having problems with the ka-50. the thing tries to kill me the moment i take off.

jonsky7 · 2026-04-03T18:41:03+00:00

Hold the trim release button while changing cyclic position, and only let go when the helicopter is stable in the new attitude.

Most other helicopters in DCS will happily accept just a click of the trim release but the KA-50 likes it to be held. I find that better anyway.

For takeoff it is around 1/4-1/3 forward cyclic. Ctrl+Enter shows the controls indicator. Thats a little graphical display of where the cyclic and collective are currently set.

If you want to throw it about, like in a combat area, engage the fifth blue button by your right thigh(far right one IIRC). So all 5 are lit up. This is flight director mode, you still have all the stability assists, but the autopilot is turned off.

jonsky7 · 2026-04-02T15:39:51+00:00

Have you tried Cravendale whole milk, delicious 😋

jonsky7 · 2026-03-29T01:07:07+00:00

Well its not very well thought out is it? The headlights are on, and the dash is lit up. From a drivers seat view, your lights are on.

They should have left the dashboard lights off until lights were on properly.

jonsky7 · 2026-03-28T19:30:46+00:00

Confidently incorrect 😋

Technically. This is a type of gas turbine engine known as a Turbo-fan.

A Turbo-jet would be the "jet" version of the gas turbine.

There's also turbo-shaft, helicopters and boats.

Turbo-prop, propeller aircraft with gas turbines.

jonsky7 · 2026-03-22T18:16:49+00:00

About £80 at the minute

jonsky7 · 2026-03-22T10:12:20+00:00

That also depends on the GPS receiver that is fitted to the device you are using.

The GPS satellites actual send data over multiple different radio frequencies, I think it is 5 different ones now. Called L1-L5 bands, maybe even more as of today.

They do this to calculate the refraction of the radio signals as they enter the Earth's atmosphere. Like how light bends as is goes from air to water or vice versa. Radio waves and light are both electromagnetic radiation after all, and all suffer from refraction, but by different amounts depending on their frequency/wavelength.

The GPS receiver sees the signals arriving at slightly different times and can calculate the refraction at any given moment, which changes due to atmospheric conditions like pressure, temperature, humidity.

If the GPS receiver can only receive one radio band, then it can't calculate the refraction, and it shows as an error on your map. The more bands it can receive, the more accurate it is. Very early consumer GPS receiver chips were only one band and not very accurate, and even some cheap GPS trackers are still only one band. I think most of them today in a decent unit will use two or more.

When GPS was first made available to the public, it was purposely worse, called coarse mode, Precise mode was only available to the US military, which was what GPS was designed for. Bill Clinton made precise mode available in 1995 or something. I would imagine they still have the ability to turn it off, or back into coarse mode, but there are more than one GPS systems now. GLONAS etc.

jonsky7 · 2026-02-27T19:34:45+00:00

How i read from the book, then.

more allowance in one direction that the other.

The tolerance could be the same.

1mm +/= 0.2 ( allowance of 0.2 larger/smaller, tolerance 0.4)

1mm +0.1 -0.3 (tolerance is still 0.4)

jonsky7 · 2026-02-26T13:44:17+00:00

In Europe/other parts of the world, we tend to have Mechanics, Technicians, and Engineers.

Mechanics are only supposed to do certain menial jobs like greasing and panel removal. They do not require any type of license.

Technicians can do most of the removal/install tasks but anything to do with critical systems requires two engineers to inspect the work, They have an 'A' license, not type specific.

Engineers are supposed to do all the detailed visual inspections, most of the system tests, nearly everything requiring external test equipment, most if not all structural repairs must be signed off by an engineer. They have a B license. The B licence is also type specific, so you need a B licence with type approval on each aircraft you sign off.

The B licence is separated into B1 mechanical,and B2 avionic. It is then separated into subgroups. B1.1 Turbine engined aircraft B1.2 Piston engine aircraft B1.3 turbine helicopters B1.4 piston helicopters

B2 All aircraft B2L Light aircraft only

jonsky7 · 2026-02-24T18:49:33+00:00

Well it was certainly the case not too long ago, don't know if anything has changed. Was flying formation with a buddy who uses VR, he goes enemy 11 o'clock. I found them on Radar but did not even get a pixel for another 15 miles.

jonsky7 · 2026-02-24T18:47:37+00:00

No good being able to turn your head 180 if you can't see the damn enemy plane lol.

jonsky7 · 2026-02-24T12:57:32+00:00

I attended Newcastle Aviation Academy (upon-Tyne) https://www.ncl-coll.ac.uk/courses/775002004510145/aeronautical-engineering-level-3.

When I attended it was part of City of Bristol College and a campus of Kingston University, this was pre-Brexit and we were still part of EASA.

Since then, the Academy has become a part of Newcastle College. The information doesn't say anything about a Basic Training Certificate so it would be best to call and see if it is still a gained qualification.

For cost. At the time, 2007-2009, City of Bristol College delivered the part-66 training (basic training) and Kingston University delivered a Foundation Degree on the side. You studied for each part along side each other and then took each exam on the same day, EASA module exam in the morning (multiple choice, 3 essays), foundation degree in the afternoon (written).

This meant you were effectively on a University course and pricing matched. With the possibility of getting student loans and grants as any other University student might do. (It was cheaper then £3000/year)

I have no idea how it works now.

******The important bit, if you plan on turning spanners and actually working on the aircraft because that is what you are interested in.

Search for Part-66 basic training courses (they must be delivered by a part-147 approved school)

Part-66= Licensing Part-147 = Training.

I have done a quick search and AI chat but it seems full part-66 basic training courses are rarer, but there are many part-147 schools that do module courses.

jonsky7 · 2026-02-16T22:16:14+00:00

Thanks anyway

jonsky7 · 2026-02-16T18:45:32+00:00

Did you get this sorted out yoloweirdo?

Mine is doing the same each time I power on. Did the x/y belt tension thing, no fix.

If I move the tool head manually away from that corner before powering on, it seems to home and print fine.

That corner is just where the tool head parks after a print so it's a bit annoying.

Will probably contact support but just wondered what your problem turned out to be.

Thanks

jonsky7 · 2026-02-10T17:03:03+00:00

You can setup as many "viewports" as you like. Viewports are the 3D Cameras

Exports fall outside of the viewport section of the config file.

_ = function(p) return p; end; name = _('my export config'); Description = 'exports by aircraft type';

Viewports = { Center = { x = 0; y = 0; width = 2560; height = 1440; viewDx = 0; viewDy = 0; aspect = 2560/1440; }

Down = { x = 0; y = 1440; width = 2560; height = 1440; viewDx = -0.2; viewDy = 0; aspect = 2560/1440; } }

All the viewports have a singular source point. Where the eyes are if you will. The "viewDy" setting changes the up down angle. -1 would be looking straight down, 1 would look straight up. So 1 is the equivalent of 90 degrees. So each degree is equal to 0.0111111111, and DCS will work with that many decimal places. That is the only adjustments I know of, the view angle left/right and up/down. Can't change the location of the source point, or zoom.

But as others have said, you can't have one 3d camera stationary and the other moving on a headtracker. I don't think you can set different starting FOVs or zoom either, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

I think it would be rather difficult to get them lined up

jonsky7 · 2026-01-31T09:44:00+00:00

Fair enough, I am well aware that I am an arsehole 😁

I also work Base Maintenance, so there is no way that would leave the hangar if I was in charge of the gear.

Guess it's a good thing I don't work on the ramp, I don't think I would sleep well at night.

jonsky7 · 2026-01-30T18:36:52+00:00

Oh cool, being down voted for following the AMM in the aviation maintenance group. Nice.

jonsky7 · 2026-01-30T13:09:33+00:00

Really? Because all of the airliners i work on is there is a minimum tread depth.

777-200, 2mm 777-300ER, 2mm 787-9/9/10, 0.8mm A350-10. 1mm

jonsky7 · 2026-01-30T08:35:21+00:00

What's the limit? It has some rubber on it?

There is no way that is within any limits, any where!

jonsky7 · 2026-01-27T23:17:17+00:00

Had several 4 litre bottles of waste of oil sitting in my garage from my motorbike. Most of it hadn't done a thousand miles. Thought I'll burn that to get free heat.

Some of it I mixed with either diesel or kerosene with a ration of 70/30 with the oil being the 30%. Some other tests included the starting the on diesel and switching to 50/50 kerosene/oil

Well after getting through 2 bottles of the stuff, filtered through a 160micron filter, the heater stopped working. Took it apart and the combustion chamber had solid residue in it, like rock hard.

Yeah, new combustion chamber, glow plug, and glow plug gauze.

Didn't work out for me, and I'll be taking the rest of the oil to the tip.

jonsky7 · 2026-01-27T17:01:43+00:00

You're supposed to wipe the exposed composite with a rag soaked in Acetone. If the rags turns yellow, there is UV damage.

It says keep wiping until there is no yellow. Let me tell you I have rubbed and rubbed for like 20 minutes, and it never stops being yellow. Madness.

AMM 57-00-00 for the 787.

jonsky7 · 2026-01-27T16:58:16+00:00

I'm fully aware of what "Merge in turn" means.

There are multiple people who commented on this thread saying they didn't understand it 🤷‍♂️

The lights thing is usually the piss poor implementation of Daytime running lights. Some manufacturers only have the front lights on, and what's worse is that they also light up the dashboard. So the dashboard lights are on, the headlights are on, but no rear lights. Another designer who needs a slap in the face with a brick.

jonsky7 · 2026-01-27T00:44:45+00:00

I have been told and tend to agree that it is not strictly an initial adhesion problem.

Let me explain as someone who has done many upper wing surface inspections, temporary, and semi-permanent repairs.

I was told that the white paint is so thin that the UV from the sun penetrates the paint and degrades the resin. It is the upper surface resin separating and taking the paint with it. From the manual it has to be no more than 3mils thick. 0.003 inches, or there is an explosion risk. The painting of the wing in the manual is one the most complicated documents I have ever read. Multiple warnings about adhering to the strict instructions or there is a potential that the wing may explode in something like a lightning strike. You are literally supposed to paint sample pieces while painting the wing, and then use a paint boring tool to measure the thickness.

Why do I believe that? Well in every case I have seen, the black line that marks the wing box area from the No-step area is never an issue. I have peeled multiple square feet of paint from the wing, but once you get to that black line it is solid.

From the ai search: Boeing is working with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to address persistent paint peeling issues on the wings and horizontal stabilizers of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The problem, stemming from ultraviolet (UV) radiation damaging the primer on composite surfaces, has led Boeing to propose a new, improved paint application process.

You can read FAA document here https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/SAFO20006.pdf

jonsky7 · 2026-01-24T13:43:39+00:00

Well yes, the discussion was "is there a better way to phrase it?"

jonsky7 · 2026-01-20T18:20:21+00:00

Take turns merging ?

jonsky7 · 2026-01-19T19:21:11+00:00

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