zarqa Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I must be missing something: I've tried looking in the manual, searching this forum and google, but I haven't been able to find any info on the two mysterious red and white striped levers in the Black Shark's cockpit. There's one lever forward-left (left of the HUD) and one rear-right (above the EEG switches). They're non-clickable in the game but judging from how eye catching they are they must do something pretty important/cool in real life... right? Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt-1 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) zarga, that would be known as the "OMFG !" pilot instability handle. It will fold out automatically when your chopper is in an uncontrollable spin, you've gone inverted and you cant recover, you hit your wing man while your in fingertip with him, or gravity has the power over your AC. Edited July 22, 2012 by Bolt-1 My Specs. below ASUS TUF Z390 Pro Gaming I5 9600K@4.5 Ghz. 32 Gb. G. Skill Rip Jaw V DDR4 @ 3200 MSI Gaming 1070 TI Samsung 970 EVO+ NVME Pcie 500GB Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD OCZ 120GB vertex 2 SSD Win10 64 Pro TM Warthog TM Cougar Samsuny Odyssey + CH Pro Pedals ASUS 32" 2560X1440 Main Samsung 23" LED/LCD 1920X1080 Corsair TX 850W Corsair H100i GTX HAF 932 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaOneSix Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) They are there for emergency aircraft weight reduction. When you pull them, an amount of weight equal to the window/door on that side is released from the aircraft. They can also aid in ventilation if you need a breeze in the cockpit, the amount of incoming air being roughly equivalent to your current forward airspeed. Okay I'm just joking, of course. They are window/door jettison handles. But in Russia, only the door/window removal specialist is authorized to operate those handles. Since you're the pilot, you are unauthorized to jettison the window or door, so the handles are not modeled. EDIT: There is also an openable sunroof that IS modeled in-game, but operating the sunroof in flight may result in a sudden reduction in lift...along with your immediate removal from the aircraft, since you are not authorized to open the sunroof, since you're the pilot, and not the authorized sunroof opening specialist. Edited July 22, 2012 by AlphaOneSix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudgieSmuggler Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 How many times do you have to pull sunroof lever to become specialist? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaOneSix Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 How many times do you have to pull sunroof lever to become specialist? :) You will know when you pull it and you are greeted with sunshine and chirping birds instead of a loud BANG and a WHOOSH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BudgieSmuggler Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 You will know when you pull it and you are greeted with sunshine and chirping birds instead of a loud BANG and a WHOOSH! You forgot the celebratory shower of rotor-confetti. I imagine it to be like a birthday party with extreme spinal compression. Plus you get to walk home. I guess it beats the alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBillKelsoe Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 you guys are fun to read, JESUS!!:megalol::lol: AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaOneSix Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 You forgot the celebratory shower of rotor-confetti. I imagine it to be like a birthday party with extreme spinal compression. Plus you get to walk home. I guess it beats the alternative. They were originally going to just leave the rotor blades on, but one of the engineers realized that it would be more likely for the data recorder to be destroyed in a post-crash fire if the aircraft's rotor blades were removed, thereby removing the engineer from any possibility of blame. The pilots, always an ingenious and crafty bunch, started sneaking on parachutes after the first...well let's just call it an "incident". The engineers didn't plan for the pilots to wear parachutes, but then again, they were engineers and not parachute specialists, so who were they to argue? All of the parachute specialists refused to comment on the matter, or at least that's what they were believed to have said through their vodka-induced stupor. Eventually, it became a marketing point, so the entire system was hailed for its potential safety aspects, and the original purpose of getting rid of pilots who overstep their authority has been all but forgotten. I can say no more for fear of being in violation of the non-disclosure agreement I signed with Eagle Dynamics. And believe me, nobody wants to be on the bad side of one of ED's legal specialists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarqa Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Okay I'm just joking, of course. They are window/door jettison handles. Thanks AlphaOneSix :-) I didn't realise you *could* jettison that stuff. Although I must say, this is clearly a missed opportunity by ED: how fun would it be to be able to jettison parts of your aircraft mid-flight! Doors, windows, engines... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dejjvid Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Thanks AlphaOneSix :-) I didn't realise you *could* jettison that stuff. Although I must say, this is clearly a missed opportunity by ED: how fun would it be to be able to jettison parts of your aircraft mid-flight! Doors, windows, engines... I've jettisoned my engines many times in flight. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes it's not... :joystick: i7 8700K | GTX 1080 Ti | 32GB RAM | 500GB M.2 SSD | TIR5 w/ Trackclip Pro | TM Hotas Warthog | Saitek Pro Flight Rudder [sigpic]http://www.132virtualwing.org[/sigpic] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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