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RoryAndersonCDT -> RE: Cold War Database 1946-1979 Platform Requests (10/29/2013 3:28:28 AM)
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I have a few requests [:D] I'm making a group of 1950s scenarios where WWIII started right after WWII and soviet naval aviation actually took off! One problem with soviet naval aviation is that its very, very weak in the 1950s and cannot stray more than 50 nautical miles from LBA for lack of air defense. I have a few requests which will make a "WWIII right after WWII with carrier battles" possible!
Could I get an "Internal Guns" loadout for the Tu-91 Boot Strike (id = 572) with an appropriate range?
Also the Yak-25's length according to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-25 is 15.67 meters which puts it's size as a Medium Aircraft. This affects ids 174, 177, and 2377. This will allow the Yak-25 to possibly be based off of carriers.
Plus the Yak-25M (id: 177) has a RP-6 Sokol (Falcon) air search radar with a 20 mile range. Source: http://www.exacteditions.com/read/aeroplane/june-2009-5197/40/3/ plus wikipedia mentions the RP-6 Sokol radar as well.
RP-6 might also have a 'look down' capability.
http://www.kamov.net/russian-aircraft/yakovlev-yak-25m/
Image of RP-6: http://coldwar.forumcommunity.net/?t=50771571
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=18019.5;wap2 ""Scan Three" - X band, 9.3-9.4GHz, 3 modes detected. very high PRF (Yak-25) [RP-6 Sokol]
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This is a long shot but I guess it can't hurt to ask [:D] would it be possible to get a theoretical Yak-25 (id 174) and Yak-25M (id 177) to be Carrier Capable?
I have a few reasons to think that the Yak-25 and Yak-25M might have been carrier capable if Stalin stuck around to demand a Soviet carrier aviation fighter.
First off I'm going to use the Tu-91 as a baseline; as it actually was a prototype soviet carrier capable aircraft.
Tu-91:
Max. takeoff weight: 14,400 kg (31,746 lb)
Wing area: 47.5 m² (511 ft²)
(14 400 kg) / (47.5 (m^2)) = 303.157895 kg / m2
Thus a wing loading of 303kg/m2.
Yak-25:
Loaded weight: 8,675 kg (19,125 lb)
Wing area: 28.94 m² (311.51 ft²)
Wing loading at loaded weight: (8675 kg) / (28.94 (m^2)) = 299.75812 kg / m2
Max. takeoff weight: 9,450 kg (29,760 lb)
Wing loading at max takeoff weight: (9450 kg) / (28.94 (m^2)) = 326.537664 kg / m2
So approximately the same wing loading, and a lighter aircraft overall.
Yak-28R Brewer D (id 151) is carrier capable but isn't introduced until 1967; and dominates the 1950s airspace if I use it.
In conclusion [:D] between the wing loading and Yakovlev producing a carrier capable aircraft a decade later I'd like to request
the following:
Tu-91 Boot Strike getting an internal guns loadout with appropriate range.
Yak-25M being given an additional air search sensor
Yak-25 and Yak-25M being made Medium Aircraft
Yak-25 and Yak-25M being made carrier capable
The introduction of the Yak-25 and Yak-25M as a theoretical carrier capable aircraft will make soviet carrier naval aviation able to go toe-to-toe with American carrier naval aviation in the 1950s.
I have to say I absolutely love the CWDB! It covers a period in time that not many naval combat simulations cover! I also think if WWIII was going to kick off it would have happened in the 1950s or early 1960s.
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