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Thanks Wags, may I be the first to congratulate you on this momentous news. I look forward to thumbing through the 'good book' in search of enlightenement and answers to burning questions. :thumbup:

Hi Rob, i really like your enclosed simpit you are building. My wife won't let me build one here because she says our english houses are to small and it would take up all the spare room for when her mother stays. :doh: By coincidence I have another enclosed 'simpit' in mind for her mother..one day ! :music_whistling: Anyways, can I come and live will you just till my mother law dies? ;) thanks drummer

My problems seem mostly to do with stability, hovering and trimming. i understand that if i push the joystick in a direction and hit the T key this trims the heli in that direction..right? The problem with my saitek stick is that it also has the rudder inputs on the stick as a twisiting action..the question is if I have a stick input and also inadvertantly a twist [rudder] input and i push T will it trim both the cyclics and the rudder to that direction? I know this is not supported by ED here yet but i am hoping for informal help from fellow BS's about this. drummer After two weeks no one [including admins] seems to know how to change my log email address to a more friendly username..anyone else tried to do this with success? :huh:

hi kurtx. I cant find these, can you point me in the right direction please? thanks drummer

For those of you who are flying in english there is one mission in the quickstart menu that is in english complete and also is just the right difficulty for starting practicing your [i mean mine] new found weapons skills.

I think my next task is to try and get to grips with the auto pilot/hover functions to. I am getting to grips quite well with the straight flying from a to b just combining it with the weapon functions whilst not being shot downand that is tricky. Actually i now know what pilot overload is and i can see the sense in in a twm manned aircraft to split the workload. [like apache] aand thanks for the tip about hi res producers notes i will track them down.

as i said earlier, the resolution of the producers note wasn't high enough to see what keys the cursor was pushing on the weapons displpay. The notes were great for the abris display and some othe general functions but launching weapons needed a clearer set of instructions to follow. Anyways in combination with the english key commands, the notes and the help here, i am proud to announce i can now launch all manner of weapons in all manner of directions...some even towards the enemy :music_whistling: Another small step towards being able to get myself shot down online. thanks again for your help drummer

thanks baksie will give it another go!

this i think is where my problem lays; i achieve all the other things, but don't recognise what other cirlce i have to line up. Is it another small circle as the moveable reticule is or is it the larger that looks like a letter 'Q' I really don't mind asking these stupid questions as i really want to learn and my experience is everytime i ask a stupid question a dozen people breathe a sigh of releif that i have done so :helpsmilie:

thanks guys for all the information, the mist is starting to clear a little and like phantom mark I am just getting through the basics with less crashes than when i started last week. Of course an english manual would have made life easier but if it was easy everyone would be doing it! thanks again drummer

sorry about that, I type in capitals because i am a bit deaf.....:doh:

there is some new information there about moving aiming circle, i thought locking up the target was the aiming circle? so turn on shaval by hitting o key master arm, turn on laser,select vihkir and lock target, mover 'other aiming circle' [not seen this one yet] over first and fire. perhaps i would be better requesting transfer to the army and buying call of duty! thanks for your help drummer

okay found the weapon selected lgiths above the flight stick. Found the toggle switches for the laser but does not seem to change anything, [ie onthe hud nothing to show laser on] actually it puts the letter 'C'on the tv is this correct for laser?the big green button next to it switches the tv screen off. tried many combinations but still no launch. Must be me doing something [or not doing] or missing something obvious. head scratching commence

thanks r unit for the info. I am doing something wrong as i can only get the gun to fire not a guided weapon. perhaps you could correct what i am doing wrong. 1. I have weapons loaded 2. hover and uncage sensor with 'o' 3. Find target and select/lock with 'enter' 4. cycle through weapon with 's' 5. master arm on 6 fire, click nothing...what am i missing in the sequence? thanks drummer

thanks for your help. I guess I am just not understanding how to read the speed from the hud left hand strip? cheers!

Had the sim for a few days and loving the detail and work gone into it. Onbiously i have bought the only version available as a stop gap and most things are falling into place but i have two burning questions. 1. when i get the shakval to lock onto something i can't find how to select anti tank missiles and get them to fire.I can't select rockets either but i can get the gun to work [button c]. Looked at the producers notes and can see he is selecting something on a panel but the resolution is to poor to see which switch. So how to select the correct weapon for firing after locking on to a target? 2. I can't identify the airspeed indicator. I see the height in the hud and and where i supposed the speed to be on the left is a vertical with 500 at the top? I have found the vertical speed indicator guage is the asi below it? seems like a stupid question maybe :doh:

It is certainly taking some time to get to grips with the flight model. Before Black Shark the only time I experienced Vortex ring was after a particualry hot curry :helpsmilie: ! If interested here is a link to a video of Turbine model heli ka52 in action http://www.helicrazy.com/crbst_64.html note that rc helicopters are capable of wild 3 d flying routines but this one is very sedate and careful, not just because of the cost involved but as we know co axial rotor setups can bite!

Start with some press ups so your arms are strong for yanking your cyclic and collective hard as the ka 50 plunges towards the ground and also have some singining lessons so your screams of anquish will at least be in tune! Seriously any basic helicopter input you can get will help you prepare in some small way, just be ready for the wild ride that is the ka 50 flight model. I have flown sims, RC helicopters and even a couple of hour on full size but this beast is a handful in certain flight envelops [anyone else down a tight turn and literally 'fell off it' going from flying machine to house brick in 3 seconds!?] From a personal point of view i actually don't like the look of the ka50 or how it flies and will happier when something comes along with a tail rotor! :pilotfly: drummer

thank you i will try that route:)

Thanks but i have tried all those options without success. It allows me to edit email address and password but won't allow me to change it to anything resmbling a username ie i use 'drummer' normally. Can't find the option to allow me to change email address to username! :doh:

downloaded but problem installing...... hi guys, With help from repent getting through all the admin and paying for the game, I got it downloaded this afternoon. Setup runs and get through the splash screen and there you choose where its going to install. i hit install and straight away get error messages in Russian about not finding multiplayer.bat, hitting ignore just produces a stream of similar error messages? So is it looking for the data 1 file i also downloaded or should i have to unpack the data file or do you thik the downlload is corrupt? Any suggestions appreciated. I know by going down this route i can't expect any support from Ed but techy help from fellow sim fans should be allowed! :music_whistling: thanks drummer