Sarathi S.

The Mission Grip has all the functionality found on the Cyclic and Collective stick, allowing the pilot or gunner to use the full functionality of the TSS and weapons without having their hands on the controls. Both seats have it but in practice it would generally only be used by the front seat (gunner). (So yes it does do something)

What's up with that toolbox?

And again, the charts lack a large amount of context. There is a massive disparity between MC (which includes PMC) and FMC. Finding a squadron with more than a 50% FMC rate is INSANE

Really wish there weren't so many other issues with the Academy NTS boxing.

Talking about the commonality between Yankee and Zulu, I can confirm that the "85% commonality" is almost entirely contained in the drive systems (gearboxes, etc), engines, tailboom, and rotor systems.

A little annoyed that the warning decals disappear on the light ghost gray. Also that he's using dark ghost gray for the upper surfaces instead of 35237

I've also got one with a bit of a yellow tinge.

Lot of SOF guys have gone away from the quad-tubes in favor of PVS-31s due to weight and size concerns, as well as some of the issues mentioned above in this thread. As for who it was in the pic I've heard it was one of the SFGs, not SEALs.

New rotors among other things, if I remember correctly.

Reissue of the Olimp AH-1W NTS set. AH-1Z and UH-1Y would be good too.

Considering it looks to be a rebox of the standard Italeri C-130 kit you'll run into the same pitfalls as that does, i.e. improperly sized engine nacelles, if my memory serves me correctly. Other than that, I say go for it.

This will definitely be one I follow if Oliver's gonna work his magic on it.

I work on Zulus, but getting walkarounds of the helmet may be a bit difficult. Details look... Odd, some panel lines seem a lot heavier than they need to be, but I'll still probably pick one of these up. I'm hyped up by the schemes they included.

What is up with that M249 though? It's not 1996 anymore.

One thing that would be interesting is that new SATCOM antenna that CV and some MV-22s have been getting, apparently. Source: https://theaviationist.com/2018/09/20/new-bulge-on-top-of-u-s-marine-corps-and-afsocs-v-22-osprey-tilt-rotor-aircraft-is-a-radome-that-houses-a-satcom-antenna/