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The same applies to a fixed wing, right? How come the effect on efficiency is completely the opposite then? I'm clearly missing something obvious here. :D

Ok but that doesn't make complete sense to me. Engine governors try to keep the rotor RPM constant withing a certain range. If the RPM is constant then the blade pitch is what determines the amount of lift. Also shouldn't it be easier to spin the blades at the same RPM in thinner air? That's why it makes sense to me that the laws of physics should make it more economic. Some other things on the other hand also determine the fuel efficiency: - OAT; if we use ISA and it's +15 C at the sea level and ~ -3 C at 3000 m, would the temperature drop be enough to call the engine efficiency increase worthwile? - Max IAS with the increase of altitude. Your maximum speed will decrease with altitude and according to my last sortie, the max IAS is lower than what the EPR gauge cruise power setting would be. Ie, I can't reach the cruise power setting because my maximum speed warning will go off. Also the maximum speed at an altitude is lower than the cruise speed at sea level that is equivalent to cruise power setting. I hope that made sense. :) Additional question came to mind; Would increasing the governor RPM setting allow you to fly higher (because increasing blade pitch would make them stall without additional speed) as long as the rotor RPM is within flight manual limits?

Yesterdays most popular picture on a.net http://www.airliners.net/photo/Italy---Army/NHI-NH-90-TTH/2077566/L/&sid=d495dcf6befb0bebf631b41ada7fffed

Nice Jack! How about some airframe numbers on Finnish ones too?

Holy crap that would have been a priceless contract for ED! Ka-52 and Su-34. Or at least for Russian attack aviation fans in sim world. ;)

Is it more economic to fly helicopters at a gigher altitudes as it is for fixed wing aircraft? I would figure that is the same for helicopters too as they play by the same laws of physics but hey, it's a stupid question. :) However would it make a big difference if I was low on fuel and climbed to over 3000 m for example?

OH-58 shooting down various targets with Stingers, including a Hind

Yeah just saying that no point speculating pilot error, engine failure, VRS and the like if the preliminary report contradicts them. :)

The official FAA report was posted already.

There's propably dirt inside and lubrication is gone from the sliding surfaces. You should open them once in a while and use some silicone spray or some other lubricant compatible with plastics.

Yeah easy there with assumptions based on a few second video. From PPrune: ************************************************************ ******************** ** Notice created 3/2/2012 Notice 1 ** ************************************************************ ******************** IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 197LE Make/Model: AH-1 Description: BELL HELICOPTER Date: 03/01/2012 Time: 1811 Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N Damage: Substantial LOCATION City: COOLIDGE State: AZ Country: US DESCRIPTION AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A HYDCRAULIC FAILURE AND CRASHED INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0 # Crew: 2 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: # Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk: OTHER DATA Activity: Business Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER FAA FSDO: SCOTTSDALE, AZ (WP07) Entry date: 03/02/2012

My untrained eye can't see the actual point in the picture but I trust you. ;) Is this series getting too complex for ED? So many products that need to be patched everytime any updates are made, things getting outdated and one can only hope for fixes sometime in the future even after paying many times for the "same" product. Sorry if I sound negative but news especially from the Warthog side are not the nicest after so many patches.

Oh... Yeah he actually didn't let me taxi to runway (despite me being there) so I figured I use control hover for takeoff and then it got stuck when I didn't land. Well this is my first campaign after alot of online and quite a long break. :D ATC is good enough then. :)

One thing you shouldn't do is to communicate with ATC in the beginning. I flew the mission today and tried getting through the ATC menus to get a takeoff clearance. I tried asking for control hover and after that the menus got stuck. I could not communicate with wingmen and the mission was doomed although I still flew to the enemies thinking I might manage to take enough on my own. Maybe I should have landed after hover? Anyway consider yourself cleared when the mission starts. Damn this ATC sucks... And by the way, is the PVI-800 brightness knob supposed to be modelled? Doesn't work for me.

Spot on leafer!

Finland to purchase around 70 AGM-158 JASSM missiles "The US Congress and Department of Defense approved the deal in November, paving the way for the acquisition of the missiles by the Finnish Defence Forces." http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2012/03/finland_to_purchase_missile_system_for_hornet_fighters_3299086.html

Can the JHMCS be used separate of the displays or are they driven by the same hardware?

Mr Jeb Corliss nearly met his maker. It's so so lucky he's still alive. This vid is insane... http://bonjourbluesky.tv/base-jump/jeb-corliss-crash-angles-cams-884

Interesting stuff man! Wish my job with turbofans was actually as diverse as it used to be in school. Well if this company goes down then I hope to work in a smaller company with diverse aircraft and systems.

Either trim everytime you change direction or leave it off. :) I trim. Also helps with crosswind.

A bit off the actual semi-active missiles but some new generation active missiles can be guided by other aircraft using Link 16 before they go pitbull. For example I've read about a Mirage testing that with Mica.

Thanks! Reading about the technology and figuring how it creates such images started making sense now. :)

Post your stupid questions here! There was one on a Finnish aviation forum so why not here too? In almost all of the places where I have worked in aviation business, the professionals have always told us that there is no such thing as a stupid question. Rather ask a stupid one than misunderstand and screw something up for a stupid reason. Many people have alot of questions they are embarrassed to ask so here's a place to vent it out! Some things seem too hard to even google and it doesn't have to be even a stupid one but... ask anything! Here's one. The first AESA or synthetic aperture radar ground mapping images I saw I thought were just normal pictures photoshopped to look radarish due to the shadows I see there. A radar can't see shadows, right? But seeing such images from official sources as the one below have to be real. So what's the reason why we see shadows on radar images? :huh:

AT-11 is a beam-rider. The spiraling is due to the cheap and simple control system and not the homing method.

22 The past 4 months made me feel 20 years older though. :D