quo vadis

2012 ? The KA-50 will surely have night vision by then :lol: (oh, and the ka-52 has come in production, so can be implemented in the game.... (sory, SIM))

Yes, life of a Beta-tester isn't just fun and games.... Or so they try and make us believe :smilewink: For now, I wouldn't mind flying with this 'very old' version. At least I would be flying:pilotfly: Thanks for the movie, great flying (and now we just wait for someone to try it in real life :P).

Unfortunately every article is in dutch. But someone recorded the radiocontact with his scanner: http://fmc.dotnet-services.nl/waves/redskin_12_hit_cables.mp3 "The registration of the Redskin12 is Q-01 (this is the one in problems). For those interested the reg of the Redskin22 is Q-16. "

In the Netherlands a 100.000 people have been without power for 48 hours. An apache helicopter was on a nightflying training and hit the powerlines over a river. The apache landed a couple of km's away in a field. No one was injured. http://www.nufoto.nl/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/80215ea3a41a8694a4f9baf3475daccf.jpg http://www.nufoto.nl/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/aa4dced9335e885f4f5a3bc09dc4bb19.jpg http://www.nrc.nl/multimedia/archive/00204/apache_204812a.jpg Another reminder how challenging nightflying can be.:huh: (let's hope DCS comes with an 'upgraded' KA50 so we can fly at night. Maybe a KA52 :smilewink:?)

Grinning right until the villagers came out with a vengeance.... :megalol:

Isn't that true for all pieces of military equipment ?! Make love not war :smilewink: Thanks all for clarifying. So it's a high intensity war type of weapon, stuck in time....

After some discussions on this forum it is still not clear to me for what kind of conflict the KA-50 is intended. From what I understand so far: On one side: The KA-50 has no Radar Warning, because it is intended for a 'low intensity' war where there are no radar threats or all radar threats are eliminated. But the weapons of a KA-50 suggest otherwise. Vikhr are intended for armoured targets (like tanks ?) whom I expect to have some air protection ?! The gun is very powerful and has 'fixed' mounted for shooting targets at medium to long range. whereas a rotating turret seems much more logical if you're fighting infantry etc.:helpsmilie: Any suggestions ?

No, a resounding YES to the real thing ! (Does Kamov sell to private buyers :smilewink: )

Last sunday I had my first (I'm optimistic more will follow...) helicopter lesson. I allways fly with a twist rudder, but the pedals in the real thing worked opposite to what I do with my joystick :huh:. So, if you ever want to try the real thing, rudders are mandatory.... (I'm still in doubt. Buying a good joystick with ruddercontrol :joystick: or spending that money on another flight in real life :punk:)

Here's a video of this (or a simular) action

attitude stabilization ? Like, preventing the pilot to become too angry ? :music_whistling: Thanks for the movie. I've found another advantage of co-axial rotors: They turn really slowly... And backwards..:lol:

Wouldn't it be an idea to have the video (and future video's) available as a torrent ? In that case the community would distribute it amongst themselves and the DCS-server wouldn't get in trouble...

I have seen video images of this rescue attempt on the news in Januari. There should be some on the internet ?!

I presume there are no AWACS in DCS ?! (that would spoil it a bit...) + I presume jet pilots are also carefull to use their radar to prevent them being spotted ? Or is this not an issue with jets. In Afghanistan apaches (and A-10's) are mainly being used against infantry (to support friendly forces). Visibility on radar or IR is not really an issue there I think. Will there be similar missions in DCS ?

It IS a good read, but... Now I'm totally lost:smilewink: crawl like a cat at 120 mph.... Looks like my tactics of rushing in isn't so bad after all :music_whistling:

How fast would you fly to maintain a 'low profile' ?! I have the bad habit of going for maximum speed so I get to the action sooner. If this means action finds me sooner, I might have to slow down. But how much ?

I am with you all the way :thumbup: Flying AND shooting makes for a hefty payload on the pilot. Could use a gunner... + It shouldn't be too hard to model if there's allready a KA-50

There was a helicopter simulation I played long time age (perhaps team apache ?) where you did do SAR missions. Even downed helicopters were rescued...

Nobody plays Search and Rescue ?! OK, you can't shoot anybody (but you can kill people :smilewink:) but the flightmodel is quite realistic. If you want to practise flying, nothing beats setting weather to storm and flying low :joystick:

There will be no 'fast startup' option ?! e.g. engines allready running, just release motorbreak ? Though I admit it can be interesting to follow correct procedures, sometimes I just want to get up and go. Shoot some basterds :joystick: !!!

I do hope it is possible to start the engines with a simple procedure (like in SAR ) ?! I do like realism in flying, but am not really interested in following countless procedures :smilewink: