Wich version of KA-50?

[Raydowe]

Hello guys.

 

i have question

 

wich version KA-50 is using in simulator?

 

Black Shark is name for KA-50N... but it isn't our KA-50. Becouse this version has Samšit-50 instal in his nose.

 

so we can fly standard KA-50 Werewolf. But this version dont have GPS wich we have in DCS. This system was use first in KA-50N.

 

so... i asking.. Exist this version wich we are flying in DCS in real world?:pilotfly:

[AlphaOneSix]

When it originally came out, the Ka-50 had no name (well, other than Ka-50). In unofficial circles, it was called "Werewolf", but that was never an official name. The name "Black Shark" stuck after one of the prototype Ka-50's was in a movie of the same name. The "Black Shark" name is also unofficial, but seems to have stuck, so it might as well be the official name. Both of these names came out before there was ever any such thing as a Ka-50N or Ka-50Sh.

[Luke.S]

wasn't it the same with the huey. It was originally just the UH1 iroquois but then some pilot started calling it a huey and that stuck then even bell were branding it huey

[AlphaOneSix]

Well the Huey started out as the HU-1, before the naming convetion was changed to UH-1. The name "Huey" came from the original HU-1 designation, and stuck even after it was changed to UH-1.

[Raydowe]

ok.. Black Shark or werewolf it is not imortant.. i want know which verzion of KA-50 is in game. Becouse standard ka-50 hasnt GPS.

[Nate--IRL--]

It is a one off prototype IIRC. Which has since been upgraded slightly.

 

Nate

[GGTharos]

THe version used for real by the military, which is as is represented in the game, including the ABRIS upgrade.

[slug88]

Since we've got two different posters giving you two different answers, I thought I'd just chime in and say that everything I've read on these forums indicate that GGTharos is correct :).

[Nate--IRL--]

I didn't know that, happy to be corrected.

 

Nate

[nemises]

wasnt it based on #52 ?

[joey45]

52 is the 2 seater which is based on the 50.

[EtherealN]

I think he means #52, as in the airframe serial number.

I don't recall what the serial number of the airframe used was myself though, so cannot confirm.

[EvilBivol-1]

ED used Ka-50 #25 yellow as the prototype for the virtual reproduction. This machine has since the time of modeling been altered to undergo trials of new missile warning and jamming systems with additional sensors added to the fuselage (now removed again) and some cockpit alterations.

 

The Ka-50 version modeled in Black Shark is the standard Ka-50, a number of which were upgraded with the ABRIS satellite nav. system during/as a result of combat trials in Chechnya. I don't know if all in-service machines have recieved the upgrade, but considering there are only a handful of machines in service and most of these differ from each other to a greater or lesser extent, this is effectively a rhetorical question.

 

There is no Ka-50N or Ka-50Sh in military use. There were all essentially company-driven developments and were never finalized or accepted.

Edited May 21, 2010 by EvilBivol-1

[Raydowe]

thx dude..:thumbup:

[Razorback]

Why not the next patch of BS with the KA-50Sh version upgrate ???

Advantage : finally a real night acquisition system (with the FLIR system)

 

Please ED, think of it !!!!!

THX

[slug88]

Why not the next patch of BS with the KA-50Sh version upgrate ???

Advantage : finally a real night acquisition system (with the FLIR system)

 

Please ED, think of it !!!!!

THX

 

From the FAQ on the front page:

 

Q: Do you plan on modeling more advanced versions of the Ka-50, such as the night-capable Ka-50Sh and the dual-seat Ka-52??

A: Currently, we have no plans to model either the Ka-50Sh or the Ka-52. If either of these aircraft is adopted into service in the future and we are given an opportunity to model them accurately, this might change.

 

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/index.php?end_pos=718&scr=default&lang=en

[GGTharos]

Because that is not an upgrade, it is a prototype.

 

Why not the next patch of BS with the KA-50Sh version upgrate ???

Advantage : finally a real night acquisition system (with the FLIR system)

 

Please ED, think of it !!!!!

THX

[Razorback]

Because that is not an upgrade, it is a prototype.

Prototype or upgrade...don't matter.

Thermal Imagery night (and day) that's the important thing !!

The missions will be much more complete or interesting.

Ka-50Ks or KA-52 ? Both have this capacity.

Ka-50Ks represent, for sure, less work for a patch ! Hihihi

[GGTharos]

Prototype or upgrade...don't matter.

 

It doesn't matter if you're doing a lo-fi sim. It does matter when you are doing a hi-fi sim, which is what DCS aims to be ... period, end of story ;)