R60s on pylons 3 & 4

[Brigg]

Is there any news/update on when we will be able to mount the R60s on the inner pylons. It would enable us to not decide between taking rockets/atgms for having to sacrifice some self defence.

Thanks 

[Monkey21]

I want to truck 8 heaters around and kill A-10s

[AeriaGloria]

5 hours ago, Brigg said:

Is there any news/update on when we will be able to mount the R60s on the inner pylons. It would enable us to not decide between taking rockets/atgms for having to sacrifice some self defence.

Thanks 

When? What makes you think it’s possible? Every photo we have, the R-60s are on pylons 1/4. It would seem to me be realistic.

If you believe so becuase of the empty spaces on the pylon selector for R-60 panel, that is a standard panel that I believe was used on a few aircraft for R-60 update, some of which did have 4 pylons for R-60

Our ADI PKP-72M has functions for telling you drift laterally and vertically from course, glide slope, AOA, but none of those are used becuase it from a Tupolev with ILS and other fancy gadgets 

We have an ADF position for R-863 that was meant for another aircraft. Many lights on Greben don’t work but are used in other aircraft. The auxiliary tank positions on fuel meter don’t work becuase they were intended for Mi-24D/25 with barrels in the cargo cabin. 
 

If they were intended to work, I would suspect that if only outer pylons had R-60 it would instead be pylons 1/4 we use instead of 1/2.

Our gunsight ASP-17V is from Su-17 and Su-15, which do use all of its lights I believe, unlike us who only get two lights while the other two just sit there. 

Dont underestimate the Soviet ability to re use parts from other aircraft Atleast we don’t have the gun turret from a Tu-16! 

Edited December 15, 2023 by AeriaGloria

[YoYo]

6 hours ago, Brigg said:

Is there any news/update on when we will be able to mount the R60s on the inner pylons. It would enable us to not decide between taking rockets/atgms for having to sacrifice some self defence.

Thanks 

I've never encountered this before.

[AeriaGloria]

Even if it was possible to use them on inner pylon, I’m not sure they could uncage the full 4 degrees with the nose in the way 

[Diesel_Thunder]

Not sure about putting them on the inners, but one of my favorite loadouts has ATGM's, rockets, and a pair of heaters. If I need more ground pound weapons, I sub more ATGMs in place of the R-60's.