A-6 series of 2/4 man aircraft

[panzergrenadier3 39]

Many information about the Prowler are

HERE

take a look at this

[FerretFangs 0]

I'm very familiar with this plane. Living on a carrier inevitably brings you into contact with them, and their pilots. That said, the Prowler has an important job in real life, that it performs very well indeed. One EA-6B off the coast of Maryland could knock out all media, civil radio-based communications, and active and passive radar to the entire Eastern seaboard.

So, are their any plans for the addon to incorporate an offensive jamming capability? And of course, the Prowler can also self protect with defensive countermeasures. Finally, though it's not standard practice in combat, the Prowler also can be armed with the HARM missile, which it can use out to the maximum range of the weapon's capability.

Interestingly, a varient ofthe Super Hornet, known as the Growler will soon be replacing the EA-6B. Should be able to bring some great new capabilities to an already awesome asset.

I look forward to seeing more of this addon, keep up the work.

[DragoFire 0]

I'm very familiar with this plane. Living on a carrier inevitably brings you into contact with them, and their pilots. That said, the Prowler has an important job in real life, that it performs very well indeed. One EA-6B off the coast of Maryland could knock out all media, civil radio-based communications, and active and passive radar to the entire Eastern seaboard.

So, are their any plans for the addon to incorporate an offensive jamming capability? And of course, the Prowler can also self protect with defensive countermeasures. Finally, though it's not standard practice in combat, the Prowler also can be armed with the HARM missile, which it can use out to the maximum range of the weapon's capability.

Interestingly, a varient ofthe Super Hornet, known as the Growler will soon be replacing the EA-6B. Should be able to bring some great new capabilities to an already awesome asset.

I look forward to seeing more of this addon, keep up the work.

Yes there was and is plans to make a EA-6B Prowler with Jamming scripts, and I've alread made HARM's just need to find/make script for it target radar's.

Also if you got any really good photos of cockpit (both front and back) and any other photos of the Prowler and if any Intruder photo's, would be greatly acceptted. ;)

DragoFire

[FerretFangs 0]

I don't have any of my own. But have you seen these?

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould/Later%20Attack/EA-6A_Intruder_Left.JPG

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould....ate.JPG

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould....eft.JPG

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould....ght.JPG

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould....ont.JPG

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould....ear.JPG

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould....ont.JPG

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould....lot.JPG

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould....ear.JPG

http://gra.midco.net/mlgould....Mod.JPG

[Diesel 1]

http://ofp.gamezone.cz/index.php?showthis=6784

[DragoFire 0]

http://ofp.gamezone.cz/index.php?showthis=6784

Thanks Diesel, already got that one and tested it.

And have been chatting with Footmunch about progress on both his and my A-6E, and will use the best features of both to update the last beta.

And I'm currently testing/playing with a better bomb delivery system, as part of the Weapon Standard project. This will hopefully allow different bomb's to be loaded on one plane. There is a small problem with this system, in that each bomb will have to be manually loaded into payload, but I'll be making this system available once I've made the required models to support this (eg.. bombcarts, weapon lifts, tractors, etc...), I may ask some one to make these.

DragoFire

[panzergrenadier3 39]

Any news about the Intruder and/or Prowler??

[DragoFire 0]

Any news about the Intruder and/or Prowler??

Just waiting for my master files to arrive on CD(backup).

So once I've got that, I'll be updating the model and will update post with new images and beta soon.

DragoFire

[panzergrenadier3 39]

Do you already have some pics of the 4 seats E/A-6 B Prowler in this post?

[DragoFire 0]

I've got a few, even have some good cockpit ones, the A-6E's the one that's hard to find good cockpit photos for.

If your got any just post them here.

DragoFire

[panzergrenadier3 39]

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hope that helps a bit. Any news?

[DragoFire 0]

Thanks guys for the links!

I've also managed to get a copy of the A-6, A-6E & EA-6E Lock-on Book, which has a large amount of info and images.

So I'll update this topic very soon.

DragoFire

[DragoFire 0]

Well after an extended leave off action, I've returned to finish me pet project before moving onto my nice top-secret one.

I hope to finish the Intruder within 2 months.

DragoFire

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WELCOME BACK

[chaztheducky 0]

OMFG......

in other words

[panzergrenadier3 39]

Great to see you bag (on this project).

Hope there'll be a Prowler too.

[DragoFire 0]

Currently working on and testing in mission payload changing, for the A-6E's. This will allow (hopefully if works) pilots to get weapon payloads changed from bombs to missiles, or change from the little M82's to the heavy M84's when next to the bomb carts.

Will keep you informed as I go.

DragoFire

[DragoFire 0]

Great to see you bag (on this project).

Hope there'll be a Prowler too.

Yes the EA-6A will be done once the A-6E is completed, as will have complete scripts and weapons ready, so the only requirement will be the building of the model and textures.

DragoFire

[DragoFire 0]

Hi all, currently looking for a texture artist to help with these addons.

PM me if interested.

DragoFire

[Wonder 0]

Yes the EA-6A will be done once the A-6E is completed

That would be EA-6B. EA-6A is a wild weasel version of the intruder.

[DragoFire 0]

Yes the EA-6A will be done once the A-6E is completed

That would be EA-6B. EA-6A is a wild weasel version of the intruder.

Yep your correct.

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An earlier EA-6A "Electric Intruder" was developed during the Vietnam War. Basically a straightforward conversion of the standard two-seat A-6 airframe fitted with EW equipment, it was essentially an interim aircraft used only by a few USMC squadrons

I think I have a full list of the development of the A-6 throught to the EA-6B, near the start of this topic.

DragoFire

[DragoFire 0]

A-6 Intruder

Variants

The A-6A was originally designated A2F-1 and changed to A-6A in the DOD uniform designation system. This aircraft was first accepted by the Navy in February 1963 by VA-42. At light weights it could operate from short unprepared fields in close support of ground troops; at higher weights it could operate from catapult on long range special weapon strikes against heavily defended fixed targets. The A-6A had an attack-navigation and central digital computer system to find targets in all moving conditions.

The EA-6A was originallly designated the A2F-1Q. The electronic warfare EA-6A version was developed for the Marines; 28 were converted from A-6As. In combat, they operated from both shore bases and carriers. A fuselage extension forward of the cockpit and an upper fin antenna fairing housed the “electric Intruder’s†countermeasures systems. Fuselage speed brakes were retained to allow wing tip antennas. This aircraft retained a portion of the A-6A’s attack capability but gave up much of its bombing and navi-gation equipment to make space for antennas to convert the attack plane into an effective electronic warfare aircraft.

The A-6B was a version of the A-6A design produced to meet the special wartime need of destroying ground-based antiaircraft defenses. The A-6B was equipped to carry the Standard Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM) and had emitter location sensors.

The A-6C was another special version of the A-6A produced to meet a wartime necessity. It was equipped with infrared sensors and Low Light Level Television (LLLT). The A-6C was known by the acronym TRIM which described the aircraft’s mission as Trails, Roads Interdiction Multi-sensor. The A-6C’s sensors were meant to detect the enemy’s supply depots and truck traffic in Southeast Asia.

The KA-6D was the A-6A modified for use as aerial refueling tanker. Interest in a tanker version led to 1970 conversions of early A-6s by removing avionics mission systems and installing a rear fuselage-mounted hose and drogue system. An unarmed variant, the KA-6D, was developed as the US Navy's principal carrier-based tanker. The resulting KA-6Ds were also operationally inte-grated into A-6 squadrons in small numbers.

The A-6E began development in the late 1960s. The A-6E was an all-weather, two seat, subsonic, carrier-based attack aircraft. It was equipped with a microminiaturized digital computer, a solid state weapons release system, and a single, integrated track and search radar. The A-6E is typical of the whole A-6 family, with long-span wings, almost full-span flaps and distinctive wing-tip split airbrakes. The bulbous nose radome remains, but now it houses a single AN/APQ-148 multi-mode radar capable of track-while-scan and ground-mapping terrain-avoidance. Beneath the radome is a stabilized chin turret containing IIR, laser spot tracker and laser ranger/designator. The A-6E was intended to reduce the necessary maintenance on the aircraft by increasing the reliability of its equipment and support. There were also improvements in the search and track radar, the computer and armament control equipment. As avionics digital technology moved rapidly forward, major replacement of DIANE components -— including a single multimode radar that could perform both the search and track radar functions, and updated computers -— resulted in a “new insides†model, the A-6E, though it arrived too late to see combat in Southeast Asia. The A-6E program involved new production A-6E’s and the modification of A-6A’s to the -6E configuration. The latter resulted in converting 240 A-6As to A-6Es. To expedite transition to this greatly improved systems capability, A-6As were converted to A-6Es. The first production deliveries were made in 1971. Production of new A-6Es and conversion of As to Es continued through the late 1970s. A-6Bs and Cs were phased into the E conversion line as capabilities similar to those of their specialized systems became available. The A-6As and special variants flew to war’s end.

The A-6E is the U.S. Navy’s recently retired heavy payload attack aircraft that provided all-weather, day or night, long-range strike capability. It was modified in the early 1990's with a composite wing, extending the plane’s operational fatigue life 20 years. The Intruder is equipped with an all weather multiple-mode radar, DRS (Detecting and Range Set), and a self contained carrier airborne inertial navigation system. The APQ-156 integrated radar provides the capabilities of search, target tracking, airborne moving target identification, and beacon interrogation. The high resolution, real beam ground mapping radar, complemented by the Tactical Altitude Director (TAD) system, also provides terrain clearance and avoidance for low-level navigation. The DRS contains a Forward-Looking InfraRed (FLIR), laser rangefinder designator, and forward air control (FAC) receiver located beneath the nose in a sensor turret for precision attacks against tactical targets at night and in adverse weather.

The A-6E can deliver any of the U.S. Navy’s arsenal of air-to-ground weapons, from general purpose bombs to ground attack missiles, and the AIM-9L/M air-to-air missile. The SWIP (Systems Weapons Improvement Program) is the latest upgrade that enables the Intruder, through a MIL-STD-1553 avionics multiplex databus to employ multiple advanced precision guided missiles against land and sea-based targets and emitters. Most A-6Es have been further modified to night multi-place attacks. The integrated attack navigation weapon system coupled with a two man, side-by-side crew, significantly enhances crew coordination, situational awareness, and safety of flight by reducing data saturation associated with the real world tactical environment.

The A-6E Target Recognition Attack Multisensor (TRAM) configuration of the A-6E greatly improved the air-craft’s capability. The target recognition/attack multi-sensor (TRAM) version of the A-6E was introduced to the fleet in 1979. It was equipped with a chin turret containing a forward-looking infra-red (FLIR) system, a laser ranger and designator, and a laser spot tracker. The crew was able to view television quality images of their targets by day or night. The TRAM sensors greatly improve both ballistic and visual bombing accuracy. The TRAM version is equipped to launch laser-guided bombs and missiles. The TRAM’s ASN-92 CAINS inertial navigation system gave the crew greater reliability and accuracy than was possible with the ASN-31. The TRAM version also had an Automatic Carrier Landing System (ACLS) and the Approach Power Compensator to provide totally automatic landing aboard carrier. With development of the full TRAM system, a full update package was established for production, resulting in the A-6E TRAM configuration. In keeping with evolving Navy practice, this became the recognized identification rather than using a revised designation for all new production and remanufactured, upgraded A-6Es. Its TRAM turret under the radome and a ram air inlet on the port side of the upper aft fuselage for additional aft bay systems cooling were among the few external changes made to Intruders. Internally, a new carrier airborne inertial navigation system and new universal missile wiring and pylons were of equal importance to the TRAM in crew effectiveness and combat capability.

The A-6F, the next generation Intruder, started development in 1984 incorporating General Electric F404 engines, an inverse synthetic aperture radar with air-to-air mode, and improved structural changes. This program was cancelled in 1989 with 5 prototypes built

[DragoFire 0]

Due to lost data files, the A-6E and EA-6E have been remodeled too a higher degree of detail. So there is a little bit of a delay on images and info. of the current addons. At the moment the skeleton is complete and landed gear, camera turret and engines are in place, outside shell about to be added along with rubber and other control surfaces

While hunting for the master files, I happened to come across two unofficial ripeoffs of the first A-6 beta, if asked I would have happily supplied it, but to find that it had been riped off doesn't make me happy , not even credit for the model was given. It is a sad day when this sort of thing happens.

DragoFire

[DragoFire 0]

Just a little update on the progress.

Main fuselage with wheel placement, canopy and TRAM turret locations for the A-6E Intruder.

It will be like the lost model.

I still have the old model, but I wasn't happy with it (not realist looking).

The following weapons will be used, along with the Mk77 and snake-eye Mk82's

DragoFire

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