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nighthunter Mk2

Post subject: Re: FD AU 3

Posted: December 6th, 2015, 5:52 am

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Gollevainen wrote:

nice tiger. About 10 years or so ago, attack helicopters were much on the "carpet" as we say here, with the military seriously considering them and the wildest assumptions declared them the future of the battlefield and they were presented as some sort of miracle weapons that could replace tanks and artillery and so on as well as escorts for the NH90 fleet then purchased... then when the estimations of cost came up, it was realised that we could only afford about 10 copters totally, the planners returned to reality and the plans were halved. Tiger and Apache were the types envisioned I recall, so in sense this "What-if" isen't that far fetched at all

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PS, the Aseistettu Partiolainen Helikopteri means literally like armed boyscout helicopter....Aseistettu partio helikopteri makes more sense;)

Thank you for the Correction, Golly!

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Rhade

Post subject: Re: FD AU 3

Posted: December 6th, 2015, 6:00 pm

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Location: Poland

Gollevainen wrote:

i dont know actually, Im not that informed of the calculation basis of the CFE treaty numbers

I was trying to understand the system reading the articles of treaty but... well that's not an easy text. I will try to crack this up but as reference I can ad that Poland have the max limit of 130 attack helicopters, unrealistic number to have in reality but hey... this is how much we can have.

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Clonecommander6454

Post subject: Re: FD AU 3

Posted: December 9th, 2015, 5:11 pm

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Super Stratojet? I think yes!

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6 J47s are replaced with 4 JT8Ds, and the bicycle gears are replaced with a more traditional design.
4 man crew all fit within the canopy now, with the Pilot and Copilot/Navigator in front, and the Offensive Systems Officer and Defensive Systems Officer at the back.
The aircraft is defended by an array of ECM equipments and a 20mm M61 Vulcan operated by the DSO.
It can carry ordnance up to 35,000 lb and it has the combat radius of 3,000 mi. However, it has the ferry range of over 8,000 mi with auxiliary tanks loaded in the bomb bay.

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acelanceloet

Post subject: Re: FD AU 3

Posted: December 9th, 2015, 5:53 pm

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I wonder, when retracted, where does the main landing gear go? it protrudes into the bomb bay when retracted in the hull, it would become very tall when into the wing (if the wing is not altogether too thin for that) and I really doubt it can fit in these engine pods

so I am curious what you found to solve that.

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Clonecommander6454

Post subject: Re: FD AU 3

Posted: December 9th, 2015, 7:33 pm

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I think it will fit between the engine pods, as shown in the (not so accurate) diagram on upper right corner.

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eswube

Post subject: Re: FD AU 3

Posted: December 9th, 2015, 8:05 pm

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Joined: June 15th, 2011, 8:31 am

I think that main undercarriage could have only one wheel in each set and even then it would be an extremely tight fit (not mentioning the ground pressure of that arrangement, with so relatively small tires on so big aircraft).

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