An-2 Colt (Large Biplane)

[zak757 146]

We have bicycles, buses, helicopters, vans, jeeps, cars, trucks, quads, motorbikes, boats, and even freaking tractors. But what we don't have yet is a plane. Unfortunately, having fighters jets, tilt-rotors, bombers, or UAV's would ruin the low-tech atmosphere of apocalyptic Chernaurus as well as be completely unbalanced and everyone would rush to find it. The C-130J only has enough room to land in the NW Airfield. The Su-25 would fit somewhat, being an old soviet aircraft with little electronics, but having 80 rockets to flatten Cherno with is unbalanced by any means.

But ARMA II still has the An-2 Colt.

At max speed, it only reaches about 240kph in game, slightly faster then the Huey. It is the only non-VTOL aircraft that can land in a field with ease. On full flaps, it can fly as slow as 60kph. It can carry 12 passengers and alot of loot, being the perfect aircraft for organized survivors or bandits. With a good pilot, you could even make loot runs with it. I think also including a parachute that takes up 3 inventory slots, and activates when you get out of a plane, would be a neat feature to add.

Parts for Repair:

2x Engine Parts

2x Fuel Tank Parts

2x Scrap Metal

20x Jerry Can

6x Windshield (optional)

Spawn Locations:

NE Airfield (common)

NW Airfield (extreme rare)

Balota Airfield (extreme rare)

Farms (moderate)

Seats: 12

Item Slots: 100

Backpack Slots: 4

Weapon Slots: 6

Noise: Very Loud

Top Speed: 240kph

Stall Speed: 60kph

Tank Capacity: 400L

Gas Consumption: 2 Hours (from full)

Rarity: 3 per server

Of course, this means practicing hours upon hours of flying in the armory. Hit a tree, and your 12 friends are dead!

Edited September 2, 2012 by Zakatak

[thorlax 32]

[duddbudda 33]

ALL OF MY LOVE

[zak757 146]

ALL OF MY LOVE

You can be my co-pilot :D

Multiple 5 star votes, that has to count for something.

[cpn_jack_harkness 4]

WANT. Osprey wouldn't be bad either. :D

[petersen 1]

i love this idea

[Publik 404]

+1

Five characters

[fackstah 31]

great idea!

[scoffield77@gmail.com 192]

bump, this should replace the Huey in the rarity scale.

Huey can destroy in blitzkrieg tactics, and that alone makes it "overpowerful" so it should be rarer. An2 should be the more common of the air vehicles

[samatra 41]

there is a huge problem with aircraft in arma 2 - they are not as detailed as helicopters, they don't have separate engine hit point, turbines\propellers\rotors\etc., they only have Hull. And this is the problem - you don't need to repair it, it will always be usable right away (with fuel).

[scoffield77@gmail.com 192]

there is a huge problem with aircraft in arma 2 - they are not as detailed as helicopters' date=' they don't have separate engine hit point, turbines\propellers\rotors\etc., they only have Hull. And this is the problem - you don't need to repair it, it will always be usable right away (with fuel).

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I just tested this theroy out on the Editor, he is right.

I'm sure there would be a way to mod it so it did have a engine or something.

[E-Z 25]

use the huey mechanics on the plane?

[samatra 41]

Oh and I love An-2, I even was inside working one once as a kid (noise scared the shit out of me and I asked my dad to stay on the ground)

[wesley32 1]

You have my blessing, seems to fit in DayZ for me!

[scoffield77@gmail.com 192]

use the huey mechanics on the plane?

agree

[zak757 146]

there is a huge problem with aircraft in arma 2 - they are not as detailed as helicopters' date=' they don't have separate engine hit point, turbines\propellers\rotors\etc., they only have Hull. And this is the problem - you don't need to repair it, it will always be usable right away (with fuel).

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Can they not mod in these features?

Even without multiple hit locations, repairing can still be done with various parts, right?

[dantoramandova 19]

On the Su25 note, 80 missiles COULD flatten Cherno, but you could also disable/lower the ammunition of a vehicle. Still, would rather have an An-2 Colt by FAR.

Just seeing a plane landing on NE airstrip with a bunch of buds seems like a blast.

[Deuzerre 64]

I summon thee, forgotten from first page thread, for your awesomeness to shine once again!

[scoffield77@gmail.com 192]

On the Su25 note' date=' 80 missiles COULD flatten Cherno, but you could also disable/lower the ammunition of a vehicle. Still, would rather have an An-2 Colt by FAR.

Just seeing a plane landing on NE airstrip with a bunch of buds seems like a blast.

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It's pointless, it only has room for 1 person.

If you wanted to fly around, just use the editor ;)

It has to be the an2

[Filozovs 2]

Bump, I wanted to make a post about it a long time ago, but never got around to it.

[Filozovs 2]

yet a nother quick bump

[Drakonous 2]

It fits the atmosphere of the game for me... If only we had a pontoon plane that could land on water but one can only dream

[Techercizer 82]

[zak757 146]

It fits the atmosphere of the game for me... If only we had a pontoon plane that could land on water but one can only dream

The An-2 does have a pontoon version, but ARMA II didn't add it in. Maybe they could model on some pontoons, give it An-2 physics in the air and PBX physics in the water?

Do you guys want this to be rarer or more common the the Huey? It is slightly faster, harder to land, carries more passengers, and a little more fragile. Servers have a minimum of 1 Huey and a max of 3 Hueys.

One thing I noticed while flying it in the Armory was that it only seems to have 3 throttle settings, idle/medium/full, and the medium is really hard to get on my joysticks throttle.

[frankforsyth 12]

YES!

But there should be assured that everyone could jump out of plane with parachute. Team airdrops to dangerous locations will be hilarious!