Swedish Hkp 9

[Skjold]

Will you maybe make a swedish Hkp 9 livery?

 

 

Congratulations for your official status as a third party dev.

Edited October 20, 2015 by Skjold

[1.JaVA_Platypus]

It,ll be a challenge to do the splinter scheme. But i am pretty sure that a talented community member can do this livery as well.

[Skjold]

Yeah, would be nice to have it as a skin atleast :-)

Edited October 29, 2015 by Skjold

[The_Fragger]

First steps to transform the PAH into a HKP-9:

 

http://puu.sh/l0Ve9/ec42fe833e.jpg

[Brisse]

First steps to transform the PAH into a HKP-9:

 

http://puu.sh/l0Ve9/ec42fe833e.jpg

 

Nice :)

[Skjold]

First steps to transform the PAH into a HKP-9:

 

http://puu.sh/l0Ve9/ec42fe833e.jpg

 

That looks excellent! :thumbup: That is Heli-TOW mountings on the side i think? Are you actually considering implementing that weapon system as well? / Implementing the Hkp 9 as a variant in the module?

 

If so, im gonna have to buy it as its the only offensive capable helicopter Sweden ever operated. :joystick:

 

Edited October 29, 2015 by Skjold

[The_Fragger]

That looks excellent! :thumbup: That is Heli-TOW mountings on the side i think? Are you actually considering implementing that weapon system as well? / Implementing the Hkp 9 as a variant in the module?

 

If so, im gonna have to buy it as its the only offensive capable helicopter Sweden ever operated. :joystick:

 

 

Yes, these are TOWs....Unfortunatly, we have no info on how the weaponsystem works. I have some pictures of the cockpit, where I saw that the weaponsystem usage seams to be the same as in the HOT version.

Edited October 29, 2015 by The_Fragger

[Skjold]

Yes, these are TOWs....Unfortunatly, we have no info on how the weaponsystem works. I have some pictures of the cockpit, where I saw that the weaponsystem usage seams to be the same as in the HOT version.

 

Yeah i would imagine that they would operate very simiilarly, but if you don't have any information on it im guessing it will not be implemented? Can't wait to fly it in Swedish colours with or without TOW's.

 

What i do know about it is this:

 

Two Swedish museums have them on display with HeliTOW system's attached to them. That would be Aeroseum in Gothenburg and Flygvapenmuseum in Linköping (that one is suspended from the roof however) I would assume the missiles themselves are dummys (duh) but i wouldn't be suprised if all the guidance equipment was still intact and they more then likely have manuals too. Flygvapenmuseum (Swedish Air Force Museum) should also have a few more examples stockpiled and not on display.

 

http://www.aeroseum.se/

http://www.flygvapenmuseum.se/

 

I could not find any resources for manuals on the helicopter or the weapon system itself anywhere on the internet but i did find some half decent reference photos from the late 90s.

http://www.ipmsstockholm.se/home/22581/

[BravoYankee4]

Having a HKP9 module in DCS would be awesome.

The TOW missile used was RBS55H, almost the same as the land based RB55. It is based on the BGM-71 TOW - and for that one there should be plenty of information.

 

The land based models had both normal optics and IR. The helicopter optics was developed in Sweden (Saab) and was some kind of (gyro?) stabilized. According to some forum posts I found there was also some tests with IR optics but never fully deployed. So the helo needed good weather...

 

The variants for RB55 are:

Sweden NATO

RB 55B ITOW

RB 55C TOW2

RB 55D TOW2A

RB 55E TOW2B

The upgrades was larger warheads, extedend probes, new engine, and the last version had multiple warheads and top-down capability (the shaped charge is hitting the roof/top of the target).

Edited October 31, 2015 by BravoYankee4

[borchi_2b]

I we can get enough info on the tow system we can see what we can do and if the roof/top down function would be possibile to be programmed too

 

Maybe someone who worked with this weapon can pm us and we can talk through it and see what we can do.

 

That is the only suggestion for the TOW at the moment.

[El Hadji]

You guys should contact the Arboga Robotmuseum:

 

http://www.robotmuseum.se/Mappar/0T/index_t.html

 

They have knowledge about systems used and a collection of robots.

[The_Fragger]

Hi guys,

 

Today I finished the TOW Launcher of the HKP-9A.

I would like to say Thank you to Jörgen Toll for taking me photos from the museum and getting me the measurments of the Launcher.

Also a big Thank you to Bryan Draves for helping me on the details.

Edited December 9, 2015 by The_Fragger

[Brisse]

Nice work. :)

[Corrigan]

Fantastic! That's some seriously nice 3D work. Day 1 purchase, obviously. This together with the AJS 37 will suddenly let us do some pretty convincing Swede stuff!

[theOden]

Absolutely stunning. As Corrigan says, day one purchase.

[RabidRider]

Great work, will buy the Gazelle, but this is the one I want the most!

[BravoYankee4]

Fantastic! That's some seriously nice 3D work. Day 1 purchase, obviously. This together with the AJS 37 will suddenly let us do some pretty convincing Swede stuff!

 

Yes, best christmas gifts ever (or at least since I realized Fighter Bomber on the Amiga had the Viggen:) ). Now we just need as Sweden map confirmed.

[EagleEye]

Fantastic! That's some seriously nice 3D work.

+1

[jvanhoog]

Beautiful work Fragger!

[Aginor]

I am pretty sure some guys in Sweden are pretty happy now. :)

Thanks for the update!

[El Hadji]

Hi guys,

 

Today I finished the TOW Launcher of the HKP-9A.

I would like to say Thank you to Jörgen Toll for taking me photos from the museum and getting me the measurments of the Launcher.

Also a big Thank you to Bryan Draves for helping me on the details.

 

Just out of curiousity: should it really say LASING over the locking device and not LASNING? Locking in Swedish is Låsning. Or perhaps it is referring to something else?

 

Edited December 10, 2015 by El Hadji

[Kilrah]

Awesome news! Definite buy. :thumbup:

 

 

Since "Fallning/Release" and "Armering/Recoking" is swedish I also guess on "Lasning/Locking"

 

However, "Armering" means "Armed" so what does "recoking" means?

Edited December 10, 2015 by Kilrah

[Corrigan]

Should probably be fällning and not fallning, though?

[hannibal]

can we have mini guns on this??

 

:)

 

this is like the closest thing ill have to a little bird...

[El Hadji]

Should probably be fällning and not fallning, though?

 

I was thinking they did the good 'old Skanska trick!:D