Ka-50 Kh-25ML

[Randomrussian]

For some reason when i fire the kh25ml on the ka50 just goes dumb flys into the dirt i have the laser rangefinder and designator on i followed the tutorial in the grim reapers video, is there something im doing wrong?

[fikmeinshizer]

Are you waiting for launch authorisation? That would tell you you're locked. Also you would need to be high enough to allow the missile to see the laser.

[Randomrussian]

Originally posted by fikmeinshizer:

Are you waiting for launch authorisation? That would tell you you're locked. Also you would need to be high enough to allow the missile to see the laser.

I wait for the reticle to stop flashing and i have the c symbol and fire while the countdown is going down i was firing about 300m agl (also what does the countdown indicate as it gets to about 20 and says pause or "too late" im aware that it is the cool down but it seems a bit random when the cool down initiates

[fikmeinshizer]

it's been a while since I flew it but IIRC the C symbol is just the Shkval tracking the target. in the bottom centre of the shkval picture you should get LA or the russian character equivalent when you have a valid firing solution. for the Kh-25 this includes positive lock on the laser.

try increasing the altitude and range to target to help the missile find the laser. approach slow, hover then track the target with the shkval. once the shkval is tracking the target and you have the Kh-25 selected then and only then fire the laser so it doesn't burn out. check the HUD to see if there are positional changes you need to make (like lining up the circles on VIKHR). With all that done the missile should find the laser and the shkval will display LA. Once you have that, fire

[Randomrussian]

will give it a go thankyou!

[Freakshow]

Just to clear it up a bit, the "C" is the equivalent to "launch authority". You don't want the manual fire mode on. You want to leave that switch where it's at by default or you'll get the "C" at all times. TA means auto-tracking is engaged. ТА-ИД Auto-tracking + laser range-finger active. ТА-ИУ Auto-tracking + beam-riding laser active. That countdown is how long the laser is going to stay on. At least, the initial countdown when you lock onto the target and when you fire a missile. Depending on your range, the countdown can be longer or shorter.

I have a bind to the laser reset button (beneath the HSI) that I hit after firing a vikhr to skip that laser cooldown period. I use that a LOT to stop the laser from firing. It only has a certain amount of time and then the laser burns out and you have to repair the aircraft. So... if you use the laser too much, you can burn it out before you even fire off all 12x vikhrs.

http://www.checksix-fr.com/downloads/DCS/BlackShark/Manuels/dcs-bs_flight_manual_eng.pdf

Page 4-3 has all the HUD symbology if you have it in Russian. I set my HUD to English, but either way.. you can figure it out.

The KH-25 lofts so, you don't want to be too close. Just curious, what range are you firing it from?

If it's really due to the laser not staying on long enough, try this: When you're in position and ready.. right before you fire, lock the target one more time to initiate the laser rangefinder so it knows the true distance and that should let it know how long it really needs to leave the laser on. Fire it right after you do that final lock while the laser is active.

[Randomrussian]

i tried from between 3 to 8km all times the missile just flew straight and the gravity brought it down into the dirt about a mile to a mile and a half away from where i fired it depending on my altitude