Gunship Academy

by Richard Sheffield

Index

AA guns 53-54

AAH (Advanced Attack Helicopter) program 5

active countermeasures 111

AD. See air defense

aerial rockets 51 aft avionics bay damage indicator (A) 117

AGM-122A Sidearm antiradar missile 18

AH-1 Cobra 3, 50-51

AH-64A Apache. See Apache helicopter

AIM-9L Sidewinder air-to-air missile.See Sidewinder missile

aircraft operation tips 128-32

aircraft performance 18-19

air defense (AD) 53-61

airspeed 21

air-to-air combat 75, 93-107

air-to-air tactics 98-107

air-to-air weapons 18, 51-52

air-to-ground weapons 45-51

ALQ-144 1R jammer 21

altitude 18, 21

losing quickly 128

altitude control 66, 69

antiaircraft coverage 53-54

Anti-Torque Rotor 29-31

Apache helicopter 3-9, 13-22

aircraft performance 18-19

avionics 19-21

development and design 3-9

engine performance 3

engines 16

firepower 3

main drive shaft 13

oversizing 13

redundancy 13, 15

storage options 17-18

structure 13-16

survivability 3

training simulation 147-54

APR-39 radar warning receiver 21

area weapon 48-51

attack helicopter basic instructions 79-92

autorotation 34-36, 76-77, 131

Aviation Warrant Officer program 39-42

avionics 19-21

black holes 16

bomblets 51

BTR armored personnel carriers 74

bulletproof wind screens 15

chaff 114-15, 117

chain gun 17, 20, 48, 50-51, 126

climbing 32

climb rate 18

collective stick 27

Combat Mission Simulator (CMS) 147-54

combat weight 18

combined gun and rocket attack 72-73

Congressional Medal of Honor 125

copilot/gunner. See CPG countermeasures 111-15

equipment 21-22

CPG (copilot/gunner) 19

responsibilities 132

crashes in battle 16

crash tracks 16

CRT 20

cyclic control 32-34

cyclic control stick 31-32

damage 116-19

damage-panel abbreviations 116-17

DASE (Digital Automatic Stabilization Equipment) 19

dead man's zone 84, 86

dead pilot 129-30

decoys 114

defense tactics 109-19

direct-view optics 19-20

dissymmetry of lift 34

diving 36

Down Slow key 64

dual-engine design 15

Easy Flight Mode 63

ECM (Electronic Countermeasures) 114

encumbered flight 130-31

enemy tanks 135

enemy troop placement 134

enemy weapons by geographic area 132-34

engine damage indicator (E) 117

engine exhaust 16

engine exhaust ports 22

engine failure 36

exhaust ducts 16

exposed areas 114

exposure time 113

F-86 fighters 51

FFAR (Folded Fin Aerial Rocket) 51

F1M-92 Stinger missile. See Stinger missile

flare-out 36

flares 21, 114-15, 117

flight data display 21

flight training 61-77

FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) sensor 20

FLOT (Forward Line of Troops) 90

flying unseen 129

Folded Fin Aerial Rocket. See FFAR

forward-area maintenance 16

forward avionics bay damage indicator (A) 116

forward flight control 31-36

Forward Line of Troops. See FLOT

Forward Looking Infrared sensor. See FLIR

four-blade rotor 6

fragmentation shields 13

friendly forces 90

fuel tank damage indicator (F) 117

gaming tips and information 121-35

Gatling-style gun 48

gearbox 16

General Electric T700-GE-701 turbo-shaft engines 16

geographic differences 132-34

glossary 161-64

ground cushion 28-29, 67

ground-to-air weapons 4, 52, 54-56

gun damage indicator (G) 117

gun practice 71-72

Gunship game history 137-43

handling ability 18

Harpoon antiship missile 17

HDD (Head Down Display) 20

heading 21

head-on gun attack 104-5

head-on missile attack 98-99

heat-seeking countermeasures 21

heat-seeking missiles 21

helicopter aerodynamics 23-36

helicopter vs. helicopter combat 97

Hellfire missile 5, 17, 20, 45-48,73-75, 127

high-impact armor 13

high reconnaissance 87

high-resolution TV system 19-20

Hind helicopter 54, 59-60, 75,95-107,134-35

hovering 30, 64-65

hovering missile attack 100-101

Hughes YAH-64 helicopter 6

1FR (I Follow Roads) flight 69-70

IHADSSHDU (Integrated Helmet Display Sight System Helmet Display Unit) 20, 51

impact-resistant armor 15

infrared imaging 20

infrared missiles 117

INS cursor 66, 68-70

IP (Instructor Pilot) 76

jinking a missile 118

kinetic energy 34

landing 29, 67, 76-77

landing gear 16

Lanier Linkless Feed System 48, 50

laser-guided missiles 21

laser system 20

laser-tracking system 46

launchers damage indicator (L) 117

level flight 65-67

load absorbing 16

lock-on-after-launch mode 47

long-range fuel tanks 17

main rotor damage indicator (R) 116

maximum level flight speed 19

maximum load 18

medals 125

MIA (Missing in Action) pilot 129-30

missile launchers 17-18

Mi-24 Hind helicopter. See Hind helicopter

M73 grenades 51 M-206 IR flares 21

M230 30mm chain gun. See chain gun

nap-of-the-earth flying (NOE) 18, 112,149

negative g ability 18

Next TADS Target key 76, 128

night navigation 20-21

niner limas. See Sidewinder missile

19-tube rocket launcher 17

NOE. See nap-of-the-earth flying

nose optics damage indicator (O) 116

OH-58 Kiowa helicopter 42

oversizing 13

passive countermeasures 112-15

passive infrared (IR) homing guidance

Penguin antiship missile 18

Pilot Night Vision Sensor. See PNVS

pilot responsibilities 132

pilots 37-42

pitch 27

PNVS (Pilot Night Vision Sensor) 7,20-21

pop-up attacks 113

potential energy 34

power-off landing 76-77

preflight planning 111

promotions 126

Quad Hellfire antitank missile launcher 17

radar detection 21

radar-guided missiles 21

Realistic Flight Mode 36, 63

reality level 77

Real Landings level 77

redundancy 13, 15

relative wind 25

repairing damage 129

pripple firing 76, 127-28

rocket launchers 17

rockets 17

Rockwell AGM-114A Hellfire missile. See Hellfire missile

Rotary Wing Aviation Course 42

rotary-winged aircraft 25

Rotor Disengage key 76

rotor flapping 34

rotors 25

RPVs (requests for proposals) 5

S-2 briefing 89-90

S-60 towed AA gun 58

SA-2 missile 54

SA-7 Grail missile 4, 54, 55

SA-8 Gecko missile 56-57, 59

SA-9 Gaskin missile 56, 58

SA-11 Gadfly missile 57-58

SA-13 Gopher missile 58

SA-14 Grail missile 54

score modifiers 124

scoring 123-24

sensors 19-21

7-tube rocket launcher 17

Shilka antiaircraft gun (ZSU-23-4, zoo) 13, 56-57, 74

side-flare quick stop 106-7

Sidewinder missile 52, 75, 126-27

sound 131

Soviet weapons 53-61

Hind helicopters 50, 59-60, 75,95-107, 134-35

Shilka antiaircraft gun 13, 56-57,74

speed 18, 69-70

standoff 113

standoff range 84-85

Stinger missile 18, 52

storage 17-18

suppressive fire 111

surface-to-air missile 4, 54

symbols explanation 159

TADS (Target Acquisition Designation Sight) 5, 19-20, 66-67, 117, 127

tail rotor damage indicator (R) 118

taking off 28, 64-65

Target Acquisition Designation Sight. See TADS

target area overflight 82-84

targets and point values 123-24

TELAR (Transporter Erector Launcher and Radar) 57

TH-55 helicopter 42

Threat Indicator 113

Thunderchopper (Action Soft) vii

time factor 125

Tomahawk (Datasoft) vii

torque 29

Torque Gauge 64

TOW antitank missile launcher 18

TOW missile 5, 45

translational lift 32, 65

transmission 16

transparent blast screen 15-16

Transporter Erector Launcher and Radar. See TELAR

turning 67-69

turning while hovering 30

23mm High Explosive Incendiary cannon projectile 13

two-player system 131-32

2.75-inch rockets 17

UH-1H Huey helicopter 3, 42, 51

Up Fast key 64, 76

Up Slow key 64

vertical control 27-29

video display screen 20

VSI (Vertical Speed Indicator) 65

waiting gun ambush 102-3

Warrant Officer 40

Warrant Officer Candidate Military Development Course 41

weapons mix by climate 52-53

weapons systems 43-61

aiming 21-22

weather conditions 5, 20-21, 117, 130

what-you-see-is-what-you-hit targeting system 20

wing damage indicator (W) 117

zoo. See Shilka antiaircraft gun

ZSU-23-4. See Shilka antiaircraft gun

Zuni heavy rockets 17

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