wolfast Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Heh, must be a relatively recent term then (relative to my experience at least ... late 70's thru to mid 80's). Even when I worked with US forces I never heard the terminology except with regard to strike aircraft. been around from the 40's 30+ years flight sims -Alienware Desktop With constantly changing specs -Track IR 5 -Thrusmasters Warthog HOTAS #55179 -Saitek Pro Combat Rudder Pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaOneSix Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I was U.S. Army from '89 to '95, aviation. We considered "grunts" to be slightly insulting, and generally used it when poking fun at our ground-based pals. When being nice, we typically called them ground pounders. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIL8R Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Yeah was thinking longbow II myself, flying a Uh-60 or an OH-58 now that would be cool, your buddies could fly escort for you. Intel E6600 @ 2.4 GHz Zalman Cooler EVGA 680I MoBo EVGA 8800 GTX 764 MB 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 PC8400 W/ Cooler SB X-fi ExtremeGamer Galaxy 1000 W PSU WD 250GB SATA2 WD 250GB SATA2 2 Sony DVD Burner's WinXP x32 Sp3 DX 10 w/ hotfix1 Saitek X-52 IR4 Pro with Trackclip Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teapot Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I was U.S. Army from '89 to '95, aviation. We considered "grunts" to be slightly insulting, and generally used it when poking fun at our ground-based pals. When being nice, we typically called them ground pounders. *shrug* Heheh whatdyknow... we used the term with pride! Cheers! "A true 'sandbox flight sim' requires hi-fidelity flyable non-combat utility/support aircraft." Wishlist Terrains - Bigger maps Wishlist Modules - A variety of utility aircraft to better reflect the support role. E.g. Flying the Hornet ... big yawn ... flying a Caribou on a beer run to Singapore? Count me in. Extracting a Recon Patrol from a hastily prepared landing strip at a random 6 figure grid reference? Now yer talking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Yeah was thinking longbow II myself, flying a Uh-60 or an OH-58 now that would be cool, your buddies could fly escort for you. I would wet myself for a Kiowa. don't know why, but I've always loved that airframe. Also an AH-6J would be awesome.. hellfire, stinger, .50 cal miniguns, 40mm grenade launchers, rockets... Imagine doors off straffing runs in the mountains at night Something about the Scout/Light attack role apeals to me and both of those helos are based on aircraft I might end up flying someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 A mil 17 / 8 with which could be loaded with or without missiles sounds very tempting:) 1 Intel Core i7-8700 3,20GHz - EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC2 - 32Gb Ram - DCS on 500 GB SSD - Windows 10 - Thrusmaster Warthog - Thrustmaster TPR pedals - Track Ir 5 - Samsung Odyssey+ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.virtualredarrows.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonator Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 (edited) .50 cal miniguns Hmmm....I think you mean 7.62mm miniguns (m134), or .50cal machine guns. Something about the Scout/Light attack role apeals to me Me too! I think it'd be awesome. Just check this out: http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=nGbsXj6p4is Edited December 7, 2008 by masonator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
press Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 This poll is really just a dream. While I cannot obviously speak for ED, I am confident that there will be no non-combat helicopters for the next several years at least. There are just too many other aircraft that are being developed already. And besides, if they make a transport bird, the first one better not be an Mi-8. That thing is like flying a dump truck. It's safe to say that if ED was going to develop it, they would have access to everything they needed. But out of curiousity, which manuals do you have, the Russian ones, or American (TSMO)? I'm not sure where you're from, but if it's the U.S., we might have some of the same colleagues. ;) Mi-8 besides being used as a transport helicopter, can also be used for attack. About the manuals...I have neither of them, I mean what you said. I have the manuals used by our pilots. Unfortunately they`re in my language and they`re translated from the original Russian ones. I have them because my father has them because he`s a flight engineer on Mi-8/17. Off-topic: I work on the Boeing 737...in case ED wants to make one :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Oh no... I meant .50cal minigun. It can mount at least one GAU-19. http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8973/steveah6jsmallcq4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonator Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 Oh no... I meant .50cal minigun. It can mount at least one GAU-19. http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8973/steveah6jsmallcq4.jpg Wow...I stand corrected. That is awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotasso Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 (edited) It would be a fun thing to include the MD-500 armed scout helicopter since it is used in many airforces arround the world and depicted in many movies as the adversary helicopter. :) Besides flowerpower aircraft belong to MS flight SIM. ;) Edited December 7, 2008 by Pilotasso [sigpic]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic4448_29.gif[/sigpic] My PC specs below:Case: Corsair 400C PSU: SEASONIC SS-760XP2 760W Platinum CPU: AMD RYZEN 3900X (12C/24T) RAM: 32 GB 4266Mhz (two 2x8 kits) of trident Z RGB @3600Mhz CL 14 CR=1T MOBO: ASUS CROSSHAIR HERO VI AM4 GFX: GTX 1080Ti MSI Gaming X Cooler: NXZT Kraken X62 280mm AIO Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 1TB M.2+6GB WD 6Gb red HOTAS: Thrustmaster Warthog + CH pro pedals Monitor: Gigabyte AORUS AD27QD Freesync HDR400 1440P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urze Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 (edited) ...MD-500... ...depicted in many movies Yes! :P even unarmed! I see myself flying along the coast with the soundtrack of "Magnum" in the radio....:lol: :music_whistling: ...sorry for being off topic. (once again...). Edit:Found It ! For those that need a reminder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VIPlG8Xtq8&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=magnum&um=1&sa=N But than (serious) we need also a Sikorsky S-58T aka "Screaming Mimi" from "Riptide" Here is the reminder: But no Airwolf! Way too fictional! see yourself:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezDIPDVH-IE&NR=1 ...Mach 0.7 and counting.... Edited December 7, 2008 by urze Leftside Limited - ideas and solutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nscode Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 And besides, if they make a transport bird, the first one better not be an Mi-8. That thing is like flying a dump truck. :rolleyes: yea, a dump truck that can dump 3 tons on a dime Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
element1108 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 That was the coolest thing about Digital Integrations MI-24 HIND...some of the missions involved dropping troops off "troops deployed" or picking them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazysundog Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Never heard of infantry being called "groundpounders" before ... we're grunts or foot-sloggers ... recon are grunts, and so are (spec ops such as the SAS, commando's etc), when they work in or under the the umbrella domain of the infantry ;). But yes, this aspect could be interesting for me, a chance to relive the old days, hope they model the Kiowa, the Huey or the Chinnook though. Well, no military experience myself; got a brother in the Canadian Forces, he refers to regular infantry as groundpounders, bush beaters, cannon fodder, grunts; or other less savoury names better left unwritten... This thread makes me want to read 'Chickenhawk' again, that book made me realize how hairy those situations must be...re: not having the ability to dodge enemy fire, or fire back!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonator Posted December 8, 2008 Author Share Posted December 8, 2008 I think a Superhind would be awesome: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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