Mike Force Team Posted December 3, 2021 Posted December 3, 2021 Can a refueling boom be added to the Apache for air-to-air refueling?
M1Combat Posted December 3, 2021 Posted December 3, 2021 I've never seen one with one... but I don't know for 100% sure :). Nvidia RTX3080 (HP Reverb), AMD 3800x Asus Prime X570P, 64GB G-Skill RipJaw 3600 Saitek X-65F and Fanatec Club-Sport Pedals (Using VJoy and Gremlin to remap Throttle and Clutch into a Rudder axis)
Mike Force Team Posted December 3, 2021 Author Posted December 3, 2021 I have not seen any Apaches with refueling booms, either. Therefore, I see the developers/programmers could explore adding one to the Apache.
Mike Force Team Posted December 3, 2021 Author Posted December 3, 2021 Bummer. Ok. Thanks for the response. That makes sense since I do not see any refueling probes on Apaches in online photos or in the Hollywood movies.
MikkelCanNotFly Posted December 3, 2021 Posted December 3, 2021 59 minutes ago, Meathawk said: But can it at least carry bombs? No? Nope, no bombs. Only Rockets, Hellfires, fuel tanks and the gun.
Meathawk Posted December 3, 2021 Posted December 3, 2021 vor 1 Stunde schrieb MikkelCanNotFly: Nope, no bombs. Only Rockets, Hellfires, fuel tanks and the gun.
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted December 3, 2021 ED Team Posted December 3, 2021 10 hours ago, Mike Force Team said: Can a refueling boom be added to the Apache for air-to-air refueling? No 4 Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, PIMAX Crystal
Scaley Posted December 3, 2021 Posted December 3, 2021 11 hours ago, Mike Force Team said: Can a refueling boom be added to the Apache for air-to-air refueling? The bigger question is why you would want to do AAR in the Apache. For the Apache mission set what you are looking for is a place to land and refuel close to the battle (a FARP) not a tanker. 1 476th vFighter Group Main Page -- YouTube -- Discord Scaley AV YouTube - More videos from the 476th
jubuttib Posted December 3, 2021 Posted December 3, 2021 7 hours ago, Scaley said: The bigger question is why you would want to do AAR in the Apache. For the Apache mission set what you are looking for is a place to land and refuel close to the battle (a FARP) not a tanker. Call me crazy, but trying to do AAR while 50 meters off the deck, chasing a KC-130 near its stall speed sounds like an interesting challenge...
AlphaOneSix Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 38 minutes ago, Hobel said: Well, there are helicopters that can do AAR. True, but none of them have ever been Apaches. 1
ED Team Raptor9 Posted December 7, 2021 ED Team Posted December 7, 2021 2 hours ago, RaisedByWolves said: Can the Apache carry nukes? Yes. That's what the AGM-114N Hellfire variant is. 1 Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head
Sinclair_76 Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 2 hours ago, RaisedByWolves said: Can the Apache carry nukes? Yes it can. A W48 would fit in the AH-64 D survival bay.
frostycab Posted December 23, 2021 Posted December 23, 2021 Given that the top speed of the Apache is in the region of the 150kt mark I think it's firmly outside the practical envelope for any tanker aircraft anyway, isn't it?
kgillers3 Posted December 23, 2021 Posted December 23, 2021 Just now, frostycab said: Given that the top speed of the Apache is in the region of the 150kt mark I think it's firmly outside the practical envelope for any tanker aircraft anyway, isn't it? I mean they slow down enough for blackhawks so, just to be clear not advocating for it, just saying we go relatively the same speed
frostycab Posted December 23, 2021 Posted December 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, kgillers3 said: I mean they slow down enough for blackhawks so, just to be clear not advocating for it, just saying we go relatively the same speed Doesn't the UH-60 have about 40 knots over the Apache though?
Rick50 Posted February 20, 2022 Posted February 20, 2022 Can we get cruise missiles? And sharks w lazerbeemz ? Oddly enough I think there IS a concept for a "cruise missile" for attack helos of the next generation... not sure where I saw it, might have been Bell Invictus maybe? Not a big Tomohawk or anything, more like a Hellfire with an extra foot or two of length and a tiny turbine for thrust... think it was for loitering recon and then destroy.
frostycab Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 3:10 AM, Rick50 said: And sharks w lazerbeemz ? Don't you mean sharks with frikkin' laserbeams on their heads?
Ironious Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 On 2/19/2022 at 8:10 PM, Rick50 said: Can we get cruise missiles? And sharks w lazerbeemz ? Oddly enough I think there IS a concept for a "cruise missile" for attack helos of the next generation... not sure where I saw it, might have been Bell Invictus maybe? Not a big Tomohawk or anything, more like a Hellfire with an extra foot or two of length and a tiny turbine for thrust... think it was for loitering recon and then destroy. Certainly. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a21071/us-commandos-to-arm-apache-gunships-with-lasers/
Dragon1-1 Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 I think the helos that do AAR are Navy and USMC ones. Hard to make a FARP in the middle of the sea, and it's not always feasible to move up a ship with a helipad (say, because of a minefield the helo is currently trying to sweep). Other than that, spec ops birds like Pave Low and Pave Hawk, which can't always count on any friendlies being around. That also means we're not likely to experience AAR in a helo anytime soon, as awesome as replicating the raid on Iraqi radars with Apaches guided by Pave Lows would be (then again, we won't have the A model Apache, either).
Dannyvandelft Posted February 22, 2022 Posted February 22, 2022 I think the helos that do AAR are Navy and USMC ones. Hard to make a FARP in the middle of the sea, and it's not always feasible to move up a ship with a helipad (say, because of a minefield the helo is currently trying to sweep). Other than that, spec ops birds like Pave Low and Pave Hawk, which can't always count on any friendlies being around. That also means we're not likely to experience AAR in a helo anytime soon, as awesome as replicating the raid on Iraqi radars with Apaches guided by Pave Lows would be (then again, we won't have the A model Apache, either).Pretty sure a FARP at sea is called a carrier Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Rick50 Posted February 22, 2022 Posted February 22, 2022 3 hours ago, Dragon1-1 said: I think the helos that do AAR are Navy and USMC ones. Hard to make a FARP in the middle of the sea, and it's not always feasible to move up a ship with a helipad (say, because of a minefield the helo is currently trying to sweep). Other than that, spec ops birds like Pave Low and Pave Hawk, which can't always count on any friendlies being around. That also means we're not likely to experience AAR in a helo anytime soon, as awesome as replicating the raid on Iraqi radars with Apaches guided by Pave Lows would be (then again, we won't have the A model Apache, either). Pave Low, Pave Hawk, as CSAR rescue yes. Some MH-60 variants, MH-47 also yes have fuel probes. So USAF rescue birds and Army SOF birds. IF you want to experience helo AAR right now, you CAN, and do it free, in DCS though! Go download the UH-60 mod, which has the fuel probe for AAR, many have fueled up from the Marine KC-130 and posted Youtubers of it! It doesn't use a glass cockpit, instead the older "steamgauge sixpack" style. Nor any weapons, not even doorguns (yet... maybe in future update?). But you get night vision goggles that work, several paint schemes, and an UH-60L that's plausible... for free download!
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