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All i wanted to hear. :thumbup:

Please everyone, just watch the track and you will see why either, and i say it again; Hud range tape is incorrect actual missile range is incorrect combination of the above.

Ok, good info. About custom RPM setting, it can be useful and is even needed in some occasion's. S61, guys i worked whit ran the rotor RPM at 102% instead of the normal 100%. This apparently straightened the blades out more, and reduced wear and tear on various parts of the rotor. (believe this was tried out by KLM helicopters and later approved by Sikorsky) EC155 B1, this helicopter has an RPM selector switch. HI, for hover, take-off and landing Norm, for normal flight. Not sure what the exact requirements are to use either setting. AW139, also has an RPM switch. 100% or 102% can be selected. Apparently 102% must be used for "CAT A" take offs and landings. ass well as some other uses. (AW139 can fly the entire flight on 102% i believe) So yeah, there are benefits to selecting different RPM's, though i'm also not quite sure what the exact reasons are. Ill see if i can find it in my training manuals.

^^^^ That's correct. Well, two question's actually. One was the range tape not showing correctly. And / Or ET does not have enough range.

A little, yes maybe. But did you watch the track? The ER overtakes the ET whit a SIGNIFICANT speed difference. (ER was fired 7 seconds AFTER ET, remember?) I'm no expert, but i wouldn't expect a whole lot more drag due to the rounded nose cone of the ET. No more then 5% orso if i had to hazard a guess. There's much more to a rocket's drag then the nose cone alone.

So what you are saying is that the rotor RPM can be set as required between 89 and 99%. And it is not recommend to adjust this setting unless the helicopter is either in a hover or straight and level flight. Correct?

As promised, just tested again in V 1.2.5.15865 Setting; Target 1000 meters ASL Target speed 1290 km/h Chase plane 1000 meters ASL Chase speed between 1320 and 1420 km/h Result; ET launch from max range ~ 13-14 km, falls way short. (~5km) ET launch from ~ 8 km range almost reaches the target, probably could have IF; i didn't fire an ER 7 seconds after the ET. If you replay the track file you can see the ER overtaking the ET before the ET reaches the target, once the two missiles are close enough the proximity fuse takes over. The two explode couple hundred meters behind the target. My guess is that the R-27ET is using the R-27T motor instead of the Dual Stage ET one. You can see this in the track, ET only has initial ignition, ER has initial followed by a second ignition x seconds later. Hope the track provides some good info for the testers/dev's ~S~ v1.2.515865.R27ET.Rtr.trk

They are, its just not the only thing there working on and just happens not to be done yet. Really, its not as easy as flicking a switch whit a label on each side;

When you launch a Vikhr, the laser sweeps continously left/right and up/down to create a grid. something like this; The vikhr missile has sensors looking AFT (towards the KA50) and tries to stay within the projected grid. Now ofcourse, the grid needs to be a bit more complicated then the above to make things actually work. But lets not go into that.

Nice initiative Skull. Good luck setting up the new squad and keeping it together. Fly that Huey like you stole it.:joystick:

That's the problem panzer, this bug shows itself over time. Possibly related whit aircraft being shot down not being removed from data link. So creating a track in a simple mission probably works, but it would by no means be short. (and hence, prone to errors due to network latency and other shenanigans related to trackfiles.)

:thumbup: Agreed, along whit Kamov's, Mil's, IL's and AN's Followed by; Saab's Dasault's BAE's Tornado Already enough U/S stuff in the pipeline. Though something like an F-4 would oppose the MIG-21 quite nicely.

Occurs on SU-33 as well. And as said, very annoying.

Just a short heads-up. I did redo the test. Then found out about the problems whit the 1.2.5 release. So ill redo it again if/when a patch/hotfix is released. ET still seems to have significant less range then ER. But, when i watched ET in F6 view i don't believe i ever saw the 2nd stage motor activating. Anyway, will be revisited. And now i'm wondering why this is in the lock-on forum. Ah well, mod moved it here so must be right.

That's hilarious. thanks for sharing.:megalol::megalol::megalol::megalol::megalol:

I see your new to the forums here, so Welcome. Where gonna need some more information in order to help you; System specs like CPU, MB etc Did you get any error's during installation? Did you install both DCS World and the Huey module as administrator? In the meantime, you may also want to have a look here; TROUBLESHOOTING - Help us helping you. Also, did you update DCS World to the latest version? (1.2.5.xxxx) If unsure, go to Start Menu All Programs Eagle Dynamics DCS World Update DCS World.exe Again, make sure to run as administrator.

Hehe, keep it coming. Find it quite interesting to find out about the workings of the MI-8 Guess you will have to take the bug reports caused by these threads for granted though.:D

Damn, should have known though.

Bummer, any idea if where ever going to get the "history" list back? Was very useful to quickly find servers one regularly visited.

In windows go to start menu all programs eagle dynamics DCS World Repair DCS World.exe Make sure to run as administrator, see if that helps.

Awesome, and only 40 euro's ? Couldn't make it myself for that money if i wanted to. Sounds like a steal really, afraid i will need to tear down my desk and build a new one though cause it would be to high and to deep. Out of curiosity, what size monitor your using? (tv?)

That longitudinal stop better not malfunction's during flight restricting it to 2°. Any kind of safety mechanism? And how is it controlled? manually by the pilots or automatically by something like an weight on wheel switch or maybe its linked to position of the collective?

Sounds like a challenge. Can i come help once one needs changing? Also, the more pics you show of this helicopters, the more similarities i see whit the S61. Quite interesting to see that the push/pull rods actually run trough some kind of bearing keeping them in place. (and preventing metal fatigue due to vibrations?) About easy maintenance on Western helicopters. Forget it. It's just what they promise, reality is quite different though. (referencing AW139) For example, Agusta says you can do an Daily Inspection in just 4 minutes. Whit 3 experienced engineers it actually takes about 10 to 20 minutes.

Roger, anyway, this thread can be deleted since v1.2.5 just came out and i will run the test again in that. If needed ill make a new bug report.