Volk.

Interesting...hadn't thought of the placement height as a factor.

Thanks - that's interesting. I suppose the larger arc swiveling turret works better for a 2 seater than it would have for the single-pilot Ka-50. ps. if the laser is armed, then holding down Uncage Shvkal does appear to fire the laser periodically even without pressing lock, so 'wild gunning' it will have some ranging - just not fully accurately ranging until you tap lock I guess.

Next tutorial vid is up... There's some basics on sniping tactics & weapon use, but mostly it's on how to get more out of the Helmet Mounted Sight than just pointing it near the target then slewing onto it - you can use it for 'live recon' and locking a target just by moving your vision over it.

I've read they mounted the 2A42 on the side, near the centre of gravity to compensate for the recoil of the BMP-2 gun. From all the sources I've seen, the 2A42 is the same calibre (30mm), but longer barrel and muzzle velocity than most other Attack helicopters Couple of years later the Mi-28 comes out using the same cannon, but chin mounted, with larger arc it can shoot in. From the limited videos I've seen, I can't visually tell that the Havoc has worse recoil or flight characteristics than the Ka-50/Ka-52 when firing, or that it's a reduced version of the 2A42. I have no Idea on actual accuracy differences between the platforms. *If* all the above is correct, was the mounting for the Mi-28 just better designed (more time spent I guess), or did the Black Shark get by then with am economically cheaper and lighter mounting by doing the side mount and hoping coaxial rudder speed would compensate?

Just copy-paste from the Black Shark manual - limits for controllability: Maximum wind speed, m/s: Taxi Head wind 20 m/s (~39 knots) Taxi Crosswind and tailwind 10 m/s (~19 knots) For takeoff and landing: crosswind and tailwind 10 m/s (~19 knots) But yeah, even 20 knots in the sim makes a hover very unpleasant. Since it kinda wants to fly into the wind (or at least I assume that's the reason), it is a little easier to aim on a target if you have decent forward speed. I'm also curious know if that's just the sim exaggerating wind (at least on helos), the Black Shark's shape more aerodynamic shape making it fare worse...then again I haven't flown the Mi8 in high wind recently...and definitely kinda scared doing that new campaign slingloading in snowstorms. But if wind isn't an issue and your channels are on (you didn't kick them out by switching on Hover mode when it wasn't ready or too low), then it does exactly what you told it, trying to balance the bank, pitch and heading (and altitude) you had when you trimmed.

I haven't noticed any issues on the current OpenBeta. You mentioned the lights are on, so I'm assuming you didn't try to engage Hover mode below 4m or that your doppler's still getting ready. If it was heavy wind then you'd also start weather cocking, so that would affect all channels... If you say Heading is holding and altitude, then I'm assuming flight director is off, and you are trimming... is route mode engaged maybe? That can try to 'level you out', ie neutralise bank + pitch but retain heading. EDIT: ...and I only ready your last sentence now on it being solved. Cool, just learnt something.

Thanks Taz. It started out having failing to explain in text once too many that FD is and isn't the same as Hold-Trim at various times, I figured I hadn't seen a tut yet which combines all the modes & methods, so it had to cover everything cohesively which meant a longer vid. I was keenly aware of the time thing, and often find myself fast-forwarding tuts till the good stuff so hence the heavy editing to trim the time and relying on timestamps to have people get to the topics they don't understand. Outside of a more level voice over for future vids, I'm thinking of keeping the vocal pacing the same, but then essentially title card pauses between topics instead of immediately delving into the topic. I'm think the next one might be getting to the 25 minute mark with these pauses. Still not short, I know. But hopefully again fully cover the topic in itself, rather than scattered sources of info. Will see.

Posted a youtube video at for those interested. The intent was covering the basics of trim & autopilot, but after that also exploring the various interactions between the channels and the modes and their potential uses. I didn't get all of them. Everything is stated as it is right now in the sim (Openbeta), not on what the real Ka-50 could do. Hope it helps.