Rogue Trooper

I think it is better than the Huey. I think this Baldrick, because I believe the Hind has better modelling in every department. But this is just my 2 pence worth of input for an old DCS module compared to a right up to date chopper module. The Hind feels more responsive to input to me. More responsive to the environment... but this is just a feeling. For sure the Hind locks into an un aided hover quicker than most DCS modules and it just feels right some how. An aided hover is just rock solid stone in space. you can really hover a square or a circle circuit in this bird and it just feels natural, clean and mean. The Hind is just a Bad Dog, you let go of the leash it will bite someone.

Ordered, thanks for the recommendation.

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Like the MI-8, a lot of respect is required for these machines. Take everything slow initially and then as you learn the airframe slowly, start to push the airframe to its limits. There are a lot of problems with the Huey that cause serious problems when the sim pilot moves onto the better modelled modules. I think the hind is going to be the most dynamically modelled chopper module in DCS, I just feel it in my stick. Regarding OP, you are where I was at with the MI-8 years ago. do not hard manoeuvre and drop your main rotor speed.

The weight of the chopper is in the blades. An empty chopper maybe, 6 fully kitted muscle men..... hmmm... maybe.

But for sure I would like DIRCM. The KA-50 needs situational awareness more than anything and the MAWS gives that to some extent. It would be interesting to see how the new wing affects this girls roll.... there is always a compromise! Without doubt, a fully modelled President S defence system and air to air missile capability would put the KA-50 solidly into the Predator Class Attack Helicopter category. Just where the little single pilot fighter chopper belongs.... on its own..... something very special indeed! Thank you ED, I am grateful to you for showing me something very different.

Phew, Maws is a must. DIRCM would be nice to have also but perhaps is not possible.

KA-50 BS3 will not get the president S defensive suite? Is this true or gossip? There will be nothing after the BS3 and Hind for REDFOR, perhaps some older airframes. BS3 needs to be as good as it can get!

I find once I feel the weight of the chopper after wheels up she is stable in the hover... very stable. But off course I am constantly adjusting but this is what chopper pilots do. I find I can hold a precise hover better than the Huey or MI-8. I do not know why but I feel there is much more modelling here than the older modules. (no curves on my 10cm extended Hawg).

Marianas has joined the channel map as a no go area for me. I am a VR Sim pilot so not really a surprise, I look forward to both maps in the future. Syria map will feed me in the interim.

I agree, if a slow approach is not possible or just boring then I treat the Hind like a WWII plane and use a turn or orbit of the airfield to bleed off speed. The rising nose just aids the turn when collective is dropped and re-trimming for a slower speed.

I would be interested to hear this also. Elevator to Hell, Going down! The Hind and the MI-8, will be the only choppers I learn this.

Did you create this Vid nazradu? What is the fps like in the Gazelle? 45 fps Sol? Sol = solid it also means solar day. Sol = 45 fps solid any day, every day.

That pilot really commands the nose of that chopper, for sure he is not rudder pedal lazy. Just awesome! It has been a while since I checked the BO-105 pages but everything looks awesome. I will be buying the Apache and I will be buying the Kiowa, but this girl will have staying power for me. Titanium rotor hub! Mmmmmm finger licking good!

yeah, when you quoted me, you cut out the bit where I said some good suggestions in this Vid. C'mon Hiob, this is Digital Combat Simultaion, we all got the slant on how to choose certain soundbites to influence a conversation in a specific direction.

Huey is a good start and teaches all the basics very nicely indeed. The Mi-8 is in a league of its own but some experience is required from simpler choppers like the Huey... for utility choppers, nothing touches the MI-8 in DCS. It is currently the best modelled chopper in DCS but the crown is starting to topple off its head. The MI-24 will be the best modelled chopper in DCS. The KA-50 is simply something very special. in its weight/weapons class, it is amazingly manoeuvrable. the Gazelle is the most manoeuvrable but more so it shows how Western Europeans think optical targeting is done in the modern battlefield... and I like the way we Europeans think.

On a rolling landing ensure as you slow down you replicate the hover trim (or hold) to distribute weight across the wheels. Do not drop your collective, ease it down, those thick short blades store so much energy it can be a whole new world of pain if not managed correctly! As the others said, pull back on the cyclic to slow down.... bleed the energy out of the airframe. Do not brake until slower.

Is gotsta say it guys. I have to.... Early access and WIP! EEEEEWWWwwww i feel the pain coming my way! But some good suggestions in the Vid.

I like the Gazelles method of coming back to the pilot position after the auto pilot was holding a hover. Polychops showed 2 Cyclic, pedal and collective positions on the joystick cheat, the autopilots controller positions were white and the gamers inputs the normal Red. The Gamers inputs were centred and the auto pilots offset to hold the hover. The gamer just needed to match the Auto pilots' pedal, cyclic and collective positions and then take control with minimal disturbance. I guess in the case of the the Hind you would take control "holding" Hover and not trimmed to Hover.

I am up to date now and installed the new SSA Beta a couple of days ago. The old software seemed to work just fine for a year and a half on my new PC. It recently started to cause problems.... as every one else is seeing. With every update, does the new install/update wipe the Vibration settings for each module or is there a way to save and reload the each modules settings? I think I know the answer..... no.

Superb map/miz file. Thank you very much evanf117.

Thanks f410. Good to have the Hind Vibrating! Does the SSA software not auto update? I uninstalled V 1.13 or V 1.31 or something around those numbers. Thanks again for your hard work.

Very clean hover landing, minimal roll on the wheels.

The Hind is a really superb module. The domed glazing looks brilliant, the best I have seen in a DCS chopper. She flies at speed like I thought she would, Very solid, stable and goes where she is pointed!. Well done ED!

I never carry the grenade launchers. I have tried them, but they just seem to be a waste of a perfectly good weapons pylon.