AlphaOneSix

The NVGs are more realistic now than they used to be. However I am also of the opinion that realism isn't always the best approach to problems like this, with limitations like monitors and TrackIR, etc.

Raising the ECLs has the same effect as raising the collective, just without increasing blade pitch. That is, increasing collective and increasing ECL both increase the engine's "internal" throttle. Note that with the ECL full up you cannot pull the collective full up. At least not on the real thing you can't, you'll hit physical stops on the engine fuel control unit. As you've probably already noticed, raising the ECLs will increase your rotor RPM. This is because you're essentially overpowering the main rotor speed governor in the engines. You should see your rotor RPM at around 97-99% with the ECLS full up and the main rotor speed governor resetting switch probably won't do anything. In reality, the ECLs are only moved for testing the engines separately or in response to certain malfunctions. But it'a all good, you do you. I'm all for people playing the way that results in them getting the most enjoyment out of it. :)

Real NVGs do look like a circle, but really I don't mind since this is a game and monitors are small. If you want it to look real, then the circle is real. Also, the field of view is fairly close. OVN-1 goggles have a 38 degree field of view, so if the end of the goggles are 2 feet from the cockpit panel, you should see about 16-17 inches of the panel. Even the blur on the new goggles is closer to real life than that old effect where you could actually read the cockpit instruments.

NVGs are normally powered by a battery pack attached to the helmet. That is, they have their own power source. They don't normally plug into the aircraft for power.

Yes. Also, what mvsgas said. :D

I don't know about the jets in the sim, most of my experience is with the Mi-8, but I can tell you that if you run it out of fuel, it's down for maintenance (replacement of both engine fuel control units), you cannot just refuel it and restart and go back to flying. It seems more realistic to me that if you run an aircraft our of fuel, you need to spawn a new aircraft, you shouldn't be able to just refuel a broken aircraft and go flying again. In this particular example, I would say that if you ran an aircraft out of fuel and landed it successfully, you should shouldn't even be allowed to refuel it since the ground crew will tell you thanks for bringing her back now she needs to go into maintenance. But really I agree with both camps: First, just report everything and let ED sort it out. They have people whose sole jobs are the assignment and prioritization of bug reports. Second, just because something can be simulated, doesn't mean it should be simulated, for any number of reasons, but that's irrelevant and not our job as consumers to decide, just report everything and let ED sort it out.

Someone will need to recreate it in the Chit-Chat section or maybe ask a moderator to move this thread to Chit-Chat.

In our English manuals, the throttle on the collective is referred to as the “throttle control twist grip”. But I have seen some odd translations. For example, we have some older manuals where the swashplate is called the “wobble plate”.

It's the other link: https://forums.eagle.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=251

Probably in Chit-Chat, which is where the F-16C thread turned up.

1. Correct, once you've used both the main and secondary bottles, there is no more extinguishing agent remaining. 2. If there is an engine compartment fire, you must also immediately shut down the engine and shut off its fuel flow. Do this by moving the red handle above the pilot followed by closing the fuel shutoff valve for that engine on the fuel panel above the copilot.

That's pretty high praise, thanks!

That's not a person wrapped around the tail, it's the tail rotor gearbox and tail rotor.

It's a 150kg winch used for rescue hoisting.

Thanks, Looney! I'll see if I can post one for the rotor system soon.

Does it do that even if you have no stores on the wing? I will grant that I have not done a great deal of research on the topic. Just enough to be dangerous. ;)

Thanks to the fact that it's a video game. ;) For the Ka-50 at least, the weights of the airframe sections does not seem to be calculated. That is, fuel, ammunition, and other stores are all calculated individually, but the airframe as a whole seems to have a preset balance point that does not change when you remove major sections of the airframe. Can't say I disagree, that would be quite a task and I'd rather see development effort spent elsewhere. I'd also prefer if the tail was not something that could fall off, since that not exactly realistic either.

Abovetopsecret.com? Immediately false.

I know that. In fact, your definition is also wrong of what an NVG-ompatible cockpit is. You don't have to dim the lights with NVG-compatible lights, you can set them all the way up or down and they will not interfere with the goggles. The only way to read the gauges is by looking under your goggles or by refocusing your goggles. Nobody does the refocus thing anymore, that went away as soon as the full-face PVS-5s went away. EDIT: for reference, and to be more specific:

Not all US is green. White phosphor goggles are becoming more and more prevalent.

It does, doesn't it? NVG-compatible cockpits are absolutely everywhere these days. All military helicopters have them and so do most (if not all) civilian medevac helicopters. I am prettier sure the A-10C has an NVG-compatible cockpit as well. Even most Mi-17s have the mod done on them out of the factory nowadays.

Thanks for the reminder! I have signatures off so I never see mine or anyone else's. Turns out I had my old specs in there! I had specs in mine because I used to be in the Tester Team and they liked knowing right away what my spec were when I raised an issue, so it was for an actual purpose, but anyway I'm no longer a tester nor do I have that computer anymore. So fixed that!

I'm pretty sure, and I know someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but... Those aren't supposed to rotate, it's the inlet guide vanes you see, not the first stage of the compressor.

Yes in real life you just look under the goggles to see the instruments. or in my case look at ATAK on my android phone so I can see the predator feed from my seat in the helicopter. :D

I have to agree with Eddie and Dee-Jay. I'm also a nightly user of some very recent NVG's and there isn't any auto focus and the cockpit is blurry. Loving the White Phosphor tubes.