Beginner questions

[Skyracer]

Hi all!

I have some beginner questions:

• What is the difference of pressing "designate target" vs "Petrovic up"?
• If is see a target can i specific that Petrovic is looking in that direction
• When i maneuver the hind why does he close the shutters?

That's it for now..

[AeriaGloria]

1. Petrovich up allows you to use any command associated with hat up, designate is only using the designate function 

2. No, but you can always confirm that it is designating where you want by pressing Petrovich up short again

3. your periscope has 25-30 degree roll limits. Petrovich will often close them before you exceed this limit but not all the time. If you exceed those limits with it open your sight is effectively broken and won’t look straight. So before banking more then about 25 degrees always give Petrovich down short to close the sight. Just allow Petro auto closing it as a backup when you forget 

[Skyracer]

8 hours ago, AeriaGloria said:

1. Petrovich up allows you to use any command associated with hat up, designate is only using the designate function 

2. No, but you can always confirm that it is designating where you want by pressing Petrovich up short again

3. your periscope has 25-30 degree roll limits. Petrovich will often close them before you exceed this limit but not all the time. If you exceed those limits with it open your sight is effectively broken and won’t look straight. So before banking more then about 25 degrees always give Petrovich down short to close the sight. Just allow Petro auto closing it as a backup when you forget 

Thank you!

Another one:

"Re Adjust Free Turbine Speed"

What does it mean? And when are you suppose to use it? 

[admiki]

If you really want to know, we can give you technical explanation, but you don't need to touch that.

[AeriaGloria]

1 hour ago, Skyracer said:

Thank you!

Another one:

"Re Adjust Free Turbine Speed"

What does it mean? And when are you suppose to use it? 

There is a table to change it according to barometric pressure, but generally you never touch it. 
 

The manual talks about 2 other uses of it though that both work in DCS. If you raise it all the way, your rotor and tail rotor spin faster. This gives you better control authority, especially at high altitude, and your autopilot more control, and overall more lift until you reach the power limit of the engines about 2-3% rpm below the normal speed (95% default, with 92% if you decrease it all the way and 98-99% if you increase it all the way). 
 

If you decrease it all the way to 92%, you have less lift, but gain 2-3% fuel economy. Conversely increasing it to max reduces fuel economy by 2-3%

[Skyracer]

11 hours ago, AeriaGloria said:

1. Petrovich up allows you to use any command associated with hat up, designate is only using the designate function

Sorry, can please explain this further. 

[Skyracer]

What does the blinker switch do?

[Flappie]

21 minutes ago, Skyracer said:

What does the blinker switch do?

Warning lights go blink.

[Raffi75]

1 hour ago, Skyracer said:

What does the blinker switch do?

I recommend it for a start.

https://chucksguides.com/aircraft/dcs/mi-24p/

[AeriaGloria]

On 3/26/2025 at 11:03 AM, Skyracer said:

Sorry, can please explain this further. 

Look at two different Petro command graphics here. With your buttons found to up/down/left/right, up can if pressed shortly either 

-command search/ie designate

-move up the list of acquired targets

-change flare interval when entering countermeasure menu from short left press 

And a long press might either warm up weapons or change ROE. 
 

And if you are CPG, it does many different things. So you see, designate is only one of these functions.