name of that flares dispenser?. Since when is it used?...It may be part of the IR countermeasures update program

8,12,16...eyes see (far) more than only 4 and also have greater field of view. Watching those videos I donґt believe those crews were consious of an incoming missile until impact:( . Maybe a friendly warning voice with the ground flash and trail could have given them at least the chance of performing an evasive manoeuver...and in the worst case make sure that igla carrier (and friends) wonґt see one more sunset...

Sadly, I think one of the big disadvantages of fighting an invisible foe...as happens in that urban scenery...is that the enemy can take all time needed to study his target and wait hidden for the best moment to attack. I´m quite sure that many of these attacks happened in routine transfer or patrol flights and over supposed safe (or not so "heat") areas in which sometimes the target´s attention can be more relaxed. That could explain the "lone-wolf" flights shown in the videos.

That text only mentions the AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS is a software reprogrammable system intended to provide automatic passive missile detection, threat declaration, positive warning of a post launch missile which is homing on the host platform, countermeasures effectiveness assessment, false alarm suppression, and cues to other onboard systems such as expendable countermeasures dispensers.) That system, itshelf, does not carry flares. It is only a passive alarm system which, after having detected a launch, actives inboard countermeasures: IR jammer and/or Flares (if carried). This is the list of aircrafts fitted with AN/ALQ-144 jammer: EH-1H, EH-1X, EH-60A, MH-60K, UH-60A/L, AH-1F, AH-64A/D, OH-58D, OV-1D, and RV-1D Neither Chinook nor MH-53 are included. They may use other systems, including flares...which indeed explains the above "flares release" pics. I tend to think that US Army was over-confident in the AN/ALQ-144 IR Jamming technology opposite to traditional flares dispensers. Theyґve realized it was an error to trust only in one unique system and now are developing (and maybe start introducing in a few fleet aircrafts) a four in one solution: "laser-based infrared jammer + programmable countermeasure dispenser + advanced flares + missile warning system" All in all, as I started this topic, in my opinion there was a great underestimation of IR menaces in the design of many of their combat helicopters (Apache first) Just as a personal virtual experience, when flying Apache with Janeґs Longbow2 I always instinctively was looking for a non-existing "flares deploy" button after hearing that frightening BEEEEEEP which anounced (very) bad news and an incoming missile (confirmed in the automatically poped ASE MDF page)... Few times the IR jammer acomplished succesfully its work. Most times only hidding behind a mount save me from a sure death. How much I missed those flares...

Thanks, mate. I cannot believe flares were not in the original design features :mad: . Itґs hard to say now...but I think it could have saved many lives :(

Ok, Netherlands - Air Force. It could be a modern AH-64D version fitted with it. As D-Scythe pointed WAH-64D do have flares in its ATIRCM package...but as in the Netherlands case it can be more a foreign client Apache customization than a real US Army arsenal standar. All in all I think they should seriously consider to add them to all their helo (not only Apache) fleet.

Thanks D-Scythe. So no word about flares :music_whistling:

I think it´d be better for crews having over-sensitive CMWS than under-sensitive ones, it makes the difference between life and death :noexpression:

Apache already has.