0006256: Helicopters pilot camera

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(0011613) da12thMonkey (administrator) 2021-04-05 15:16	Yes? Mi-28 and AH-64 have independent PNVS thermal turrets on the nose that they control themselves, to assist with nighttime navigation. AH-1Z does not: camera footage is a feed controlled from the gunner turret Top is the pilot's night optics(PNVS), bottom is the gunner's targetting and acquisition system (TADS) Mi-28: https://live.staticflickr.com/1453/25518454944_3bb913896e_k.jpg [^] AH-64: https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed-martin/mfc/photo/arrowhead/rotator/mfc-arrowhead-photo-01-h.jpg [^] AH-1Z (only gunner's TSS): https://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/001/191/001191505.jpg [^]

(0011614) nevalashkarus (reporter) 2021-04-05 16:56	Okey. Goggled it little bit, you are right. Another questions: 1) Why Mi-28 pilot cant switch on gunner camera like it is in AH-64 or AH-1Z? 2) Why AH-64 pilot cant switch back on day optic after selecting thermal optic in his PNVS?

(0011615) da12thMonkey (administrator) 2021-04-05 17:10 edited on: 2021-04-05 17:25	1) RMB is the feed from the gunner's TADS on AH-64 while Ctrl+RMB is the PNVS. We don't have research material that shows that Mi-28 pilot has a feed from the gunner's optics, so only does Ctrl+RMB PNVS 2) Is an Arma 3 bug. The PNVS is supposed to be thermal-only, but Arma doesn't seem to be able to initialise anything but "normal" view on pilot cameras until the vision mode key is pressed.

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