SmukY

In regards to the medals there are 8 and they are awarded based on overall score. Here is every medal with the required score to obtain it in order: Air Medal: 200 points Purple Heart: 600 points Bronze Star: 1000 points Airman's Medal: 1400 points Distinguished Flying Cross: 1800 points Silver Star: 2200 points Air Force Cross: 2600 points Air Force Medal of Honor: 3000 points IIRC medals differ from country to country too, but scores are same.

Shaitan-Arba means Devil's Chariot, first word Shaitan/Satan for Devil, and Arba for chariot. A little late reply but as nobody answered it I'm glad to help. https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ar&text=devil's chariot&op=translate Take a look on the text under the translation in arabic, words are switched but phonetically are very similiar - earabat alshaytan and as I'm no expert in Arabian, I assume it was easier to say Shaitan Arba than earabat alshaytan, I really don't know and it's just a guessing game for me here. Don't let me even start with other nicknames for the hind which Russians had, such as stakan/стакан, Galina/Галина (Galya/Галя), striped/полосатный, and of course the most famous one, krokodil/крокодил To my knowledge such nicknames were for a reason - Stakan (Glass) because of the Mi-24A version which looked like a greenhouse, not sure of Galina, but I am suspecting it's because Galina Rastorgueva was one of female pilots (other one being Ludmila Polyanskaya) who flew a special Mi-24 variant for breaking the speed record for helicopters when they stripped hind of everything that was unnecessary to make it as much as light (and yes, they used women because they were lighter than men) and they hit speed of 368.4 km per hour which was in 1978 quite a feat. Nickname Striped was because of chechen war, most of hinds were 'sporting' invasion stripes to be quickly recognisable and to avoid friendly fire. The Krokodil one is a self-explainatory I think. Wow I just quitely derailed into offtopic, sorry ... better get back to the topic

This doesn't make any sense ... there are no differences between standalone and steam versions of DCS, how can the one on Steam be "more playable" than the standalone one? Are you sure you didn't have borked settings anywhere in standalone version? Best regards, SmukY

Thanks ED team, can't wait for this one! A question, as there was an italian version teased for very first time (which will be very likely for military DCS version, not for us) and obviously had an Laser Obstacle Avoidance and Monitoring (LOAM) system and now since I don't know Chinooks that much therefore I'm not sure if we are still getting it or not? Because I'm not sure if chinooks in US army (or other countries which are the operators of the version we are getting) do employ this system or not. Thanks

Another video of tip lights, I think upgraded Hungarian Hinds have even LED in the tips of blades and not looking like a single trailed light is even more prominent, as it is in the game.

I don't think there are many differences in exhaust output temperatures between the D and E models; in every case, it can't be less than 500 degrees Celsius and can rise up almost to 1000 degrees Celsius, which is hot. Very hot. And yes, links are for our US friends.

Truth to be told I wouldn't be so sure about that. To me the heat haze seems to be quite noticeable... also it can be hardly seen when trying to see it above the helicopter with quite monotone background. My 2 cents though.

Does if you press shift+p first show the gunner, and for second time it shows both gunner and pilot bodies? I haven't flew for quite a while, but similar is both in Mi-8 and UH-1H. Gunner should be visible if you move camera under the instrument panel.

Sorry if this has been asked already but I can't find anything about this - are currently there any plans for the new 3D model of Gaz and new rotor animation like it is on Mi-24, AH-64D, Ka-50 III and so on?

I haven't been flying for a while but in the latest trailers (f.e. Summer Sale 2023) I spotted the new rotor animation on the Hind? Can anyone confirm it? Thanks

Actually the first prototype had a retractable gear. https://www.chinook-helicopter.com/history/aircraft/A_Models/65-07992/65-07992.html And wings, too. Don't forget the wings.

From the 2023 kickoff and greetings I've read this What does this exactly mean - since it's a rewrite I'd like to know if will you finally be able to add the subtitles for Jester? Thanks and best regards,

Try enabling shadows to at least low settings. I think there should be separated settings for shadows. One for cockpit only and other for externals only since externals are quite performance punchers.

Have you checked settings in the tab for special settings for Mi-24? You now have both russian and english voiceovers.

Login into www.digitalcombatsimulator.com, and if you purchased BS2 before, you should see a price tag of $9.99 instead of full price for BS3.

Different thing. President-S jams and tries to throw off the missile's cueing, MWS just detects them and dispenses countermeasures. Difference will be that not only laser missiles willl be detected as they are in BS2 but also IR and UV will be detected now too.

AH-64D's DCS competitor is Ka-50, not Mi-24. Mi-24's competitor would be more like AH-1 rather than AH-64D. Both helicopters have quite different tactics for similiar missions. For example, AH-64 was made for hovering and sending missiles off from safe distances, meanwhile Mi-24 is more up close and "personal", it needs speed, and more speed it has, more it is stabile, it's just how it was made. Don't hope too much for Mi-35M or something like that since Russians already have a direct counterpart to Apache and that's Mi-28 Havoc. The only problem with Ka-50 (and even with upcoming BS3 version) is that it doesn't exist anymore, at least not in flyable state.

Because you have to set it up in both menus, Mi-24P Pilot and Mi-24P Petrovitch AI Helper: If you set it up in only one menu then you'll be able only to open or close it, but not both. Hope this helps.

I'd recommend for you to invest into a table mount for a joystick, something like Monstertech and extension for it. Flying with such additions and without them is like comparing a day and night.

Which one do you mean exactly? Superhind? The one used by Neal Ellis?

AH-64D uses the new prop tech technology, that's why it looks so buttery smooth. I'm sure Hind will get it later too.

Air / Ground switch may be related to what they did back in the Afghanistan war, when they used the R-60 missiles for hunting down vehicles with hot engines / campsites with recently extinguished fires at the night, so after firing they saw where the missile went and if it did hit anything, they mowed the area later with guns, unguided rockets and bombs, etc ... So it is possible that the switch turns IR head in the missile (or tracker in the helicopter?) to look down than up for hot spots. But I'm no specialist neither for R60 nor Mi-24's antiair capability since it's quite new for me and I've been "researching" (to be precise, fanboying) this helicopter for at least 20 years.

Also, does the pedal dampener switch work now? I don't remember it did anything at all when you flicked it down and disablerd it before or am I wrong?

Although I'm not sure it falls off, I think it's more that it can get permamently stuck open until you replace that hydraulic rod which holds it open. Keep in the mind that the door itself is very heavy. But that's, of course, just my opinion. What actually happens I'm not aware of.

I am latelly more and more seriously considering grabbing a pair of those and then selling my Simped Rudder pedals (the classic ones, without F-16 toe brake styles). They're good pedals but not quite perfect for helicopters. Thanks for review @Bephott. They've been out for at least 2 months and there's no in-depth reviews yet except the one from TheNOOBIFIER1337 (link).