Gallia- wrote:Oof.
I guess that was (O) rather than (T).
Also OH-1 costs approximately the same as an UH-60M lol.
Drop tanks aren't exactly super-science.
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by Triplebaconation » Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:45 pm
Gallia- wrote:Oof.
I guess that was (O) rather than (T).
Also OH-1 costs approximately the same as an UH-60M lol.
by Hinachi » Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:48 pm
Triplebaconation wrote:Except for that four year lunch break
Again note how backwards Japan actually fixed problem instead of employing advanced Western MBA concepts such as let helicopter fall from sky
Gallia- wrote:I wish the Ninja utility looked more like the LHX utility though. It just looks like various stretched Jet Rangers. Sad!.
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Cossack Peoples wrote:About how long can a good AIP DE sub stay submerged before having to surface and run its diesel engines?
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by Dayganistan » Thu Feb 25, 2021 11:20 am
Hinachi wrote:Ooh looks like I underestimated how sophisticated Tiger is, didn't realise it had quite a lot of signature reduction too. That and weapons aside what expensive capabilities did the Tiger have, really?
Anyway, the early 70s Cobra alike is single engine (whereas IRL that was 1967) and the 'Tiger alike' is meant to be similar in weight class (i.e. 6k MTOW). I do quite like the OH-1 so assuming there isn't anything particularly sophisticated on it the late 80s helicopter could be a bigger OH-1. Its most advanced weapon is probably something like Vikhr (which is adequate for anything short of a tank and can double as a helicopter killer).
Oh and isn't the mast a better place to mount optics than the top of the cockpit since it allows more of the helicopter to remain behind cover while observing?
Edit: In retrospect I might pass on the Comanche and settle for incorporating some of its more cost-effective features in the latest armed reconnaissance helicopter - exhausts buried in the fuselage and internal weapon bays, maybe?
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by Gallia- » Sat Feb 27, 2021 3:01 am
Hinachi wrote:It probably can, the Type 91 AAMs it carries IRL weigh 66 kg for each launcher containing 2 missiles, and 8 ATGMs would weigh maybe 400 kg for a total of 532 kg or so, comfortably within the 600-700 kg payload it is estimated to have. Its just that I'd prefer to have a gun and achieve the range that OH-1 achieves with 2 external fuel tanks on internal fuel too.
Edit: There's also an undercurrent of planners wanting to limit the armament of the armed reconnaissance helicopter so that it doesn't get pressed into an attack helicopter role by field commanders, but of course fuel/range can be traded for weapons, so the limitations probably come in the form of deliberately small wings (the 5k MTOW attack helicopter development of OH-1 with the same OH-1 wings?).
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Hrstrovokia wrote:MiG-21bis any good as a drone hunter?
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