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LLTM setup Hi, my question is similar, I'm thinking on a 22"wide and a 17 or 19" with touch kit below the wide (and, of course, a TrackIR4). How could I manage with different size screens? THX!

ButtKicker Hi there, I am waiting for the Black Shark; does it work with it? Will I feel some hard maneuvers in my @ss? Finishing a dive with 150 kts at 50 feet AGL or braking hard before landing with teeth chaaaaatteeeeeriiiiiing:)? I will love it! Cheers!

jDome Nice! If it won't be so expensive and have no distortion and no palm-sized pixels... I've seen some PowerPoint presentations projected from the back side of the "wall"... :no_sad: That jDome must be built from some very special material to have enjoyable screen. There must be a personal experience :). And how can I put my future touch screen kit like Urze's? Or use virtual reality gloves?:D THX!

Generators Hi AirTito, I don't know about the generators being bulletproof, THX for gods :D . But sometimes they drop parallel mode: BZU failure, of course... Maybe our Shark got later model than Mi-24Vs' and Ps'. THX!

APU Hi AirTito, I'm also surprised to hear AI-9V does not provide 28.5 V DC. It seems that at Kamov they made a bit more dependable electric system: Mi-24s have some weak points, one of them is the 208 V 3 phase AC generators. Sometimes they don't work parallel and it can be "pain in the a..":D situation at icy weather. That AGB feature is great, I've never heard about it:punk: this could be good for our maintenance guys (no APA or hydraulics truck needed). I am really amazed about the modelled FOD. If I don't switch dust separators (PZUs) on, sh*t happens... And the icing on the engines... does it have affect on the gearbox cooling (on Hinds there ain't no de-icing on the gearbox cooling intake - increased gearbox oil temp can refer to icing)? Thanks

AI-9V APU Hi, A16 I just seen LLTM video. That left gauge must be the EGT instrument, I think the approx. real AI-9V EGT can be seen (750 °C ain't too often, ~600 normally). On Hinds, there is a smaller gauge for the air pressure, which must be about 1.8-2.2 bar, depends on outer temp and altitude. On the vid, cannot see it. BTW, I just recognized the cold EGT test on the dual instrument, upper right... Mmmmm... :worthy:

AI-9V APU Hey there, On Mi-24s, the AI-9V APU's maximum constant running time is 30 minutes (not in case of an emer). If Ka-50 has the same type (TV3-117s need air pressure for start-up), this time can be the same. Also on Hinds, AI-9V provides air pressure and 28.5 V DC with its starter-generator. In an airborne emergency, you can use this air pressure to restart your engine(s), BUT only in a case that you exactly KNOW why did they stop: e. g. you were @sshole with the fuel system:) or you stopped one of them at your single engine flight. If you don't know why did they stop, failed engine(s) restart is prohibited. I think every engine stops are cause of a failure, TV3's are very dependable stuff, so you shouldn't restart them. In a case when both 208 V AC generators are failed, you must start AI-9V, and you must use the DC generator mode. If not, your batteries have only 8-9 minutes, after that you will fly, but without anything ( fire fighting system, gauges, instruments etc...) Sh*t happens... You have hydraulic pressure if your rotor system is operating, hydraulic pumps are on the main gearbox. I think most of helos have the same method: the rotor will run w/o engine(s) at autorotation. AI-9V's maximum EGT is 880 °C at start-up, 750 °C during TV3's crank-up. It has four checking lights: "Auto start-up running" green, "Oil pressure normal" green, "RPM normal" green, "RPM high" red (Hind). If these are useful for someone... THX!

VR gloves Hi, ain't it possible to set up a 22"W and a 19" display vertically and add a touch kit to the lower 19"? I dunno if the DualHead2Go can handle it. Maybe as two 22"W and forget the side stripes cause of the 19"? THX!

I checked this one out. By its price, I can buy 2 or almost 3 touch screen kits for my displays, if I want 17" ones. But I don't want. I want 22" wides:D Urze's LLTM setup is veeeery interesting. A vertical dual display with touch screen kit on the lower one... good as a rookie kit:D Bye!

Hi evyone, I'm thinking about the fully clickable panel of our Ka-50. I don't know is it easy to handle the things with the mouse or the mouse emulator on the X52 (not the simple clicks but the ABRIS for example). On MSFS2k4, Nemeth Bros' Mi-24P was fully clickable, but the mouse ain't the ideal input device :cry:. Will the full clickable panel be usable with keyboard commands (and, with this, full vouce command)? If not, I found an interesting thing: virtual reality glove:):) http://www.vrealities.com/P5.html With this, the clicks, knob turns etc. might be easier:D. And cheaper than a touchscreen and the TouchBuddy. If it is compatible. Or another useless gadget? What are Your opinions? Thanks!

FF joys Hey there, I've tried Logitech's Strike Force 3D a few times (You know the big plate under the stick) and that was cool: it almost felt like real steering force (in LOMAC and in MSFS2k4 Nemeth Bros' Mi-24P). That joy had really strong and precise force feedback effect. As I wanted to have an own one, Logitech had only Force 3D Pro. It was a baby joy, without the feeling of real (or ANY) force. Plus, I could not calibrate it properly after a few hours' use. Since that, I've had X52. Without FF:( but without problems:) Bye!

If the hydraulic pressure goes away, the boosters will become a direct link between the stick and the rotor blade rods, so the stick will start to circle bw your knees and crash 'em away: you cannot go out from the helo (on Mi-24 you ain't have ejection seats). On the other hand, the helo will make a very rapid kind of Pugachev cobra, then start breakdancing around its 6DOF, so you have no time to get out. Bye!

Hi, Hellfires have an advantage to hit from above; turret or engine bay "roof" is the weak point of a tank. Vihrs are laser beam riders so you have a big chance to attack the thickest (front) armor on it. But there are more posibilities: get off its caterpillar, its sensors or its armament. Can be a way to lay it out. (In LOFC, it takes only 70-80 rounds from GAU-8/A to blow up a T-80 from dive. From low level flight I have to fire 3-400 rounds...) Will the "partial destroy" (no caterpillar: no movement but able to fire its gun) be modelled in BS? Bye!

Trim Hi, on a real combat helo, if you push it and release in another stick position, the AP will stabilize the helo in that pitch and roll and the artifical force feedback will effect from this new zero stick position. In that way you can fly the helo with light hand movements. During heavy maneuvering, sometimes trim button is held constantly:joystick:, in that case the AP doesn't stabilize and there ain't no force feedback on the stick, so you can breakdance over the battlefield:D... G overlimit etc... Almost like you use and release Su-25T's attitude stabilizer in every few secs. But the helo doesn't want to get back to its stabilized attitude so aggressively. I can imagine an upgraded X52 stick with real trim mechanism:) Bye!

In real life, there are charts with pop-up speeds and distances, pitch angles etc. Of course, these are for a battle of face-to-face armies with known positions (a Cold War-style tank/arty battle plan:)). But I'll try it... Needs proper mission planning or a TACP/pathfinder team. May be useful against wide area objects (enemy FARP...) defended by AK and MANPAD guys. I don't wanna get closer than necessary and in a tent camp I cannot find a target for my Vihrs... A good question is the ballistic throw and we need HE warheads. I'll make the test flights:D Thanks and bye!

A better result with Su-25... BTW, there's a pop-up firing mode of unguided rockets, it can double the maximum range of S-8, but it definitely ain't a pinpoint strike:D, it is for area attack. I cannot try it in LOFC cause of the self-destroying (fading away) rockets. Will it be possible in BS? Bye!

I'll try... Tried on Su-33 yesterday... not a pinpoint striker. But for pop-up targets, if there ain't no time to make the aiming charm for Vihrs...:) Don't forget there ain't no WSO on board, you have to do evything. And it takes time to make a correct aiming and home a missile even with WSO. But you're right. After that kind of engagement, I gonna break left and act like a mole:D Bye!

Er... think S-8s ain't against tanks? There are variants destroying more than 400 mm of conventional armor (think it ain't modelled in LOFC); if you're accurate on an accurate helo... well, you must get closer than with Vihrs:) Bye!

gen Hi guys, I have questions about the weather. In real life there are different visibilities face to face to the sun and with sun behind me. It can be hard in mornings, late afternoons in a shiny and snowy/hazy weather: visibility can be 2-300 m or less. After a 180 degree turn it can be 10-12 kms. It is typical in helo-like low levels, maybe at LOFC's 4-5000 m altitudes it ain't a factor. Will it be modelled, I think in the next engine? THX!

twist grip Hi, guys, On Mi-24s (Mi-8s, Mi-17s), there are two throttle levers to each engine. On the collective there is a twist throttle grip as well. If you twist it to the full left, it is the idle "on the earth", we use this at start-up, during warm-up and cooling after a flight. After warm-up you twist the grip to the full right position; this is the idle "in the air", from this RPM the auto engine controller system operates and maintains 91-98 % of rotor RPM (you can choose the exact RPM with the governor, usually 95%, 91-93% for lower consumption en-route, 97-98% for intensive maneuvering). From take-off to land you only need to use the collective. The main use of separate throttle levers is during engine tests. However, you need to use them and the twist grip during a flight, if there's a failure of the engine control system (the engines don't work well together etc.) In some hard situations you have to maintain rotor RPM manually by the twist grip, or pull the wrong engine to idle, cool down and shut down. And there's a flight task for rookie pilots to fly and land with one engine, when you have to use the separate levers (if you pull down an engine, the other one will run at maximum power and maintain rotor RPM) Will a similar thing be modelled in BS?

CSAR Hi, guys, I think we'll be able to ride a CSAR, air assault etc. mission without transport helos, hm? The "transport" Ka-50 will land and stay on the earth for 2 min or so... If we want to play CSAR-like thing, it will be OK for us. Of course, after a Ka-50 is shot down we need an exact coordinate and a wreckage. For a real CSAR action there must be an evading pilot in the forest we have to find:) And A-10s, F-16s, F-15Es, AWACS, J-STARS, transport helos, KH satellites: a 5 billion dollars equipment... But we are smart guys. We will do it only with a Black Shark :joystick: THX!

Video BTW, guys, are there such a forest area in the BS world to make some rides like this one? I gonna do it like that somewhere :joystick:. Maybe in a city; buildings can hurt... It'll take some restart needed first times:D

PM3 The weapons computer will not work. You need to adjust the HUD moving crosshair manually to hit the target. Of course you must determine the range by your Mk.1 Eyeball rangefinder:). You can also use the fixed crosshair: with proper practice it will be faster. There are aiming angle charts for different weapons, ranges, airspeeds, ground speeds, winds etc. But with 128-round rocket bursts each in a 4-ship formation aiming probably ain't a factor...

PN3 Hi Smith, DUAS-V (on Mi-24s:thumbup:, Su-22s, Su-25s, think the same on BS) is two pairs of blades looking like arrowhead on a boom on the nose. Those are airflow direction sensors to the weapon computer: the horizontal pair is for the AoA, the vertical one is for the side-slip sensing. With this info combined with the radio (or baro) altitude and pitch&roll from the gyroscopes, the computer will know the position and angles of the weapon system's axis you're using to aim and calculates the current range of target (the theory is that we know one angle and one side of a rectangular triangle) without a laser rangefinder:). As a result you will see the CCIP on the HUD or the turret will move the gun for the right direction to hit. The computer can also release bombs automatically with this calculating method. You see it is the technology of 70s with analogue computers but believe it is as precise as a brain surgeon:D I hope it was simple;) At airshow static displays where we ain't have no dictionaries and questions are the same for hours, we sometimes explain that as a simple ion blaster, phaser gun or so... There must be some refreshing changes, hm? Bye!

PN3 I checked, they seem to be the correct size:( Moving DUAS-V...:surprise:wow... :worthy: there ain't no enough smilies... THX!