3 problems... 9m119, Radio, and Betty

[blahdy]

lol the 9M119 is a bit op :P

 

It's a beam-rider and it's behaving better than Vikhr M. Beam track gate is exaggeratedly high but honestly I think missile uses PN in game, it behaves like it has its own seeker..

[ALDEGA]

I dont know if its just me or if have spent too much time in a hog pit but I cant seem to make a capable combat aircraft out of it.

You have been spoiled by the A-10C :)

 

I really really want to like this aircraft. It has most of the ingredients just not the recipe. :helpsmilie:

I like it because it doesn't have all the fancy avionics and munitions that the A-10C has. The Ka-50 is a simple recipe, and therefor more of a challenge perhaps.

[Jona33]

Fly close to some T80u or even some t72s i think will have them...

 

 

Flying the ka50 is almost suicidal at the ranges you need to get to. You also have to sit still to designate them unless you fly right at them which is just as bad. The fact that it has almost no off-bore look-shoot capability sucks. the hms they use in the KA50 I only see being used to get the gun onto targets faster close in (albeit soft undefended ones). I dont know if its just me or if have spent too much time in a hog pit but I cant seem to make a capable combat aircraft out of it.

 

I would be interested to see if anybody has any good tactics to use against REAL armored columns which are defended. Not just a bunch of trucks.

 

I really really want to like this aircraft. It has most of the ingredients just not the recipe. :helpsmilie:

 

It's the flight model that I love most about this sim. My tip is fly low and fast. Pop up round the sides of hills rather than the top. Look at the target visually as well as on the Skhval and most importantly you can hover and fire vikhrs at tanks so use that ability. Unless you're using rockets you never need to get within a km. Use the fact that it is slow and take you're time. Plus it's an ancient 80's helicopter that's pretty rubbish. Don't expect too much.

[blahdy]

First time I flew in Operation Medvedev II campaign, my Vikhr got blown away by the wind. o_O funny wtflols moment right there

[ergn]

Evading the 9M119 is not as hard as evading manpads or SAMs. Usually you are fired head on by those missiles. If you are vigilant enough to detect the launch, an aggressive sideways maneuver can beat the missile.