not planned or correct for version Single AIM 120 Hardpoints

[wilbur81]

5 hours ago, Gripes323 said:

 

Now, that the Amraams work, I have no plans to have any available pylons w/o them. Give me triple racks .

Arrgh... the RW books and rules and paragraphs (j/k)

[CBStu]

On 4/17/2021 at 3:28 PM, FoxTwo said:

 

How about we finish the hornet we have before we start talking about variants from other countries that may or may not have adequate documentation to replicate accurately.

 

Why is this even a big deal?

I agree. I am on stable so haven't gotten 2.7 yet but, I would rather Ed spend their time fixing things that don't work correctly, than on options from airplane versions other than the one we have.

[randomTOTEN]

29 minutes ago, Furiz said:

why is there no posts about that.

probably because of a lack of evidence

[Frederf]

It would be an interesting technical challenge, if it was decided to emulate the non-USN configuration, that the suspension gear would depend on not just the store but also the country. DCS does not give us detailed control over the configuration of the airplane. We say "One MK82 on station 3, go!". We don't get to pick the pylon or suspension gear or the adapter or the fuel tank fill or the fuze or arming wire config or laser code or anything.

 

Giving users complete control over everything could certainly be overwhelming although to certain people very welcome. But perhaps exposing configuration to development would be beneficial without being confusing. If a developer wanted the suspension gear to be different for the same store but instead based on country, faction, year, external option (like countermeasures or MWS sensors), or camouflage pattern it would be good if that was available logic.

[falcon_120]

I love that low drag single 120 pylons swiss hornets have, it has to be awesome, IIRC those hornet are special ones with no foldable wings and allowed to 9g. Those things must be monsters in close air combat.

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[Cab]

11 minutes ago, falcon_120 said:

I love that low drag single 120 pylons swiss hornets have, it has to be awesome, IIRC those hornet are special ones with no foldable wings and allowed to 9g. Those things must be monsters in close air combat.

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No, it looks like their wings fold:

 

[Funkybear]

If I may,

Swiss hornet are not the standard Navy and Marines hornet, they are FA-18 EPE, I don't know if Marines and Navy finaly received this version, but Switzerland had option to do some homemade modification on the plane. So, yes, there's some difference between similar looking and aircraft. But yes, they have folding wing and the same landing gear for carrier operation, even if Switzerland don't need them (more info about Swiss hornet from official source here : https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/einsatzmittel/luft/boeing-fa18-hornet.html

About the rack, because it's the main focus here, Switzerland develop a new rack for AMRAAM and Sparow to have better aerodynamic drag, this things has been design in switzerland and are only use by Switzerland. You can find information about it in the report about the Hornet selection in switzerland by Fernand Carrel

The Federal Aircraft Works (F+W) in Emmen (Switzerland) has therefore developed a low drag missile launcher with 45 percent lower aerodynamic drag than the LAU-115, which can also be used to carry a belly tank. The additional evaluation of Patuxent River is being used to assess the improvement in flight performance, in parallel with the improvement in performance resulting from the increased thrust engines (EPE version of the hornet)

You can find some picture of the prototype of this rack on the 2nd page of this link https://www.mc-one.ch/Documents/right stuff/dokuments/FA-18CD/F-18 Instructions32B.pdf

And if you want more information about Hornet In switzerland, you can find some info here too https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/switzerlands-hornet-upgrade-25-program-04471/

Edited January 7, 2023 by Funkybear

[SkateZilla]

On 12/2/2022 at 7:53 AM, marcoacv said:

I hope the ED people analyze the video footage.

 

 

Not a Lot 20 Legacy Hornet.
There, Analyzed.

On 12/2/2022 at 10:53 AM, falcon_120 said:

I love that low drag single 120 pylons swiss hornets have, it has to be awesome, IIRC those hornet are special ones with no foldable wings and allowed to 9g. Those things must be monsters in close air combat.

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Swiss F/A-18s have additional support structure in the wings, stronger retention mechanisms for fuel cells and gear, and stronger wing hinge, at the cost of 850ish lbs.

Another reason they developed the low drag pylon (as it's also lighter).

Edited January 8, 2023 by SkateZilla

[Funkybear]

Thanks for the addition SkateZilla

[JWizzle]

I see the excuse "not implemented on this version" used all the time on the forums. Really doesn't make sense when you have the Eurofighter by Heatblur being developed which is pulling features from various versions of the plane.

[Tholozor]

26 minutes ago, JWizzle said:

I see the excuse "not implemented on this version" used all the time on the forums. Really doesn't make sense when you have the Eurofighter by Heatblur being developed which is pulling features from various versions of the plane.

Apples and oranges. The U.S. Hornet manuals clearly don't have the single rail as an option. This isn't a case of using a feature from another version of the same aircraft to fill a gap, it literally cannot use it.

Edited April 20, 2023 by Tholozor

[BIGNEWY]

This thread has gone off topic and best closed

We are not planning single AIM-120 hardpoints 

Thank you