AH/MH-6 Little Bird after KW

[Kev2go]

On 7/14/2021 at 3:56 AM, 1stBEAST said:

they stated sometime ago on the discord that ah-6 and mh-6 is not happening and most likley cant be done by anyone else because the 160th would laugh and say "no!" because even if it is a known airframe they have quite some confidential equipment on board.

 

Does this include older variations that are no longer in use like ah/mh6j? 

 

I recall reading that all little birds are up to ah/mh6m standards now.

[Kev2go]

Looking at the AH6J mod thats in DCS doesn't look like anything special, like any sort of avionics that would be unusual to see in general military aviation for light utility class purposes apart from SOAR need meeting their requirements of having  some attack capability  in the AH configuration. The Juliet model  little bird would fit in the 90s through to mid 2000s GWOT.

MH6j/ AH6J has the AN/APR39 v1 ( or later APR 39A v1) RWR. many other choppers had that from the era like the ah1f cobra,  Uh60A/L blackhaws  , and ah64a apache. The Trimble 3100 is a civilian off the shelf GPS/Loran unit. Regular army units had similar version of this unit,  the Trimble 2100 adopted as the AN/ASN 175 CUGR, used on UH1H hueys in the 90s. as additional nav aid the MH/AH6J had ARGUS 7000 monochrome moving map display unit. This is also something pulled from civil aviation market. The rest are just general analog instruments that any pilot/copilot would need for general flight operation. 

 

 

The only difference between MH6J and the AH6J is the addition of a simple armament panel to control mounted miniguns or unguided rockets, to allow for light attack. There is a more advanced configuration of Ah6J for specific hellfire use, that has a chin mounted FLIR sensor and 2 MFD's for copilot and pilot. but im guessing there is limitations to what even a talented modder. can do without having access to the SDK, which is only granted for official modules, hence only the inclusion of a more basic Ah6J version with only unguided weaponry.

 

Edited May 11, 2024 by Kev2go

[Buster99]

Reading the disclaimer when starting DCS there is absolutely no reason why they could not make any helicopter of airplane. Nothing is endorsed as it is, so it is not relevant what the manufacturer of the original feels, thinks or says.

Edited June 22, 2024 by Buster99
correction

[BronzeYardNo11]

I can Understand if the Army doesn't want their hush-hush mission helicopter to be simulated.

There is, however the very similar MD530G...