Henchman14

I think you can hit break lock (c, china hat aft short) and it should come back to facing around the middle of the hud. At least, this works in AG mode.

Thanks! So nice to be able to actually understand what my wingman is trying to say.

Lol, woops! Yeah, I meant the cyclic. :p

Hey guys, been experimenting. Good news for those who want to carry A2A weapons on the Ka-50. So far, all the player can do is mount the R73. You can't lock or fire it. BUT, your wingmen CAN! Just watched my wingie engage and shoot down an F14! The second one got him, but it was good fight. So if you want to arm your wingmen against other heli's or jets, you can!

I don't think much consideration was ever given to the Ka-50 in terms of bomb or submunition release. There's not even a proper bomb sight. Funnily enough though, if you switch to bombs and then dive about 85 degrees, you'll see a CCIP indicator swim onto the hud. :p Pretty worthless though, considering your already vertical.

If all else fails, on the weapons board just above the collective are four switches. The left most one says auto or manual. If you can't fire, flip it to manual and the computer will stop analyzing whether it is realistic to fire at the target or not. Sometimes, I think the computer itself gets a little unrealistic. Especially with the rockets and cannons.

Lol, no, its just a scam. They haven't cracked it YET.

Lol, you can try, but you'll never beat em.

Nice!

They can handle my engine anytime! :thumbup:

Well, if your pitot is iced over, you may be going a lot faster than 5 km/h. The pitot is your airspeed measurement instrument, among other things.

It sure does in the sim! I can attest to that! :D That sucker has picked me off like 6km away. And I was going fast, sideways to it. But in close, at about 2km, that thing is deadly with its 30mm. It doesn't miss. Not in sim.

Well, I think a lot of early russian and modern chinese tech was stolen from the U.S. and modified by said countries for there own purposes.

If all else fails, there's a switch on the panel in front of the cyclic with auto / manual on it. Flip to manual, and your vihkrs won't wait for auth. Good for emergencies. They may or may not make the laser guide tunnel. And if its a real emergency, and your out of everything else, flip the switch near the vihkr eject to "armed", then "eject" some vihkrs at the target. Good for taking out the ZU-23 at 10 paces thats tearing you apart. :cry:

Yeah, hard diving can rip up your rotors if you give it a lot of collective during the dive. I drop my collective in a hard dive, which flattens the rotors and keeps them safe.