What is Nadia saying?

[Rhinozherous]

Is it possible to get a written sheet of Nadias (i think this is the name for the russian bitchin betty) warnings and comments?

I would love to know what she is saying to me, but I dont speak russian. It would be nice to have it in text so that i can translate it via google. So that I can learn the phrases and know whats going on.

[RaisedByWolves]

Drink your ovaltineski.

[WarbossPetross]

Not sure if it's actually in the works but there should be at least an English voice-over option like there is in the Jeff. Also Russian pilots call her "Rita" because RI-65 ("Rechevoy Informator", voice informer), not sure where does "Nadya" come from (probably a Russian female name that's known best in the West).

[Blackeye]

1 hour ago, WarbossPetross said:

not sure where does "Nadya" come from (probably a Russian female name that's known best in the West).

 

Probably that and the alliteration in "Nagging Nadia".

Edited August 15, 2021 by Blackeye

[AeriaGloria]

4 hours ago, WarbossPetross said:

Not sure if it's actually in the works but there should be at least an English voice-over option like there is in the Jeff. Also Russian pilots call her "Rita" because RI-65 ("Rechevoy Informator", voice informer), not sure where does "Nadya" come from (probably a Russian female name that's known best in the West).

Pretty sure the Jeff is English in real life, just like the cockpit is actually English IRL. But there is the English voiceover on Mi-8/Ka-50, so I do expect it the option also eventually 

[FoxTwo]

She's mostly complaining about the generators not running at the start.

 

The Mi-8 has the same warnings but there's an english translation so you can hop into that to get an idea.

 

You can get context clues, I know one of them is a landing gear warning when you're below a the warning altitude.

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, FoxTwo said:

She's mostly complaining about the generators not running at the start.

 

 

On Cold Start, once you have electrical power, nagging Rita will speak two audio warnings in Russian: “main hydraulics failure” and “fuel feed tank failure”, which are to be expected as those systems are not yet operative. A third audio message will say “RI-65 module functional”, meaning that the Audio Warning system is operative.

 

I don't know russian (yet, I intend to take lessons as next year want to visit San Petersburg  ), so I can't translate the other various warnings that Rita (from how RI-65 sounds in russian) can generate.

[WobblyFlops]

I've found a couple of the lines:

 

"отказала основная гидросустема"-main hydraulics failure

"отказал насос расскодного бака"-fuel feed tank failure

"Блок РИ-65 исправен" - RI-65 module functional

 

[WarbossPetross]

16 часов назад, FoxTwo сказал:

She's mostly complaining about the generators not running at the start.

Yeah, I get that a lot in any Russian aircraft. All it means is that the generator is, well, not generating enough. It's expected on startup, and after that it means that engine RPM is too low. It's not necessarily a failure per se, just a reminder so that you don't drain your battery.

[cfrag]

45 minutes ago, WarbossPetross said:

Yeah, I get that a lot in any Russian aircraft. All it means is that the generator is, well, not generating enough. It's expected on startup, and after that it means that engine RPM is too low. It's not necessarily a failure per se, just a reminder so that you don't drain your battery.

 

Good to know what it means (I seem to hear the word "generator" in one of these warnings). There is one thing though, that has me puzzled: occasionally, when I'm too aggressively reducing speed by almost zeroing collective and pitching up, I get the warning, and then my dampeners (flight assist?) fail. Why? Can some kind soul guide me through what I'm doing wrong (I thought reducing collective should speed up RPM), and how to recover from this?

 

Thanks,

-ch

 

[Nealius]

Pretty sure she calls me a "baka" every time I shut the thing down. 

[Kovacs]

Yes , бака. 

[admiki]

2 hours ago, cfrag said:

 

Good to know what it means (I seem to hear the word "generator" in one of these warnings). There is one thing though, that has me puzzled: occasionally, when I'm too aggressively reducing speed by almost zeroing collective and pitching up, I get the warning, and then my dampeners (flight assist?) fail. Why? Can some kind soul guide me through what I'm doing wrong (I thought reducing collective should speed up RPM), and how to recover from this?

 

Thanks,

-ch

 

Are you 100% sure it's happening on collective down or once you are trying to recover? What you describe it textbook example how to droop rotor RPM on recovery.

[cfrag]

1 minute ago, admiki said:

Are you 100% sure it's happening on collective down or once you are trying to recover? What you describe it textbook example how to droop rotor RPM on recovery.

 

Well, only 99% --  I'll try to purposefully re-produce this and see when it happens exactly. Do I understand you correctly that this issue may come up at the *end* of the maneuver when I up-collective and over-torque, bringing down RPM? Also, do you have any idea why do the assist-programs switch off?  

 

[admiki]

7 minutes ago, cfrag said:

 

Well, only 99% --  I'll try to purposefully re-produce this and see when it happens exactly. Do I understand you correctly that this issue may come up at the *end* of the maneuver when I up-collective and over-torque, bringing down RPM? Also, do you have any idea why do the assist-programs switch off?  

 

it's not an overtorque. When you unload rotor, engines spool down to prevent overspeed. Those engines are big and take some time to spool up again. Autopilot works on electricity and disengages once you lose generators, which are driven by gearbox, not the engines. So, if you lose rotor RPM, you lose generators.

You need to modify your decelaration into two-step procedure. You can flare aggressively, but before you get to your target speed, you need to reduce pitch-up and introduce just a bit collective to spool those engines.

Edited to add: unlike the Mi8, where inverters will cycle automatically, in Mi24, if you keep RRPM bellow 86% more than 5 seconds or if you go bellow 80% RRPM, you  need to cycle them manually.

Edited August 17, 2021 by admiki

[cfrag]

Thanks, @admiki, that makes sense to me (I did not know that the engines spool down) and is really interesting (can't wait for the full manual ). One thing that haven't yet understood: when I lose generators, shouldn't the batteries kick in and feed the AP? Or is AP too much drain and gets disconnected from the bus (or isn't on the battery-backed bus)?  

Edited August 17, 2021 by cfrag

[Nealius]

6 hours ago, Kovacs said:

Yes , бака. 

 

What's funny is that means "idiot" in the language of my host country, haha.

[VitMax]

@cfrag There are several circuits with different parameters. Batteries provide 27V DC power, but AP works from one of AC circuits (36V and 115V). I can't remember if AP uses 36V AC or 115V AC. There is a transformer called PO-750 that can produce 115V AC from 27V DC, but it is normally off during flight. So, when you lose generators, you also lose all of the AC powered equipment, AP included.

[MAXsenna]

Is it possible to get a written sheet of Nadias (i think this is the name for the russian bitchin betty) warnings and comments?
I would love to know what she is saying to me, but I dont speak russian. It would be nice to have it in text so that i can translate it via google. So that I can learn the phrases and know whats going on.

Just use your phone?
I'm sure some free translator (with Speech-to-Text) must be available.
Cheers!

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[Rhinozherous]

Thank you guys! Already learned a lot. 

[Kovacs]

21 hours ago, Nealius said:

 

What's funny is that means "idiot" in the language of my host country, haha.

 да , in Japanese, right? baka-yarō 馬鹿野郎  

[kikimora]

Hello, could someone please help me to identify what Rita is saying? Please, see enclosed file. Thank you.

[Flappie]

She believes your intention is to land the aircraft, and your gears are up. She's kindly asking you to put the gear down.

Edited September 22, 2023 by Flappie

[WarbossPetross]

8 минут назад, kikimora сказал:

Hello, could someone please help me to identify what Rita is saying? Please, see enclosed file. Thank you.

I hope my answer finds you on time because she tells you to extend your gear.

[kikimora]

Rita is a smart fellow as It was really my intention to land. Thank you, guys.