fmpflyer Posted April 5, 2014 Posted April 5, 2014 Can you fix the direction the flare cans are facing? They should be pointed forward and down or removed and flush mounted inside the tail boom. Reworked chaff and flare rejection was listed in the updates for 1.2.8. If ED is simulating flare rejection at all in the IR guided missiles, the UH-1 would be hit every time with the current configuration. The whole point of the flare is to trick the missile into thinking that its the aircraft. If the missile sees a heat source travel in a radically different direction (i.e. straight back) from what it's tracking it will reject it and continue tracking the original heat source. I've been trying to find a picture of a Huey with flare cans installed but I've been unsuccessful. Every UH-1 I've seen with flares installed have always been flush mounted in the tail boom just behind the exhaust. If I'm wrong about this please disregard.
Flagrum Posted April 5, 2014 Posted April 5, 2014 Can you fix the direction the flare cans are facing? They should be pointed forward and down or removed and flush mounted inside the tail boom. Reworked chaff and flare rejection was listed in the updates for 1.2.8. If ED is simulating flare rejection at all in the IR guided missiles, the UH-1 would be hit every time with the current configuration. The whole point of the flare is to trick the missile into thinking that its the aircraft. If the missile sees a heat source travel in a radically different direction (i.e. straight back) from what it's tracking it will reject it and continue tracking the original heat source. I've been trying to find a picture of a Huey with flare cans installed but I've been unsuccessful. Every UH-1 I've seen with flares installed have always been flush mounted in the tail boom just behind the exhaust. If I'm wrong about this please disregard. Fwiw, I support this! :o) http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=118777
diveplane Posted April 6, 2014 Posted April 6, 2014 Can you fix the direction the flare cans are facing? They should be pointed forward and down or removed and flush mounted inside the tail boom. Reworked chaff and flare rejection was listed in the updates for 1.2.8. If ED is simulating flare rejection at all in the IR guided missiles, the UH-1 would be hit every time with the current configuration. The whole point of the flare is to trick the missile into thinking that its the aircraft. If the missile sees a heat source travel in a radically different direction (i.e. straight back) from what it's tracking it will reject it and continue tracking the original heat source. I've been trying to find a picture of a Huey with flare cans installed but I've been unsuccessful. Every UH-1 I've seen with flares installed have always been flush mounted in the tail boom just behind the exhaust. If I'm wrong about this please disregard. not a uh-1h model in that pic. https://www.youtube.com/user/diveplane11 DCS Audio Modding.
fmpflyer Posted April 6, 2014 Author Posted April 6, 2014 not a uh-1h model in that pic. I realize that I was just trying to make a point. There's a better picture in the link that Flagrum posted. My point is this is not a realistic configuration for defending an aircraft from an IR guided missile. The flare shoots off to far from the heat source and in the wrong direction. I'm pretty sure the Iraqi Air Force is currently flying UH-1H and you can see the flare canister on the side of the aircraft just below the exhaust.
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