tflash Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 While the F-35 matures deeply into the next decade, there's no reason not to have some CAS fun already: what do you guys think of AT-6B? http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/at-6b-light-attack/ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
topol-m Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 It looks interesting but a turboprop engine? :doh: Enough with this old fashion people... Replace its sparrow heart with a hawk one - put jet engine in that bird. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Pilotasso Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 Turboprop planes are used as CAS aircraft in at least 2 countries, Argentina and Brazil. But dont expect them to be climb demons, be very very gentle taking off and turning in them :) .
tflash Posted October 7, 2009 Author Posted October 7, 2009 They are in fact a kind of "manned predator aircraft", and if what I've read is right they should stay in the air for 5 to 6 hours. Super Tucano is another contender for OA-X. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
CE_Mikemonster Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Mmm, I had that in mind. Is it mainly loiter times that give the turboprop the advantage over jet? Too many cowboys. Not enough indians. GO APE SH*T
EtherealN Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 I'd say they have advantages in operating costs as well. That picture appears to be in Iraqi colors and the article mentions that they have made a request for purchase of some of those. Would be a good COIN aircraft that is relatively cheap to operate compared to A10's and such. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
RedTiger Posted October 16, 2009 Posted October 16, 2009 I like it. It appears that you can get A-10C-ish counter insurgency in a much cheaper, less demanding aircraft, with some drawbacks of course. It gives a developing country the potential to have some precision CAS, which saves lives and money. Fighting building to building alone vs. having an armed, FLIR-equpped eye in the sky to back you up is nice advantage.
liotczik Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 http://skyraider.org/hook/ToC.htm After reading these memoirs of Vietnam A-1 Skyraider pilot, I believe that prop aircraft are the only one reasonable choice for CAS missions, besides helicopters of course. Leave jets for air superiority, pinpoint strikes and maybe interdiction missions. As far as I know, Viper pilots are forbidden to strafe enemy forces after a series of CFIT accidents in such situations. And dropping iron bombs from a fast jet in a vincinity of friendly ground personnel is a risky proposition. Dropping LGBs on the other hand is economically unjustified. A-10 may be an exception to the first paragraph of this note, just because it's characteristics of flight envelope makes it to remind more of a turboprop than a classic jet. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Originally Posted by Death-17 Any yahoo can fly fixed, it takes skill to fly rotor.
Pilotasso Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 Mmm, I had that in mind. Is it mainly loiter times that give the turboprop the advantage over jet? cost and the fact you can fly slower, i.e. easier to find and keep an eye on target till pressing the trigger .
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 Lasta 95 will be armed with guns and small bombs. Thermaltake Kandalf LCS | Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R | Etasis ET750 (850W Max) | i7-920 OC to 4.0 GHz | Gigabyte HD5850 | OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3 2000 | 2 X 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD in RAID 0 | ASUS VW266H 25.5" | LG Blue Ray 10X burner | TIR 5 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Logitech G930 | Saitek Pro flight rudder pedals | Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Vekkinho Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 I'm glad it's back, I remember this beauty from late '80s Utva projects catalog! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
zakobi Posted December 19, 2009 Posted December 19, 2009 I remember the danish airforce trying with mounting rocketpods on trainers. was dropped as firing them made the aircraft very unstable... BTW there's also the twin-engined from he falkland war.
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