EC-665 Tiger HAD Block 2 In War Thunder : A Basic Review

[@Bandit4557]

When flying helicopters, something I found to make flying them much easier was the “enable manual roll mode” or something like that. Instead of it righting your roll to horizontal all the time, it’s almost like ARMA and keeps your roll to whatever you put it to. If you’ve noticed that certain helicopters can’t fly straight, this is going to fix that. Plus, when you activate manual roll, it stays active through multiple battles, but not when you restart the game.

[@TimsVariety]

I played around with that, and it felt like it would be a better option if I had a more traditional HOTAS+Pedals style input setup. Personal preference I guess.

[@Bell2284]

grinding for helicopters are such a pain but i think it was quite worth it, the HAD is great to fly

[@mangofanta2667]

A lot nicer now you can have tanks grind helis

[@Northern00]

Much nicer now that end of line vehicles don’t have insane RP costs too!

[@noahdemon2457]

Yeah thank god for them giving us that the mi-4av is pain and I wouldn't even wish for my enemies to use it

[@gansior4744]

Heli grind was never that easy. Ive grinded A. 129D in like a week

[@th3narrat0r5]

Thanks!

[@TimsVariety]

Thank you so much!!

[@ANDREWISNTSOGOODER]

Most underrated KZbinr, also, PLS DO MORE CHOPPER REVIEWS!!!

[@crazedfeel5775]

5:22, Someday, I had a biplane attack me. I had to litteraly dogfight with it, so the tiger's agility definitely saved me XD

[@Paul_Whaley]

Love the little Boris there!

[@TimsVariety]

PFFF, Spike Them!!!! Better luck next time, slugheads!

[@dontworry2379]

Wasn’t gonna watch this because I don’t have much interest in heli’s however because I like Tim’s channel so much and think it’s interesting I’ve decided to watch anyway just to show support

[@theonlyknight3171]

I've found the spikes to be 100% flare resistant. If they notice the flares at all, it's for a split second, and then they reacquire the target. This doesn't help for any jets that aren't flying in a straight line (anything outside of PvE, basically), but the only way helis can avoid it is moving over 8km from the launch point or performing a maneuver with perfect timing, which is difficult. MAWS don't detect FnF missiles until the final ~500m of flight, so they get all of a second or two to defeat the missile properly. The launch range of Spike MRs and LR2s isn't itemized, but it must be fairly low, because I've never had the ground-launched spikes hit at any appreciable range, and if a heli is very close, it's usually making erratic movement and breaking line of sight constantly. On the other hand, the QN502CDD FnF missile _does_ have a clear launch range of 8km, and this makes it extremely lethal to helicopters, even those with FnF missiles of their own.

[@OCS-vr7my]

Hey Tim, a lot of us would love speculating Videos. Even if it’s not realistic, it’s good to hear our favourite tanks/aircraft be mentioned!

[@TimsVariety]

Incoming "Stavatti SM-36 STALMA confirmed next patch!" with big red arrows on the thumbnail!

[@vaultraider1]

"I am invincible!" Oh yes, i saw what you did Tim, 😉 Forgot to mention, for heli PVE mode you CAN use boosters, so it can help a bit in regards to RP gains... usually stack up the boosters for this as its easier than being instantly annihilated upon activating them in regular battes as if they bring you bad luck.

[@rickdubbink]

They only work for 30 minutes tho

[@vaultraider1]

@rickdubbink best do as much as you can then, ive been able to get near ~400k SL and near 40-45k RP by stacking and staying for about 1hr - 1hr 30min... Not for everyone but it is a suggestion.

[@rickdubbink]

@@vaultraider1 jees that's not too bad actually. I just know the boosters work for 30 min and with the helo's i've grinded in PVE I'd never get a whole lot of work done in those first 30 minutes so I prefer to not use them there

[@commandoepsilon4664]

@@rickdubbink If the booster would last for multiple missions it will last for 30 minutes per mission. So a 75% for 3 missions will last up to 1 hour and 30 minutes and if the match ends before the 1 hour mark you will retain one mission on that booster.

[@rickdubbink]

@@commandoepsilon4664 really? I always thought the booster only activated for 1 x 30 minutes... Now that I think of it I'm actually absoluty stupid for thinking that. Thanks dude

[@DieErsteKartoffel]

Ay, love to see some Heli gaming

[@emmata98]

Also this is the most modern Tiger (since the mk 3 upgrade is questioned), so let's see how the line continues.

[@Northern00]

Is there anything else they could add beyond the Spike and Mistral? Or is this the best heli they can get period?

[@emmata98]

@@Northern00 just newer missile versions and stuff. Maybe the IRIS-T even

[@plimbo.]

Love your content, in a resent update fire and forget missiles does not need to go senter of mass, they can aim for tracs and so on but there is no way to controll were thy hit

[@Monkey_Spunk]

This is the best thing I ever saw.

[@TheKingHomer]

Good video as usual. I hope you find the time to make an extensive tutorial video on Helicopters in the future, all the vids out there are kinda outdated or do not explain everything - especially with the now amount of available helicopters. Also the keybinds are usually hard to understand if you have 0 experience with helis.

[@skittlesbutwithchocolatein2274]

I have UHT and I rarely get the chance to use it because the matches end so soon

[@TimsVariety]

Thats a serious challenge for me trying to get footage for helicopter reviews .... most of the clips I record end up being less than a minute because the matches sometimes end just as I'm getting into position to try and attack stuff.

[@superfamilyallosauridae6505]

Ive bound manual roll control mode to 7 key. I usually use it to get higher speeds in transit or when firing missiles, but in CQB firinf rockets i turn it back to automatic

[@BKBCrAnK]

Fun Fact. Germany is going to replace the Tiger Heli because one of its biggest flaws is that the Cockpits "armor" is non exsitend since its made out of carbon fiber. So if the pilot is unlucky enough a a hit from a rifle could completly f*ck up the electronics and make it unuseable lol.

[@Loudward__]

Hi tims! Ya mention about the skins often in your videos. It would be cool if you could find an alternative Live skin you also like for that vehicle.

[@oitudobem3508]

Pls do an MH60L DAP video

[@TimsVariety]

Don't worry, I will. I have it - but I've heard rumors they might patch a few details with it next month, so I'm holding off on a review to wait and see if that happens.

[@jackn5048]

I spent an entire year to grind this just to find out how useless it is. The PARS rockets are stupid slow, by the time they hit anything the tank is either dead or behind cover. I only hit maybe 1/8 targets with them. And the HOT-3s you have to get way too damn close to be in range to hit anything, you'll get shot down within seconds.

[@chillypenguin4449]

Cud we maybe get a f-16 barak II review someday?

[@TimsVariety]

Yes.

[@thechickenmaster6543]

I might be weird for this but it really bugs me how people dont turn off the automatic roll return , i always prefere it to just stay how i put it

[@TimsVariety]

I played around with that, and it felt like it would be a better option if I had a more traditional HOTAS+Pedals style input setup. Personal preference I guess.

[@thechickenmaster6543]

@@TimsVariety i just use keyboard and mouse tbh, but yeah everyone has their own preference indeed

[@errornamenotfound2513]

Review about the most forgotten bomber in the game? (Brigand B1)

[@ninjamice7319]

USE the spike for spaa

[@amorymeow]

Please do one for YAH 64. Im getting it as my first top tier heli in 2 days and im so excited..

[@Epic_candle]

Spoiler It sucks

[@TimsVariety]

I havent decided yet how I'm going to do the Apache family - one larger review, or smaller ones for individual models spread out over a longer period of time.

[@amorymeow]

@@TimsVariety Please do a larger review for all in one video as all Apaches including the prototype version are basically the same just the later ones having a bit more upgrades.

[@serfgergergergerg8081]

The spikes are absolutely impossible to flare off since they use a contrast seeker with the target stored in it. Not once has a Ka-52/Mi-28/Ka-50 survived one of those the times i've been playing it. You also didnt bind manual roll which alleviates the "stable flight" syndrome you talked about. There is also zero reason to take the stinger over the mistral. not one. Mistral is just straight up better and even making it seem like there is a choice is imo wrong. Good video overall and since your format is called a basic review there is nothing more to do than to give a like.

[@TimsVariety]

I played around with Manual Roll, and it felt like it would be a better option if I had a more traditional HOTAS+Pedals style input setup. Personal preference I guess.

[@melle9155]

Annoying that the US and Israel are still stuck with laser guided missiles

[@Iden_in_the_Rain]

Also US not having missiles for jets before 9.3 besides the third foldered F9F and the squadron vehicle

[@hiphip4808]

I gotta agree, it’s a pain to try and fly the Apaches or AH1Z, least the 1F is really good

[@explosivecommando9100]

​@@hiphip4808lets see whenever they add the L version of the longbows

[@explosivecommando9100]

@@Slight- ah yes but they nerf the AIM-9L to the ground. That means the L variant can have that feature removed

[@yaksparrow2493]

You have enough cas already you dont need nore helis

[@dangerdeevee]

why tf is this the same BR as the german tiger uht, literally has better a-a missiles (mistrals instead of stingers), better atgm (8km range instead of 7km on pars), 30mm gun (tiger uht gets NO gun) yea sounds like the same br to me gaijin

[@1.earth.]

France has a better help than Germany

[@hiphip4808]

Only like 30 mins into posting and this video has more views than like half the KSP videos, very sad.

[@jaek__]

people are here for the war thunder content so makes sense

[@hiphip4808]

@@jaek__ I mean on his KSP Channel

[@TimsVariety]

Thats pretty typical, its a matter of "impressions" - youtube shows my WT stuff to people on their "what to watch next" dashboards and stuff far more often as this channel gets more views to begin with, has more subs, is older, etc etc.

[@gansior4744]

Recommend turning off MAWS flares. You loose 80% of countermeasures by a missile that isnt even targeted at you. Plus, you look like a Heli noob ;)

[@TimsVariety]

Yeah I spoke about MAWS in my review of the F-111A - the thing loves to dump all your flares for no obvious reason.

[@gansior4744]

@@TimsVariety maws activate when some random ATGM Gets fired. So got damn dumb

[@zenelsamircervoj5923]

First