Mike Force Team Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Can a refueling boom be added to the Apache for air-to-air refueling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1Combat Posted December 3, 2021 Share 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Force Team Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST0RM Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 No, its not AAR capable. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Force Team Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathawk Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 But can it at least carry bombs? No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikkelCanNotFly Posted December 3, 2021 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathawk Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 vor 1 Stunde schrieb MikkelCanNotFly: Nope, no bombs. Only Rockets, Hellfires, fuel tanks and the gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted December 3, 2021 ED Team Share 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, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaley Posted December 3, 2021 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubuttib Posted December 3, 2021 Share 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobel Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Well, there are helicopters that can do AAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaOneSix Posted December 7, 2021 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisedByWolves Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Can the Apache carry nukes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team Raptor9 Posted December 7, 2021 ED Team Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinclair_76 Posted December 7, 2021 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostycab Posted December 23, 2021 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgillers3 Posted December 23, 2021 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostycab Posted December 23, 2021 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick50 Posted February 20, 2022 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostycab Posted February 21, 2022 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironious Posted February 21, 2022 Share 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon1-1 Posted February 21, 2022 Share 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyvandelft Posted February 22, 2022 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick50 Posted February 22, 2022 Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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