DaveRindner Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 Once again. I love this sim. Such great work from developers. Trully a good training tool for amateur helo pilots, and wannabe's like myself. Though there are some issues, which, no doubt , are being addressed. Perhaps some of my comments are due to lack of experience. In which case please accept my apologies. Ship landing on Ticonderogas, and OHP's. The helo desends right through flight deck, with no touchdown. But no crash either. Landings on Kirov class (actually its called Admiral Ushakov now, as Sergei Kirov was a Bolshevik a-hole), and Russian frigates, is a great challenge, and great training. Oddly the faster they go, 30knot flank, the easier it is to land. However, the masts around their flight decks, are not in down position. The helicopter goes right through them, decreasing the realism of the sim. As major task of helo flying is dealing with obstructions and confined operations. It would be cool to have Kuznetzov have static objects, (i.e. parked aircraft) on it, to provide a more realistic landing experience. Once again for obstruction and confined area training. It would be cool to be able to set ships as takeoff and landing points, like FARP. For mission start, end, refuel/rearm. NVG/Shkval/fog. For life of me I cannot get Shkval to work right during night with NVG. Regardless of brightness/contrast setting of the screen, I cannot make anything out in Shkval with NVG on. So I cannot target anything. Shkval during fog is unusable. It does not see anything, farther then .7km. Oddly I have bad guys (insurgents)in trucks shooting at me from inside the fog from outside 2km. So they can see me, but I cannot see them. I think KA-50's night/inclement weather fighting systems are lacking. Actually I don't see KA-50 (as it is simulated) as an attack helicopter per-se. To me its more of single seat VTOL/STOL attack aircraft, like Yak-38, or Harrier (pre-night). It needs a CCIP/CCRP for freefall bomb delivery, if there is one in real life.
GGTharos Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 The shkval is not a night-capable instrument. Your NVG's are there to help you not crash into the ground while flying at night. Also its problems in fog are correct, but the AI doesn't feel the pain for the time being. While this is unfortunate, nothing can be done about it for now. There is no bomb sight in the real Ka-50. NVG/Shkval/fog. For life of me I cannot get Shkval to work right during night with NVG. Regardless of brightness/contrast setting of the screen, I cannot make anything out in Shkval with NVG on. So I cannot target anything. Shkval during fog is unusable. It does not see anything, farther then .7km. Oddly I have bad guys (insurgents)in trucks shooting at me from inside the fog from outside 2km. So they can see me, but I cannot see them. I think KA-50's night/inclement weather fighting systems are lacking. Actually I don't see KA-50 (as it is simulated) as an attack helicopter per-se. To me its more of single seat VTOL/STOL attack aircraft, like Yak-38, or Harrier (pre-night). It needs a CCIP/CCRP for freefall bomb delivery, if there is one in real life. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
SUBS17 Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 For the Kuz the AI KA27 can land but the SU33s are unable to land or take off you can also land and rearm on the Kuz but it cannot be set as a steerpoint and also the KA27s tend to land in one spot only on the deck and so only one aircraft can land at a time. Pity some of the old Lockon scripts don't work with DCS.:doh: [sIGPIC] [/sIGPIC]
Huckle Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 It needs a CCIP/CCRP for freefall bomb delivery, if there is one in real life. At low altitude there is a CCIP pipper. I had to remove the low altitude restriction on bombs to get it to work, though.
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