Snarf Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 I few times now I have either had my skids shot off (highly unlikely IMO) or landed heavily enough to rip the skids off. While I acknowledge that you can rip the skids off it would normally happen in a crash which wrote the helicopter off. I worked in a training squadron where we had plenty of heavy landings and the result was so predictable that the pilots inspected the skids to check if they had a heavy landing. A heavy landing would bend the skids up from a small amount till where they contacted the fuselage. We never had any snap off as a result of this. My next problem and this may be server related has to do with ground power. I played on a server at -3 degrees (not sure if it was Farenheit or Celsius as I didn't check) However the batteries died (great job simulating that btw) and I had to call for ground power. This worked beautifully till I was up and running at which time the option to call the ground crew vanished and I couldn't get ground power disconnected. I did manage to fly over the protestations of the ground crew but it may be a bug. Can we get a twin M60 mount as per Australian UH1s please. While I love the Huey and you guys have done a fantastic job simulating it, it is helpless against armour. Historically Huey's were equipped with TOWs (x6) and scored many kills against tanks at places like An Loc. Our rockets and MGs do squat however so the addition of TOW would be great. Lastly how about some body armour for the gunners. Australian & US gunners wore two 1/2 inch thick plates when manning their guns, one protecting the groin the other the chest so they were pretty well protected.
NeilWillis Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 Excellent thoughts. There is a v2.0 of the UH-1H coming to DCS World at some point in the (hopefully) not too distant future. Let's hope Belsimtek are watching the forum for useful suggestions like these. Mind you, if my flying is anything to go by, there are heavy landings, and there are heavy landings!
Roadrunner Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) XM26 With the development of the BGM-71 TOW missile Hughes had been given the contract to develop a launching system for the UH-1. By 1968 development had shifted over to development of a system for the AH-56 helicopter which was eventually canceled. The XM26 provided two 3-Tube launchers on either side of the aircraft, as well as, the necessary sighting equipment. While the XM26 was more of a test platform, the two prototypes were deployed operationally as an emergency measure in South Vietnam to counter the Easter Invasion in 1972.[12] Source never knew that, but was this mounted on more than just those prototypes? regards, RR Edited June 1, 2015 by Roadrunner typo [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "There's nothing to be gained by second guessing yourself. You can't remake the past, so look ahead... or risk being left behind." Noli Timere Messorem "No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always been there first, and is waiting for it." Terry Pratchett
Snarf Posted June 1, 2015 Author Posted June 1, 2015 As you can see from the pic above it was used in action. I don't think they had a lot to work with when tanks were first encountered so they pushed these into action with quite good results.
Roadrunner Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 well, the 2 prototypes were used, yes, but have been more huey's used that way? or just those two? thats my question ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "There's nothing to be gained by second guessing yourself. You can't remake the past, so look ahead... or risk being left behind." Noli Timere Messorem "No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always been there first, and is waiting for it." Terry Pratchett
Snarf Posted June 1, 2015 Author Posted June 1, 2015 I found a thesis on the subject and it seems there were two aerial combat teams, the first was just the two UH1Hs. The second was formed with AH1's and later UH1s utilising SS11 missiles. I am a little unclear on whether they utilised TOWs though there was little employment after Kontum. The two UH1Hs were spectacularly successful at Kontum being credited with playing a large part in stopping the armoured attack. Between them they destroyed 10 tanks in one day and two more the next day with odd kills on other days. I think the section dealing with their combat employment is chapter six. http://www.vhpa.org/stories/XM-26%20TOW.pdf So it does seem to have been of limited application though quite spectacular when employed. The SS11 was more widely employed though with less success which was mainly put down to lack of training. Still given the environment we have to fly in with the much more potent tank and AA threat I think we should have it :)
Roadrunner Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 something regarding the ss.11: After the cancellation of the SSM-A-23 "Dart" in 1958 the United States began evaluating the SS.11, and accepted it into service in 1961 as the AGM-22A. The missile was deployed from UH-1B Huey helicopters using either the XM11 or M22 armament subsystems. In U.S. Army service, the SS.11 was used mainly to develop tactics employing antitank helicopters and train future helicopter crews. In September 1965, 12 U.S. Army UH-1B helicopters belonging to a special unit, fitted with the XM-58 stabilized sight arrived in Vietnam. One month later they fired AGM-22s in combat.[7] it looks like both systems were tested in vietnam, mainly from UH-1B's. i have to say i would like anti tank weapons on the huey, but as those were tried on uh-1B's and only for testing (even though with great success in case of the TOW) and not used as regular armament, i would vote against it. but interesting stuff anyway ;) regards, RR [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "There's nothing to be gained by second guessing yourself. You can't remake the past, so look ahead... or risk being left behind." Noli Timere Messorem "No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always been there first, and is waiting for it." Terry Pratchett
Chic Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 Excellent thoughts. There is a v2.0 of the UH-1H coming to DCS World at some point in the (hopefully) not too distant future. Let's hope Belsimtek are watching the forum for useful suggestions like these. Really? Official? A Co, 229th AHB, 1st Cav Div ASUS Prime Z370-A MB, Intel Core i7 8700K 5.0GHz OC'd, RTX 3090, 32GB DDR4, 1TB SSD, Win 10 Samsung 65" 4K Curved Display (Oculus Rift occaisionally), Track IR5, VoiceAttack, Baur's BRD-N Cyclic base/Virpil T-50CM Grip, UH-1h Collective by Microhelis & OE-XAM Pedals. JetSeat & SimShaker for Aviators. JUST CHOPPERS
Chic Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 BTW. Nice thread. A Co, 229th AHB, 1st Cav Div ASUS Prime Z370-A MB, Intel Core i7 8700K 5.0GHz OC'd, RTX 3090, 32GB DDR4, 1TB SSD, Win 10 Samsung 65" 4K Curved Display (Oculus Rift occaisionally), Track IR5, VoiceAttack, Baur's BRD-N Cyclic base/Virpil T-50CM Grip, UH-1h Collective by Microhelis & OE-XAM Pedals. JetSeat & SimShaker for Aviators. JUST CHOPPERS
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