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  • @GrowlingSidewinder
    @GrowlingSidewinder  Год назад +22

    Check out the Store: growling-sidewinder.creator-spring.com/
    Big thank you to ED for allowing me to have a preview of this great attack helicopter. I plan to do much more content with it in the future. Thank you guys for watching and I'll see you in the next one. Much Love.

    • @CaptainBiggles.
      @CaptainBiggles. Год назад +2

      You should do an Apache vs Black Shark dogfight

    • @azref3562
      @azref3562 Год назад +1

      Most important question is. How does it compare to the Gazelle in a guns only scenario?

    • @CasmoTV
      @CasmoTV Год назад +2

      No you shouldn’t.

    • @llamalamb6741
      @llamalamb6741 Год назад +1

      Huey vs black shark immediately lol

    • @kirsankaifat3702
      @kirsankaifat3702 Год назад +2

      Ка-50 is amazing) Somehow so elegant and brutal at the same moment

  • @wanderer5200
    @wanderer5200 Год назад +258

    External detail is spectacular. Especially the rotors. Never seen anything like it.

    • @justinhuey7253
      @justinhuey7253 Год назад +16

      The slow motion is jaw dropping

    • @hkguitar1984
      @hkguitar1984 Год назад +14

      Amazing, lots of hours invested making it so accurate.

    • @medwaystudios
      @medwaystudios Год назад +4

      Rotors made me do a double take first time I took it for a flight. Looked so real it was uncanny.

  • @shodancat1000
    @shodancat1000 Год назад +42

    first off, that intro is literally the coolest DCS video i've ever seen. second, the black shark 3's 3D model is the best 3D modeling i've ever seen in a combat sim. 😲😲

  • @therealsilens
    @therealsilens Год назад +25

    Ka-50 was my first full fidelity model many, many moons ago. Systems can require a fair bit of learning (AP anyone?) but once learned properly, the Black Shark is a joy to fly and is very capable, too. Love the Shark content!

    • @sumbat1538
      @sumbat1538 Год назад

      How long did it take you to become efficient in it?

  • @miker3866
    @miker3866 Год назад +18

    I'm falling in love with this Helicopter all over again.

  • @Firefly1-1
    @Firefly1-1 Год назад +53

    Don’t know how many others I speak for, but as a relative newbie who only has jet exp. I find the ka50 a very uniquely appealing chopper to try due to its single seat capabilities… great option to spice up content too!

  • @SkyMaXX5
    @SkyMaXX5 Год назад +14

    I would certainly like the Ka-52 or Mi-28N module.

  • @clarasdk
    @clarasdk Год назад +23

    Would love more KA-50 stuff, I have the module but have never learned it. Always end up in the Apache instead. But maybe now is the time to learn:)

  • @slayerofmidgets3201
    @slayerofmidgets3201 Год назад +9

    KA-50 is a terrifying helicopter thing looks so mean its insane

  • @manshoon2198
    @manshoon2198 Год назад +13

    I must say GS that your Videos are by far the most informative and entertaining I have watched in DCS content. The Donkey video I was watching yesterday was hilariously funny watching you take down everything. Your skill in everything DCS is impressive to say the least, PvP included.

  • @Duvstep910
    @Duvstep910 Год назад +64

    Love the ka-50; nothing else in the world like it

    • @janee7995
      @janee7995 Год назад +18

      Yes there is ka52 😉

    • @CakePrincessCelestia
      @CakePrincessCelestia Год назад +4

      @@janee7995 It's almost the same, just in ugly :P

    • @randoms7397
      @randoms7397 Год назад +4

      It’s a double seater

    • @kamov52510
      @kamov52510 Год назад +4

      @@CakePrincessCelestia ka52 is beautiful

  • @jimothyjones9881
    @jimothyjones9881 Год назад +23

    For the Vikhrs, you don’t need to align the two circles in the hud if you put the switch in front of the cyclic from Auto to Man.

    • @ArchOfficial
      @ArchOfficial Год назад +6

      I suggest doing this, you can fire off the Vikhrs from a very large envelope in MAN mode. No reason to use AUTO.

  • @michaelknightmustdie
    @michaelknightmustdie Год назад +9

    Well that's just gorgeous. And always happy to see air-to-ground content (especially when you clearly enjoy it)!

  • @CueDriver
    @CueDriver Год назад +3

    Just bought. Was tired of the videos and not in the store. I went to store couldn't find it. It refreshed the page and it was there. $10 can't beat that.

  • @averagegamer1684
    @averagegamer1684 Год назад +6

    100% want more ka-50 content

  • @swordmonkey6635
    @swordmonkey6635 Год назад +21

    Ka-50: **Fires AA missile at Apache.**
    Apache: "that's adorable"

    • @sahhull
      @sahhull Год назад +2

      Vikhr vs Apache on the other hand....
      It eats one and dies.

  • @Kaiju3301
    @Kaiju3301 Год назад +4

    I love how instead of aa-2 or other air to air heatseekers, the Russians just strapped a few manpads to the thing.

    • @tasigin3815
      @tasigin3815 Год назад +2

      Kinda like how america strapped the aim-120 to a truck

    • @matiasr1373
      @matiasr1373 Год назад +1

      Why not tho

    • @darkseid1358
      @darkseid1358 Год назад

      US army strapped stinger to Apache so...

  • @Leaddinosaur
    @Leaddinosaur Год назад +7

    Yes. More Ka-50 missions please!

  • @electronicallyscannedarray
    @electronicallyscannedarray Год назад +3

    That extraordinarily eye-catching well animated rotors alone is enough to convince me to swipes my credit card for this module.

  • @endlesswick
    @endlesswick Год назад +4

    Ka-50 was my first module. Flew it a lot back in the day. The coaxial rotors make it much more stable and easier to fly than the other DCS helicopters.

  • @garethhughes5745
    @garethhughes5745 Год назад +4

    That opening should have been the release trailer. Amazing footage!

  • @seebarry4068
    @seebarry4068 Год назад +4

    Looking forward to more of this. I would like a reason to dip on a third time for a ten. Learned two new things straight off.

  • @christophersparkman
    @christophersparkman Год назад +7

    Would love to see more KA50 content!

  • @roadsweeper1
    @roadsweeper1 Год назад +5

    KA-50 was my first DCS module, many moons ago, before the A-10 appeared. loved flying that. Currently updating my OpenBeta installation so I can get access to the BS3 module, and digging out my BS2 manuals lol, see if I can remember how to even start it :P

  • @BrickGnat1435
    @BrickGnat1435 Год назад

    I say this things release video come out this morning at like 10am and I was so freakin excited! Thank you for making a video so quick! Love you man!

  • @lordhickory3322
    @lordhickory3322 Год назад +5

    DAMN, he be making gameplay trailers now? That was epic, I loved it!

  • @Prophet-of-the-Unknown-Lord
    @Prophet-of-the-Unknown-Lord Год назад +5

    I'm totally in for more Ka-50 videos!
    One of my favorite helicopters, and having the module already I'm looking forward to the upgrade!

  • @BG-Skech
    @BG-Skech Год назад +4

    Nice video! Definitivley want to see more KA videos , but to be honest a nice mountain , low fly , sneaky missions will be awesome! Nobody show how this beast performs in dificult terrain.

  • @nilanjangupta763
    @nilanjangupta763 Год назад +6

    There should be a Mi-28 as well in DCS.

  • @greenmagic8ball198
    @greenmagic8ball198 Год назад +7

    Looks like a powerful asset. Looking forward to future videos featuring it.

  • @dystopianlucidity4448
    @dystopianlucidity4448 Год назад +2

    GS, of course we want to see more of this beast!

  • @kennyj4366
    @kennyj4366 Год назад +1

    So far I've enjoyed all the content you've released. 👍

  • @jik294
    @jik294 Год назад +9

    I've flown the KA-50 a little and I really enjoy it.
    Recently I've been CPG in the Apache for a buddy, but, I've really been wanting to get back to the KA-50.
    Would be great to see some more videos with it.

  • @nightfire540
    @nightfire540 Год назад +1

    Yes more ka-50 videos. Never heard of it

  • @bennyb.1742
    @bennyb.1742 Год назад +2

    The Igla seems bugged. Even at just 1200 grams of explosive, you'd think it would do more damage than basically a single cannon round.

    • @NuclearFalcon146
      @NuclearFalcon146 Год назад +1

      It is the same Igla that the Igla-dudes on the ground fire. I have seen aircraft eat multiple hits from those and keep going before so this is nothing new. The Mi-24 Hind/Krokodil with the R-60Ms is still the better option for air-to-air.

  • @RafaPolit
    @RafaPolit Год назад +2

    Thanks for this. Please, by all means, include more like this, perhaps even with more in-depth small how-tos while you are setting up the helo! Thanks again.

  • @Jiberiel
    @Jiberiel Год назад +76

    I wouldnt mind seeing more Ka-50 vids, but i wonder how are you able to fly it so smoothly? when i was trying to learn it, it felt like it was fighting me on every mile of the flight, feeling extremely unstable ^^

    • @e_norrby
      @e_norrby Год назад +22

      You are probably fighting the ap system

    • @Jiberiel
      @Jiberiel Год назад +5

      @@e_norrby i've been playing around with that yea, turned on and off different ones, but i couldnt get it to fly somewhat stable. so i was wondering if there's some trick to make it fly better

    • @bukhariali71
      @bukhariali71 Год назад +20

      Let the autopilot fly it. Just guide it in the direction you want it to go. Once you figure that out it’s the most stable helicopter in dcs.

    • @richardhockey8442
      @richardhockey8442 Год назад +8

      it might be worth looking at your joystick curves, particularly on the cyclic stick pitch and roll - helicopters need to be flown with small inputs on the cyclic but desktop joysticks are too short for the fine control needed

    • @sahhull
      @sahhull Год назад +9

      @@richardhockey8442 My desktop joystick with no curves begs to differ.

  • @CakePrincessCelestia
    @CakePrincessCelestia Год назад +1

    3:34 Nice!
    12:59 Finally, you reached minimum speed :)

  • @MrScar88
    @MrScar88 Год назад +1

    Oh boy... Thanks for the vid GS. Seems its time to get into Black Sharks cockpit again. And answering your question, yes please. More Ka-50 content. Thank you in advance.

  • @maximilianpitscheider5034
    @maximilianpitscheider5034 Год назад +2

    Please more Ka50. My first Helo and I am still learning. Love that thing

  • @giuliopisanu1032
    @giuliopisanu1032 Год назад +1

    I would love other ka-50 videos

  • @go_dzilla5921
    @go_dzilla5921 Год назад

    The Growler in a Black Shark. Never thought I'd see the day😂👍

  • @ianpopp87
    @ianpopp87 Год назад +4

    would love to see more ka-50. Your channel has great variety and this, the a2a, bvr, ground pound stuff is great.

  • @acdcdave1387
    @acdcdave1387 Год назад +2

    Looks awesome. I've still never tried a chopper but I've always figured if I did it would be the Black Shark

  • @mgplaying8435
    @mgplaying8435 Год назад +22

    Man!
    The Ka-50 was my first module in DCS. Still got the CD in my rack...
    Can´t wait to fly it - hopefully the old missions/campaigns (btw the absolut best/designed with love in DCS) will support the BS3?
    Any info regarding this?
    Also: Try and use the override for the Vikhrs. You don´t have to be that precise with them then and it works the same!

    • @Geometrys
      @Geometrys Год назад

      Dude you got a DCS DLC CD? That’s dope

    • @mgplaying8435
      @mgplaying8435 Год назад +4

      @@Geometrys No, I got the original BS1 on DVD - thats how old I am

    • @CakePrincessCelestia
      @CakePrincessCelestia Год назад +1

      @@mgplaying8435 Same... and a fricken printed manual!

  • @malcadorthesigillite2541
    @malcadorthesigillite2541 Год назад +2

    9:50 it would be awesome to see how close you get to the deck in 3rd person. Jets too.
    Great stuff.

  • @oldmanfunky4909
    @oldmanfunky4909 Год назад +12

    That Apache fodder looks nice.

    • @nemanja162
      @nemanja162 Год назад +6

      Hahaha yeah right. Ka50 carries more and can carry a2a missiles. Nice try though.

    • @Razumist
      @Razumist Год назад +2

      lol patriot ahahah

    • @lb2791
      @lb2791 Год назад

      @@nemanja162 yeah those a2a missiles looked reaaaal deadly in the video 😂

    • @tggfr6420
      @tggfr6420 Год назад +12

      @@nemanja162 Are you choosing to forget the last 10 months? 🤣

    • @Baltic_Dude
      @Baltic_Dude Год назад +1

      Crapache literally won't be able to do anything to the Shark, cope harder

  • @tovarish_kommandir
    @tovarish_kommandir Год назад +10

    I would love to play dcs but I'm broke and don't own a pc ;(

    • @hunterhess8433
      @hunterhess8433 Год назад +1

      I used to play it on a cheap crappy gaming laptop, so maybe that's an option for you

    • @tovarish_kommandir
      @tovarish_kommandir Год назад +1

      @@hunterhess8433 I'm a kid and my family is broke soo yeh.

    • @manshoon2198
      @manshoon2198 Год назад

      @@tovarish_kommandir 🙄 Being a Kid shouldn't limit motivation and hard work. You must be in school watching Utube videos again ? when you should be studying for the Job that will allow you to buy that Gaming Pc of choice.

  • @RaderizDorret
    @RaderizDorret Год назад +1

    Funny thing about having those Iglas: the AH-1 could carry AIM-9 Sidewinders. Imagine having an Apache armed with AIM-9Xs

  • @kamicosmos
    @kamicosmos Год назад +1

    Like others, the KA-50 was my first DCS module. So, yeah 10 bucks to have a whole new model, all the internal detail, and some new weapon and defensive capability? Heck ya, instant buy! I have been re-mapping the HOTAS, watching vids, reading documentation, and ... yeah, crashing it a whole lot today! I've always been fascinated with it, the counter-rotating rotars, a friggin ejection seat in a chopper! And, the whole thing is just a beast. You know that it was built to go murder stuff, nothing else!

  • @roceye
    @roceye Год назад

    So clean and well maintained in the video- reality is much different. lol

  • @CarlWicker
    @CarlWicker Год назад

    great video, love the combination of "live" and extenal replay, works really well.

  • @renderedfrog
    @renderedfrog Год назад +1

    yes. more ka-50 videos!

  • @romulus310
    @romulus310 Год назад +1

    More black shark please! Been loving the AG content lately.

  • @micromachinist3419
    @micromachinist3419 Год назад

    YES!! More KA-50 content!!!

  • @gunnarbodowiemann7677
    @gunnarbodowiemann7677 Год назад +2

    Your first pronunciation of "Gepard" was very accurate. Sounded like we Germans say it.
    But we are very unhappy with Russian choppers shooting on our pussycat tanks.
    Our diplomatic channels will get in contact with yours 😎.

  • @JibaroRob
    @JibaroRob Год назад +1

    I want MORE Ka-50 videos.

  • @lisagarcia3311
    @lisagarcia3311 Год назад +1

    Yep please create some more KA50 videos! Great stuff

  • @fidem15893
    @fidem15893 Год назад +1

    The details are impressive.Great work of the creators.

  • @andrewgomez9284
    @andrewgomez9284 Год назад +1

    More ka-50 videos plz I loved it

  • @urgentsiesta7606
    @urgentsiesta7606 Год назад +1

    Definitely more please! Also would like to see A2A with Mi-24 :)

  • @CosmiicCandii
    @CosmiicCandii Год назад

    If @GrowlingSidewinder has watched the 90s classic movie "Firebirds" he'd remember that the optimal kill angle for a helicopter engagement is "... above and behind from the 6 o'clock." (No shade intended. Mild teasing only.)

  • @benaguilar1787
    @benaguilar1787 Год назад +4

    9.99 for the upgrade is a spectacular deal.
    I love the details, but by God they better ship this with good LODs.

    • @billpii6314
      @billpii6314 Год назад +1

      Yes DCS upgrade pricing is super friendly

  • @rmp5s
    @rmp5s Год назад +1

    Apache be like, "you hear something?" lol

  • @heatblast876
    @heatblast876 Год назад +1

    Finally, an good opponent for the Apache helicopter.

  • @mikerowave1986
    @mikerowave1986 Год назад

    More KA-50 videos please! This is one of the most exciting and also most difficult modules for me. I bought it one month ago and at first it seemed impossible to fly it. Now I got familiar with the controls and autopilot modes and weapon systems, I had to switch my brain into a different working mode to fly this helo, but it turned out this bird is unbelievably easy to fly and operate effectively, I love it

  • @GeorgeCee
    @GeorgeCee Год назад

    Aesome video. I like the new automatic flare dipensor system. Yes more KA50 videos.

  • @russm3831
    @russm3831 Год назад

    Thank you, great Video. Love the KA-50. Many more videos please.

  • @Ferocious_Imbecile
    @Ferocious_Imbecile Год назад

    Yeah I'm a sucker for anything Ka-50 Black Shark 3 right now. Bring it on.

  • @ilyadurnev5586
    @ilyadurnev5586 Год назад

    ka-50 was never produced in large numbers and is completely replaced with ka-52, the two-seater version. Both machines have very distinctive sound, like subaru in helicopter world

  • @nickgrey4136
    @nickgrey4136 Год назад +1

    Dear GS, many thanks for the great video. Much appreciated. Kind regards, Nick

    • @GrowlingSidewinder
      @GrowlingSidewinder  Год назад

      Hi Nick, Thank you as always for letting me preview these great modules. Always Nice to be able to show them off for everyone.

    • @nickgrey4136
      @nickgrey4136 Год назад +1

      @@GrowlingSidewinder great stuff, many thanks again for everything you do for DCS and this wonderful community. Kind regards Nick

  • @pale_2111
    @pale_2111 Год назад +1

    Just keep an eye out for those stinger MANPAD's.

  • @Cloud-rp4ev
    @Cloud-rp4ev Год назад

    Sure!! Let's see it in action!!

  • @kag8394
    @kag8394 Год назад

    Yup. More Ka-50 please.

  • @XboxClips219
    @XboxClips219 Год назад +1

    This video was amazing. Please do more attack or support helicopter videos.

  • @matsadona
    @matsadona Год назад

    The Black shark is actually waht got me in to DCS . What a journey it has been since then :)

  • @Jason-jb1vs
    @Jason-jb1vs Год назад +1

    one of the best looking heli imo

  • @WRXXXual
    @WRXXXual Год назад +1

    Looking forward to content with this beast!

  • @L8rCloud
    @L8rCloud Год назад

    Black Shark was my very first DCS purchase.

  • @StormBat
    @StormBat Год назад

    Just got mine too! I have to map some new keys, which is fine, going to try it after watching this video. Cheers mate, thanks for the video.

  • @uglyigor3055
    @uglyigor3055 Год назад +1

    i actually wanted to buy AH-64 D as my first helo module but because I mostly play alone and not with someone else I guess the KA-50 would be the better choice, right?

  • @IceyJones
    @IceyJones Год назад +1

    its the fking meanest looking attack helicopter ever.....
    and yes.....i would not mind some ka-50 content

  • @andrewfranson4756
    @andrewfranson4756 Год назад +1

    I'd like to see a PvP dogfight with an Apache that knows your looking for it.

  • @MattWaller04
    @MattWaller04 Год назад +1

    Absolutely gorgeous. Apache vs Shark BVR and dogfight????

  • @TehShinegami
    @TehShinegami Год назад

    probably the first heli i flew on DCS. but hell i was confused as hell on how to fly that thing

  • @nighthawk8104
    @nighthawk8104 Год назад

    1:04 new Detail with the Cartridges? Never noticed on BS2, Awesome

  • @beatboxbuggi6884
    @beatboxbuggi6884 Год назад

    Those first minutes were like something straight out of a Haci Productions video

  • @Drew-xn3ym
    @Drew-xn3ym Год назад +1

    Yes more ka-50 please

  • @xXE4GLEyEXx
    @xXE4GLEyEXx 6 месяцев назад

    Really hoping that the Apache one day will also receive the ATAS missiles. Air to Air helo battles FTW :D

  • @arsenijearsen3041
    @arsenijearsen3041 Год назад

    Ka50 always nice to see, especially with GS.

  • @mrbend
    @mrbend 7 дней назад

    the A/A and A/A HO don't have anything to do with the Iglas, they are mode switches for the Vikhrs and Targeting computers.

  • @hitstick567
    @hitstick567 Год назад +1

    How was ED able to much such a detailed red helicopter but can’t for fixed wing aircraft?

  • @Jay-O_Carlow
    @Jay-O_Carlow Год назад +3

    Hey GS Loving the new little Documentary's lessons be it even the new B-21 Raider But i Truly Love the old History Lessons be it Iran Iraq or Nam or even topics like the first SAM's , Or the massive loss of B-52's in NAM , The setting up of TOP GUN cuz of the MIG -21 ... I know you have not covered all them but the ones you have i love Huge fan as you know , I'm a sub of yours for years & years now.. Love how much credit your channel is finally getting BEST DCS Channel By fucking Far..
    there amazing tho bro tho's history lessons , You pick amazing topics to cover , Thanks again al the uploads , Your ACE Man , Nice one , Much Love from Ireland bud, you know i got to say it Lmfao .. EF-2000 vs F-15/16/18 lol sorry bro i had too LOL * Yes you in the EF lol , Thanks for everything again man! hard work does not go unnoticed

  • @ivaniuk123
    @ivaniuk123 Год назад

    Beautiful, need to buy ASAP!!!

  • @fredvictor752
    @fredvictor752 Год назад +1

    Hope to see more flights with the Ka-50

  • @Ereshkigal616
    @Ereshkigal616 Год назад +1

    Redfor Bestfor. Can't wait!

  • @kingkai83
    @kingkai83 Год назад

    More clips of the KA-50 BS 3 please... your videos are super cool

  • @jadhiantojadhianto6000
    @jadhiantojadhianto6000 Год назад

    Outstanding piece of machinenary! 😎💪💖👍👊☝

  • @CueDriver
    @CueDriver Год назад +1

    Oh that's good, go get the guy for firing at you then get taken out by power lines.

  • @tmting4942
    @tmting4942 Год назад

    the BEST of the BEST.. the only chopper has the guts to approach the unknown, operate behind the line, on its own, overextended and without backup