shkval won t stay on

[bigdog4215]

i ve the produser s notes over and over and i figure out what i am doing wrong.he says to turn off ac and dc power and turn both batterys on after everything is up and running.when i turn the ac off the shkval goes off and i can t seem to get it back on.can somebody tell me whats going on

[Frederf]

AC power provided by the AC electrical generators attached to the free turbine. When rotor RPM dips below about the lower red line the generators don't provide any AC electricity that the Shkval needs.

[Waldo_II]

The Shkval likes to be turned off when the Ka-50 is on the ground. Does it stay off after you take off?

 

Edit: Frederf has a much better explanation than I do.

[bigdog4215]

The Shkval likes to be turned off when the Ka-50 is on the ground. Does it stay off after you take off?

 

Edit: Frederf has a much better explanation than I do.

i ll have to try that out.

 

AC power provided by the AC electrical generators attached to the free turbine. When rotor RPM dips below about the lower red line the generators don't provide any AC electricity that the Shkval needs.

i m lost,i don t understand what you are saying.do i have to keep the ac power on or is the another switch to turn it back on.

[Frederf]

You have to keep the rotors turning fast enough so the AC generators stay online.

[slug88]

He says the Shkval goes off as soon as he turns off ground power, so clearly he's still on the ground when this happens. Either he's forgetting to turn on the LH and RH AC Generators (located right next to the ground power and battery switches), or he isn't increasing the throttle to Auto, or a combination of both.

[Frederf]

Ah yes, you're probably right. I read the OP as fast as humanly possible for my own mental safety :)

[bigdog4215]

He says the Shkval goes off as soon as he turns off ground power, so clearly he's still on the ground when this happens. Either he's forgetting to turn on the LH and RH AC Generators (located right next to the ground power and battery switches), or he isn't increasing the throttle to Auto, or a combination of both.

i ve just watched it start up by hitting the windows+home and he didn t even touch the dc button like the guy did in the producer s notes.i even seen him turn the right and left ac generator switches,which i didn t see in the producer video.do i have to leave the ac switch on[not the generator switches]and when i turned those generator switches on i get that big yellow circle in my hud.is that spost to happen and increasing the throttle,you hit the page up button twice or am i wrong.

 

thnks for the help guys

[Stretch]

OK, here's the best I can give for an explanation.

 

The Shkval requires a sufficient source of AC power to stay on. The Ka-50 has two ways of receiving AC power: external AC ground power, or the AC generators.

 

To receive external AC ground power, all of the following must be true: You are on the ground, you have asked the maintenance crew for ground power (via the radio), and you have the External AC switch on.

 

To receive AC generator power, all of the following must be true: The engines are running, the AC sys generator switches are on, and rotor RPM is high enough. Your rotor RPM is indicated by a dial on the left side of the cockpit. You control this RPM primarily with the collective (which is different from the throttles), though increasing the throttles does affect rotor RPM somewhat too (as well as a multitude of other smaller factors). When your helicopter is on the ground, rotor RPM may not be high enough to support AC power without external ground power attached.

 

As for the yellow circle in your HUD, verify that the HUD mode switch is in NORM and not STBY. In Standby mode the HUD displays a fixed reticle for aiming.

[EtherealN]

You have checklists, you know. Print them out and follow them. ;)

 

You do not need the external power sources if you don't want them. Just do the following:

 

Batteries 1 and 2 on.

EKRAN on.

Instrument panel on.

ABRIS on.

Fuel pumps on.

APU valve open.

Click the starter with selector knob in the centre to start APU. Wait until it's done.

Left engine fuel valves open.

Left engine EEG on.

Flip selector to left engine.

Click the starter.

Open left engine shutoff valve (right lever)

Wait until engine RPM settles.

Right engine fuel valves open.

Right enging EEG on.

Flip selector to right engine.

Click starter.

Open right engine shutoff valve.

Wait until engine RPM settles.

Throttles to Auto (PgUp twice)

Both generator switches on.

 

And of course all your comms, nav, UV-26, ejection seat, fire system, lights and so on. APU off.

[bigdog4215]

You have checklists, you know. Print them out and follow them. ;)

 

You do not need the external power sources if you don't want them. Just do the following:

 

Batteries 1 and 2 on.

EKRAN on.

Instrument panel on.

ABRIS on.

Fuel pumps on.

APU valve open.

Click the starter with selector knob in the centre to start APU. Wait until it's done.

Left engine fuel valves open.

Left engine EEG on.

Flip selector to left engine.

Click the starter.

Open left engine shutoff valve (right lever)

Wait until engine RPM settles.

Right engine fuel valves open.

Right enging EEG on.

Flip selector to right engine.

Click starter.

Open right engine shutoff valve.

Wait until engine RPM settles.

Throttles to Auto (PgUp twice)

Both generator switches on.

 

And of course all your comms, nav, UV-26, ejection seat, fire system, lights and so on. APU off.

sorry for being a noob but whats eeg on for rght and lft engines

[sobek]

sorry for being a noob but whats eeg on for rght and lft engines

 

Electronic engine governor. It looks after you engines so you don't overtorque the drivetrain or run on too high exhaust gas temperature.

[Zenra]

BigDog,

 

For what it's worth I had the same problem when just starting out and it turned out I was turning on the generators and requesting ground power disconnect before pulling the throttles up to the Auto setting (Page Up twice with default mapping). As was explained well upstream the engines need to be running with sufficient speed for the on board generator to engage, and without them there is no AC power to run the Shkval.

 

Anazing how well modeled this thing is, isn't it?

[Avilator]

Electronic engine governor. It looks after you engines so you don't overtorque the drivetrain or run on too high exhaust gas temperature.

The switches are on the right wall panel, towards the back, and labeled EEG of all things...........:smilewink:

[bigdog4215]

You have checklists, you know. Print them out and follow them. ;)

 

You do not need the external power sources if you don't want them. Just do the following:

 

Batteries 1 and 2 on.

EKRAN on.

Instrument panel on.

ABRIS on.

Fuel pumps on.

APU valve open.

Click the starter with selector knob in the centre to start APU. Wait until it's done.

Left engine fuel valves open.

Left engine EEG on.

Flip selector to left engine.

Click the starter.

Open left engine shutoff valve (right lever)

Wait until engine RPM settles.

Right engine fuel valves open.

Right enging EEG on.

Flip selector to right engine.

Click starter.

Open right engine shutoff valve.

Wait until engine RPM settles.

Throttles to Auto (PgUp twice)

Both generator switches on.

 

And of course all your comms, nav, UV-26, ejection seat, fire system, lights and so on. APU off.

that worked but just a few problems,for some reason i kept loosing altitude but i messed around with the throttle and it fixed.

 

what button is the ekran and i noticed when i lost speed the shkval went off,is that spost to happen

[EtherealN]

Handy tip: if you have problems, click "save track". Then attach that track here. That way we can see exactly what you did and thereby exactly what you did wrong. ;)

 

EKRAN is at the right back panel.

[bigdog4215]

Handy tip: if you have problems, click "save track". Then attach that track here. That way we can see exactly what you did and thereby exactly what you did wrong. ;)

 

EKRAN is at the right back panel.

it didn t seem to loose altitude that time but am i doing anything wrong