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Was wondering what the increased traffic in this thread meant -- then remembered the sale that's going on! I encourage everyone to try the Ka-50 -- really anyone remotely interested in a helo flight sim would be foolish not to pick this one up!

I was specifically NOT given permission to release the Russian version. Perhaps the producer's will update the Russian version and release that on their own.

That sucks! Wish I could help you -- if there's someplace else where you could access them, let me know, I might be able to upload them again (no promises).

You, and everyone else who gives it a try are in for a great bit of campaigning! I would agree with the others that stated it's the greatest campaign to grace a flight sim. Hand's down. Enjoy. I sure did :P

The campaign has been updated. Click here to navigate to the relevant thread.

**UPDATE** 19AUG2017 Please use the link below to download this FREE campaign. Updated to be compatible with current DCS World Open Beta 1.5.7 NOTE: In Mission #2 there are two separate flights in this mission -- the first led by one leader, the second led by another. Near the end of the first flight, when you are nearly back to the base, you'll be instructed to quickly land and refuel and then hover at the end of the runway to wait for the second leader to appear. You've only 10 minutes to do this. In reality, it's more like 15 :) With permission from the producer's of the Vergeev Group Campaign, I'm proud to announce the availability of the English version of the campaign, fully updated to be compatible with the current (1.5.7) version of DCS: World. I spent at least 100 hours testing all of the missions and working out the bugs that prevented normal users from enjoying the campaign. This is my way of giving back to our wonderful community. If you're not familiar with the Vergeev Group campaign, check out this short video I created: Download Update **All credit and copyrights remain the same as the original, i.e, Roman Leroni of the Vergeev Group and DCS.**

Not sure I understand issue -- but if you're expecting some coordinates from where you have your Shkval pointed, be sure to set the left switch (below the PVI there are two switches) to the Shkval setting (I think it is the "up" as opposed to "down" setting).

Is using simFFB a temporary workaround for this issue? Not the missing shake feature -- but the input delay and general FFB features.

Looks like it might be related to this new FFB problem introduced with 1.2.6.

I'm having the exact same problem in the Blackshark -- wonder if that file exists in the Ka-50 folder. Will check when I get home. Got home -- unfortunately there is no such option (sticktimelag) in the corresponding Ka-50 file :(

I'm pretty confident it's happening in the Ka-50 as well -- it would explain a problem I've been having lately with the trimmer. Going to test it when I get home.

Of course every time I specifically set out to record this phenomena, I can't reproduce it -- but thought I would ask community at large if anyone else has noticed this behavior: When coming to a hover, I'm obviously pitched up to slow down until I more or less stop forward movement. At this point I've got the trimmer punched in and held, so that I can compensate for wind, etc. -- so end result is I'm hovering manually with zero vector, and then I release the trimmer, then engage hover-mode. That's my modus operandi. Lately though, it seems like 50% of the time (usually when I'm in a hairy situation of course) when I release the trimmer, the nose drops a few degrees and I end up moving forward. This is before I engage the hover-mode. I then pull the nose back up again and attempt another trim. Sometimes it takes up to 10 attempts until finally it will hold the nose where it's supposed to. I started to notice this after the 1.2.5 update, which included "Better support for force feedback", and wonder if it has anything to do with that -- as indeed, I use a Sidewinder 2 with FFB enabled. I've tried to also use simFFB.exe to control FFB, but I get the same "nose-heavy" result most of the time. Anyone else notice this lately?

I guess your point is why would pilot want to turn light off and not retract it? One reason might be for morris-code type signaling -- say, for a downed pilot, or wingman when secure comms aren't available for whatever reason. It wouldn't work if you had to retract light after every single "blip".

Maybe I haven't recovered from the weekend yet - but isn't this exactly what you were expecting? (middle position light is OFF but NOT retracted)? I.e., you have to put switch in down position in order to retract it.

Aside from the first, the rest of the images are from various missions in the Vergeev Group campaign ...

Unfortunately no -- if anyone sees Leroni around the forums, please let him know about this thread! I've already sent him an email --

Thanks for info -

I checked the /Mods/Aircrafts/Mi8.../Docs folder and could only find a russian flight manual (DCS manual) -- is the English version not finished yet?

I saw the other thread, and thought we could use one thread for everyone to post their first flights in --

I'm not talking about hearing the rotors -- I'm just saying if the wind is blowing as hard as it sounds (you can hear gusts of winds because of the new sound engine), the rotors should be moving. Like this:

Believe it or not -- wasn't bored, but didn't like my skill level for flying backwards, and challenged myself to fly an entire mission that way so that I could nail down that particular skill.

Quite nice -- but not sure how it fits in with the physics of the world -- sounds windy, yet rotors aren't moving like they usually do.

There are so many different versions of the cockpit -- I can only vouch for the black Russian pit -- it works fine. The properties of the zip file, so you might compare to see if it is same version:

That's great news!

From what I understand (and by no means am I an authority on the subject), neither the Ka-50 or the Ka-52 were designed for coop type fighting with the Mi-28. The original Ka-52 I think was a sort of "trainer"for the Ka-50 pilots, and not a whole lot of Ka-50's were actually produced - in main part due to the extreme high-demand on the lone pilot (task saturation). Ironically, in recent years the Ka-52 has taken the spotlight as an ideal platform for which the Ka-50 was originally designed -- since the lone pilot demand problem obviously becomes a non-issue with the Ka-52. I know I've read about plenty of "orders" for the Ka-52 from other countries -- but not sure if they have actually been producing them and shipping them out, or if they (former Soviet Union) are producing them for their own military. I recall seeing this list of orders on a reputable website -- perhaps the RAND website? I don't remember -- but if anyone can chime in with updated information, that would be great! The Ka-50 is my all-time favorite aircraft, helo or fixed. I hope it gets a proper "tour" of duty whether it be in the form of the Ka-50 or the Ka-52.