Real Life Attack Chopper

Zillah

Do not piss off the American military:

(This should be freakishly familiar to you chopper gunners out there...)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-805562809436776156

( I blatantly stole that link from after hours)

cregser

Meh, they have it easy. I'd like to see them try to hit their target with the camera attched to the missile, desperately clicking their mouse whilst the missile bobs around.

projectmayhem

yeah i'd like to see them try that in a base with 20 angry china-men underneath them firing furiously while artillery rains down on you and an enemy plane has a lock on your flying tin can

Keyzer

Whats AA like in Iraq these days?

Zillah

Rubble mostly...

Evd-Burner

lol

the_syco

cregser wrote:

Meh, they have it easy. I'd like to see them try to hit their target with the camera attched to the missile, desperately clicking their mouse whilst the missile bobs around.

I've yet to figure out how to use it, tbh, but I've seen how good some spawn campers use it, tho:mad:

Keyzer wrote:

Whats AA like in Iraq these days?

Pretty damn good, actually. You gotta remember: the French have been selling them AA since the 90's (one or two of which got hit in the video, I think), and I'd say there is still some good hardware floating around. Oh, and don't forget the black-market.

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The missile hit under the bridge was nice.

Zillah

the_syco wrote:

The missile hit under the bridge was nice.

Ultra longe range!

GreeBo

tbh I reckon at this stage if my pilot was hovering that well I could hit the steam off my own piss.
Problem is trying to hit stuff thats moving when you yourself are bouncing around like an idiot.

I guess that was a nighttime footage?

Keyzer

the_syco wrote:

Pretty damn good, actually. You gotta remember: the French have been selling them AA since the 90's (one or two of which got hit in the video, I think), and I'd say there is still some good hardware floating around. Oh, and don't forget the black-market.

I was being sarcastic btw...:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

the_syco

Keyzer wrote:

I was being sarcastic btw...:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Aye. Thought it was an honest question. My bad.

cregser

the_syco wrote:

I've yet to figure out how to use it, tbh, but I've seen how good some spawn campers use it, tho:mad:

It can be easy sometimes and really hard other times. You basically click with your mouse where you want it to go and you can use several clicks to tweak it. But the missile goes so fast you can zoom past your target in no time.

It would be handy if you could aim from your chopper (laser guided) getting a nice view of the missile swirling towards the target and making a big bang, like... you know, they do real life (unless i'm mistaken).

The developers watched too many of those tv-guided cruise missile presentations with the mounted cameras. It would be cool if the commander could use them.

Zillah

Wow, commander controlled cruise missiles would be sooo cool! But im fairly sure they use those for precision strikes and what not, not in the middle of battle. They do cost a bazillion dollars each.

And I think they made TV missiles the way they are cos its cool. Aside from that, it puts far too much pressure on the pilot to hold the chopper steady, at least this way once the missile is away you can bank and dodge immediately.