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the YAH-2B is an advanced prototype variant of the AH-2A. as this is a pre production prototype variant of the AH-2B, it doesn't come with weapons besides its 2 water-cooled machine guns. insidead of the original aircrafts piston powered engine, it used a turboshaft engine. it also has a gyro to make the aircraft 10 times more stable then the original AH-2A (deactivate AG8 to turn it off for more free controlls). there is 2 YAH-2Bs known to exist. there was a 3rd but unfortunately it was stolen at its test airport and flown in a suicide attack into a furry convention. yes, that really did happen. I'm not kidding. the other 2 YAH-2Bs are currently stored in an undesclosed location with their blades stored in a different area to avoid further incidents.
this thing flies really well in SP2, that's why I'm posting it, late to SP2's demo. I loved using it in SP2 and I still have no idea why it flies so well in SP2.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor North American AH-2B
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 26.0ft (7.9m)
- Length 36.9ft (11.3m)
- Height 13.8ft (4.2m)
- Empty Weight 11,808lbs (5,356kg)
- Loaded Weight 14,327lbs (6,498kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 15.685
- Wing Loading 81.6lbs/ft2 (398.4kg/m2)
- Wing Area 175.6ft2 (16.3m2)
- Drag Points 3771
Parts
- Number of Parts 54
- Control Surfaces 3
- Performance Cost 473
@Boeing727200F What the hell did bro said 🙏
Budget KA-225
silence.
@SomeSPGuyWhoLikesLore don’t ask questions.
Wait what the actual crap is this lore??? 😭
Chud son
Remember: criticism is the key to improvement.
I'm not poking holes in this because I'm mean, I'm poking holes in this so you can make your future projects better.
@Boeing727200F I figured the "suppressive" part of a helicopter was generally the "giant flying death machine pointed at you". A modern helicopter has such excellent sensors that it only needs to fire when it spots a target, unlike a soldier which cannot be certain from a distance when the enemy is attempting to move (thus needs to fire more often). Even then, water-cooled machine guns are typically unneeded as the mere threat of a burst of bullets keeps heads down.
Prolonged fire is usually only needed when there are prolonged targets (such as wave attacks or aircraft needing to be shot down).
@Graingy prolong suppressive fire. It’s designed to ether sit in one location mag dumping until all weapons run dry of ammunition and to be able to fly low down streets guns blazing.
@Boeing727200F I do wonder what its mission profile is supposed to be, seeing as water-cooled weapons are only really effective when prolonged fire (as in minutes or more) is required. They're also heavy, and so is the ammunition to sustain such firing; for a helicopter (already an inefficient type of aircraft) this would be prohibitive.
Aircraft have the benefit of high speed airflow over their weapons, so that's generally what they go with. This could also be seen in WWI, if my memory serves, with MG 14 - an MG 08 redesigned for aerial use.
@Graingy fuck wait I mean dry air mb.
@Boeing727200F
I'm sorry do your machine guns fucking SWEAT?
According to a bit of Googling, humid air takes away heat slightly better than dry air (though it seems circumstances are relevant). The only situation were humid air would be definitively worse for heat dissipation would be if evaporative cooling was used.
That's not an anti-furry, that's a terrorist. One is an edgelord, the other is a domestic security threat.
Believe me, that doesn't go over well with the po-po unless you have some very, very specific paperwork. Ask us why we know.
@Graingy the water-cooled MGs were nessasary as this aircraft is designed to operate in very low humidity locations. air cooled MGs will heat up faster so water-cooled machine guns were nessasary.
yeah some anti furries stole it and did exactly what they would with a helicopter loaded full of fuel, crash it into a convention. we learned our lesson.
shoot trespassers before questioning.
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