Mi-8 and guns/grenades - how to make 'em work?

[Filament]

This is one fun eggbeater!

 

I haven't been bitten yet by the dreaded VRS - I got that out of my system with the Ka-50 early-on! ;) What a nice machine!

 

Anyway...I flipped the 'wall' of switches in the upper-left. Weapons are not 'safed.'

 

I can fire the rockets fine, but whether I load up the 9-A-800 or 9A-624/622 or GSh8 - the result is the same - nuthin'! ;)

 

I know it's something I've done - can you help me out, brothers?

 

I've check all the panel screenies in that wonderful PDF doc - maybe I just need to wait for the English panel mod... :D

[seikdel]

Make sure you're setting the 4-way switch to whatever you're trying to fire (800, 622 or 624). Also, ensure that your pod variant knob (to the co-pilot's right) is set correctly (I, V, or all the way right)

 

I'm not at my computer now, so that's all I can think of.

[Suchacz]

It's not as straightforward as in BS. You should go through the weapon system training mission, it will explain it to you well.

[lorenzoj]

Also the Quickstart manual in your docs takes you through all the various weapon setups...... Easy step by step directions

 

And like Suchacz says....... do the weapon tutorial mission a few times if you have to. Really worthwhile.

[Weta43]

Seikdel's comment was probably the point though, for the GUV pods, you have to set the pod variant switch correctly. If you set it all the way to the right, it's only a single mouse click.

[Filament]

Thanks, guys!

 

Checking tutorials is not bad advice at all.

 

In fact, I went thru the interactive on employing weapons 7-10 times before I finally "got it!"

 

For the "Vikh's" I could either get a "TA" only, or maybe a "TA" and the 'distance cues' ('circles') lined up (but there'd be no "C" cue), etc., before I finally 'connected the dots.' :music_whistling:

 

Now I wonder what was ever so hard? :D

 

Will do....

[chokko]

what about the bombs ?

[159th_Falcon]

They are just there for display purposes.

 

No idea really, seems like suicide to me to try dropping bombs from a helicopter.........

 

Anyone can tell me when you would want a helicopter deliviring bombs instead of an plane????

Can't imagine anything.

[Weta43]

"Anyone can tell me when you would want a helicopter deliviring bombs instead of an plane????"

 

When you know where the target will be for the next hour, but not after that, & it's 30 minutes flight from a helicopter sitting on a FARP, and 1 1/2 hours flight from the nearest plane at an airbase ?

[Scrim]

When planes don't have a very long time on station, but helicopters do, like with the Russians in Afghanistan.

[KennethBF]

Anyone can tell me when you would want a helicopter deliviring bombs instead of an plane????

 

Well, i fly this helicopter as a plane. Onely takeoff, landing and other situations I use it's hoower capability. You do not fly this helicopter like the BS... lurking around... this one is big and heavy....

[lorenzoj]

Yeah, definitely wasn't intended to be a precision, hang in the air, weapons delivery platform like the KA-50. Very different mission capabilities. More like a bulked up Huey