Sad Tale of a IO-360 A3B6D. Be careful folks!

[Pinecone]

Actually they are the same engine as the S-3 Viking.  So were designed, as you say, for low altitude and low fuel flow.

I don't think they are used on any Gulfstreams, but they are used on a number of Regional Jets, as the CF-34.

Interestingly, there are some uprated CF versions, that would be neat to pop on an A-10 and give it the ability maintain energy better when maneuvering.

[jaylw314]

5 hours ago, A64Pilot said:

An issue is loiter time, the A-10 engines were very high bypass turbofans used on one of the Gulfstream jets, no afterburner of course, but very efficient, this gave several advantages as they were very high bypass the exhaust was very cool and harder for the old IR missiles to lock onto, and they used a fraction of the fuel compared to a fighter engine, a fighter engine can be decently fuel efficient until it gets down low into thick air, then it’s a real fuel hog, what that means is the A-10 had loiter time, he could hang out for quite awhile until needed, the A-16, maybe 15 minutes. Bad guys figure that out real quick and wait until they leave, the A-10 had enough loiter time it could maybe be relieved on station, meaning one was always available.

That may sound like a small thing, but it’s actually HUGE.

Way back when the Army was moving into CAS like the Marines, and the AF didn’t like it, so there was an meeting or understanding or whatever that killed the Cheyanne and had the Army dearm it’s OV-1’s, and give up it’s fixed wing lift capability, IE the Cariboo, what the Army got was the Chinook.

Once they were disarmed, we called them Mochickens instead of Mohawks, one before they were disarmed shot down a Mig-17.  

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/ov-1-vs-mig-17-story-mohawk-became-mig-killer/

That's an awesome story!

FYI in DCS there's a free OV-1A mod that is actually quite good, if you're interested in that sort of thing.

[A64Pilot]

6 hours ago, jaylw314 said:

 

FYI in DCS there's a free OV-1A mod that is actually quite good, if you're interested in that sort of thing.

I’m afraid I don’t even know what your talking about. Is that some kind of Sim?

The last Mohawk unit was 224 MI Battalion at Hunter Army Airfield, on its Retirement ceremony the pilot who flew the fly by was a fellow Warrant Officer and friend of mine, he was ordered nothing fancy, just a low mid speed fly-by, so of course he had to roll it all the way down the runway. I’ve helped in engine changes and I’m 90% sure they ran Lycoming Huey engines.

From a performance perspective it was really pretty much of a dog, and an ugly thing at that, only Army aircraft I knew of with ejection seats, O / 60 Martin Baker seats, we had to put a tail stand under the tail to remove a seat they were so heavy the tail would drop if we didn’t.

[Pinecone]

DCS, Digital Combat Simulator. is a combat flight sim with some very well modeled aircraft.

The basic sim is free, then you pay for additional aircraft and "accessories."  You can add an well done aircraft carrier.  Different battle scenarios.

Does WWI through modern day.  Some civilian aircraft.

BTW, they do have an AH-64.

Also Huey and Hind.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/products/helicopters/

And yes, there are companies that make Cyclic and Collective for flying helicopter sims.  Complete with proper grips and buttons and switches.

[haymak3r]

Best sim ever.