Ka-50 cannon

[wolfbite 8]

The Canon on the real kamov is Pilot/computer targeted.. thats to say the pilot assigns the target and the helicopter locks it on target... it will even rotate the whole helicopter to keep it on target... but it seems in arma the canon is fixed meh oh well

[Second 0]

The Canon on the real kamov is Pilot/computer targeted.. thats to say the pilot assigns the target and the helicopter locks it on target... it will even rotate the whole helicopter to keep it on target... but it seems in arma the canon is fixed meh oh well

What kind of sensors it has? Laser and radar maybe?

[max power 21]

That's an interesting fact! I would imagine the sensor is infrared.

[peterj 0]

The system i optical and use laser for guidance.

You can see it in use here at 00:46 and 2:43,

Some panning and zooming (Shkval in Su-25T),

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJFQkg77qyQ

And the real thing,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z03y04imhQg

Screenshot of the Ka-50 cannon in use, the box are the traversing limits of the cannon:

http://lockon.co.uk/img....fbb.jpg

[max power 21]

Well if it locks on that changes it all... I remember reading somewhere that there was a problem with having guns but not gunners in Ofp. I wonder if a computerized gunner.. like partial AI control would be possible.

[frederf 0]

WGL already solved things like this ages ago. You make an invisible gunner. That way the aiming is like the AH-1Z's (W?) chin turret with the dual gunners but you only need one guy in it.

Check out WGL's 81mm mortars.

[Pierrot 0]

WGL already solved things like this ages ago. You make an invisible gunner.

So if you destroy Ka-50 of WGL, two bodies are falling down?

[HamishUK 0]

The Ka-50 site is fixed facing forward. It does have a limited scan range for the ShKval sensor but it cannot rotate with the helicopter (like the Apache or Cobra).

The newer Shamsil-50T would see a change in that but the Ka-50 we have is the original sighted version.

It should however be able to lock onto targets using it's laser rangefinder.

I think what this boils down to is simplicity. ArmA is not a simulator for vehicles.

[dob 0]

... I think what this boils down to is simplicity. ArmA is not a simulator for vehicles.

Combat simulator include vehicles planes shopers & boats...

[HamishUK 0]

... I think what this boils down to is simplicity. ArmA is not a simulator for vehicles.

Combat simulator include vehicles planes shopers & boats...

Aye but it does not simulate any of the correct Flight Models or Ground Models as a dedicated sim would.

As a generic combat sim it works as well as intended.

[Luciano 0]

ARMA is not really a simulator. The only thing you can argue that it actually simulates is distance in a game. Maybe infrantry combat over long distance (no urban combat whatsoever).

Anything else, how can you argue that it simulates?

So the ultimate combat simulator is just for PR

[HamishUK 0]

ARMA is not really a simulator.  The only thing you can argue that it actually simulates is distance in a game.  Maybe infrantry combat over long distance (no urban combat whatsoever).

Anything else, how can you argue that it simulates?  

So the ultimate combat simulator is just for PR

Perhaps emulation would be more correct in this case. Either way it is a simulater of sorts as it simulates the world of combat. Albeit without certain stats.

From the Oxford Dictionary

Quote[/b] ]sim·u·late

To create a representation or model of (a physical system or particular situation, for example).

[peterj 0]

The Ka-50 site is fixed facing forward. It does have a limited scan range for the ShKval sensor but it cannot rotate with the helicopter (like the Apache or Cobra).

What sight is fixed, and what do you mean with 'rotate with the helicopter'?

The camera is not on a turret, however: 'The Shkval optics assembly is steerable through 70 degrees to either side of the aircraft, and from 15 degrees above the centerline to 80 degrees below.' That's info about the Su-25T that use the same system.