Bomb Sight

[Yuya6104]

When will we get the Mi-8MTV-2 Bomb Sight?

[EagleFox]

uhmm I think never.

[msalama]

Well I'd say in... uhmm... 2 weeks :lol:

 

Sorry ----> out

[Chump]

I do not think so: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2629387&postcount=542

[Yuya6104]

Funny why ask AlexandrT about the bomb sight when it says under his name ED Tester and not a developer so has no business there. His job is test things and take bug reports such in the sim an such. These question should be only answered by the developer by the 3rd party team.

[FalconPlot16]

bombing with helicoper is not reasonable its nonsense

[Flagrum]

bombing with helicoper is not reasonable its nonsense

The russians believe otherwise. But yeah, without proper sighting equipment it is more or less pointless.

[BodyOrgan]

To my knowledge the bomb sight is/was planned:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1911538&postcount=1

 

I believe this post keeps getting misinterpreted:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2629387&postcount=542

 

There was another post which for the life of me I can't find atm, but essentially it indicated (in broken English, so my interpretation) they weren't going to implement the OPB-1 until they have a more sophisticated AI in place. Not exactly sure why this is needed, but maybe it has something to do with the OPB-1 bomb sight course indicator on the pilots console (AI to fly route?).

 

There is also this post (I think the original is on the Russian forum somewhere):

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2019820&postcount=15

 

...which says not yet implemented, but talks about a decision on implementation which I interpret two ways. A decision on how to implement or a decision on whether to implement.

 

Going deeper into the rabbit hole we have this post:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2178480&postcount=141

 

... this indicates we don't have door gunners, etc... because they are waiting on multi-crew to by implemented which comes from lessons learned while putting in makeshift door gunners for the Huey. In conclusion they probably really are waiting on multi-crew with AI logic etc. instead of going the makeshift route again.

 

Personally I want the bomb sight more than any other feature, so I really hope they do decide to add it.

[Cibit]

I got an unequivocal no from AlexanderT a while back. While it is a shame I am not that surprised. TBH though Bodyfarm that link you provide seems to be suggesting otherwise and I never picked up on it at the time