Would you want HELICOPTERS in future expansions?

[sorak]

I would love being able to fly and shoot down helicopters also in this sim. How wonderful it would be to integrate helicopters models in this game it would be. A dream come true if you will. Helicopters could have all sorts of missions for air to ground combat, carrying useful payloads over respectable ranges, or bunches of other different types of mission and just blowing a Heli out the sky would feel real satisfying! Just need a Expansion set in the perfect year when some of the first combat helicopters were starting to be used. And plus I love flying a Helicopter.. Requires so much more mind power and would love to feel how real it could feel in this SIM.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Bell47G.jpg
The French Army was one of the first military forces to modify and use helicopters in combat in a ground attack role during the Algerian War of 1954-62. In 1955, French field commanders placed infantry machine gunners in the stretcher panniers of their Bell 47 (Sioux H-13) casualty evacuation helicopters.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/CH21B.jpg
In 1956, the French Air Force experimented with arming the Sikorsky S-55, then being superseded in service by the more capable Piasecki H-21 and Sikorsky CH-34 helicopters.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/HSS_HS-831_sonar_NAN6-60.jpg
The H-19 was originally fitted with two rocket launchers and an ex-Luftwaffe MG151/20 20-mm cannon, both mounted axially on the outside of the aircraft.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Huey1.jpg
And of course Vietnam. First the U.S. Army modified UH-1B 'Huey' helicopters, mounting machine guns and Folding Fin Aerial Rockets (FFAR) on struts parallel with the fuselage.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Mi-8_Hip_Roving_Sands_99.jpg
During the 1960s, the Soviet Union, saw the same need for an armed helicopter and equipped Mil Mi-8 helicopters with rocket pods. This armed helicopter was eventually developed into the Mil Mi-24, which saw extensive action in Afghanistan during the 80s.

[JG1_Luckystrike]

OMG, of course not.

[hiro]

only in korea;

i know there are helos in ww2, but maybe for a 1946 scenario

[burlaff]

actually... in one of the earlier dev updates didn't they mention something about an autogyro being included in the game? I have no idea what happened to it though.
Something like this: http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/milestones-of-flight/aircraft/images/1934/1934-5483-10-AvroRota.jpg

[sorak]

actually... in one of the earlier dev updates didn't they mention something about an autogyro being included in the game? I have no idea what happened to it though.

Yes you are correct. They did mention that.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Voted yes, but only if it's a Vietnam expansion and I can re-enact the scene from 'Apocalypse Now' with the Hueys and listen to 'ride of the valkyries'.;)

[JG1_Wanderfalke]

Voted yes, but only if it's a Vietnam expansion and I can re-enact the scene from 'Apocalypse Now' with the Hueys and listen to 'ride of the valkyries'.;)

Hehe, that would be so cool. Da dada dada Da dada dada.... (kill the rabbit:grin:)

[Bewolf]

Why not? There have been quite a few helictopters been active during WW2 already.

http://www.greekhelicopters.gr/heliport/article-images/Heli-History/fl282.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Lu1ECQKkSn8/TNOhwQ32c3I/AAAAAAAABQw/WupgPf0EI_U/s1600/FA223.jpg

http://uscgaviationhistory.aoptero.org/images/history02/XR-4_2.jpg

just a few examples and all of them saw active service during WW2 (not in active combat roles, though).

[skouras]

Voted yes, but only if it's a Vietnam expansion and I can re-enact the scene from 'Apocalypse Now' with the Hueys and listen to 'ride of the valkyries'.;)

same
but for me this team is belong to WWII classic aircraft era
no modern aircraft or something....

[Trooper117]

Absolutely not.. well, not until they have covered all theatres with all main aircraft types included.
But, we will never see that because we will all have passed away by the time they get around to it.. lol!

[ElAurens]

http://uscgaviationhistory.aoptero.org/images/history02/XR-4_2.jpg

just a few examples and all of them saw active service during WW2 (not in active combat roles, though).

Actually the Hoverfly did fly in combat, it rescued some folks in Burma where it was deployed, and because of it's size (could only bring back a couple guys at a time) had to spend the night on the ground in the combat area before flying out with the last men the next morning.

[Bewolf]

Actually the Hoverfly did fly in combat, it rescued some folks in Burma where it was deployed, and because of it's size (could only bring back a couple guys at a time) had to spend the night on the ground in the combat area before flying out with the last men the next morning.

I do not know if I would call SaR operations actually active combat. That's what german choppers did, too, foremost in alpine environments. Also with a bit of recce thrown in.
Actually, the Drache was planned to be used in the special operation to free Mussolini, which would have made it the first SpecOps choppers. Only technical difficulties prevented it from doing so.

[EZ1]

UP 3 already has some helos in it.

[Blackdog_kt]

Voted yes, as long as it's in the proper theater in a future expansion (Korea, Vietnam, etc).

[capt vertigo]

Ooooh yeah!

Helicopters would be great!

And submarines and race cars too!!! Lol

[Sven]

I love helicopters ( flying them RC :)), if historical correct for the time frame I say:

BRING IT ON!

[Robotic Pope]

Voted yes, as long as it's in the proper theater in a future expansion (Korea, Vietnam, etc).

+1

[ARM505]

Helicopters involve even more complex flight models and AI than we have now. If it's taken this long to get what we have (which couldn't be called complete in any case), you're living in fantasy land if you think that all the time and effort for a couple of SAR birds (at best) is going to be worthwhile and profitable. My 2c...much though it 'would be nice to have', it just isn't going to happen.

[JG52Krupi]

Voted yes, as long as it's in the proper theater in a future expansion (Korea, Vietnam, etc).

This :D

[wildone_106]

If you want choppers I believe there is a simulation called DCS:BlackShark. Probably the best chopper sim you can get, it will satisfy your need completely!!!

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/series/black_shark/

[pupo162]

NO. helos didnt do anything considerable in WW2. I would tolerate it by the same standards i accept the Lerche in 1946, after i have 200+ planes in game

[Rattlehead]

I'm not against the idea, provided it fits the campaign. DCS Black Shark was good fun, if completely disorientating at first.

[Ze-Jamz]

Bring it on, would look good shooting the whirly birds down :)

Would have to be Korea though and as already stated they were not up to much and were pretty much still being developed

[jamesdietz]

I'd just like the planes we've got not to behave like helicopters!

[Jaws2002]

Maybe in five years from now.

[esmiol]

why not a autogear...but no helicopter...we are in WW2 god!

[Sven]

Do you have trouble reading the topic title Esmiol?