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If, as it says in the manual: "When a helicopter is starting from a “cold” state at the beginning of a mission, it is already connected to external power supply by default. Therefore, there is no need to explicitly request to connect to it." Then if there's a reasonable possibility that an aircraft will have to 'scramble' in a hurry, shouldn't it - wouldn't it - be possible for systems that take a long time to initialise - like the full INU alignment - to have already had this done & be sitting hot running off ground power while the engines are cold ?

Perhaps it's from that early radar receivers use oscilloscopes screens that literally gave you a 'spike' for a radar target: Figure 3: Circular display of German Wurzburg radar; AT marking target ‘blips Figure 2. Screen display of British 1940 ‘Chain Home’ radar, showing four aircraft represented by downward-pointing ‘blips’. The upward-pointing trace is a marker which can be moved along by turning a pointer moving over a scale which shows the target’s range. (Image credit: Plate V, J.G Crowther and R Whiddington, Science at War, London: HMSO, 1947; Crown Copyright now expired) Dreams and Visions: The Development of Military Radar Iconography and User Reaction, 1935-45 – Technology's Stories

Oh, and did I mention that under the nose cover of the Ka-29TB is the same steerable YAKB-12.7mm 4-barrel HMG used on the Mi-24 D/V ?

Been mentioned before, but Ka-29TB - pretty much the same weapons as Ka-50, but a 2 seater with troop transport / cargo capabilities - and more than half a dozen built Could serve (as a variant did) as data-linked C&C for Ka-50's Maybe even

Don't changes to missile FM/guidance/etc. testing always start with Red? Or is my memory playing tricks on me?

Track of the PS's 2017 vintage TV targeted, laser rangefinder equipped AK-176MA 75mm naval gun being out-ranged and sunk by a 1927 vintage mk1 eyeball targeted Type 88 75mm AAA battery with the patrol ship never getting a shot off (The P22160 won't actually fire until 4.5km. The Oliver Perry - with the same sized gun - appears to have the same wildly sub-par range issue) AK-176 shell weight 12.4kg, muzzle velocity 960 m/s Type88 shell weight 6.6kg, muzzle velocity 720 m/s same caliber - no way the Type 88 can out-range the AK-176 project out gunned.trk

The Project 22160 Patrol Ship in game has a maximum engagement range of ~ 6km The vessel in reality is armed with the AK-176 76mm Naval gun which according to a variety of sources has an effective range of 10km and a maximum ballistic range of 15km - 17km No sources cite 6km, some cite significantly greater range than 15km for the AK-176M fitted to the vessels in game.

Oh, I agree, the map's looking very good, but some dev news would stop me feeling like a mushroom.

LOL 8 months now even by your reconning...

Then they did a nice job, because the 'moving camera' casts the shadow of a head on the aircraft as it climbs up & of a body & head once it's on the wing.

Loving the run to the cockpit & climb in feature

Haven't tried it yet but if that works, you're a star

As the title says - a dialogue box at the bottom of the ME that let you enter coordinates then jump to the point would make going to RL places of interest much easier. (For instance to find the Kokari-Sharshari fortified area) Watching the long/lat numbers change as you move the cursor is not a user-friendly approach.

LOL - When I first read that I thought you meant "IRL" & I thought to myself "Should you be telling us you were flying in an Apache 38km inside Afghan territory a few weeks ago ?"

I's a beautiful map - pretty much all I use now. As Tomcatter87 said, there can be times when those beautiful mountain ridges resolve into sharp meshes when you get very close, but that aside, it is a very convincing bit of real estate to fly round in (If only they would finish the North!!!)