Chinook/Large unarmed heli

[stielhandgranate 480]

I think a CH-47 (or one of it's Russian cousins like the Mi-6 or 26) would be a great addon for DayZ. I think such an asset should be unarmed, and require alot of effort to repair, maybe moreso then the UH-1. The Chinook would be a large target for bandits, Huey gunners as well.

It would be fitting in the lore for it to be beached at LZs near the makeshift tent bases like at Chirno, abandoned after a botched attempt to evacuate civilians. I think it would be the air equivalent to the bus. Some of my favorite times were repairing a bus with other strangers (Only to get smoked by bandits 20 minutes after trying to drive the bus to the NW airstrip)

[Dreganius (DayZ) 55]

+1, you have my support. I like the idea of an unarmed, armored air transport that players can use like that. I also like your reasoning for their locations.

[iisaperson 0]

I totally agree with you and Dreganius you provide a good story for why it would be there.

[DevilDog (DayZ) 455]

Can we have a CH-46 instead? It does not get any love in games, plus Arma 2 has the Marine Corps sent to Russia, not the Army. Also they would have M2 50 cals on each side, but no armor (other than minor armor sometimes over part of the engine and front trany). Guess what I did in the Marine Corps lol.

Anyway, I really like the idea.

[stielhandgranate 480]

Well, I think ether aircraft could be used as the US allows both models to be exported to foreign militaries. I would be against arming it though as it would then be superior to the UH-1 with larger passenger seating. I would imagine they (the local military or US/NATO forces) would opt out of installing port weapons to try to carry as many evacuees as possible.

Or maybe allowing players to place owned weapons with a pintle mount on the hard points? I never worked with rotary wing aircraft but I know the M249 and M240 can be mounted as such on turrets like the ones on a Humvee or Abrams with a pintle mount IRL and I think its the same bracket on helicopters. Does the vanilla game allow people to do this in the game or would it have to be coded?

[DevilDog (DayZ) 455]

Well' date=' I think ether aircraft could be used as the US allows both models to be exported to foreign militaries. I would be against arming it though as it would then be superior to the UH-1 with larger passenger seating. I would imagine they (the local military or US/NATO forces) would opt out of installing port weapons to try to carry as many evacuees as possible.

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I think the Huey would still have it's uses. It is more maneuverable and has a much larger "shooting lane" as apposed to the smaller shooting lane of the 46 (47) and much less maneuverable.

Still like this idea though.

[herd 69]

Can KA-52 with rockets spawn in the game? Coz I saw one flying and killed it :D

[stielhandgranate 480]

Well' date=' I think ether aircraft could be used as the US allows both models to be exported to foreign militaries. I would be against arming it though as it would then be superior to the UH-1 with larger passenger seating. I would imagine they (the local military or US/NATO forces) would opt out of installing port weapons to try to carry as many evacuees as possible.

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I think the Huey would still have it's uses. It is more maneuverable and has a much larger "shooting lane" as apposed to the smaller shooting lane of the 46 (47) and much less maneuverable.

Still like this idea though.

Thats true. I'm sure a frame that big has a very slow turn radius. I think the idea of another helicopter that spawns in the cities could be tired with hard points as a trial.