Quoting Xer07,
reply 3277
Apache's are on-sight, you have to request F-22's to do a flyby. That, and you can't tell a group of F-22's to hover in place and kill anything that passes
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this line, now can you?
Xer0 \^/
Thats true. But then again, Apaches are helicopters. And helicopters have weaknesses. A remote guided missile for example, with heat sensors.
Personally, I never liked vertical flight. Partially because it requires an incredible amount of skill, and partly because its not so....awesome, like horizontal flight is
I just love every type of plane there is. Be it either for military usage or transportation usage.
Now I have to admit, I only have a few hours in the Simulator in helicopters, while more than 100 hours in planes....so yeah
But you and Maccilia forget about 1 thing:
The AV-8B Harrier II. The strongest weapon of the British probably, which features vertical and horizontal flight both in 1 piece. It requires an incredible amount of skill to be piloted, and only the best of the best get to actually sit in its cockpit.
Snipe, you Brits can be rightfully be proud of it
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The British use the GR9 Harrier. AV-8B Harrier II is the USMC variant.
The Harrier has been proven to be useful, but has a crash rate somewhere in the 20% range I think.... so you'd have to have the biggest balls and amazing skill to fly one and kick another comparable plane, F-35 or SU-27 for example.
Xer0 \^/
The crash rate rises because of the hovering maneuvers actually; right when the do a VTOL landing/takeoff is the time that the plane is most like to flip over and crash.
F-35B's are also VTOL capable BTW. Su-27s have poor cockpit ergonomics, thus hindering pilot operations.
Quoting Xer07,
reply 3284
Can you say INFARED flares?
Xer0 \^/
He he, good point Apparently I didnt think of this too much.
But you cant just treat Harrier like any other plane, can you? You have to stand and marvel at its awesomeness. The outstanding engineering of it
Harrier = Win
EDIT: LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL I just realised that Xer07 changed his avatar, LMAO Now is the point where we all stand and admire my awesome Observativeness/keenness
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True. The Harrier's awesomeness is only matched/exceeded by a select few planes.
But one misconception is that hovering would regularly be part of combat operations; for example, hovering like a helo to kill tanks or something. The problem is that VTOL jets don't have the armor of a ground-attack helicopter (or an A-10, where the pilot almost literally sits IN AN ARMORED BATHTUB). Thus, they want to get moving as much as possible. Additionally, you can't hover at higher altitudes; my guess is not higher than the average 2-story home. The Harrier's nozzles are useful though because they provide a significant boost in A2A combat.
@Xer07- FUCK INFRARED. IMA FIRIN' MAH LAZOR KANUN AT U.
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