DCS black shark 3 cold start and Takeoff - KA-50 Startup - DCS in 3 Or Less

The DCS Black Shark 3 Cold Start procedure is a little tricky and requires time for the INU quick alignment to complete. This procedure optimises the Cold Start to ensure the quickest possible take-off while avoiding the AC Pos Cal error that can ruin your day! Follow this guide to get your KA-50 Startup game tight!

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[tuffguy]

Great useful tutorial. But what a complicated startup on this beast! I'll try a few times then resort to auto-start. Thanks as always!

[plaiskool]

learning the BS III today, of course i watched the Vikhr video first ^^ now lets learn to start it! thanks man!

[AliAhmed-jwcs]

Simple and straight to the point. brilliant stuff thanks Dan!

[davidelliott]

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Cheers,

Dave

[lasselahti]

Umm. Now trialing KA-50. In default missions there is a hotstart mission named "convoy hunt". In the mission the year is 2011 (clearly sats should be there)-> Immediately after takeoff, i mean like right after tires have tooken off the ground my ka-50 says "fix navigation yadayada". Should it do that (yes I know how that fixing works, but should i press some button like in viggen when I am on the runway / start of the track heading? Or is this just a bug in the firstplace. In that mission there one fixpoint, but thats near navpoint (waypoint) 2 in the attack zone, not after take-off (nor it should be?) In any case Is this a bug that is asking immediately the fixing of my aircraft or do i do somethig wrong? should it ask the fixing right after takeoff? if so what should i do as fx1 is 20 miles away from takeoff or something :D way after waypoint 1..

[generalgrevous]

Very helpful, thanks. Odd thing is despite having BLACKSHARK 3 and english turned on, the bottom right screen is stii in Russian.

[arasli]

I can't take off still looking for the collective key lol

[HaHaeTs]

I used to live not far from the town this heli was produced in (Arsenyev). the town was populated by ukrainian settlers of the 19th century coming for the lands in eastern siberia. ironic...