[You've played too much Black Shark when...]

You connect your car to 'ground power'. (Engine and cabin heat, for those of us lucky enough to live right next to the f'ing North Pole.)

[how to fly unaided..a must see.]

they got big balls, or stupid :D you decide, either way i salute them guys S!

inspiring to watch :pilotfly:

The base jumpers certainly keep the Norwegian rescue helicopters busy. Looks like great fun though.

[Even the pros put their blades together]

Or stuff like when a helicopter (can't for the life of me recall the type) that was approaching for inflight-refuelling managed to cut it's refueling probe with it's blades. :D

here you go.

[why there is no air to air missiles?]

No, couldn't find any list of sources. It definately contains proposed and experimental weapons for other helicopters. (Penguin missile for Apache, etc)

[why there is no air to air missiles?]

Dunno how reliable it is, but Modern Fighting Helicopters (by Bill Gunston and Mike Spick) lists 'R-60 dogfight missile' and 'R-73 heavy AAM' as pylon mounted weapons...?

[So Who Are the G940 Owners?]

Got one too, still haven't gotten it properly configured. Right now the collective only works in the low and high range of the logitech throttles, huge dead zone in the middle. Spent a weekend to get it so far, which is annoying as it took ten minutes to get flying in FSX. :D I don't like the recentering of the pedals, but other than that it's a great kit.

[why there is no air to air missiles?]

I haven't encountered air targets very often myself, but they do happen. What you do when you encounter enemy air is exactly what the field manual says: Avoid and evade. You fight as a last resort.

I read in a book once that you can launch some ammo to discourage, or even drop pods to fool the enemy into believing that you have a2a capability. Before evading of course. You can't scare AI though, so it's hardly relevant.

[Another Black Shark Checklist]

This looks very good, thank you!

[Next DCS Helicopter Wish List]

But remember that the Radar is called the 'Longbow' not the chopper. Without it it's just called AH-64D.

Sorry about that.

 

Well, the A-10C was approved despite it's high-techness, so maybe in a couple of years the Apache Longbow might get approved as well. Who knows. And if ED wants to make it of course. We don't even know if the module after A-10 will be a helicopter, right?

[Next DCS Helicopter Wish List]

Just a thought, does the Westland Apache have the same information restrictions as the American Longbow?

Not that the AH-64A would be a problem, as long as a flyable OH-58 is included. ;)

[About the DCS:BS Campaign System]

How does missions actually work though? (as I've never played a military flight sim.) Will it mostly be like "head to x, destroy convoy/sam site/something, and return to base", or will it be about participating in coordinated battles with friendly and enemy ground and air vehicles? I've been reading Red storm rising lately, and I would definately love to play something like that.

[Monsterous Aviation]

Aviation was so much cooler before they started involving science. :D

[Are there screens/techdemo of the future DCS game engine ?]

Ah, thank you for explaining Sobek. The whole concept sounds so... nice. Not like the gaming industry at all. Pretty dang cool.

[Are there screens/techdemo of the future DCS game engine ?]

What new engine? I don't follow.. Are the next DCS modules like the A-10 and AH-64 ment for the new engine?

 

Sorry, new guy. :)

[South African Airforce]

Really cool Agusta pictures! I guess there's no hope of seeing the 109 in a DCS module anytime soon so pictures are appreciated. ;)