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HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S ONLY 12 PIECES FLYING FOR THE RUSSIAN ARMY???

Don't wait 3 minutes ;)

Go for TIR4 Pro w Clip.... Yes cost bucks but works flawless out of the box and has full support on BS (together with many other games and sims)... I just got mine recently and after some short period of trimming and getting used to the head moves I would say I'm pretty dam happy boy... Now I consider even playing IL2 since I can track where the bad guy's gone with ease

Coming straight from AMD.... why not!?... I'll give it a try and come back here// Thanks for the post bro!..

I find the whole thing here VERY VERY amusing.... :megalol: Womble man... are you kidding or what?.. Following your request next time I buy a french DVD from Amazon I'll claim my money back because they speak French and have English subtitles. Grow up buddy....

After all this, I wonder now whether the KA-50 simulated by DCS is the one which is supposed to fly now in the russian army anyway... I bet the army would not give the information about their latest research, developments and appliances in their crafts to a team which will reproduce it and give it to the general public.... But at the same time why don't we have the bloody FLIR in the simulation when it is in there already (come on, don't tell me army doesn't have it yet :megalol:)

Yeah... Looks like the outside temp gauge but for some reason it always shows -1 Degree C or something.. Future operational = one more reason to wait for the patch :)

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM! After installing the BS WEB version there was a long time before I come back to LOCKON:FC Just recently tried to load it and HECK...:doh: No good.... Uninstall / Full install + Patch 1.12b (I have both Lock ON and LO:FC CD versions) Managed to get in the game two-three times... after another session with BS the LOCKON failed to start again. ANY IDEAS?

"R" on keyboard is which in the cockpit?

Alright... Nice discussion. Just to make one thing clear - regarding the AP channels what is wrong and right outside of the army fence and inside the virtual world is a matter of personal preference. Normally one can't fly the shark with the AP channels off BUT I found out that with the AP channels off the loop is smoother... And keeping the FD on gives me a visual reference in the HUD where is my trim point at the moment. .... Whatever.... I think the video "Best single seat attack helicopter" answers my question about the real loop capabilities. The other one whether this can be used as a combat maneuver remains open.

Once I was killed like that (really annoying stuff). And since then I'm considering a few tactical elements: 1.Always try to know where your wingman is (sometimes as in real life you'll have to move to allow him to pass). 2.When you expect that you'll be making sudden turns (e.g.near the target area) order the wingman to open formation and/or move to another formation position. 3. If his presence is really bothering you send him on overwatch... (or on a suicidal intrusion :) )

Well, after several weeks of flying by the book I decided to go for a "WHAT IF" flight. Loaded one of the training missions and after some warm up around the airfield tried and managed to pull a loop (AP channels OFF, FD ON). Then again, and again and several other crazy stuff... So I was wondering whether this is really possible (or it's just induced by the training mission) and if yes does this has a practical use during combat missions?...

I'm using the TIR4 for 2 weeks now and here are a few ideas. You really need to spend time to adjust (trim) the curves in the profile. In the beginning I was very excited but then I found out that without any previous experience how to move the head it is becoming real P.I.A. during combat missions. So I made multiple trial and testing switching between DCS and the TIR software until I found my enigma. Now the flying is exceptional fun....(Here I should add that everyone's enigma appears at different curves :smilewink:) Regarding the LEDs - well mine are off when computer goes off... I think there was an option about the LEDs in the TIR software

Well, I was having the same problem. After I red this post and did not see anything related with the DUAL CORE AFFINITY ISSUE I will ask you Jack if you are setting the game DCS.exe to run on both cores. There were many posts about this in the forum but just in case the slipped from your view...... So for me it worked with FPS double after I started setting affinity manually to the second core+the firest one. If you need more info follow the threads. Regarding the SB - I installed SB X-Fi Titanium after I was running BS for few weeks, and it gave me around 5-10 FPS incease (still other members here are skeptic about that). If your SB has hardware acceleration there is no reason for you to change it however if it uses the CPU power to provide the sound you might have FPS increase if you change it.

I believe the engine of the game is the cause. If you touch down on the fields away from road or pad or airfield it appears that the ground sort of sucks the wheels and it becomes extremely dangerous to make further moves. I managed to take off and land many times though very precise hovering and gentle touch down and then gentle lift off is required :joystick:. Add the wind direction into consideration. Otherwise the heli will try to turn into the wind which with the "glued" to the ground wheels will make it flip and BOOM...

I assumed the rotor strikes occur when trying to put too much control at high speeds... (of course the most inconvenient times:) ) It appears that the lower rotor tilt gets bigger the faster the helo goes thus making the blade strike possible only at the high speed flight. BOTTOM LINE: The faster you go, more soft and precise with the controls be.... (wow that sounds like Yoda hahaha)

Yo brother, as it was said before you can file in a complaint to the Rissian Ministry of Defence :thumbup: you know, maybe some real live Ka50 pilots will thank you at the end of the day.....

Had the same problem first time - I was too sure in my wingmen that they will shot down the Hinds. So what happen the second time: I moved about a 1,5 km from IP to the camp with all wingmen being assigned to shoot at something. 30 secs after two Hinds showed up above the ridge on the other side of the camp: NOW, make sure the targeting computer has the AIRBORNE TARGETS mode ON; wide zoom to visually scan for the Hind (if you are low, close to the valley floor you'll be able to see the Hinds easier) - Lock - Zoom - Shoot Vikhr.... (If they get below 2 km shoot them with the cannon) One Hind was down, meanwhile I assigned wingman #4 to attack Bogeys (I just tought I'm gonna need help because the Hind was too close) - Wm#4 eventually replied Affirm; I tried to target the second Hind but he was already firing at me so I made evasive action while the Hind chased. Wingman #4 got a good chance to shoot and there was the end for the Hind. After that the camp was a turkey shooting :) Good luck

As well from the scheme you can see why you have to avoid high G maneuvers at high speed... The first time I did that the chopper blades collided and I end up in the bushes.... burning... :joystick:

Greetings everyone!!! Unfortunately I have to include myself in this thread because yesterday I got the same problem as many of you>> After more than 30 min in flight and the SECOND rearm my laser started acting as it was mentioned by members here. Flicking the laser on/off made me able to receive "C" launch authorized message and I was able to fire Vikhr which hit somewhere near the target but not on it.... SO - after following the last page discussion and feature/bug dilemma - the question is if we keep the laser off at all time except battle will this prevent the system from malfunctioning??...

Thanks for the answer... Looks like holding "O" down makes the job :D Regarding the RAM... well the GTX280 came later than the rest > Now waithing for Windows 7 to see what's gonna happen :pilotfly:

Just a short question>> I'm trying to slew the Shkval to the HMS movement but can't find the switch. What is the proper procedure to do that? I tried to check in the manual but for some reason the explanation there doesn't work for me...

I would like to use this thread to ask for the opposite - any chance of having the EKRAN speaking Russian? I have the english version of BS..

That is VERY VERY nice work....... Cheers:thumbup:

hehehe... Actually you are so right... I started looking for the X58 and i7 already, and you bet I'm getting those one day soon because with the OC and all rest as I said my FPS during really hard times are nowhere but around 15-20.... (shame, shame...). BUT The thing is with the extra sound card and little overclock I got these crucial 10FPS on top of the 10 I was getting when the simulation was really demanding. And at 20 FPS the simulation is STILL NICELY FLYABLE (not to say that on a simple flights I'm getting 60-70FPS now, compared to 35-40 before the SB and OC). So in this time of crisis I somehow can not justify X58 purchase yet, for the sake of another 20-30 FPS in BS....