Plane transport needed!

[Konyak-2 0]

Funny that, my next model I had planned to model was a bus and have them do a bus route on the islands. I thought it'd be funny to have them in case you blew your ride. Apparently BIS has beaten me to it, and I'm glad, cause now it´s a real part of the game, not just a lark that exists only in my mission editor.

After *that* I was going to make either the Pilatus Turbo Porter, or the Islander. Islander is similar in size, but more civilised and refined. Probably just make both

The Porter is a great plane, and it´s use in that movie, Air America, captured it´s spirit perfectly. It´s a rough bush plane that is perfect for these islands.

Konyak

[Darkhawk 0]

Working on a F1 race car

[The Jub-Jub Bird 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (STS_SolidSnake @ April 02 2002,19:35)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You can't parachute out of them, because the design of the door makes them unstable with it open, not to mention jumping out would result in either being bisected by the wing, or sucked into the engine...<span id='postcolor'>

*OucH*

I forgot about that

but then same should happen with the A-10 right???<span id='postcolor'>

no...dude!!!!

You don't parachute out of an A-10...you don't even bail out. If you must get out whilst on the move you pull the ejector handle which fires you in your ejecting seat up far away from the aircraft at very high speed before a parachute opens!

[STS_SolidSnake 0]

no in ofp v1.00 you jumped out you did not eject

[The Jub-Jub Bird 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Darkhawk @ April 01 2002,16:26)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">0--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (rdfox @ April 01 2002,160)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">"What can a Cobra do that an Apache can't?"<span id='postcolor'>

In the game not much more right now but in real life I would go for the cobra any day!

The cobra can use Tows and hellfire missles and the Apache can only use hellfire missles, The cobra has a smaller profile and I do belive it can out turn and out run a Apache also it has a lower cost of operation.

For more information check out the companys web site

Bell Cobra<span id='postcolor'>

1. The AH-64 can carry TOWs...Not that is should matter, because Hellfires are for more accurate and powerful in anycase if you have Hellfires, TOWs are not of any consideration, unless maybe you are enguaging very close targets that a Hellfire has difficultly locking on to.

2. AH-64 maximum level speed is 300km/hr. AH-1 mamimum level speed is 277km/hr. So an Apache can outrun a Cobra any day of the week.

3. AH-64 have IR-supressed engines, comprehensive electronic warfare instalations and an airframe and systems capable of surviving strikes from fire of up to 23mm calibre. The AH-1 is seriously out-dated in comparision.

Jubs

[The Jub-Jub Bird 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (advocatexxx @ April 01 2002,03:01)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Thank you for that neat little geophysical breakdown of an asphalt surface under extreme wear and tear.  Now tell me, how many times during a few-hours-long mission will you need to apply general maintnance to such a runway ?  <span id='postcolor'>

I apologise for my brashness in the earlier post, but I think we should agree to disagree on this one.

I also apologise for my really geeky behaviour which has sickened me and for which I am thoroughly ashamed. It is amazing what A-level geography with the keenest of teachers will do to you!

I still think a C-130 would be a welcome addition to the game. But since it is unlikely we will recieve an official addon of said aircraft you can hold you right to not download the addon if it pleases you so.

In my opinion anything that fits the scenario would be welcomed. That is a distant US outpost in 1985. With serious hardware at its disposal but not expecting a conflict to arise. I could find many uses for any addon that I will use in a as realistic as possible manor in my campaign that I am presently building.

Jubs

[STS_SolidSnake 0]

when they talked about releasing an AH-64 i thought it was this one

the one in OFP seems to have a larger gunner place..

[The Jub-Jub Bird 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (STS_SolidSnake @ April 02 2002,22:31)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">when they talked about releasing an AH-64 i thought it was this one

the one in OFP seems to have a larger gunner place..<span id='postcolor'>

That is just a AH-64 Apache Longbow...the only physical difference is the huge great big millimetric-waveband radar and stinger missiles as standard, although that particular Longbow has no Stingers attached. Other advances are RF seekers allowing target aquisition in rain, fog and smoke and GPS navigation.

[USSoldier11B 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">That is just a AH-64 Apache Longbow...the only physical difference is the huge great big millimetric-waveband radar and stinger missiles as standard.

<span id='postcolor'>

Yes, but the Stingers would give us an AA equipped helo.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Working on a F1 race car <span id='postcolor'>

Hehehe cool. Better be fast.

[Wadi 0]

Someone is working on a C-130 now...good news or what?

[Wadi 0]

I've been away on holiday for a while now, can anybody fill me in on what's been happening? Have there been any C-130 updates?

[Intruder 0]

Not yet, I think everyone who has the Oxygen tool is busy studying it

Those who haven't are waitng for p3dedit from OFP internals.

Edit: BTW, how was your hol's? go anwhere nice

[Wadi 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Intruder @ April 15 2002,11:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">BTW, how was your hol's? go anwhere nice  <span id='postcolor'>

I went to the Isles of Scilly, just off the coast of Cornwall. It's well good there, just like some tropical islands with the advantage that everyone speaks English!

(ha ha ha - while you were all stuck at home...)

[Intruder 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Wadi @ April 15 2002,10:42)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">(ha ha ha - while you were all stuck at home...)<span id='postcolor'>

Rub it in

[The Jub-Jub Bird 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Wadi @ April 15 2002,11:42)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Intruder @ April 15 2002,11:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">BTW, how was your hol's? go anwhere nice  <span id='postcolor'>

I went to the Isles of Scilly, just off the coast of Cornwall. It's well good there, just like some tropical islands with the advantage that everyone speaks English!

(ha ha ha - while you were all stuck at home...)<span id='postcolor'>

That's the first time I've heard the Isles of Scilly described as being like tropical islands!

...count yourself lucky we've been having this good weather...its pissing it down the rest of the time...and is usually pretty cold.

Jubs

[Wadi 0]

Much as I enjoy gloating about my holiday, can we get back to business here? This is a thread about the need for a

C-130, remember.

[USSoldier11B 0]

I have drill with my unit this weekend. Will try to get photos of interior of C-130.

[Wadi 0]

One thing I want to get straight...I can understand people thinking the C-130 is too big or whatever, but does anybody at all have any objection to any sort of Plane transport whatsoever?

Or do they just like using the Cessna, which can only take 3 passengers?

[LordZach 0]

i would even be for a C-130 but it wouldn't be my first choice. it could be used to simulate a raid from outside the island instead of taking off on a short runway and airdropping some guys 8 clicks away. cessna transport is hard because they always crash into eachother!

[Jester983 0]

I would love too see a C-130 come to OFP. It might not be the fastest thing but it would be easier than doing tons of drops with cessnas or choppers. Any type of Plane transport would work. As long as it could hold more than 3 people  

[Rage_Frost 0]

if you guys read my post in the GENERAL forum under the topic Info on restiance that was removed from codemaster, Was a download now

removed *must read*

You well see that their well be a new helo i quess.

Arthur Troska - his cadet, visionary, married, the owner of helicopter,

which is used for tourist flights. He works also as reporter of local radio

[Wadi 0]

Check this site for info on the C-130

[Wadi 0]

The lenght is 34.69m. It can go as fast as 602 kmph. It can take up to 92 troops plus crew, or 64 paratroopers.

I seriously want this plane.

[Konyak-2 0]

Since this thread is active again and someone mentioned earlier that a grand candidate for these islands was a Pilatus Turbo Porter, I decided to post some shots of my Porter model.

Isn't that a brute of a plane? It's by far the most rugged bush operation plane you'll come across and can be fitted with skiis and floats very easily, plus it´s huge wheels make it able to land on inclines, and rough terrain.

And one of the real thing and a glimpse of the texture that would suit OFP:

Polygons, about 1100 - 1200 at the most. Target polys around 950.

From a military site overviewing the Porter:

The PC-6 is a single-engined multipurpose utility aircraft with STOL characteristics, permitting operation from unprepared strips under harsh environmental and terrain conditions. It can be converted rapidly from a freighter to a passenger transport and adapted for a great number of missions, including supply dropping, search and rescue, ambulance, aerial survey and photography, parachuting, crop spraying, water bombing, rainmaking and glider or target towing. The PC-6 can operate from soft ground, snow, glacier or water.

The first piston-engined prototype made its first flight 4 May 1959. The B2 can be fitted with an air inlet filter for operation in desert conditions and for agricultural applications. A total of more than 520 PC-6 aircraft has been built.

Required runway: Takeoff: 110 meters. Landing 73 meters.

It can carry up to 10 people, but usually carries 8 parachuters.

Konyak

[Eidron 0]

6--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (advocatexxx @ Mar. 24 2002,146)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">C-130 is pointless. Why would you want it to transport cars ?  You can't land anywhere but one airport on each island !  Get a grip.<span id='postcolor'>

Ever heard of a parachute? Stick it onto the jeep and pray that you dont land in trees.