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I was in the same situation; E8500 or Q6700 for BS. I decided on the E8500 (45nm) for now, and am happy with the decision so far. I figured that when BS has multi-core support I can upgrade to a faster 45nm Quad then, probably for cheaper by that time! I trolled many forums before making this choice, and I really felt the real question was 'do I want to upgrade later?' If you/your pappy doesnt want to upgrade later, go for the quad now! :smartass: my opinion Cheers :D

This has been covered... there is more than one language than English to be finished. From what I understand, there are two versions coming out; Russian, and everybody else. Also, the Ka50 being replicated is Russian, and is being done by Russians, and they are in Russia. Do you see a recurring theme here? Now if this sim was being developed in Northinghamshireton England, and it was being released in Russian, to the Russians, I would share your confusion; but its not. The SIM is made in Russia!! All other localizations are on one disc, a.k.a. the one with the English language on it....so we wait... get it? :bash: Oh, and thank you from the west for this magnificent Ka50 simulator!! I can hardly wait for the Demo!! :pilotfly:

Support ED now so you can have jets LATER!

The price tag on BS is trivial compared to the $2000 I'm dropping today on my new flight sim computer!!

I have the X52 and the cyborg.... the cyborg's FFB is nice, but I find the stick too skinny for my liking. it also has less buttons and hat sticks, so I never use it. I'm going to stick with the HOTAS for now, and maybe someday there will be a FFB HOTAS on the market. p.s. I can use the cyborg with the X52 throttle, so if you want you can spend the extra money and mix and match... p.s.s The Cyborg has a small sliding lever for a throttle, but it makes a poor collective IMHO.

@ Element1108 :megalol: I will probably get 20 hours of quality entertainment from the demo alone!! I hope I can buy the manual within a month!

cant wait, and just in time for my new computer!!

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Is this in the Wish List yet? Anyway, cant wait for the day when this is possible with the DCS modules, I'll probably spend hours and hours creating smoke trails!

Yeah, I'd like to see the effects of some smoke through blade tip vortices!!

I agree with deviltetk, Mip... save for the X52, you wont be dissapointed! Also, I've heard freetrack is just as capable as TrackIR, but you may want to research it more yourself.

yeah, now that you mention it, I'll probably stick with my new mobo for two years at least anyway, then start shopping again... as for the OP, your decision should be based on what you will be using the CPU for... -for playing FC and BlackShark, possibly some other games- E8500/8600 is fine right now, most games dont use more than 1 or 2 cores. Will you be keeping this CPU for a long time, or will you replace it next year? Maybe go with the duo now, and upgrade in a year or two when quads are lower in price. Its up to you, and i dont think you'll be dissapointed either way!

I hope nehalem is 45nm so will work on my mobo. [edit] i guess the socket sizes are completely different; from LGA 775, to LGA 1336!

The E8500 is old tech?? I had assumed that because it was a 45nm penryn that it was fairly new...what are the newer duo cores named??

Personally, I chose the E8500. I'm putting together a new comp and it's sole purpose is to play flight sims now. Maybe when the price of faster (3 ghz) quad cores drops, I'll upgrade, but for now Ill stick with the 3.16ghz the 8500 offers. I may also try my hand at OC'ing. I also decided on eVGA 750i FTW mobo, and an eVGA GFX 260 core 216 GPU. hopefully I wont have to replace everything in 12 months...(!!)

yeah, my confusion was because I dl'd from the net, and put the pics in my DCS screenshot folder, and then used one for my avatar... I knew they looked familiar!!

on the first video, @ 3:51 and 3:54, correct me if im wrong, but arent those screenshots from DCS??

I searched 'development of the ka-50' on google and had all the information you seek in a matter of milliseconds. Plus some new stuff I hadn't read......"The integrated 30mm cannon is semi-rigidly fixed on the helicopter's side, movable only slightly in elevation and azimuth. The aircraft's agility allows the weapon control system to turn (the entire helicopter and) the cannon at the target acquired in the pilot's helmet sight about as fast as the cannon turret of the Apache or the Mi-28 turns. The semi-rigid mounting improves the cannon's accuracy, giving the 30mm a longer practical range and better hit ratio at medium ranges than with a free-turning turret mount."... http://www.military.cz/russia/air/helicopters/Ka-50/ka50_en.htm I think 'cost efficiency' is the main reason for the designers 'logic'. http://www.aeronautics.ru/nws001/news013.htm http://www.military.cz/russia/air/helicopters/Ka-50/ka50_en.htm (there are two small vids at the bottom of page!) My apologies Sobek, found some interesting info last night, then ran out of free time!! In response to Cool_T; I think there is enough information here to satisfy your question as to the placement of the cannon on the Black Shark. Affordability, availability, and the fact that the BlackShark turns quicker towards the target (offering a smaller target) due to having no tail rotor to slow it down. However, there are others that share your opinion that it should have a better articulated weapon: enter the Ka-50-2 Erdogan. http://www.military.cz/russia/air/helicopters/ka-50-2/ka-50-2.htm

The aircraft carries a substantial load of weapons in four external hardpoints under the stub wings plus two on the wingtips, a total of some 2,300 kg depending on the mix. "The main armament are the twelve laser-guided Vikhr anti-tank missiles with a maximum range of some 8 km. The laser guidance is reported to be virtually jam-proof and the system features automatic guidance to target enabling evasive movement immediately after missile launch. The fire control system automatically shares all target information among the four Black Sharks of a typical flight in real time, allowing one helicopter to engage a target spotted by another, and the system also can input target information from ground-based forward scouts with man-portable target designation gear. The integrated 30mm cannon is semi-rigidly fixed on the helicopter's side, movable only slightly in elevation and azimuth. The aircraft's agility allows the weapon control system to turn (the entire helicopter and) the cannon at the target acquired in the pilot's helmet sight about as fast as the cannon turret of the Apache or the Mi-28 turns. The semi-rigid mounting improves the cannon's accuracy, giving the 30mm a longer practical range and better hit ratio at medium ranges than with a free-turning turret mount."

In 1997, Israeli Air Industries (IAI) in cooperation with the Kamov bureau entered a Turkish design competition for a $4 billion contract for 145 (later changed to 50) combat helicopters. The helicopter designed for the competition became the Ka-50-2 Erdogan, a tandem cockpit twin-seater variant of the Ka-50 that featured a modern, Israeli-made "glass cockpit" avionics and a turret-mounted side-folding (for landing clearance) 30mm cannon as opposed to the fixed cannon of the Ka-50. (A similar Italian turret is also offered as a modification to the Ka-50.) The Erdogan beat the Eurocopter and Apache helicopters, but lost to an improved version of AH-1 Cobra. At the end the contract went to the Italian A-129 Mangusta.[2] Kamov is still looking for a buyer, since the Russian military does not have the funding to purchase it themselves.

"The new helicopter's cannon 'borrowed' from ground combat vehicles features a very high degree of precision as well as excellent ballistic characteristics. It is very efficient against regular targets including against armoured targets as well. Mounting the cannon in the centre of gravity ensured a negligible sideways deflection when firing. Sure, for us to perform more effective air-to-air engagement, it would be great to have greater rotation and elevation angles of the cannon, but this could be achieved via mounting a lesser-recoil cannon."

And taking some great screenies of the damage!!! Or a quick vid! :thumbsup:

:thumbup: thanks Groove!!

Thanks a bunch for all the info guys... I think I'm gonna have to go with both OS. I'm really glad Wags chimed in when he did!!