SuperChopper?

[Thiel]

Btw, do you know if anyone has a 1:76 OTO 76/62SR on the market?

[sotoolslinger]

Arkon, that's where I heard that word I couldn't remember where I got that from
SKL it will have two sets of wings.The rear will be longer than the front and have longer ranged missles
For armament I will have the rotary gun on the front, at the transition between the HIND and the Bullfrog will be a big rotary cannon slung from the bottom , at least 4 door gunners(maybe 5) .I am also seriously considering (read I just got to find one) putting a 75 mm tail stinger on her
Howard of E I would think that the naval versions would have folding rotors but I am really not that up on my helicopter tech.
Thiel I don't know what that is?

[saintkatanalegacy]

Arkon, that's where I heard that word I couldn't remember where I got that from
SKL it will have two sets of wings.The rear will be longer than the front and have longer ranged missles
For armament I will have the rotary gun on the front, at the transition between the HIND and the Bullfrog will be a big rotary cannon slung from the bottom , at least 4 door gunners(maybe 5) .I am also seriously considering (read I just got to find one) putting a 75 mm tail stinger on her
Howard of E I would think that the naval versions would have folding rotors but I am really not that up on my helicopter tech.
Thiel I don't know what that is?

I guess we think the same way

[Thiel]

Thiel I don't know what that is?

[sotoolslinger]

Nice is that a ships cannon?

[Thiel]

Nice is that a ships cannon?

Yup. nothing says die like getting hit by 85 3" shells in less than 55s.

[Silverfox]

This is relevant to my interests
I shall be watching closely!!

[sotoolslinger]

Thanks Fox  Just some boring stuff today .
Modified the Frogs cockpit to have a passthrough as it will now be a WSO station

Interior paint


Some dudes

Got the rear engine exhausts in and closed the tail


Need a lot more dudes Gotta go through the parts bins tommorrow

[Captain Canada]

Now this one is getting cooler by the hour.....

[sotoolslinger]

Thanks Bubba  I had to do the 40 mile trip to get the taxes done today so no actual buildup. I did have a chance to sort through the parts stash 
Lots o load out

Found the 1/35 tri barrel from the Super Cobra.This will be the new nose gun

Also found the rear wings. Guess what those come from

Various and sundry dudes  I hate doing figures

The lower turret bits , a 3 or 4 barrel 40-60 mm cannon

I will use my two existing 4 barrel 12.7 mm guns from the Hinds as door guns but I will still need other rotaries so found bits

[Cobra]

this is Looking Cool,Menacing,and Ready to Fight! This Super Chopper kinda gives me a 'Thunderbirds' feel. Can't wait to see more! Dan

[saintkatanalegacy]

with that many guns, it needs a pirate flag!!!

[sotoolslinger]

Thanks Dan SKL it just so happens I have pirate flags

[Weaver]

Awesome project Ron - Rear wings from a Star Wars B-wing? 

That gun Thiel referred to is an OTO-Melara 76mm Super-rapid naval gun. Weighs 7.5 tons and can fire bursts at 120 rounds per minute (of 76mm...... ). Don't know what the recoil force is, but I bet it's not trivial.... It's the most popular naval gun in the world, even the USN uses them (well the earlier 85 RPM version to be exact) on Perrys and Pegasus PHMs.

The thing with a tail stinger on a helo is that you've just flow over whoever you're shooting at, relatively slowly and very noisily, so you really want to take them out quick before they shove a SAM-7 up your tail ramp. If you've got lots of space and weight to spare, some kind of low-velocity carpet-bombing weapon might be most appropriate, say two 40mm grenade launchers on a common mount.

[sotoolslinger]

You got the wings in one Weave Just for funsies (and cause I think I can find one ) I was thinking a 75 mm cannon for the stinger .
A little, short one like towed from WW-1 (I forget the name ) Modernized to shoot proximity burst /fleshette rounds to cover incoming troops being recovered