DCS: AH-64D | Rockets Part I

[@MattWagner]

If not understanding, you may wish to read: forums.eagle.ru/topic/293608-rocket-video/?do=findComment&comment=4900166

[@pascalb2062]

Wags... why are You apologizing??? We all love You and Your Videos. And what would Casmo do with his mighty whiteboard if all your videos were a little less komplex?

[@bennguyen1313]

Is it possible to fire a hellfire2 on the ground? Looking for a the quickest way to see it in action without flying!

[@g.skouras2599]

The level of detail is outstanding...Thanks Matt for this producing tutorials cant wait for more!!!!

[@robk5943]

The reason the rocket steering cursor moved right when you looked right is because HMD was the sight, and driving the the cursor. It assumes you're always looking at a target, and tells you which way to steer the aircraft to get on target.

[@JAR-STINGERS]

Wags, the complexity of this module is just great for groups of online friends to work together toward operating this beast. We cannot wait thank you so much.

[@sabatheus]

"Keep calm, and select rockets."

[@ripgfa]

This is the way

[@hardhoagie3809]

Keep calm and select volcano cannon.

[@CasmoTV]

Good shooting, Wags!

[@ChickentNug]

I've heard rumors that you voice the George ai. Is that true? If so thats so badass haha

[@CasmoTV]

@@ChickentNug I’m humbled to say yes it’s true. For the CPG AI.

[@ChickentNug]

@@CasmoTV sweet

[@wrmay80]

@@CasmoTV Please tell me that during rockets you have a line to say "Stay on target..... stay on target"

[@dylxn5882]

⁠@@CasmoTVI believe your also the voice actor in Loss Paradise for the Huey-H1. I love your videos btw keep it up

[@asphelite]

Loved the voice effect during the in-cockpit view

[@Scoobz187]

In this bird, even simple things like unguided rockets seem to be rocket science. ^^

[@MattWagner]

I need to include a follow-up video later showing stowed pod rocket fire which is super simple.

[@Iceman_2005]

Intentional pun?

[@TV1Bomber]

@@MattWagner I had it! Until I didn’t 😂

[@TV1Bomber]

@@MattWagner Think I got it. I beam on the pilot crosshairs…?

[@Maverick1375]

Again this is very easy to follow listening to what you are doing and watching the symbology movement to show what you are doing! keep em up, as daunting as it may sound when you blurt out what you are doing. Its easy to swallow and absorb what you teaching by listening and watching what you are clicking in the cockpit!

[@Vortex31415]

You can feel the excitement! Great video, Wags--as always. Can't wait to try the Apache.

[@tonicarrera9647]

Another great video from Mr Wags, as always. Did we hear George in there saying 'This is the way' at 13:16 ????

[@SsgtHolland]

Nick 'Casmo' Cage

[@Mightymoose02]

Mandalorian...kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5bPcmqBh7F8hKM

[@SsgtHolland]

@@Mightymoose02 You are correct. My knowledge of pop culture has become dated and obsolete.

[@Mightymoose02]

@@SsgtHolland No worries 😀…Getting pretty dated myself 😉

[@ctguy1955]

Great tutorial Matt, I look forward to flying the Apache and F4U Corsair in the South Atlantic Map, and I may never fly another map until something better comes out. Clear Skies

[@Deltarious]

Thanks for including all the little extras in the video, it's always a lot of fun spotting them

[@AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH-y5f]

Damn the cockpit looks good with the gunner model.

[@MaxMnemonic]

Agree, would be even greater if his head would move, but I guess that's coming!

[@_DANZIG_]

@@MaxMnemonic i was looking all the time for the cpg to move his head .

[@stevenhardy5414]

I see Casmo is there in the CPG seat. The clip hanging in the cockpit reminds me of Thunderstrike: Operation Phoenix for the PS2.

[@pascalb2062]

can we buy fancy things to hang there? Like a pink tamagochi or a punischer pendent?

[@ricky4001cs]

I couldn't help but notice that the force of gravity was not acting on those clips as the ship banked.

[@crudboy12]

@@ricky4001cs When it banks, gravity should still be pointing towards the cockpit floor because of the added G forces from turning.

[@TimToussaint]

I loved those hooks

[@ricky4001cs]

@@crudboy12 good point

[@nickgrey4136]

Wonderful stuff. Great video. Many thanks Matt. Kind regards Nick

[@plokkum]

Very cool to see the CPG's screen update from the pilot's seat!

[@TrickerDCS]

Lots of great info. Thanks dad

[@felippejonsson6078]

i thought Casmo was your dad?

[@TrickerDCS]

@@felippejonsson6078 he's now my step dad

[@SsgtHolland]

@@TrickerDCS Since Valentines day? That doesn't sound right...

[@CasmoTV]

Yeah… wtf?!

[@TrickerDCS]

@@CasmoTV its ok to have two dads 👀 especially after valentine's day 🤭

[@FuzzyKedama]

Awesome vid Wags. Very in-depth and I like how there wasn't any cuts. Pretty much the full flight vid with live narration. I nearly choked on my dinner with the RUN AWAY RUN AWAY voice part haha. Can't wait to see the Hellfire vid. Popup LOBL action time.

[@robk5943]

Head tracker is a good start for orienting your brain bucket in the general direction of the target (CUED LOS), but on a windy day, simply put your LOS on the CUED LOS, and steer the aircraft left or right as indicated by the I beam (rocket steering cursor). When the LOS, CUED LOS, and rocket steering cursor are on top of each other, pull the trigger. The Cueing Dots tell you which way to look to get on the CUED LOS when you're looking away from the target.

[@MattWagner]

Yes, good stuff, and I'll probably use this tactic. In learning this though, I've found that there is not just one technique, and you use what works best for you. Thanks,

[@CasmoTV]

Wags learned how to shoot rockets faster than most Apache guys I flew with (myself included). It’s hard to summarize alllll the techniques used into a 10 min video.

[@frostycab]

Dammit Wags!!! I'd just about got over the excitement of the last video, and now you've given me even more to lust over when I should be doing other things. I need to sleep sometime, but find myself lying awake half the night thinking about how good this is going to be when it's ready.

[@AnarghaBose]

Won't be able to afford the module, but I enjoy watching every single video of it. Thanks for all these tutorials 🙏🏼⭐

[@VivecsTDawg]

love the detail, vibration on the dash is a good touch. Looks amazing good work so far! can't wait! I hope someday rotor wash will be a thing.

[@commiccannon592]

What other tutorials are we getting? - Gorge -Helfire -Flight/takeoff/landing -Anything else? Love your work

[@JSpidey]

Cold start.

[@remi6681]

MAIS SORTEZ LE CE MODULE BON SANG !

[@TheRealSlimSteve]

Amazing, can't wait. Been looking forward this experience for 20 years since Longbow 2. But holy shit, does that little hook waggling back and forward do my head in haha! The attention to detail is awesome!!

[@bulletstop100]

This was amazing. when it all comes together. it is awesome. Thank you I am having so much fun learning.

[@matthewmcgee]

Great video. I can't believe the amount of symbology clutter that visually obscures the target as you are trying to aim.

[@DoradoFever]

Like the little C-RAM teaser off the ramp

[@selwynmurray8383]

Rocket Time!!!!!! Looking great guys. Thanks Wags.

[@projecttomcat]

She's looking absolutely glorious! Can't wait to take her for a spin!

[@charlesc7723]

Looks like a big win for ED and all of the team. The more I see the more I like it. The Apache should sell like hotcakes.

[@freighttrain7143]

*_Kentucky Windage_* Love the little sound clips too, Wags. The extra humor makes the videos better.

[@tobiasadam8320]

Kentucky Vintage. A man of culture.

[@tobiasadam8320]

​@@JSRJS I heard whisky, that's what I am drinking to get better aim :D

[@Tepnox]

"This is the way" - indeed it is!

[@Zatracenec]

Can't wait for this. It is interesting how aiming rockets works in real life. Also great flying, Matt. That reverse form the pad was boss AF.

[@shagrat47]

Yes! More trainings...🥰

[@DAZnBLAST]

Beautiful, cannot wait for this piece of art

[@felippejonsson6078]

Looks amazing! You guys at ED keeps on raising the bar.

[@mrbrianbrush]

i love how much fun waggs is having in these videos, we love you guys!

[@c.richardphillips1542]

Great video. Cannot wait to get Early Access!

[@davehaag8175]

Absolutely stellar!!! I cannot wait!!!

[@Devil-mn3dc]

LMAO!!!!!!!!!! 13:17 "This is the Way" Mandolorian quote going on there. Loving it

[@Sirrah81]

Oh this is gonna be so awesome 🤤 But... In order for me to properly hijack and joy ride an Apache from our local Apache base, I could really use that start procedure by now Matt...

[@deetwodcs4683]

When they're releasing soon it will come. The startup video is always a very very good sign!

[@ben1869]

Man it looks soooo good. Damn good job Ed

[@RedBravo65]

Beautiful! So excited for this module.

[@JasonBourne1227]

I see what you did Wags, sneaking in the Mandalorian clip there!

[@WoodyAH64]

Not too shabby. Firing rockets PLT HMD is definitely an art. Fixed mode and a steep dive angle will increase accuracy with less dispersion, as compared to a shallow angle.

[@AtlantiXYL]

I like the vibration felt inside the cockpit

[@MtnCommando]

Hey guys, please don't take this as criticism. Just an observation. . Noticed that in interior footage, the rotor shadows appear to move on the TADS sensor housing at the same rate as the blades. In reality, the pilot or any observer viewing with the naked eye (or even HMD) would not see a moving shadow UNLESS they were viewing via a camera where the frame rate would determine how fast that shadow (and the blades) appear to move. Is that correct?

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

Just got back from snowy northern MN to check on the crows at the wall. Now to absorb some more of Brother Wags' book of armaments vids on the Holy Apache of Antioch. There are many takeaways here...many...expansion of ground objects/targets for starters, a natural consequence of low level ops...

[@Brian-rp5cv]

When can we expect the manual for this beast? would be great to study it prior to the EA release

[@tomaszkarwik6357]

I would hate to be chuck

[@Brian-rp5cv]

@@tomaszkarwik6357 yeah 😆

[@FabioDAngelo1972]

Hi George nice to meet you!!!

[@euanhowells3438]

Hey wags will we be getting any updates on the closed beta on the forums like what’s going wrong what’s going right Can’t wait to get my hands on this module Thanks for all your work

[@plushiie_]

It looks really good, very excited ^^

[@wilbuzllf5057]

Quest for the holy grail... that alone is worth it all 😀 Superb video and it looks awesome!

[@terryrsh8927]

Question: Can we expect to have the CPG's eyeroll animation synchronized with Casmo's voice included with early access, or is that going to come later? :D In all seriousness though we really appreciate everything you guys are doing

[@flightsimstuff5417]

My brain is already exploding. There's a year+ of learnin in this thing. Love it. PS: Dude, you have to be the most knowledgeable guy on multiple US systems by now - has the Secret Service given you any protection yet? :) :) :)

[@HavocCompanyClan]

please tell me we can remove that hanging hook on the left side

[@jojomojo3847]

what do you think is the real reason for the the months delay... "who fired the hook developer?!"

[@JohnP.6775]

Oooooohhhh we're close baby

[@theflyingfool]

"I don't make this stuff up" Understatement of the year Wags!!

[@andreaskatris1969]

So if I understand correctly the co pilot can laser range the target for increased accuracy

[@Dreamshadow1977]

Maybe I missed it, but why was the diamond to the left of the waypoint acquisition marker but the rockets still seemed to hit dead on?

[@MattWagner]

Because while the aircraft is in aerodynamic trim, the flight vector is off to the right (note the FPV). So, you need to compensate a bit. If there is wind, you'd also adjust your offset.

[@willhestpt]

Love the SFX!! Does the apache have natural slip so it will always have fpv on right?

[@MattWagner]

That is how helicopters fly. It is just much more obvious in the AH-64 because of the FPV.

[@Phvpark]

all the helicopters has slip when flying especially in low speeds, even fixed aircraft has it with strong winds but much more less. fly the MI-24 and i guarantee its 5x worse, at least in the Apache the FPV helps to maintain center flight when doing runs

[@Skywarriorguru]

Can’t wait for the Phantom

[@MrPhantom453]

I'm here 👍😜

[@cleverlaziness]

That Mando reference is underrated

[@alexsp7086]

Question? Will George behave like Jester at one point.... What i mean is like head movement animations and loud call outs etc. ?

[@Barto-hg9bm]

Really hope so. Right now it’s more like petrovich in the hind. And it’s sucks to press 6 million keys on your joystick. Really hoped it would be like jester….. for now kind of disappointed but hope for the geroge video to be surprised in a good way.

[@assassinez100]

Apparently Wags has the Mandalorian as his CPG.. " This is the way" 😬

[@MarcTNL]

I don't get it at all ! I don't understand what you put on what when you fire. So there is the solid diamond -> axis of the chopper the dotted cross -> position of the enemy the fixed cross -> your line of sight (what you are looking at) the I-beam -> the way the rockets will travel ^^^ Is this correct ? @12:50 the I-beam is not pointing towards the enemy, but you still fire. And what has the pilot line of sight got to do with anything, besides distance ?

[@fixit9844]

My god I need this already PLEASE god

[@damsonn]

13:16 Do we have a Mando as a CP/G?

[@joachimkramer1448]

This is the way!

[@LaCrepe_]

Indeed, "This is the way" ;)

[@Itz_Jack57]

Love the Monty Python reference

[@sedlo]

The soldiers in the tents are gonna be upset at you, Matt! ;-) Knock knock. Who's there? Not our tent, anymore.

[@Duken27]

Great vidéo! Thank you Wags !

[@darker240syoutubepaloozachanne]

Great video! This looks awesome. Can´t wait till march. Thx for the videos and the superb work!

[@NoFear1979]

lol at the runaway voices 😂👍🏻

[@Mailman_NOB]

This is the first time that i don't which thingie to put on which thingie...It looks so damn complicated...

[@silenoz111]

+ Absolutely love the Apache ever since playing Gunship on the ZX Spectrum in the 80's. Wonder how I'll manage to play this with a Warthog throttle and a Virpil Mongoose stick. I do have a spare X56 stick and throttle which has more buttons etc. Either way, I am going to be spending plenty of long, long nights learning this beauty.

[@ernestwinslow7316]

Great work ED on the AH-64. I am wondering what the method of selecting each rocket pods with zone type would be in the re-arming section. Would it be a case of having an already pre-configured rocket loads type or we would have the ability to load zones for each pods?

[@sinsley1]

My guess would be a drop down tap for each zone if you load a pod

[@MrPhantom453]

Good question. Was wondering the same thing. What amazing flexibility in a weapons system.

[@jenrick4804]

@@MrPhantom453 It's actually been a thing since the Cobra, I believe it was implemented when the TOW capability was added. I believe it's been a feature of every rocket armed helo in the US inventory since.

[@shd4618]

Wags, will the sun shades above the instrument panel be moveable?

[@nathanaugst6451]

This is the Way, at 13:17. Was that added later or will our cpg say that when we have confirmed hits? Lbs

[@NightGameRus]

Please tell me how to make a point of attack from the pilot's seat using the co-pilot's manual

[@mattwagnerismylordandsavio5169]

Biggest question is what are those hooks at the left side of both the pilot and CPG for?

[@MattWagner]

Hang helmets. You’ll find in most 64s.

[@bulletstop100]

This IS the way, lol. I absolutely enjoy putting virtual warheads on foreheads. Thanks Wags, Eagle Dynamic.

[@griffin5012]

Love the videos Matt but could you include the actual commands, maybe in the top right-hand corner, so once we get to play with this, we will have an idea as to the keyboard commands to bind?

[@ccharlot]

goddamnit matt you're so close to release

[@SsgtHolland]

So to enter COOP the CPG only has to WAS up the rockets and then lase the target with the TADS?

[@radsy5821]

So having watched Casmo's video and this one, on the first run your ranging was being provided by Nav (N2.1 at the point of firing) but you were aiming short of that. So you'd expect the rockets to land a tiny bit longer than your aimpoint, which is what happened. And your I-beam was offset left at firing, so you'd expect the rockets to land a little right of the aimpoint, which is also what happened. You use the right side of the aimpoint cross, with the I-beam aligned on the left side, so the "error" in the aimpoint offset (centre cross to I-beam) offsets the impact point to the right side of the cross. Is my understanding right?

[@MattWagner]

Mostly. There are various methods to use. The key is to find the one that works best for you.

[@NoFear1979]

From utilizing rockets it seems their splash damage is not working as intended? Been firing large salvos on IFVs but without any impact. Would be nice to see this looked into 👍 Alot of fun to be had with this module 👍👍👍👍👍

[@MattWagner]

Works well here, you need to view the unit damage level in the F10 map view. Visual damage model is still rather basic.

[@NoFear1979]

@@MattWagner Thanks Matt for replying/clarifying. Will check it out 👌

[@sverre2046]

This is the way

[@edcurtis6931]

Nice rockets run Mando ;)

[@indianajon7980]

Casmo.....your up!

[@BikZom]

i like how this marvelous module costs the same amount of money as the dodgy unfinished peten apache in popular "tank game"

[@AngelofCruelty]

I have a question. Does the Apache fly more like the Blackhawk or the Huey? What I mean is, the Blackhawk's flight control system compensates for the most part for rotor torque, not requiring the pilot to have to constantly input pedal to counter that rotor torque. Whereas the Huey requires more pedal for more collective. When I fly the Blackhawk, I can pretty much let go of the controls and it stays on heading for the most part and I am wondering if the Apache is similar in it's flight characteristics. Thanks.

[@AdrianFourie]

This is the way...Matt has spoken...

[@pandorasboxg]

awesome! what air field is this?

[@ianwilliams7740]

No idea how you're managing to fly that so smooth, Wags. What kind of curves are you using on your pitch and roll axis?

[@MattWagner]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp7Nf52EedVjgKM

[@henrikoldcorn]

Do you _really_ need to enable adverts, particularly in-video ones, for tutorials?

[@dons3006]

I did the tutorial and when I tried to fire I got “weapon?” In the lower right corner of the display. The rockets were WAS’ed, trigger guard uncovered and everything by the tutorial was followed. The rockets just wouldn’t fire. I just kept getting the cue “weapon?”. Any idea?