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The manual says the NDB station frequencies are stored inside a Lua file, but for only for those bases under Russians. Has anyone made one for those under Blue force? Better still, one for all units. Thanks.

Thanks Karls. That's real helpful.

Thanks a bunch, all. Real helpful reading. I raised this issue 'cos earlier on when I first tried, the Ka turned precisely with reticle to locked targets. Looking back, maybe that was done with the rockets selected and thus the aim point was centred for left/right firing. Now I know better. Thanks.

The last time I locked on a target during a hover I was able to get the Ka to Auto-Turn on Target, meaning it auto turn till the weapon (ATGM) sight coincides with the laser spot. But now, while it still commands a turn, the weapon reticle stops a short distance away from the laser spot reticle. The two do not coincide as they were supposed to. Anyone else encountered this?

Thanks Lazer. Will check that out.

Thanks again Flagrum. Awesome!

Thanks Flagrum. So far no problem observed, but it sure is good to know that. Will replace back the updated file if any problem spotted. Thanks.

Thanks Flagrum. The figure is 4000m which I believe is the manual hover. What I meant was, if I would like to use the AUTO hover mode (which needs the radar altimeter), what is the max altitude that the radar altimeter would still work well to give proper auto-hover.

With each new update patch, my Warthog Hotas customised setting would be affected and I have to once again write over the default data.lua file with the modified one by Karl. Question is, will this cause any problem overall, especially if DCS updates involve update to that data.lua file? Thanks.

Would like to know, what is the maximum Auto hovering altitude for the Ka-50? Thanks.

"You should know that the Laser is only good for 1 set of Vikhrs and will fail somewhere in your next 12-set of Vikhrs. You also cannot repair the Laser alone, you have to have some damage, or create some, so the Laser is replaced during repair. Let the laser cool down between shots if in no hurry and don't click on every bush to measure the distance just for fun, it will heat up your laser and wear it out a few rockets earlier compared to when you have an eye on it's temperature. Check Devrim's mod for the english HuD and temp gauge in HuD, it's on ED website. So you have a clue where the temp is and don't fry it too soon." BitMaster, I didn't know the Laser is good for limited use only. I fired off quite a few Vikhrs the other day and it seemed to be good for a long while. Didn't see any mention about watching the laser temp in the manual. And does the current default HUD shows the temp? Or only available in the mod? And does the mod simulate everything else on the default HUD? Thanks.

Okay thanks for the pointer.

Thank for that. But I don't seem to see that info anywhere in the manual. On one point -- you mentioned of less efficient lower rotor at <lower> speed. Shouldn't it be at higher speed? At lower speed (below 200 km/hr) the Ka flies straight within no yaw seen. It is only when going above 200 km/hr that the yaw starts showing up.

Was doing some flight practices and noticed that during straight and level flight, as the speed goes above 200 km/hr the coordinator ball starts drifting to the right (about half-ball to right), indicating there is a left yaw. And indeed the heading gradually drifts to the left over time. But this is dual-rotor and as such should fly straight and true, isn't it? Anyone else seen this?

The Huey's horizontal stabiliser deflects the same way for both cyclic forward and backward, only difference being the degree of deflection for each. Is this right? Shouldn't it deflect in opposite way?

Just keep plugging and practicing away. It really is quite possible to master the amazing Huey.

Truly liking the Huey more and more. But one thing stands out that looks like a possible bug -- when properly trimmed to fly straight and level, with hands and feet off all controllers, the chopper flies as it should, but the nose keeps bobbing left and right a little non-stop. Compare this to when the auto-pilot (co-pilot mode) is turned on, where the nose holds rock-steady. Unless the virtual co-pilot is a much better pilot, how does one explain the discrepancy. Any modelling issue here? Try it and see what I mean.

Problem solved ... sort of. This issue crops up whenever in mid-game the control setting options page is called up. Somehow when back in game the switches all get reversed.

I had my Warthog throttle switches configured, some through Lua edit. When Huey just loaded all switches work as they should. But after flying around for some time doing touch-N-go, suddenly some of the toggle switches started getting reversed. Anyone else encountered this? Is so, how can it be fixed. Thanks.

Thanks Lib. I did trim, but not during turn. Will give it a try.

Couldn't help but ask this question -- What is your favourite, Huey or Ka-50? I have both and like them a lot, and sometimes can't decide which I like better. I like the Ka-50 complexity, and lethality at long range, but while flying it is supposed to be easier, sometimes it feels like fighting against the computer (flight director ON). Example -- doing level turn seems quite a challenge. Whereas the Huey, while feels rather slippery at first, is actually a pretty awesome machine to fly in. At least level turn feels just that -- Level ! Control feels more precise, other than wobbly stability sensitivity. And of course, that awesome, awesome sound of rotor chopping through the air. Feels a lot more alive ! What do you think?

Yep I thought it could be parallax error, but from the pilot seat, any such error should show up as SMALLER value, NOT bigger! Something didn't seem right here ..... And the hard-to-decode morse code just didn't help identify whether the right station is tuned in.

Thanks Bucic. While I have my C drive as SSD and my D drive using normal HDD, not sure how each may affect another. Read the article but that one is to do with running apps on HDD.

Am afraid got to take back some of these words! While there didn't appear to be any more stuttering during explosions and such, strangely sometimes (not often though) stuttering would happen, with some pauses lasting like half a second or so, with a series of pauses happening around the same time period (stretch of less than 10 secs), and then suddenly it would all be smooth again. Wonder what could be the cause?

What should the sound audio settings be for the Huey to sound like it should be in the real Huey, with headset on?