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PN3 Hi evyone! I've just seen Producer's Note #3 vid and got two questions: 1. Is it possible that I've seen DUAS-V blades moving on the nose as they were in different airflows (or I'm too sleepy and need eyedrops:sleep:)? 2. PNs, the Project .50, the Black Helicopters etc. I downloaded from this site are freezing after 10-30 secs as I try to play them. Anyone's idea? THX for your help!

Hi, helolovers! I can imagine Saitek's future collective (hope they will add the X52 throttle's switches, sliders and rotators to it. Maybe with a grip rotator). I also hope they will develop a helo HOCAS with long shaft cyclic and collective lever. If not, I'll use my X52, of course. I've thought about lengthening the stick shaft on X52. Has anyone had experience in DIY extending? Is it possible? THX for help!

gunz Hi evyone! What about GUV pods? With six Gatlings (4x7.62 and 2x12.7) in two pods a Ka-50 can be a grim reaper for ground troops... :devil_2: Bye!

General Hi, AirTito, I thought some about podhvat :book:: by lowering the collective a bit I will relieve the stalling blades on my back. On the other side: raising a bit stops the rotor RPM at that moment. Podhvat is always a discussed thing to us... there's only a very few seconds to do sth. BTW, during a jump it is able to raise the collective into armpit and it causes a real huge lift :). But to begin a jump hard with high collective, or with pulling collective till the cockpit ceiling... Of course, the guys in Chechnya would be true instructors to us. If I were under fire, I won't look at the G-force indicator so much... And a thing: rookie pilots are trained to jump with constant collective to learn the helo manoeuvring. Or to learn the limits bw podhvat and no podhvat. This can be enough at first times :D... that maximum lifting thing are for not-so-rookies... THX!

General Hi, I'm trying to describe "podhvat" state (will be interesting in Eng :)). As I pull the cyclic for a jump, the airflow comes from beneath the rotor. This tinily increases the rotor RPM (a bit of autorotation added to engines' power). If I pull the cyclic hard with high collective and at high airspeed (for a jump or during a pull-up from dive), the airflow from beneath will be added to the intensively down-swooping backside blades and this side of the rotor will stall. Mi-24's wings add a shielding effect to this: at high pitch angle only turbulent or none airflow can reach the back side of the rotor. On older helos, the high forces cause the block of the hydraulic booster so I cannot push forward the cyclic. If I can, this will extend blade stall zone on the back... Increased lift on the front side of the rotor (due to the hard pull) and stall on the back: enormous pitch angle (40-50° or more), high G-force (over 2) and rotor RPM (100-110%) momentarily. The NRs will regulate down (or to idle) due to high RPM and as the helo starts to come out from the "podhvat" state by herself, this causes loss of rotor RPM (jet engines w/o FADEC are slow), gens shutdown etc... Serious rotor RPM increase can cause both engines' shutdown. Helos do not built for 9 G, so after a "podhvat" the ground crew have to examine the gearbox, the airframe, rotor etc. Avoiding "podhvat": start a jump with mid collective (50-60%) and do not pull cyclic hard to BEGIN a jump/pull-up. Then, IN these manoeuvres you can pull the cyclic thru your belly :D. As you recognize a starting "podhvat", slightly lower the collective (1-2%) and try to make an "overruddered" turn instead of pushing the cyclic. In Mi-24s (Mi-8s) a left turn will relieve the rotor a bit. And try to act with the collective as a brain surgeon with his scalpel to hold rotor RPM in the normal zone. Maybe I could explain this thing in a nutshell :). And a big :poster_offtopic: for me... sorry! And you are right, Britgliderpilot, in a similar state a Ka-50's first doing would be a blade clash... THX for your help, anyway. Of course I will try these things:joystick:

General Hi evyone, I have some questions about the BS aerodynamics solutions. 1. In Mi-24s, when I pull the collective intensively, the rotor RPM starts to fall until the engines have enough power to the higher blade AoA and etc. If I was too intensive I can lose the rotor RPM until the main generators' shutdown (that causes many unwanted thingz: AP, de-icer etc. offline). Is it imitated in BS? I've played EE2 but for the Ka-52 there was that "engine overtorque" sh*t. TV3-117s don't have that thing. 2. Will there be differences between low approaches in the ground effect zone and high approaches out of that zone (power required, possibility of vortex ring during slowdown)? 3. In Mi-24s, an intensive cyclic pull with high collective and airspeed can cause enormous G and pitch angle increase with only tiny climb ("podhvat" in Ru, maybe rotor stall in Eng). In this state a pull-up from a dive doesn't mean climb and the helo can crash (from low level, of course). Can I perform a similar thing in BS? :D Think it's a bit boring from me referring to Hinds continuously. I know BS is not a Hind sim :music_whistling: I just waiting for a Ru warbird helo sim long time ago...:joystick: so I am very sorry. THX for your help!

General Hi evyone! I have a question about the autopilot of the Ka-50. In Mi-24s, there's a dual-mode AP, one for stabilization around the 3 axis (N, K and T) and one for working like a fixed-wing AP: airspeed stabilization, baro alt hold, course (NOT heading!) hold, auto hover with or without radioalt hold and final approach with RSBN. It is a nice, useful stuff. Fly (and definitely hover) without AP is a good character training:). I've tried Nemeth Brothers' Mi-24P add-on in FS9 but AP didn't work in no way (and I think FS9 engine does not really support rotorcrafts: a 12 ton warbird's flight dyn must be different from an R-22's. Not Nemeth Bros' fault:worthy:). How will the Ka-50 AP work? Will there be difference between fly w/ or w/o AP? Will the weight be sensible? If once it starts to breakdance around itself w/o AP... For the first try it's a full aerobatics flight at 1 m! THX for Your help!

AH-64 Coop.... Mi-24 with dual cockpit in the future? It would be great! Nowadays' Mi-24D/Vs would be quite interesting in DCS. Track the target manually in the Raduga or with the KPS-53 gun sight... Crew's cooperation with the 1-2 secs delay of TeamSpeak... Handling the so-called "built-in" GPS Pilot III... or the DISS-15D... Mmmmm! After the digital wonders of Su-25T, A-10 and Ka-50...That would be VEEEERY nice. THX!

FAC Autopilot hovering??? And what about challenges?:smilewink: I'm thinking on my last reply. Act as TACP there are only map view and TeamSpeak needed:) But playing with an AFAC helo is more funny.

FAC Hi evyone! I asked something similar in another thread. EvilBivol said that I'll be able to share my target data I'm actually lasing via data link. I think we can act as FAC (of course as AFAC) by helo. That guy actually playing FAC can practice hovering:joystick: OK, it would be better to place real TACP guys on a hilltop with full equipment, but playing CAS with FAC it will be cool. However, I think we (my friends) won't use data link but TeamSpeak for FACing: 15 or 9-liner CAS, MEDEVAC, CASEVAC etc. request.

Ka-50 gearbox GreyStork, your imagination is correct. I think on the Kamov's picture there's sth missing on the lower part. There must be a same but mirrored wheel as the one for the lower rotor shaft. Maybe against spies... As incoming torque, there must be a free-wheel sub-gearbox after the free turbine shafts of the TV3-117s, similar to Mil's VR-8/14/24 gearboxes. It doesn't allow the rotor to "backdrive" engine(s) after a flameout or during startup, and it equalizes small torque differences between the engines. THX

General q Hi evyone! In the future, me and some of my friends want to play BS in multiplayer with airborne forward air controller support. I think a Ka-50 could be an AFAC plane. I got two questions: Is it possible to get the designated target's co-ordinates and send via data link (we have our own position, the direction and the range of the target - why not)? Is third-party (another Ka-50) laser designation possible with Vikhr ATGMs? BTW, Vikhrs are laser beam riders or semi-actives like Hellfires? THX for your help!

Switchology? Hi evyone! Last conclusion was: in combat or in a free flight we don't use the most part of the switches. It is OK. I have a few experience with real Mi-24s. I read a magazine article about the Hind's cockpit: "...there are switches, buttons, instruments everywhere, even behind the pilot as well..." or something that. It is true, but after taking off, the pilot doesn't badger the 90% of these. During the flight he (or she!) manages the radios, GPS, the autopilot and/or the weapon system, these are only 15-20 switches and buttons on 2-3 designated panels. For example, before an attack run, the pilot configures the final navigation, chooses the weapon and its mode at a rally point during a holding or a hover; then go! But the main difference is that Mi-24s, AH-64s, Ka-52s, Mi-28s etc. are two-seat helos. Ka-50 is maybe a mistake from Kamov Design Bureau: nowadays it's impossible to manage the helo, the weapons, the navigation, the enemy, the target and the terrain (and so on...) for one person at extremely low level and at 280 kph. Even the Comanche was planned as a two-seater. I think voice command, helmet display, fully integrated AI avionics and so on... are needed for a one-seater combat helo. Or a Cyberdyne 101 Series 800 in the front seat :). Now it's a hard teamwork in real flights. Don't get me wrong, I will REALLY njoy Black Shark: everyone has a bit of individualism instead of a hard teamwork... But the most realistic combat helo sim will be the AH-64 in two-seat multiplayer mode (if it will be possible). THX for attention. BTW, large touch pad instead of a Touch Buddy screen? Or there are no large touch pads?