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The Mi-8 uses the ARK-UD for VHF homing and it needs to be triggered in the mission editor. It has 6 preset channels and one UHF emergency channel (243.000). As far as I know, the R-863 cannot be used for VHF homing, the R-828 can so there's a possibility to use those freqs as beacon signal frequencies. I'll look into it later.

It is true that GPS once held a cryptographic key that allowed friendly units to get much beter accuracy then civilian ones. This was dropped at some point in time since scrambling GPS now tends to put a lot of vehicles and people into panic mode. With GPS being once behind a cryptographic wall, I don't see any reason for the GLONASS system to not have a similar thing, hence the issue what is described above appears.

Is it possible to switch on/off certain radars in the tactical view? That way, the ability to build an air picture with a ship is possible without all the other radars or vice-versa. Can you make the visibility of known radars an option? since Electronic Support Methods would only give you bearing to a radar station, is it possible to make an optional line drawn ov er the screen in the direction the radar was detected? That way, triangulation of enemy radars is needed to get a rough position rather then seeing them on the map.

The last three sentences can also be done with one if you desire: Engaged defensive!

Are you sure you're not using the coaxial gun of the M1?

There's a mod out for 2.0 iirc which allows you to launch two DCS instances and while using one for mission editing, you can see direct result in the other.

I think the biggest hurdle is the network code. It hasn't been designed to handle multi-crew and, if you ask me, also not the current state of DCS with its many users, airframes and even ground vehicles which can be all player driven. One of the things they're working on is improving the networkcode, I fully expect that to include a correct handling of multicrew as well as optimizing the current state of affairs to be morre... eeh... elegant. (and dedicated server support!).

Multicrew hasn't been implmented yet by ED. More than one third party developer are waiting for ED to come out of the woodworks with multi-crew.

Great video, thanks for sharing! Can we get a video, or a few shots, of the working RWR?

The Shkval doesn't have IR, it's a TV system without any IR possibilities. It tracks targets based on contrast, so if a target moves into a bush or forest, you'll loose lock in RL but not so very much in DCS as the software cheats when you want to track a target. DCs doesn't track on contrast alone, it also checks wether a valid target is in the display, allowing somewhat of a track when vehicles go into bushes or dissappear partly behind a building.

He's not negative, just fed up. Use the search function and you'll see there are tons of exactly this kind of threads. We're running in circles, that's what's frustrating and no amount of posting is going to change that.

Update's out, unless somebody at Polychop has got a big hat with a white rabbit in it, it's going to be a quiet update for me as I don't own the F-86...

OV-22 Osprey comes to mind, there's a challenge!

Polychop just announced they will stop the Gazelle project as of tomorrow due to budget constraints... :( Hang on, I'll see if I can dig up a link.

OK, thanks for looking into it though!

Any news on this?

Hi Shaman, shoot me a PM, I've got both modules and am somewhat proficient with the Mi-8 so I can help you test stuff. As far as I know, setting up SAM-sites works, also transporting troops and vehicles to the frontline works as well. Vehicles can be driven by CA players.

One is german engineering, the other french... ?

Love the detail, was wondering myself what it was..

As far as my knowledge on radios goes, being a former communications officer, the AGC is usen in the receiver circuit to allow a constant volume of signal to be heard instead of louder and softer signals, it has nothing to do with tuning. Tuning is performed to match the amplifier output impedance to the antenna impedance. Basically, you're compensating for the length of the antenna by tuning the amplifier via a set of coils to match both impedances which allows for the best tranmitter efficiency. Most (western) tranceivers do this automatically the first time you key-in on the new frequency, the russian counterparts require you to press and hold the tuning button until the system, via its light, tells you tuning had been succesfully completed.

Looks like a fun mission GrmlZ, looking forward to its release!

Uaing DCS 1.5.3.50487, when calling up a large piece of radio text, this text is visble in the binocular view as well, see attached screenshot: Using 1920 x 1080 HD monitor.

Make sure to switch the HSI knob below it from MW to VHF to use the ARK-UD.

Hi Ciribob, The ARK-UD of the Mi-8 uses a trigger zone coupled with a radio transmission set-up in the mission editor to activate one of the six channels (seven if you count 243.000 as well) of the ARK-UD. More information on how this works in the mission editor here: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=154403 Hope it gives you the information you need.

Yeah, a post like this will get them to jump through hoops no doubt.