Kevlar composite armor all over the helicopter in multiple layers, why was it all removed? Anyone using this " Ballistically Tolerant Rotor Blade Investigation " as a source should take a a nice close look, at when it was published, in 1975 Its almost as if the person who tried to use this as a source thinks technology doesn’t advance or change, to make what was once impossible, inconceivable, and unthinkable, POSSIBLE. The entire helicopter was armored, which you can see in the diagram from the sikorsky archives. There is no better source than this. You, Gaijin, advertised a helicopter with Advanced Composites, removing that from the helicopter doesn’t help anyone.
Simple
-people look
-People got hyped.
-People realized it was going to be very very good
-People pre ordered
-Instant nerf on patch day without explanation
-???
-Profit
Jokes aside,I don’t want to be rude or something but simple word of explanation would be enough why it was so different on all Iterations of dev server and why it went on live server without all this gimmicks?
Even if it wasn’t planed to be like that in the first place
Apart from the Kevlar, none of those materials amount to armour worth anything - and the diagram doesn’t say that it is armour (except for the Kevlar).
GR/Ep - GRaphite/Epoxy laminate - pretty much fibreglass using graphite fibre instead of glass - certainly stronger than F/glass, but not armour in any significant way!
This was done for stealth and weight - NOT ARMOUR. Composites are normally significantly lighter than “normal” Aluminium construction - a vital consideration for helicopters!
You will note that the diagram itself says lowering costs and weight were the main considerations - armour is not mentioned except in relation to the Kevlar.
Ti Firewall - a thin layer of titaniaum to take the direct heat of engine exhaust - likely not more than 0.5mm thich and seperated by the structure below it by 5-10mm using thermal insulators.
Maybe Devs overestimated Commanche armour characteristics and realized in the very end that it’s wrong and better is to not model it that way.
But in that case we should have get any info about this. Why it was different, why it was changed, why it was like this for entire dev server and on final patch they scraped it.
It’s literally vehicle that you paid real money for. People that bought it, deserve the answer.
Considered buying it myself but after that it’s just another heli just with good look.
Buddy composite isn’t armor in this case; it’s a structural material that uses materials like Kevlar, carbon fiber, and fiberglass in layers around honeycomb and impregnated with resin (yes, that is the actual term for it) and was used due to its high strength (as a material) and low weight
I myself have made a composite piece, will try to get a picture of it later, cause I’m not at home. The armor that the image refers to is likely just some bullet-resistant Kevlar seat armor
