U.K. Air Craft

[MilitiaSniper 0]

Other than airplanes.

Are there any other British aircraft that we can download?

I'm talking about good ones.

Sincerely, MilitiaSniper

"OFF the WALL Team"

[Guest RKSL-Rock]

RAF Tornado GR1A

RAF Tornado GR4A Colours (wrong weapons loadouts though - has guns and a few bits wrong on the model)

RAF Puma

RAF Bucaneer (Desert)

RAF Chinnok.... think its a BIS one Re-textured.)

I think thats all she wrote for the "good stuff".  The Malvinas team have some RAF/RN/AAC helicopters.  Cant find the link atm.

Hope this helps.

Rock

[bonko the sane 2]

theres also the Malvinas Mod Puma retextured by The Architect, the Eurocopter Puma, at this time of the night\morning i really cant find link, maybe at ofp.info

[somebloke 0]

1 word: Footmunch.

[MEDICUS 0]

theres also the Malvinas Mod Puma retextured by The Architect, the Eurocopter Puma, at this time of the night\morning i really cant find link, maybe at ofp.info

This one? That's the "original" Malvinas Mod "Chopper Pack".

MfG MEDICUS  

[stevevcb 3]

Falklands Mod Sea Harrier FRS.Mk.1

[MilitiaSniper 0]

I was more looking for attack choppers.

We have all this U.K. armour, infantry, and airplanes.

But no really good attack choppers.

Sincerely, MilitiaSniper

"OFF the WALL Team"

   

[stevevcb 3]

The only attack helicopters the UK fields are the Lynx with TOWs (not been done) and the Apache Longbow. That is, to the best of my knowledge.

[Venom Viper 0]

So, what happened to HardRock's Typhoon then, it would be fair to say that there's absolutely no progress...

[MilitiaSniper 0]

We need more U.K. choppers!

And fast huh?

Sincerely, MilitiaSniper

"OFF the WALL Team"

[Guest RKSL-Rock]

Well the UK armed forces only operate a small number of rotary wing types:

Attack

Lynx AH7 & AH9 - FLK Mod have one in the works i believe

Apache AH Mk1 (WAH 64 Apache Longbow) - shouldnt be too hard to convert one (the WGL Mod one would be nice - indirect fire Hellfire!)

Support/FAC

Gazelle Helicopter - Malvinas Mod and FrenchPoint Team

Squirrel HCC1 - French Mod have one

Chinook HC2 - Reskin of the BAS ones?

Puma - The Architect made one links above

Merlin - none that i know of.

Sea King - Malvinas Mod have UK ones.

Training

Bell 412 Griffin - Conversion of the OpNorthstar Griffin? There is open permission to use it.

Squirrel HT1 - As above - French Point Team

[somebloke 0]

I'm still trying to get someone to make a merlin. Btw, the typhoon doesn't count as British. It's shit, thats why. Not a scratch on a tornado or jag.

[colonel_klink 0]

Did someone mention Lynx??

Pics courtesy Falklands Mod

[Monkey Lib Front 10]

Will there be any chance that FLK once releases and you guys have a break you might update some of the Aircraft to the modern day equiv?

btw looking gorgeous as usual.

[colonel_klink 0]

Possibly. The lynx is relatively easy to update as most (liberal assumption here) of the changes are external and relatively minor.

[Guest RKSL-Rock]

... Btw, the typhoon doesn't count as British. It's shit, thats why. Not a scratch on a tornado or jag.

Its an 80% British design based on the P160 and EAP concept development aircraft.

The engines (EJ200) are a 90% British design. much improved over the RB199 of the Tornado.

Its got 20% more range than a Tornado, either the F3 or the latest GR4.

It weighs 30% less than a Tornado.

It turns a hell of a lot faster than a Tornado ever could.

Its faster, more maneovable both loaded and un-loaded.

Has about 70% less radar signature and is easier and cheaper to service and maintain.

How is that not an improvment on the Tornado or Jag? I left BAE Eurofighter in 2000, since then the engines have been improved again, the avionics have undergone a huge update and the radar can read the barcode off pack of Rice Crispies from 200NM. Personally I think it its a big improvement!

@ Klink any chance of an AH7/9 Lynx being released?

[orson 0]

OOOF!! Col Klink !! That Lynx is Ofps' best kept secret !!!

We wants it

[da12thMonkey 1943]

Possibly. The lynx is relatively easy to update as most (liberal assumption here) of the changes are external and relatively minor.

Pretty much, it's mainly just additional bumps and stuff for updated avionics and one or two additions to the airframe.

The main difference is that all the newest ones have angular BERP (British Experimental Rotor Project) blades like those on the G-Lynx and Merlin. Removable dampeners on the exhasts and an AN/ALQ-144A under the root of the tail boom as IR countermeasure systems are sometimes fitted to both the army's types; the AH-7 and AH-9 which is the non TOW-capable Lynx with tricycle landing gear. In addition the AH-7 attack helicopters also have a gyro-stabilised periscope on the roof (this isn't always on the utility AH-7s).

The only differenece that's really noticible on the normal naval Lynxes (HAS-3S) is a little sensor on the nose. Then of course there's the HMA-8 Super Lynx that has a completely different nose with an ASW radar and targeting system.

Lynx AH-7 with the IR missile countermeasures and a GPMG mount

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/653326/M/

Lynx AH-9 with just the AN/ALQ-144A

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/675465/M/

Lynx HAS-3S

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/637166/M/

Lynx HMA-8

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/637884/M/

EDIT:

Damn airliners.net's inability to hotlink images.

[-Ash- 0]

Nice 747's

[Ex-RoNiN 0]

and the radar can read the barcode off pack of Rice Crispies from 200NM.

Ugh, and that will be used over populated areas

[da12thMonkey 1943]

@ Oct. 24 2004,14:04)]Nice 747's    

I had a sneaking suspicion that I wouldn't be able to hotlink the images

[stevevcb 3]

and the radar can read the barcode off pack of Rice Crispies from 200NM.

Ugh, and that will be used over populated areas

It'll also be used over all-girls schools if I ever become a fighter pilot

The Lynx is looking sexy. As you'd expect, being as the real thing's sexy and Falklands Mod rock so much.

[havocsquad 0]

However, the UK Defense dept. will most likely try to minimize the number of Typhoons they will have to purchase because of the lock-in forced by the Eurofighter cooperative contract.

The UK wants the RAF, and the RN to have at least 85% of its frontline air superiority aircraft to be the F/A-35 Joint Strike Fighter.  Despite the nice glamour and some pride of having a cooperatively made European fighter capable of high performance, the UK will most likely find any reasonable means possible to sell off their Typhoons.  

It may cost the UK a lot more money in the short term to sell off the Eurofighter, but by standardizing their fighter force with the F/A-35 will save them tons of money in the long run.

[adam.ni 0]

However, the UK Defense dept. will most likely try to minimize the number of Typhoons they will have to purchase because of the lock-in forced by the Eurofighter cooperative contract.

The UK wants the RAF, and the RN to have at least 85% of its frontline air superiority aircraft to be the F/A-35 Joint Strike Fighter.  Despite the nice glamour and some pride of having a cooperatively made European fighter capable of high performance, the UK will most likely find any reasonable means possible to sell off their Typhoons.  

It may cost the UK a lot more money in the short term to sell off the Eurofighter, but by standardizing their fighter force with the F/A-35 will save them tons of money in the long run.

Where can you confirm this? As far as I know we are buying more Typhoons than we are buying F35's (more than twice as much) wouldnt it make sense to make a Typhoon standardised force then? Probably be cheaper in the short run in that case to develop a VTOL version of it .

[Guest RKSL-Rock]

However, the UK Defense dept. will most likely try to minimize the number of Typhoons they will have to purchase because of the lock-in forced by the Eurofighter cooperative contract.

The UK wants the RAF, and the RN to have at least 85% of its frontline air superiority aircraft to be the F/A-35 Joint Strike Fighter.  Despite the nice glamour and some pride of having a cooperatively made European fighter capable of high performance, the UK will most likely find any reasonable means possible to sell off their Typhoons.  

It may cost the UK a lot more money in the short term to sell off the Eurofighter, but by standardizing their fighter force with the F/A-35 will save them tons of money in the long run.

At the risk of turning this into an aircraft debate:

When did the MoD say that?  At best I think you're misquoting Air Marshal Loader after the recent defence cuts were announced when he said

Quote[/b] ] "...by 2045 the RAF would have to expect to have only a small number of operating types (of aircraft) due to recurring operational costs.  In all probability the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft will represent up to 80% of the Strike Force of the Royal Air Force."

Please note Strike Force the JSF F-35 is not designed as an air superiority aircraft.

Quote[/b] ]"...The EuroFighter Typhoon will be nearing the end of its service career by this time.  At which point it is unlikely that the aircraft will be replaced, this is mostly in part due to the changes in the way War is fought in the post Cold War era world."

The statement goes on but essentially it says that since large expensive fighter aircraft like the F-15/F-14 and Tornado are becoming too expensive to operate.  "Swing-role aircraft" like the EuroFighter Typhoon will replace Tornado as the primary Strategic and Tactical Airframe .  The JSF aircraft will supersede the Harrier and Jaguar's Tactical roles reducing the number of operating types and hence the need to pay hundreds of millions per year to maintain 4 or more different frontline types.  

Quote[/b] ]By 2045 the need for large Strategic aircraft like Tornado and EuroFighter would likely be reduced and to recover costs airframes would be retired and/or sold on as had happened in the past.

Also just a point of order here too.  While the EuroFighter project is late and over budget, the JSF project is being bogged down in Politics and is under threat from US congress.  If the existing delays continue JSF may not enter squadron service for another 7-9 years and cost nearly 125% as much per a Tranche 1 EuroFighter.  That’s Å13,000,000 over the Å22,000,000 max limit set by the MoD PE and UK Treasury.