DCS: AH-64D | Landing

Questions? Please see our FAQ at:
forums.eagle.ru/topic/283298-...
NOW AVAILABLE!
www.digitalcombatsimulator.co...
By the book:
VMC Approach to a Hover
From an altitude and airspeed that affords the best observation of the landing area, place the LOS reticle on the intended point of landing. Press and hold the force trim interrupted and reduce the collective approximately 20% below cruise torque. Place the acceleration cue at the 40-knot ground speed position and adjust the collective for a 500 fpm or desired rate or descent. Maintain the FPV slightly above the intended point of landing to prevent “under-arcing” the approach. Control the flight path vector vertically with the collective and horizontally with the left/right cyclic. Maintain the acceleration cue behind the tip of the velocity vector to ensure a smooth, consistent deceleration while maintaining a 500 fpm or desired rate of descent. Prior to descending below the obstacles or 50 feet, keep the trim ball centered. Once below the obstacles or below 50 feet, use the pedals to align the nose with the landing direction. The decision to abort the approach should be made prior to descending below the obstacles. When the velocity vector is within the LOS reticle, select Hover symbology and terminate to a 5-foot stationary hover. Engage the hold modes as desired to assist in maintaining the hover.
Rolling Landing
From an altitude and airspeed that affords the best observation of the landing area, place the LOS reticle on the intended point of landing. Press and hold the force trim release interrupted and reduce the collective approximately 20% below cruise torque. Place the acceleration cue at the 40-knot ground speed position and adjust the collective for a 300 to 500 fpm or desired rate of descent. Maintain the FPV slightly above the intended point of landing to prevent “under-arcing” the approach. Plan to touch down in the first 1/3rd of the useable landing area. Control the flight path vector vertically with the collective and horizontally with the left/right cyclic. Maintain the acceleration cue behind the tip of the velocity vector to ensure a smooth, consistent deceleration while maintaining a 300 to 500 fpm or desired rate of descent. Prior to descending below the obstacles or 50 feet, keep the trim ball centered. Once below the obstacles or below 50 feet, use the pedals to align the nose with the landing direction. Maintain the velocity vector straight up and down the 12 o’clock post of the LOS reticle with the pedals and lateral cyclic. Maintain at or above ETL or VSDE until touch down, or if single engine maintain at or above VSSE until 30 feet. Once the aircraft touches down reduce the collective slightly to settle the aircraft, then increase the collective to 30% dual engine (60% single engine) or more prior to applying aft cyclic to aerodynamically brake the aircraft. Maintain heading with the pedals and a level attitude with lateral cyclic. When the velocity vector is within the LOS reticle, select Hover symbology and maintain the acceleration cue in the center of the LOS reticle. Neutralize the flight controls and reduce the collective after the aircraft has stopped. It is permissible to utilize the toe brakes to assist in stopping the aircraft.

[@thusharikabotheju5655]

"Coming No Later than 31 March 2022" nice, thanks for the hard work waggs and ED :)

[@Inknov83d]

Its here!

[@Hotaru-jp]

Nice landing tutorial, Wags! Thank you for brightening our days with yet another apache video!

[@MattWagner]

Thanks, but under-arced the approach to hover and rushed the set down. I should have stabilized my acceleration cue inside the LOS reticle first.

[@Hotaru-jp]

@@MattWagner You did great! Flying with a joystick that has a rudder hurts the wrist if you fly for hours straight. On the Huey i have set the coolie hat switch on the horizontal to help with the rudder raw input (a10 throttle) it helped me a lot. Sorry for my weird english. Wags, thank you very much for the dedication and professionalism and thanks for the devs for working harder to develop and deliver a product with quality specially at these rough times. I have been flying since 2007 (lock on)!

[@exiletsj2570]

@@MattWagner super critical of one self? I can relate.

[@sterlingarcher4989]

One thing I do notice is how still the front seater is, it makes the cockpit feel a little 2d - I really enjoy the immersion that Jester brings with his head and body movement. Still, can’t wait for this beauty.

[@MattWagner]

WIP, animations are coming

[@sterlingarcher4989]

@@MattWagneryou d’best!

[@kornykidd0]

With a human CPG are there current animations?

[@reillybrangan2182]

@@kornykidd0 According to Casmo yes, human CPG head moves with player head

[@staubsauger2305]

So is that a self-assigned callsign now, "Grandma" ? :) Being not much of a rotorhead the last time I gave a 'sim' AH-64 a go was Microprose:Gunship on the C-64. What ED have done here has vastly exceeded even the wildest dreams of those days.Simply sublime. Thanks Matt and ED.

[@TheDickieP]

Thank you so much for all your hard work. You guys are truly incredible human beings. These videos have been the asmr we’ve all needed

[@SilkyBadger]

After now having experienced it myself, RUDDER PANIC at around 20 knots as the transition to hover kicks in, loving the module, great work guys!!

[@MattWagner]

40 kts

[@McDaniels777]

I still remember the days when I was playing apache 64 on a commodore 128, when loading into the mission, you had to change floppy disks, it took forever to actually fly....In a few days I will be a happy kid again, a dream come true for me, thanks to ED and a great community! Thank you all 🥰❤️💪🏻😎

[@prichardgs]

Oh the memories! Microprose -

[@737Maxter]

I had tons of hours in that game on Commodore! It was great when it didn’t lock up and crash the PC lol

[@JonBloor7]

Awesome stuff as always Wags. I grew up playing Gunship 2000, and then Jane's Longbow 2. This module will get me back in touch with my childhood, so, thankyou. I understand the amount of crunch you and the rest of the team are under. Stock up on coffee and please look after yourselves!

[@ComandoAdler2]

I really appreciate how calmly you handle the helicopters. The lack of sensitivity makes me look like an imminent air disaster when approaching

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

Nice little flight in western Iraq. Looked like the weather was moving in on the 2nd landing tutorial.

[@frostycab]

ANother great video, Wags! I have to add a huge thank you to you and the team for releasing the EA Manual to us before release. It's been a great help so far, but I think I've reached the limits for understanding most of it now without being able to actually press buttons and switches to get the flow and muscle memory going. So excited for the release, and really appreciate everyone's efforts to get this amazing helicopter to where it is now.

[@MattWagner]

The -64 is quite a beast to learn, and I hope the combination of the guide, my videos, and the included lessons will shallow the learning curve.

[@gunfunder]

Thanks for all your hard work getting these videos out, wags, the module is looking fantastic and this info will be SO helpful getting into the 64 and helicopters as a whole. Here's to hoping you get a breather after all this!

[@RamadiTaxiDriver60M]

Love how it shifts left and right in DCS. That thing is very top heavy. You guys did a GREAT job!

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

I can't wait to fly this wonderful machine, i used to watch these Apaches and Cobras etc fly over my house everyday when i lived in yucca valley california, about 15 mins or so down the road from the marine base in 29 palms, so i'm really looking forward to flying this awesome heli.

[@shd4618]

Seeing the H on the pad roll under the nose took me right back to Tomahawk on my 128k Spectrum. You took your time wags. It's been a long wait. Thank you.

[@TrickerDCS]

Landing? You expect me to come back in one piece? 👀

[@Jockesse]

Watch me land upside-down. Natural rotor-brake ftw.

[@MattWagner]

I'm still learning and my approach to hover landing was very sloppy at the end.

[@claudgin]

exactly! looking at the Ukrainian conflict to teach a chopper pilot to land seems a complete waste of time :)

[@TrickerDCS]

@@MattWagner you call that sloppy? I think you need your coffee this morning 😜

[@connorAv8]

😂😂

[@StraitD2]

Man, you are the Bob Ross of flying instruction Wags. "Happy little birds" 😄

[@flyguy1237]

Wags, thanks for putting these videos out on a relatively consistent schedule. It's a nice thing to look forward to.

[@talonfox3956]

Excellent tutorial Wags! Your precision with the acceleration cue relative to the tip of the velocity vector was impressive, particularly on the VMC approach. Great work!

[@MattWagner]

Thanks, but I am still very much a noob in it. Attention too split with other aircraft.

[@DanneJensen]

Just bought this module for my bday today.Gonna watch all these videos Wags. New dcs player since 2022.

[@Chaos8282]

Eagerly awaiting mine to drop. Feels like forever ago I bought it, but I'm not complaining.

[@JAR-STINGERS]

So cool Wags, I love the assistance from the different modes of the display.

[@Nexala17]

Thank you for posting this video I’ve been hovering for days now

[@mnieuwhof]

Great vid again... you're a great tutor... always fun to watch it!

[@sloppydog4831]

Smooth like butter. Like Wags said in a Update Report before, flying this bird feels like cheating. It seems so.

[@ryanm.191]

while im not estatic about the delay, i completely support the option (especailly after i bought battlefield 2042), cant wait for this incredible module to become avalible. amazing work to everyone behind it

[@felippejonsson6078]

Ty, Wags! Looking forward to try it myself.

[@kmcnelley1981]

This is so awesome Wags!! When this goes to early access, any chance getting a massive happy grinning Wags selfie + a collective photo the Apache AH-64D team? Feel this module is such a massive deal. Can't wait to hover land half as well as you did

[@frostycab]

Great idea, but I’m going to ask to take it up a notch: Can we please have a Wags bobblehead figure to stick on the instrument combing like the ones in Elite Dangerous? Hehe

[@rmp5s]

All of this. All of the above needs to happen. 😆

[@fredm2052]

That is awesome idea. I think ED and all their partners should have a pic and bio of all team members. Just a thought.

[@DeltaTimo]

@@frostycab I can already see a Wags-shaped Car Freshener hanging by those hooks in my mind.

[@ricbish4122]

Great stuff Waggs! I’m really looking forward to this!

[@daronsneedmusic]

Wags landing: "...a little roughly." HA! I am fully anticipating violent crashes into the ground multiple times as I try to land.

[@DeltaTimo]

For Cyberpunk people were hyped with weird merch, but I have to say, nothing hypes me more than ingame footage tutorials of an upcoming aircraft.

[@SsgtHolland]

Thanks for posting the manual, it's a good read.

[@grantremington3439]

Exactly it’s the little details that count

[@mozzzadmoz]

Love the ending in this video. 😄

[@jrsdiesel]

Nice video! Like the row of parked C-130’s at the end. Look like J models too.

[@patriciomassun]

I was thinking the same :D

[@kamraam1464]

Those are definitely not J models, just the H. The J has a much longer fuselage.

[@jrsdiesel]

@@kamraam1464 You’re right. I watched initially on my phone, and it was more obvious when I watched it later on my PC. Can even see the external tanks on the wings that the J models don’t carry but the H and E models do.

[@Maverick1375]

I notice as you are making all your adjustments with rudder collective and cylic on hover landing that you are decreasing airspeed and increasing collective to maintain lift. the more you decrease the more you add a little collective. as you make final you are 6 knots and 555 torque to maintain altitude avoiding VRS. My problem has always been thinking that I come in above the running and dropping my airspeed to zero and using collective only to balance the hover. you need that slow movement of 10 knots and that power to maintain that smooth decent! then as you get close to the ground start bleeding off the airspeed and gradually srop the collective to land! Good key point I can start practicing! Like I said before I dont get much flight time due to workload. But when i hop on this aircraft is such a blast to fly! Your tutorials analyzing what you are saying and what you are doing help me understand how to fly this aircraft!

[@lanetoga2064]

Excellent Wags! Nearly there. "The yearning... the yearning..." in Colonel Kurtz voice.

[@geekmansegraves]

I'm pumped, this is my most anticipated release for 2022. Can't wait to crash and burn repeatedly! Thanks, Waggs!

[@dougcronkhite2113]

Seriously ready to start learning this, Wags.. Let's go!

[@prichardgs]

Ok Wags-you have my attention. Can't wait for release!!!!!!!

[@dannyd7714]

Nicely done!

[@bigrivercod]

smoooooooth!! Nicely done Wags :)

[@jeffreycooper9567]

Chicken Hawk was such great book Wags 😊

[@matthewfortino175]

Good morning Robert Mason wherever you are!

[@davidepagliara5210]

Syria is getting bigger and better :) nice landing btw, I home mine will be as good as yours

[@c.richardphillips1542]

Love these. Could you show us an auto-rotation emergency landing?

[@nunyabiz6952]

Makes the hover landing look so easy. Oofta. 👍

[@ughleegamer5598]

Gotta love landings.

[@BSUPERSABRE]

The physics on that hook on that rail is pretty good

[@csdigitaldesign]

honestly it drives me nuts I want to remove it

[@danvercillo]

@@csdigitaldesign Same, all I was thinking was secure that shit. LOL

[@schoolio64D]

@@csdigitaldesign but then where will you hang your helmet? 😂

[@MarcTNL]

@@csdigitaldesign I will tape off my monitor ! :D

[@moist_mike8113]

Just ordered my new computer should be here in time for the AH-64

[@romeovictor6223]

0:32 H3 in western Iraq?! Does that mean that the Syria map is expanding East? Lovely landing by the way, just caught me off guard there with the location.

[@MattWagner]

Yes

[@rocotiger]

@@MattWagner Awesome !

[@Kingonads]

Landing in AH-64 is easy... aim for ground.. reduce power till you hit the ground... hopefully softly.

[@JohnnyJiuJitsu]

I’m excited!

[@LetsplayIndieGamesChannel]

now, just a startup video, and release is imminent ! Cant wait !

[@MattWagner]

Not exactly. Defensive systems, George, and Cold Start.

[@LetsplayIndieGamesChannel]

@@MattWagner which are being release in the next 2 days so RELEASE IMMINENT XD . Just kidding, Wags. The hype is just "big". Thanks for the manual and in general all the great work, especially the sfx , I freakin LOVE the sounds in DCS. CANT WAAAIITT

[@jasono4918]

@@MattWagner So the potential is that all of the videos could be out by next week or early next week...with the module released shortly there after we hope. Nice flying by the way.

[@MattWagner]

@@jasono4918 We'll see.

[@DIY-V12]

Nice job grandma!

[@mycorsi75]

cant wait!

[@thecircusfreak5364]

How Wags can fly this well with the anti torque pedals mapped to a stick is beyond me. Impressive shit.

[@CueDriver]

I agree, but I am sure he has had lots of practice. We have the same controls, and I was thinking about trying that.

[@ysiadpir1423]

Just got my new RX 6800 GPU.. ready for the next Open Beta and the Apache...hopefully the MB-339 too!

[@laughintrollface]

uh oh videos are getting more frequent its getting to be about time!!!

[@MattWagner]

Three more to go.

[@wilbuzllf5057]

It's getting close! 😀

[@jsodjsod]

I’ve seen technicals (pickup with machine gunner) in the previews. Is there a new asset’s pack on the way for the AH-64D?

[@knuts3n489]

does it have a altitude warning caution?

[@MattWagner]

Yes, please see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5CYamOXhrl4fM0

[@knuts3n489]

@@MattWagner what about the altitude caution sound?

[@MattWagner]

Yes

[@bw33511]

Sweet!

[@schoolio64D]

You know, that left runway would’ve lined you up better for the roll on. 😝

[@mvaldman2001]

Nice one Wags... giving yourself a little bit of a crosswind challenge! Very nicely done!!! Quick question on what I noticed: What are them meat hooks on the left side of the canopy for? And can they be "removed"?

[@JamesW81]

Holding your ham for when you get hungry!

[@schoolio64D]

They’re for hanging your helmet.

[@JamesW81]

@@schoolio64D that sounds painful!

[@gerlofrispens968]

What Stick Throttle and rudders do u use Wags? Great video's, What a amazing machine this is. Keep up the good work :D

[@MattWagner]

For the -64, Virpil Constellation and CM3 throttle.

[@yoshibishi3074]

@@MattWagner will there be default keybindings set for the tm warthog hotas?

[@gloomofficial7736]

I know this isn't really relevant at all but are there any plans to make a physical ground crew compatible with a cold start?

[@Linus76]

I mean all that's going to get you is a very surly 15Y on the headset saying "hey chief.....I'm not complaining or anything but seriously can you just fucking GO so we can go back to playing spades and carrying more rockets over here for you to miss with."

[@talonfox3956]

@@Linus76 Nicely put--spot on

[@exiletsj2570]

Its going to be a great couple of months for flight sim, also an expensive one, very expensive.

[@HughMessenger]

Was that a reference to Robert Mason? I read Chickenhawk in my early 20s, in the mid 80s, and it forever changed my outlook on war.

[@MattWagner]

Yup, it probably went over the heads of most.

[@HughMessenger]

@@MattWagner thanks for the reminder about the book. I need to go back and reread it. That year, 1984, I read Chickenhawk, Another Roadside Attraction (Tom Robins), The Color of Magic (Pratchett), The Illuminatus Trilogy, On The Road (Kerouac) and the eponymous 1984, and emerged a changed man. It'll be interesting to revisit Chickenhawk, and see how it has stood the test of time.

[@nickmosley3238]

@@MattWagner Not this head, I LOL'd when you referenced it. Still a great read and I thought I was the only person who knew it until my first day in flight school when I learnt it was more of a reference manual for my fellows :)

[@michaelsearle6538]

Very cool Wags. So now that you have shown us all the basics, is this a little hint that the AH-64D Early access release I prepurchased months ago could perhaps be released now sometime sooner, than between the “scheduled Jan 2022 date” & the final “March 31st” release date? (Look call it a Personality flaw of mine as discovered by the 1960’s marshmallow tests carried out on the toddlers), but if you were happy to push a couple of those milestones on your wish list out to a later patch I would be more than happy for you to release it tomorrow. 😊

[@michaelsearle6538]

Ha-ha “News Just in” on the results of the original marshmallow test. Further research revealed that circumstances matter: If a kid is led to mistrust the experimenter, they’ll grab the treat earlier. My want for the one “marshmallow now rather than waiting for 2 at a later date” must be due to the current worldwide “Unreliable environment”.

[@stephengilmore2741]

@@michaelsearle6538 Are you having a stroke?

[@michaelsearle6538]

@@stephengilmore2741 'My dear you are ugly, but tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be ugly': Winston Churchill. Yes I may have been having a stroke at the time, but now that I have recovered I hope that you too have “recovered” your sense of humour.

[@paulblair474]

Also, forgive the massively newbie question, but why isn’t nose-to-tail trim used earlier on the approach?

[@Michael-ig8ne]

You can use it whenever you want; or not at all. It’s up to your personal technique.

[@heefie8659]

Also it's not a comfortable way to fly. Think of it like taking a corner in your car and how you get pushed towards the door. The crabbed angle coming in my look strange at first but it's just to compensate for wind.

[@kamraam1464]

@@TFT-bp8zk What are you talking about? Nose-to-tail trim means moving the tail right or left to line up the aircraft down the runway. It has nothing to do with raising/lowering the tail...

[@Sprud_]

Is the new FLIR system for DCS coming with the Apache release?

[@kenhelmers2603]

Cool Wags :)

[@robihobby9490]

It's the final Countdown ! 😄

[@_DANZIG_]

this looks like VRS is not a big thing in the apache. That transition look butter smooth.

[@JamesW81]

Could be because of the low approach... Under 50ft with a bit of forward momentum to stay out of the disturbed air prior to transition. Unlike my 200ft up attempt to hover in the Huey!

[@MattWagner]

As long as you don't let the VVI get away from you, it's not an issue.

[@kamraam1464]

Not sure you know what VRS is... What you're thinking of is translational lift.

[@_DANZIG_]

@@kamraam1464 virtual ring state

[@kamraam1464]

@@_DANZIG_ You've gotta be joking...

[@monkeypilot2034]

amazing

[@asphelite]

"youre not dropping hot into an lz" 8:30 Meanwhile the Blackhawks at side like: O_o you dont, but I love to

[@sloppydog4831]

Lol. That's true

[@Voodoo_One]

Landing? That sounds quite optional where we are going, gunner

[@Cralis1]

How on earth did you get you take off so smooth and your landing like a bird with sore feet?! I’m yawing all over the place and “RPM low”.

[@pj8227]

Can anyone recommend a good off the shelf cyclic stick and collective for this game.

[@TheStrategos]

Super.

[@yonathanengineer]

Great video !. Hey Matt, does the CPG cyclic have trigger ? Or the trigger is in the TDAC only ?.

[@MattWagner]

Both, but 99% of the time you'd be using the left handgrip trigger.

[@yonathanengineer]

@@MattWagner oh ok. Good to know. And what’s in the right hand grip of the TDAC ? Is that a laser trigger?. If that so, basically you lase with your right trigger and fire with your left trigger ? Does that sounds right ?.

[@MattWagner]

Correct

[@shuntera]

Where is the vertical velocity indicator? I can’t see where you view the 200-500fpm that you are looking for

[@linussandell831]

It's to the right of the radar altimeter. Solid line is zero and each "tick" indicates 100 fpm. At the half dashed line you've reached 500, after that it's 1000 then 2000 so forth.

[@YIANNISCF]

is a joystick and a throttle enough equip in order to be able to fly a helicopter? i would like to know before i buy the AH-64D .

[@brianthibault5929]

Hi Matt, I’m just going through the Apache manual now, and reading about the radios. Pg 32. It states that the VHF AM can receive between 108 and 115.975, and transmit between 116 and 151.975. Silly question: normal civilian navigation freqs are 108 to 117.975 with Voice Comms between 118 and 136.975. So my question is why would the Apache not be able to use the full navigation frequencies and then be able to communicate on the upper navigation freqs? Is that a misprint or is it actually the real thing? And if so what kind of situation would they find themselves transmitting on a navigation frequency?

[@Raptor_9]

Since the AH-64D doesn't have a VOR receiver, the VHF radio reception down to 108 MHz allows it to receive information (like HIWAS weather) that broadcast over some VOR stations. Military freqs extend beyond the upper civilain ATC freq of 136.975. As for the overlap of transmission capability between 116 and 117.975, no clue.

[@Rockeyes]

Will it be possible to swap flight control between front and back seat pilots during flight in multiplayer or will one need to exit the game and select a new role?

[@chipwillis]

multiplayer rear seat only from what I have read

[@Cat1-2]

That's a little roughly! My a little roughly is slamming into the ground and clipping the rotors.

[@EKingProductions]

Can somebody remove the hook on the left window Co-/ Pilot?

[@Zatracenec]

That was very relaxing. Nice flying. What map is this, please?

[@MattWagner]

Free expansion to the Syria map that is coming soon.

[@aquajay]

Such a good video

[@leewalton7403]

Just do the startup already!!! Then its Release time :D :D Appreciate all you do Wags. Excellent module ^_^ Now give it us!!

[@winpcapper]

One thing I don't understand - the flight path vector was way on the right side of the canopy throughout the whole pattern while the aircraft was in aerodynamic trim. I would think that if you have a left crosswind on upwind and final, wouldn't you have a right crosswind on the downwind leg? What am I missing? Why did the vector indication not flip to the left side when you flew the opposite way in aerodynamic trim?

[@AssassinACS]

As far as I can tell the Apache pretty much always flies crabbed to the left like that. I haven't noticed that to this degree in any other chopper I have simulated. The AH-94 in VTOL VR flies that way as well and I was always trying to awkwardly trim it out. It is annoying but you get used to it. Also if anyone cares to explain exactly why this is the case I would love to hear it as again it seems more extreme than any other heli.

[@winpcapper]

@@AssassinACS Weird. I always use pedals to fly nose-tail coordinated and center the velocity vector on the ADL in VTOL VR. There's no turn and slip indication in that game, though (or wind, for that matter). I know the apache balances left wheel low because of tail rotor impulse but I feel like a 15 degree constant left crab is pretty extreme at high speed unless the wind is moving pretty fast.

[@AssassinACS]

@@winpcapper I noticed it the most in the rocket tutorial video Matt did. Just seems a bit extreme but I trust that's how it is.

[@KyleCowden]

Is there cockpit sharing? IE a pilot and CPG sharing the craft? Added in Edit: This is what might tip the scales to my getting DCS.

[@MarcTNL]

Yes. You can fly on your own with an AI where you can switch seats if needed, or go online with your friends, choosing which seat either wants. You will both have to buy the Apache however.

[@KyleCowden]

@@MarcTNL Thank you!

[@jlothrop91]

I was so excited that the s-clip on the bar top right was a physics object, but sadly is just an animated swing :(

[@markploeger8624]

Does Wags always set up these videos to have a left-to-right crosswind component, or is the slightly crabbed flying a particular quirk of the apache? edit: the aircraft is always crabbed to the left (VVI to the right of the nose) regardless of which direction he's flying, so it can't be wind. Is this a helicopter thing?

[@JWZ1001]

It's dependant on the direction the tail rotor is blowing in. That's why he keeps differentiating between aerodynamic trim and nose to tail trim. It's more pronounced the slower the heli is moving, and the more it acts on the heli the more it flies canted as well.

[@possiblyadickhead6653]

guys when will you adjust the Hind and other helicopter dmg models towards reality. Seems that there is now a lot of evidence in the open source domain of helicopter taking more than critical damage after a MANPAD hit. (there might be some survival bias involved here but still) Atm the dmg models are just way to sturdy.

[@viperjavo]

Does that Hercules at the end means something..? XD

[@kamraam1464]

Just the AI model lol

[@papaznewbag]

I wonder how different it feels to fly with or without the force trim. (how intrusive it is?)

[@koekiejam18]

my guess would be that it flies most similar to the Huey (compared to other DCS Heli's)

[@MattWagner]

For me, if I'm making a lot of collective changes, I'll not use FTR, but if I'm steady on the collective, then I'll use FTR. Use what works best for you.

[@justduff634]

Nice c-130 😉

[@l.a.xgunner]

Will we get the stingers that some countries fitted to their apaches or the AMASE CMWS?

[@csdigitaldesign]

They said no plans. I wish. :(

[@MattWagner]

That would not be realistic for the year/block.

[@l.a.xgunner]

@@MattWagner ah okay. I didn't realize that. Which block are we getting?

[@MattWagner]

@@l.a.xgunner Please take the time to read through the cited FAQ.

[@airplaneian]

Why does the Apache always seem to fly crabbed/crooked? Is that an IRL thing, or a visual artifact/illusion of some kind? In these videos it always seems like there's some kind of strong left to right crosswind and the velocity vector is well to the right of the nose and this occurs no matter the orientation of the a/c.

[@airplaneian]

I'm a fixed wing pilot so I fully admit I don't understand helicopters and the black magic they use, but it seems off to me.

[@MattWagner]

Except for a coaxial design, this is how helicopters fly when aerodynamically trimmed.

[@schoolio64D]

@@airplaneian it’s just a crosswind. In 0 wind the velocity vector and acceleration cue would be straight up and down.

[@airplaneian]

@@schoolio64D hmm, ok! it's weird because it shows up in all the videos and it's independent of heading. I would think if it's just an x-wind, the effect would change depending on which direction the aircraft is moving.