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CONGRATS A16!!!!!!!!!!! Letus know that everything went well, and maybe even attach a baby pic to boot!

Yeah sobek, only voice overs. The speakers are just to have fun while flying BS :).

Hahaha, nah, I work there, hopefully I already know it! Your guys go to Ft. Worth, huh? Thanks for the business!

The equipment is all here! OK guys, it's been a little while, but I have used it wisely. Since we last spoke I have bought a new computer, which will be dedicated to creating the training series, as well as supporting equipment. I have not set it up yet, but here are some teaser pics and some specs of what I'll be using. This post is to show I am pretty serious about this. Here's the worst part. The computer just came in yesterday, and I have had no time to even take it out of the box. Tonight and tomorrow night are also shot, and I am traveling for business on the weekend to stay out for a whole week. It's driving me CRAZY! COMPUTER This is a CyberPower PC machine. The specs are: Motherboard: ASUS P6T Intel X58 CPU: Intel i7-920 2.66 GHz (already planning on overclocking) RAM: 12GB DDR3/1600 MHz Kingston HyperX (mostly for video editing) Power Supply: 800 Watt power supply Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX275 896MB 16x PCIe Hard Drive 1: 1.5 TB 3.0Gb/s SATA-II 32MB Cache 7200 RPM Hard Drive 2: 64 GB Kingston 2.5 inch SATA Gaming MLC Solid State Disk Optical Drive: LG 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Dual Layer Drive Sound Card: Creative Labs SB X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series PCI Express Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit, with free upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit I needed a monitor, since I've been working out of a laptop until now, so I got the following. Oh, and that's Little Kitty scratching herself in the picture: Acer LCD X233HBID 23", 5ms response time, resolution 1920 x 1080 (to allow for 1080 HD recording) For sound recordings, I went out and educated myself a little bit on microphones, since I didn't know a whole lot about it. I settled on this. Oh, and that's Tiny Kitty poking his head from behind the box: Samson C01U Condenser Microphone Recording Pak Samson PS01 Pop Filter, with my dog Roxy behind it. Can you tell I like animals yet? :) I also upgraded my TrackIR to this: TrackIR 5 with TrackClip Pro Oh, and by the way, nothing wrong with having a little extra fun while shooting this trainng series, so I got this too: Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Configuration Speakers All of this should result in a very good setup to record high quality video and audio for this whole series (and any future ones too, hopefully!). Big Picture Items To Be Done (in no particular order): - Website - Scripts - Production - Editing More updates coming soon, stay tuned!

Hi Bullet, Extended English manual, page 6-43, "Engines de-icing/dust-protection systems switch". It's on the right side of the overhead panel, and it is a three-position switch. Middle is off, Up is de-icing, down is dust-protection. And yes, when either de-icing or dust protection are on you'll see a rise in EGT.

Hey A16, thanks for the correction! So it is the motion of the collective going up that will increase engine throttle then, huh? That's great info! By the way, any more info on the engine fuel control? Is it mechanical?

Hi Waldo, Great explanation! The only thing I'd say is that the engine throttle is controlled electronically, the yellow throttle handles in the cockpit, by the collective stick, are only a mode selector. They don't actually move to increase engine throttle, their whole structure (including the base) moves with the collective so that their relative position is always the same, should the pilot try and reach them for an adjustment. The only way to see that the throttle is increased when you increase the collective is by watching the tachometer, or engine RPM gauge, which is the one located to the right of the ABRIS with a third of its circumference painted red. Sitting on the ground with throttles in auto and collective all the way down, your engine RPM should be at about 87%, depending slightly on atmospheric conditions. Once you increase collective you will see engine RPM move up to whatever the engine fuel control unit decides is required to maintain rotor RPM, all the way to 100% engine RPM.

Try hitting the lock button (whatever you have assigned the Shkval lock to) while the Shkval boresight is moving, it should attempt (and sometimes obtain, depending on background) a lock, and should stop moving.

I do! I am going to put together a panel of reviewers to check the ideas and/or the first runs of production. Stay tuned ;)

Hi GrifterMan, yep, new equipment keeps showing up at my door, and the last piece of the puzzle is a new PC, which should get here halfway through September. I am probably going to make a separate post detailing all the new equipment I have purchased to produce this series, there's some really cool stuff!

Thanks j0nx! No timeline yet. Ideally, the first videos will be out before the end of the year, but that's a little loose still. Once I have progressed a little closer to production I'll have a better timeline, and will share that with the community.

Hi Tbag, Good question. I can't recall if that portion was not on the original manual (the patch erased my original and seems to have replaced it with the extended manual), or if I skipped it on purpose, or plainly forgot! Rest assured this start-up sequence will be redone in the series, and will include such step. Thanks for catching that!

Hi Speed, It would still be helpful to get your mission in here for us to try, especially with the artillery closer as it was before. Or at least a track if you have a recording of when you encounteredthis problem. There is damage that would not cause any lights or alarms to go off and still degrade helo performance. For example, you may have been missiong a portion of one or more of your main rotor blades. No warning lights, although the chopper would shake pretty violently, and that would be your indicator. You could also have worn out your engine(s),as the damage modelling allows for degraded performance based on use/abuse, and up to a certain point, you would just have less power, with no warnings.

Speed, the mission file should have an extension of .miz, can't recall in which folder, but when you save the mission, you can use that window inside the editor to actually see in what folder you're saving.

Yes, it could very well be, but we won't know for sure until we see what his payload/fuel load are exactly, and what the weather looks like.

Hi Speed, Sounds like you are well informed regarding throttle and helicopter weight, so we'll skip the basics. But before we continue, could we get some more data? What's the outside temp? Wind? Can you post the track? Just another idea, you are not jamming the collective up all at once, but smoothly moving it up, correct, leaving enough time for the engine to attempt to maintain the same rotor RPM?

Hi Kirai, That all makes sense. Check this out.

Hi InFireBaptize (another good name :)), I do plan to apeal to beginners and experienced alike. That's part of the hard planning work, designing something that interests all. Regarding the price, it's very debatable. Keep in mind you will be able to purchase individual videos, so you may end up spending much less, depending on what you're interested in. But considering how much work this is taking, I personally think $50 is a bargain, but then again, I could possibly be biased :lol:.

Hi sobe, Thank you very much for the words. Not to worry, in no time you'll be mastering her, all it takes is commitment and practice. P.S. Shhh, don't tell the Kremlin!

Thanks Tbag, it's early days, but it's absolutely great to see the enthusiasm!

Thank you! More is definitely coming. The company is brand new, website is not up yet ;). Thanks for the recongition Eric. You're probably right, most people might not realize the amount of work. I am right now busy researching many different topics ranging from helicopter aerodynamics and procedures, to Ka-50 systems, scouring the net for loads of info. I am also busy planning the instructional background of these courses, using concepts such as the taxonomy of human learning behavior, which is something flight instructors have to know. Simple to complex, known to unkown, building blocks, learning styles, etc., really cool stuff if you like it, really boring if you don't :). Finally, I am busy writing the scripts that I read from when recording the voice, and rehearsing the scenarios that I create to have both a realistic and teachable situation. I'll be happy if one or two people get something out of it. The rest is pure rewards. Teaching is one of my passions, so I won't be bothered if only a small number of people become clients, although hopefully that won't be the case :). Check out the updates on the first post, if you missed it. The business plan accounts for this and actually transforms the initial idea of shipping DVDs into more of an alternative, since people will now be able to watch the videos online ordownload them. I would be tickled pink by that! I am working with ED on this, they are fully aware of it (hence them hosting the sample video) and arehelping me with questions I have on the sim and the Ka-50. If they chose to incorporate it, I'd definitely entertain that idea. Thanks again, very kind of you. I'll add this to all the other fantastic feedback and place it into my "Motivational" bag. Regarding the autograph, I wouldn't want to decrease the value of the final product :P. Best regards,

Right, the idea is that after you shut down a turbine, the gas temperature, meaning the air going through that motor, decreases tremendously fast. Think about the temperature of the air entering the engine. When the engine is working, it goes up at first due to the compression of the compressor stages, then it jumps up when the fuel/air mixture ignites. Once the engine is off, the temperature of the air going through the engine does not change much (keep in mind it still goes up, as it is still compressed some). In the real world, though, the temperature of the air going through an engine that was just turned off goes up more than what I indicated above, because all of the metal parts composing the engine, but especially the combustion chamber and exhaust metals are still very hot, and heat up the air through radiation. Sounds like in BS the metal temperatures are not modeled, so the EGT temperature drops dramatically. In the A-10 they are, so the EGT temperature takes longer to decrease. Makes sense?

Thanks for the info Yo-Yo. Is it actually possible to overtemp the APU on startup in BS?

Got it, thanks!

Hi guys, How do I get to play this mission?