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They've been flying over other mountains just fine for years. What happened there was a training accident.
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Keep in mind that the 2 Operational Kamovs in the Chechen conflict had their own 'mini-AWACS' (Ka-29) flying with them, imperative for situational awareness, target hand-off/designation etc etc. They did not operate alone.

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Sort of like how the Marine Corps M-60 Patton tanks were pared up with Abrams tanks in the Gulf war; It did not speak to their benefit.

 

Let's face it. The Ka-50 has a very small FOV sensor compared to any other modern attack helicopter, and it relies on an autopilot to ease the workload of having a single pilot. Unless the pilot sets his autopilot on flying a zig-zag route, he's just not going to see very much with anything else than his MK1 Eyeballs.

 

If the Ka-50 had been a sound concept, I don't think the Russian military would've ordered over 4x as many Mi-28s, an attack helicopter that is probably more fair to compare to the AH-64.


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Let's see. FLIR. So, the ability to do something at night. A decent FOV.

 

The A variant TADS is more or less the same stuff as the SHKVAL, and indeed the PNVS allows for night operation, while the former SHKVAL does not. Ok.

 

The A had no GPS and from what I read, no datalink either. So maybe telling that the AH 64 A has vastly superior sensors is a bit exagerated. But, I'm no specialist, maybe you are and I should know better than arguing with you.

 

In the unlikely event of those two meeting each other (in the past), I would rather be in my couch, at a bazillion kilometers from the duel site than in any of them anyway. But considering that the KA is faster, more maneuvrable and the vikhrs are also faster than the hellfires and have slightly more range, I envy your confidence about chosing tha Apache over the Shark. I really think you'd rather stay in your couch as well :D

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The A variant TADS is more or less the same stuff as the SHKVAL, and indeed the PNVS allows for night operation, while the former SHKVAL does not. Ok.

 

The A variant TADS had FLIR and it has a much, much wider gimbals.

 

The A had no GPS and from what I read, no datalink either. So maybe telling that the AH 64 A has vastly superior sensors is a bit exagerated. But, I'm no specialist, maybe you are and I should know better than arguing with you.
They were vastly superior. An AH-64A could pick up a target that a Ka-50 would just not know is there.

By the time the Ka-50 was equipped with ABRIS, the 64A was pretty tricked out.

 

But considering that the KA is faster, more maneuvrable and the vikhrs are also faster than the hellfires and have slightly more range, I envy your confidence about chosing tha Apache over the Shark. I really think you'd rather stay in your couch as well :D
Considering that the KA isn't that much faster not that much more maneuverable, and the fact that the Ka must remain pointed at its target while the Apache can generate more than 100 degree aspect while guiding, AND the fact that the vikhrs won't get there faster than hellfires, nor go much further (surprise, huh?), I'd take the apache too. :)

And I didn't even get to the fact that while the KA pilot has to now think about abandoning the target if the Shkval is dazzled, while the apache CPG can reacquire ...

 

 

Of course, this is all pie in the sky :)

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Without thinking of effectiveness I'd prefer Ka-50. It is the only one that has an ejection seat. :D

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AND the fact that the vikhrs won't get there faster than hellfires, nor go much further (surprise, huh?), I'd take the apache too. :)

And I didn't even get to the fact that while the KA pilot has to now think about abandoning the target if the Shkval is dazzled, while the apache CPG can reacquire ...

 

 

Of course, this is all pie in the sky :)

 

Sorry but the hellfire missile can't be shoot in very low altitude and is not faster than the ka-50 missiles.

 

The ka-50 have not the technology of the apache. BUT... a good pilot with a Ka-50 can do more than an Apache. The gun of the ka-50 is clear more powerful than the Apache one.

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Sorry but the hellfire missile can't be shoot in very low altitude and is not faster than the ka-50 missiles.

 

The Vikhr has higher initial peak speed, but time to max distance is about the same as for a hellfire, IIRC. and Yes, hellfire can be shot at very low altitude. This is the price you pay for having a rolling airframe missile and corkscrewing through the air.

 

The ka-50 have not the technology of the apache. BUT... a good pilot with a Ka-50 can do more than an Apache. The gun of the ka-50 is clear more powerful than the Apache one.

 

No, he can't do more than an apache no matter how much he wants to. The Apache can find targets where the Ka-50 cannot, just to begin with. It can sense threats that the Ka-50 cannot. And the two guns have very different purpose.

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Well but the 80s Technology designators of Ka-50 have become old. Apache have Better night sensors than the Ka-50, Radar, RWR. All that is Technology that can not be compared betwen two Helis, when the American competitor have been updated and the Ka-50 proyect have been stoped.

 

Ka-50 is super maneuverable compared with the Apache, Faster, more range. The Ejection Seat is amazing and the coaxial rotor is the best solution for an attack helicopter.

 

Maybe the laser and guided antitank weapons is not the best Technology for a single Seat Helicopter. A Shoot and Forget Missile System should be the best antitank weapon for an single-seat attack helicopter.

 

"Hermes" Missile go in this direction.


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I'd take an autorotation every day of the week over the risk of one of those 6 rotor blades on a presumably very badly battle damaged Ka-50 not being blown off when I eject :P
Interesting choice. So you would take Apache's autorotation over Black Shark six blades? Wow, I never though about that. Can you please elaborate, what kind of feature is autorotaion? I wonder if this is unique feature of Apache.

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And the two guns have very different purpose.
:) However, you might be right. Shark's cannon is used for destroying targets, everything from soft targets to armored vehicles. What is Apaches gun (what's the caliber of it) for?

 

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Thanks for the replies guys, some really interesting reading and you all answered my original question, cheers

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Also noticed during airshows, that coaxial helicopters generate much more noise, than tail rotor ones (compared Mi-28 and Ka-52).

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I think the KA-50 is not really compareable to other Attack Helicopters ....its to much aside. Maybe thats exact what i like on it. And like i have written before nobody know what they did with it during Development ( I remember a Picture with 3 MFDs inside a KA-50).

 

They did Build 25 of it...and not one ....is the same like the other. DCS here Simulates the first version with Combat ability. Thats something like Software version1.0 .

 

Also much aspects will be set to Pilots skill and knowledge also like the situation.


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They did Build 25 of it...and not one ....is the same like the other. DCS here Simulates the first version with Combat ability. Thats something like Software version1.0 .

With version 1.0 you would have paper map on the ABRIS place.

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you said that coaxial rotor helicopters produce more noise? This is interesting as I thought it wasn't the case. The ingame Ka-50 seems extremely quiet... I wouldn't really know for sure as New Zealand doesn't have any coaxial rotor choppers :)

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They were vastly superior. An AH-64A could pick up a target that a Ka-50 would just not know is there.

By the time the Ka-50 was equipped with ABRIS, the 64A was pretty tricked out.

 

Gimbal is strictly mechanical, and if you throw that in the balance, we'll have to leave the strictly sensor-ish argumentation.

Still, "vastly" is exagerated. That word would fit more in a comparison between a KA-50 and a D variant.

 

Considering that the KA isn't that much faster not that much more maneuverable, and the fact that the Ka must remain pointed at its target while the Apache can generate more than 100 degree aspect while guiding, AND the fact that the vikhrs won't get there faster than hellfires, nor go much further (surprise, huh?), I'd take the apache too. :)

And I didn't even get to the fact that while the KA pilot has to now think about abandoning the target if the Shkval is dazzled, while the apache CPG can reacquire ...

Yes, that's a surprise, I haven't read anything like that yet. But I'll take your word for it, as your sources are without a doubt way more accurate that the even above average internet research results :D

 

Of course, this is all pie in the sky :)
Indeed, and again, I'd rather have some in my plate, sitting in my desk chair in front of DCS, instead of actually testing the theories for myself in real life, no matter in which helo :P
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Interesting choice. So you would take Apache's autorotation over Black Shark six blades? Wow, I never though about that. Can you please elaborate, what kind of feature is autorotaion? I wonder if this is unique feature of Apache.

 

If you have to argue against an obvious joke, you're obviously just arguing out of bias, or trying to pick a fight.

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If you have to argue against an obvious joke, you're obviously just arguing out of bias, or trying to pick a fight.

 

It simply depends on Damage.

 

Im sure you would also like to have an ejection seat as a real Pilot if you feel you are still alive but the sound of the mainrotor is missing somehow and you are still 300 feet over ground.

 

Autorotation without mainrotor is extremly hard to manage.

Without ejection seat the unofficial Handbook here says *Open Cockpit and move your arms very very fast*.


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