Stickers Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 This is insane. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9615306/Syrian-rebels-shoot-down-helicopter-in-Idlib.html
Aries Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 What if someone somehow imported a shitload of high-end computers and DCS CA licenses instead of weapons into Syria... and gave us spectator slots, eh? Ok, ok... DCS Warthog slots... :D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] ...the few, the proud, the remaining...
ED Team Groove Posted October 17, 2012 ED Team Posted October 17, 2012 Seems like they hit one of the bombs. Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
Cookie Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) Or the fuel went up. Looks as if the chopper was already burning a little while going down, maybe the fire ate through the tank. It does look like a typical fuel explosion to me (I´m a firefighter in RL), a bomb wouldn´t create such a pronounced fireball. Edited October 17, 2012 by Cookie - Two miles of road lead nowhere, two miles of runway lead everywhere - Click here for system specs
Milene Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 Yup fuel going off Flanker, Flanker 2.0, Flanker 2.5, Lockon, FC1, FC2,FC3, BS1, BS2, A10C, CA and World [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 That helicopter was pretty high. I wonder what brought him down? 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
Cookie Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 Maybe the famous golden bullet, who knows. - Two miles of road lead nowhere, two miles of runway lead everywhere - Click here for system specs
msalama Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 I wonder what brought him down? I'm betting on a SAM hit. The DCS Mi-8MTV2. The best aviational BBW experience you could ever dream of.
marcos Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 Any videos of helicopters blowing up rebels? I'm betting on a SAM hit. Apparently the rebels now have man-portable SAMs. Clearly nobody is supplying them.
Jinja Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 Any videos of helicopters blowing up rebels? Apparently the rebels now have man-portable SAMs. Clearly nobody is supplying them. Would you not see contrail from the SAM? When the camera is initially zoomed out, you can see alot of sky, and nothing like a plume of smoke leading towards the original position of the heli. I don't think the video's conclusive proof one way or another... i7@3.5Ghz, ATI 5870, 16GB RAM, win7 64bit, TH2GO, Track-IR, 4screen pit, TM WArthog HOTAS
Namenlos Ein Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 Members of the Free Syrian Army armed with Russian-made SA-7 Grail man portable air defense missile system (MANPADS) are seen at Al-Atarb, near Aleppo September 24, 2012. The SA-7 Grail is is able to destroy all aerial targets flying at low altitude such as combat helicopters, low-flying fighter aircraft and UAV.http://www.armyrecognition.com/syrian_syria_conflict_revolution/figting_continues_in_several_cities_in_syria_as_rebels_allegedly_downed_syrian_warplane_0610122.html http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article3501035.ece
Namenlos Ein Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 Rebels capture Shilka from Syrian army. 10-6-12 But here no evidence what those Shilkas are in the operable condition.
Deadman Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 The threat or possibility of Surface to air missiles being used on commercial airline has been an acknowledged threat from the early 90s. When the U.S. attempted to buy back the Stinger missiles, with a $55 million program to buy back around 300 missiles (US$183,300 each).[/url] source ^ Weiner, Tim (24 July 1993). "U.S. Increases Fund To Outbid Terrorists For Afghan Missiles". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-12. So to start worrying about it now is a bit over dramatic https://forum.dcs.world/topic/133818-deadmans-cockpit-base-plans/#comment-133824 CNCs and Laser engravers are great but they can't do squat with out a precise set of plans.
marcos Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 The threat or possibility of Surface to air missiles being used on commercial airline has been an acknowledged threat from the early 90s. When the U.S. attempted to buy back the Stinger missiles, with a $55 million program to buy back around 300 missiles (US$183,300 each).[/url] source Weiner, Tim (24 July 1993). "U.S. Increases Fund To Outbid Terrorists For Afghan Missiles". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-12. So to start worrying about it now is a bit over dramatic They were code-locked AFAIK.
marcos Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 Missiles apparently taken from over-ran Syrian government base: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-syria-violence-20121013,0,7298771.story
Deadman Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 do you have a source on that ? AFAIK there just had limited sights They were code-locked AFAIK. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/133818-deadmans-cockpit-base-plans/#comment-133824 CNCs and Laser engravers are great but they can't do squat with out a precise set of plans.
4c Hajduk Veljko Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 They were code-locked AFAIK.Why were they buying them back, if that's the case? $184 000 dollars 20 years ago is is well over $200 000 in today's dollars. 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
marcos Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 Why were they buying them back, if that's the case? $184 000 dollars 20 years ago is is well over $200 000 in today's dollars. In case someone cracks the code.
EtherealN Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) Why were they buying them back, if that's the case? $184 000 dollars 20 years ago is is well over $200 000 in today's dollars. To be entirely specific, it is $301 999,2 (Cumulative inflation since 1992 is 64,13%, using CPI numbers) Edited October 21, 2012 by EtherealN [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
Namenlos Ein Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/feb/25/syrian-rebels-shoot-helicopter-video
marcos Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 He probably thinks Allah guided the missile as that shot never used to work with an RPG.
Silver_Dragon Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 They launch a Chinese NH-6? antiaircraft missile vs the hello. For Work/Gaming: 28" Philips 246E Monitor - Ryzen 7 1800X - 32 GB DDR4 - nVidia RTX1080 - SSD 860 EVO 1 TB / 860 QVO 1 TB / 860 QVO 2 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Warthog / TPR / MDF
marcos Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 I'd have said it's an SA-7 Grail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strela_2
Darkwolf Posted February 26, 2013 Posted February 26, 2013 Whoaw. I really feel bad for the troops and pilot in the heli. I'd rather like to die from an headshot than spending 2 minutes in a falling heli. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] PC simulator news site. Also....Join the largest DCS community on Facebook :pilotfly:
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