ED's next helicopter

[Ornithopter]

I vote for the Cobra also..  And not a modern one.

We all know that the most common criticism heard regarding DCS World is the sometimes iffy correlation between maps, historical theaters, and period-appropriate flyable aircraft.   There are a lot of maps now, and a lot of airplanes, so its better than it used to be, but still some real gaps.  For example, strictly speaking of helicopters, I simply don't feel very Cold War-ish, flying around West Germany in a Longbow Apache, late Kiowa, or a glass cockpit Chinook.  The Soviets have the Hind-F and the Hip, appropriate for the map, so the --only-- next Helicopter I want to see is an 80s version of the Cobra, with the TOW missiles.  Start fleshing out the period maps with the period aircraft!!

[ebabil]

I vote CH-53E Super Stallion (Not the K variant because it looks like a sports truck) or a modern Cobra Z or W or S

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

20 hours ago, Ornithopter said:

next Helicopter I want to see is an 80s version of the Cobra, with the TOW missiles.  Start fleshing out the period maps with the period aircraft!

Luckily we have a cold-war version of the Bo-105 incoming  

[ThorBrasil]

I wanted the NH-90. I think it's incredible! There was a third party that was making it for DCS, but it disappeared overnight.

 

[SemperFi]

Ka27 + anti-submarine warfare

[Ornithopter]

 

1 hour ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

Luckily we have a cold-war version of the Bo-105 incoming  

"I'll believe it when I see it"

PAH would be great, it would be appropriate, and I very much wish to see it in DCS.  But I've literally been reading about the very same project for over a decade, starting around the time I was just taking my first tentative baby steps into DCS.  Still no Bo-105.

[Silver_Dragon]

8 minutes ago, Ornithopter said:

 

"I'll believe it when I see it"

PAH would be great, it would be appropriate, and I very much wish to see it in DCS.  But I've literally been reading about the very same project for over a decade, starting around the time I was just taking my first tentative baby steps into DCS.  Still no Bo-105.

Bo-105 PAH has on progress by Miltech-5 but that has not near ready to a launch. i think mid or late 2026.

[Yurgon]

1 hour ago, ThorBrasil said:

I wanted the NH-90. I think it's incredible!

German Bundeswehr likes to show it off; the maneuverability of this hunk is crazy. At the previous German Armed Forces day, I got a nice look into the cockpit and got to chat a bit with a pilot. Looks very well organized and surely would be a joy to fly in DCS. Plus a buddy transitioned from EC-135 to NH-90 and also transitioned from calling it the "plastic bomber" to talking about in with high regard.

The part about public documentation though... not sure we'll see an accurate NH-90 in DCS any time soon.