Slazi Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 So now it's finally out! Yay! In the instant action you have the usual rockets we all know and love, as well as two gun pods. One of the gun pods works well at range, I'm guessing this is the 30mm?, the other seems to fire bullets up in the air to rain them down on the enemy - this must be the 7.62. Anyone have much luck with the rain technique? Secondly, the weapon system is a little awkward to use. You cant bind any of the controls to your HOTAS, so you have to use it with a keyboard. An odd choice. Having to press ctrl+alt+[ / ] and using ; \ , to change between weapon system is really inconvenient.
TurboHog Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 The UPK pods contain 250 23mm rounds. It's in the name you see... UPK 23-250. 'Frett'
Slazi Posted September 5, 2013 Author Posted September 5, 2013 The 'bullets' were actually 30mm AP grenades. That's why they shot at a strange angle :)
shagrat Posted September 5, 2013 Posted September 5, 2013 They have a new pod integrated "GUV YaKB GSHP". Has either a 12.7 Gatling or 2x 7.62 Gatling... The UPK is still available, but for the lack of ammo the new mixed pod is quite good against infantry... The other is a GUV AP-30 automated 30mm grenade launcher... Shagrat - Flying Sims since 1984 - Win 10 | i5 10600K@4.1GHz | 64GB | GeForce RTX 3090 - Asus VG34VQL1B | TrackIR5 | Simshaker & Jetseat | VPForce Rhino Base & VIRPIL T50 CM2 Stick on 200mm curved extension | VIRPIL T50 CM2 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Plus/Apache64 Grip | MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals | WW Top Gun MIP | a hand made AHCP | 2x Elgato StreamDeck (Buttons galore)
Gate-5 Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 Does anyone know how to aim the GUV AP-30? I currently spend 80% of my ammo on finding the aim point :surrender:. Is there a table somewhere for the sight depression for different distances?
Avimimus Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Well - I've seen tables for the infantry and vehicle versions. Just look up AGS-17 and AGS-30... might do the trick.
ff4life4 Posted September 8, 2013 Posted September 8, 2013 Does anyone know how to aim the GUV AP-30? I currently spend 80% of my ammo on finding the aim point :surrender:. Is there a table somewhere for the sight depression for different distances? According to the tutorial, the aimpoint is on at 1km. Any farther/closer is a hold over/ hold under deal.
xxJohnxx Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 Yes a sight deflection of 70 mills works for most of the stuff at 1 km, but I am not sure about the granade launchers. The problem with those granades is, they fly so slow, you can't really walk them on target, as you can do with the miniguns. Check out my YouTube: xxJohnxx Intel i7 6800k watercooled | ASUS Rampage V Edition 10 | 32 GB RAM | Asus GTX1080 watercooled
Slazi Posted September 9, 2013 Author Posted September 9, 2013 Yeah, the grenades take a lot of getting used to, thats for sure. Perhaps in hover or low speeds against mass ground targets they may be useful. Not much use against anything able to shoot back. I wish I could mount regular guns on the outer pods.
xxJohnxx Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 Yeah, I would prefer the possibility to mount 6 GUV GSHP pods too. Check out my YouTube: xxJohnxx Intel i7 6800k watercooled | ASUS Rampage V Edition 10 | 32 GB RAM | Asus GTX1080 watercooled
MauganRa84 Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 I like the AP-30 GUV pod. It's great for showering a hot LZ just before dropping off troops. Just 'swish' from side to side a little bit a couple of times with the rudder while gradually and slightly tipping the nose forward and you can get a decent concentrated spread. I also just love the sound and rate of fire of those things. *thob*thob*thob*thob*thob*thob* ...Sheila rides on crashing nightingale. Intake eyes leave passing vapor trails... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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