Photos of real Ka-50: New secret stuff on the Overhead Panel?

[eV1Te]

I found this site recently, which have a lot of images of the Ka-50 if someone is interested: http://walkarounds.airforce.ru/avia/rus/kamov/ka-50/ :thumbup:

 

What caught my eye was this image and the new stuff on the overhead panel, also note the black box surrounding the HUD. What is this new stuff that isn't in the game?

 

[Sunjah]

The counter-measure is on the opposite side from where we have it, too. The Black Box is what has me wondering, I went to the site and it is "cut-out" of every shot. Hmm, what could it be? Quite interesting stuff!!!

[rapid]

I have seen that posted and answered before...but i cannot remember what the answer was.:book:

[CE_Mikemonster]

I will p*ss myself laughing if it's a RWR

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=37079

[GGTharos]

A number of Ka-50's have flown with a number of configurations. They're not, or at least were not, all the same.

 

And no, it isn't an RWR, so your shorts are safe.

[opformaster]

 

Thats what I think is missing :D

[Mustang]

Posted this a few days back, guess it just got ignored :) http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=36920

[4c Hajduk Veljko]

The overhead thing, it is an MP3 player, Russian style .... :)

[GGTharos]

Hehe, I thought it was a smart-card reader for starting the chopper! :D

[CE_Mikemonster]

Hahaha and as so common in the KA-50, fitted both beautifully and painstakingly, with a taste for the overall cockpit scheme.

[eV1Te]

 

Thats what I think is missing :D

 

 

You mean like this?

 

[spybaz]

I notice that there does not seem to be any discipline about keeping the helo very clean. They must be very busy!

[opformaster]

Its the new super-secret standby Hula indicator!! I knew reading all those Tom Clancy novels when I was a kid would pay off! Wags is the real former Spook though so I wanna hear what he thinks it is. And yes I know "loose lips sink ships" so a sarcastic answer will suffice.

 

-op4

[experimental_pilot]

Its a jammer with an on/off switch and different levels. :)

[spybaz]

It's actually the re-spawn button. Top secret!

[eV1Te]

Its a jammer with an on/off switch and different levels. :)

 

I'm guessing you mean the black box at the right?

 

What does the the light blue box and the black box the the left of that one do then not to mention the big black hole in the picture? :thumbup:

[Spartan1-1]

Got your back... Top panel is the X52 adapter. The blacked out box is a nudie pic.

[fox_111]

The russian Secret service will hunt me. They missed that picture and the censored part is showing.

[tdar]

looks like a robotic, talking companion for the bored pilot. the two small red dots are the eyes, the black thing is the mouth and the..

[fox_111]

Nah.. it's the setting for the vibrating massaging seat.

For those long flights where the behind get stiff.

Settings are OFF, mild, medium, heavy and diarrhea. Quite effective russian massaging systeme.

[opformaster]

Nice find! save it before they edit that one to.

 

On a serious note: Since the ka-50 modeled in DCS is a earlier common variant, I wonder if that has anything to do with FLIR and night flying?

 

-op4

[eV1Te]

Nice find! save it before they edit that one to.

 

On a serious note: Since the ka-50 modeled in DCS is a earlier common variant, I wonder if that has anything to do with FLIR and night flying?

 

-op4

 

That could be true, but nothing is visible on the outside for that... (Doesn't the Ka-52 have night capabilities?)

 

By the way, I'm backing up that entire website, with pictures of many other aircrafts and vehicles, just in case :music_whistling:

[opformaster]

Yeah I took a second look through the gallery and didnt see the tell-tale FLIR-turret on the nose. I did a quick compare and contrast but couldnt find anything that wasnt on the exterior of the ka-50 modeled in DCS. I did notice the 2 red nose plugs on either side and am wondering about their function. In-Sim you will notice a silver dot on either side of the nose, maybe they are the laser warning recievers. I dunno, any one got any better ideas?

 

-op4

[EvilBivol-1]

The device at the top of the cockpit is a "bolt-on" remote control for a "bold-on" VCR, used to record video from a camcorder "bolted" behind the pilot's shoulder, as seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0kOfRaTsYs

 

The device "bolted" (:tomato:) to the HUD is probably a controller/indicator for the electro-optical missile warning and jamming sensors tested on this airframe ("25 yellow") in 2004-2006.

 

"25 yellow" has been used extensively as a testbed and none of the above devices are standard to production airframes, to the extent that anything is really standard on any Ka-50.

Edited January 30, 2009 by EvilBivol-1

[Spartan1-1]

Boy thats a letdown, I thought it would be a RWR/ECM/IR Jammer/FLIR that improves framrate. J/k

 

Thanks for the info evil, some of you guys amaze me.