Downey Jr.

will do next time I fly it :)

I know there's a solution to this...it's not engine icing...Im losing oil pressure with altitude or sustained high altitude ...I try to keep my speed about 150 but I eventually had total left engine pressure shutdown...any thoughts? tips? frequent sight on this mission...

without exploring much of the datalink yet...I tried to send some targets to wingman..but nothing seemed to happen so then after I sent a radio message to attack my target and he said negative ...so I'm missing a step or something either way...I'll look into it closer later

thanks folks...some things were very useful...confirms the same issues as with any other craft in high icy altitudes...like in FSX gaining altitude in those conditions takes some planning...and yes Ill do the other anti ice switches well before hand as well and see how it works. basically I was trying to go over the mountain...I assume I was losing pressure fast... btw that pic...yeah I didnt crash because of over-trim or rotors breaking...that was me rolling down the hill cause I didn't have enough power to climb over Still wondering though as Im looking for I know Move and Fix what about the other modes there I cannot read in the pit?

WOW nice man!! thanks so much...it's people like you and things like this that get all BS pilots up in the air quicker and hopefully in some incredible co-op missions soon.

so...I turned on rotor anti ice when EKRAN told me to...and still...as you can see below I failed...what else should I have done? (did not have enough power...systems battery /ELEC ACUM warning showed up...how do you get that warning? I got it last mission too) Also in the manual and videos no where can I find a detailed explanation on how the helm mounted sight targeting works and what the cannon MOVE/FIX etc...options do for both cannon and rocket targeting ...does a reticle mode actually appear to give you a fixed targeting sight for rockets and cannons when you need to run and gun? Does the manual explain this panel? EDIT: NOTE I know how to use the Shkval of course...to move the cannon around...I want to know for rockets and cannon how to shoot unguided...

So I'm still on the Deployment campaign as I've dedicated fully my sim time finally to Blackshark...and... I'm on the Night Strike mission...correction....'was' on it...apparently I successfully passed it. But I crashed and died so how did I beat it you ask? Well before I lost control of the heli while sluggishly and sloppily fired like 40 rockets and guns at the escaping car which none hit it...I decided that if I was going to go down I would at least do it in style... So I smashed into it...effectively killing myself and surely the car's passengers... Well I log back in now and see that I have moved on to the next mission of the campaign...lol?

well it works now...maybe my joy was bugging out or I had to restart everything

ok thanks guys for the input and help...but this never happened to the point of actually just plain out glitching and locking up completely... I'm gonna try one more time in normal settings later today...if not I'll have to see what the possible solutions you bring up are...

dude...its killing me tonight...thought I was gonna finish a mission...but gonna call it quits and hit the sack...I noticed some other things but this was bad...real bad restarted the mission like 5-6 times

OK...no idea what the f is going on now...trimmer was working fine until one mission on Deployment (night strike or something) I am CONSTANTLY having the trim lock up...like almost 90% of the time...pissing me off now. I shake the stick...no avail...or randomly it might unstick...but the only other solution is resetting it which throws my heli through the loops... I had everything perfectly lined up, had to rudder to left to take out the building and...no rudder movement of course...nothing.... dammit...glitch? what is going on?

The DCS series is and will be all hardcore sim modeling of each flyable craft with full accurate modeling inside and out...ED is in the business of military simulators now and KA-50 is just the hobbyist hardcore simmer's side of their last military contract...the next fully accurate craft they will have is A-10 warthog thus the next DCS module. beyond that...I unless they got the blueprints I assume we won't see it... multiplayer though is where it's at for BS and you can still ride with ur friend...separately...FSX is co-op same plane though

well hardcore training could still imply in-depth training on each system...hehe I think the deployment campaign does a good job so far of leading you in...the training videos help alot...the problem I have with the manual is that it doesn't account for variable conditions, possible reasons of failure or detail of common problems one would or could have... for example...starting up...reading the manual and I got the inevitable electric shutdown probably due to keeping on battery power before igniting the engines to keep systems running...who knows...the video training shows a much different startup than the manual does...and on top of that I still had to flip a few additional switches not shown. clearest example I have is the Alarm! mission in deployment...starting in pitch black under gunfire and you need to start the heli and get the hell out of there...and yes you could 'auto-start' with lwin+home but if you want to be a real BS pilot good luck using the manual to follow along to get up in the air.

oh for real?! nice man thanks...im gonna try that... I need to do some hardcore training just like I did with Falcon a few years back hopefully Ill get there with BS

It appears one button on the ABRIS nav screen going to fpl and then choosing a waypoint if you press TO then it automatically wipes out all your original waypoints... now granted probably dont want to do that but it is so easy to accidently to hit that rather than wpl or whatever...sometimes during missions I accidently wipe out my flight plan... am I just a terrible BS pilot? dont answer that

thanks so the external map will show me peak altitudes? I still need to really go through the manual...I have the whole printed out and bound...havent had time yet...this spring break perhaps

so...even though I managed to do this somehow...basically you just fly high enough into the fog and pray you don't smash into a mountain from waypoint 2 to 3? which altitude meter gives you a read from ground beneath you and your heli?

ok you got me ;) close the thread if you want...let it live on in infamy

I had a Logitech extreme 3D also...bought it for FS2004 absolutely criminal that every one of those sticks had the same problem of dying after a month...every single one and Logitech never refunded any money. I also bought CH and Saitek and never looked back...so nice to have controllers to stand the test of time.

to address our good friend and faithful moderator GGG (i forget his name) the purpose of this topic: it was a carefully planned social experiment to see what fellow simmers would say at the thought of Falcon 5... the answer: a mocking perception in the form of Sega's 1987 slap in the face to flight simmers everywhere....Afterburner

hey thanks yo! I set mine now to speed 1 and smoothness 10...working well so far...able to navigate the pit well. now I just need to control the heli a bit better...is it really that tough to make it do exactly what you want it to? im a vet simmer but I think heli's have always been my weakness even in FSX...is it me or are they tough as shit to fly? Anyways..on 3rd mission...actually was blowing stuff up I should assign some targets somehow to my wingman eh? Got shot down by the AAA though...my lack of control again got me killed.

there's a deeper underlying meaning

lol

*sigh*...what's the point of restricting raptor sale to other countries when Boeing plans to offer a stealth version of the F-15 to the international market..lol 100 mil a piece too http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-15SE_Silent_Eagle

well I know for sure you have realistic fm when crashing into a parked jeep ...from experience ;) I think the damage model of BS is absolutely amazing... As a long time falcon player I can say that Falcon was great back in 3.0 for the flight model ...but 4.0 seems a bit less awesome for its time...avionics are where is at besides the obvious incredible campaign but thats about it...the damage model is so so and landing seems very fake I dunno... What I do know is that while the campaign in BS may not be 100 percent dynamic...its flight model and avionics make it the real thing or as close to it...wayyyyyy more advanced and tougher than Falcon...Falcon was cake.