Rogue Trooper

I am well versed in the effects and what directions they affect the airframe, but do not remember any kind of wind speed values. Without doubt the Hind runs out of pedal authority very quickly, it is very obvious at 4000 metres and this is with the Hind's automated system allowing full pedal deflection or should I say full yaw blade angle at these heights (no yaw AP). Seriously wish I had the manual right now.

Makes me vomit how jet pukes think the Apache will be a laser designator for fast movers! That is the Kiowa's job! The Apache D will lay waste to large, well equipped ground forces faster and more efficiently than any fast moving puke will ever achieve! The Apache will obliterate the well equipped ground force and will then look under the cervices and dig out the hiding, fearful soldiers for 30 mike mike justice. It will be very personal with the Apache..... whites of the eyes kind of stuff! No large scale army surrendered to an F-16 or F-15 when it appeared.... they did with the Apache. The Apache is simply a horrifying weapon.... so close and personal. The jet boys job is simple.... keep the Mig 29s, Su 27s and especially the SU 25s, or any other slow moving aeroplane off our arses! That is all we ask.... the rest is what the Apache was breed for.

I have 2 weeks of holiday to set up my system, get voice attack going and fly the Hind. Finally after such shameful negligence on my part (due to work of course) I have time to give this big old girl some attention. I am looking forward to experimenting with the Hind and seeing what is what, the hind feels like a great module but it would be interesting to see what is modelled and what I think is modelled. Wind direction I know, however, Is there a specific wind speed that increases the risk of LTE on a chopper or is it just the faster the better!

I guess it is possible, I would imagine current FFB sticks do not have great tolerances and do not hold position perfectly. but I would not think FFB sticks are as problematic as a centring stick..... must be nice to have FFB on choppers, what make do you have?

The nose rising hard may be due to the large winglets pointing up and creating massive lift as you try to slow down by pointing your nose up. These are the largest, sculpted for lift, wings on any chopper in the world and they create huge amounts of lift when fast forward speed is achieved. I find it better to use this lift in a slowing turn..... use the lift to push towards the centre of the turn, this way height gain is controllable whilst resistance to speed is increased.... off course this is for a fast deceleration landings. Large live changes in the joystick and then trimming is not good, it is not good in the MI-8 either. It is better to do lots of small movements trimming as you go (or even bleep trim). Just use the default trim setting in the menu, trim after small adjustments so that you can get the joystick to centre quicker (you have 0.5 or 0.8 second to re-centre your stick and after that you stick is live). I recommend you do not use the "return to centre" trim option in the menu.... in a fast changing low level flight, it might just be that banking right at the moment you HAVE to re-centre your joystick just caused you to die......never allow your stick to go dead indefinitely until you centre your joystick... it is just death. Do not use rudder trim...... it requires thought and due diligence to check the relationship between virtual pedals and the real pedal position... it takes your mind off flying... it is just death. The current trimmer fix is very nice and smooth I think.

Me, its being made for me.... all choppers are made for me It will be interesting to see how much DCS time is taken up by the Apache D and how my flight time in other choppers will suffer. I consider the ka-50 to be very simple to operate, it is all steam gauges with a small amount of digitalization, Toggle switches are all available in the pit for a fast weapon change. An Apache A would be closer to the KA-50.

Very enjoyable book. Nice to read about the Apache flying against advanced missiles.

yes I had the same, good on the MI-8 or at least I did not notice it, but on the Hind the virtual stick kept moving precisely right with each trim press. Looking at the TM device analyser after I had loaded my choppers software to the warthog, I could see the physical position on my X axis was leaning right by around 600 points (total right throw is 5000?.... I think), this was with the physical joystick centred. A re-calibration with Thrustmasters recalibration tool fixed it completely.... It is possible the MI-8 has a dead zone set as standard and the Hind does not. I would guess a simple test is to quickly add a dead zone to the hinds pitch/roll axis in DCS and see if this removes the joystick movement when the trim is pressed... but I never tried this.

Check your joystick calibration. If pressing trim moves the virtual joystick then this is a real world joystick centring problem and recalibration is required to fix it. If you have a warthog you can see if it sits dead centre in both axis in the analyser. (windows calibration will not show it). My warthog did the same, recalibration fixed it to perfection.

Hey Ugra, In VR the Kneeboard maps and data are fundamental to learning a new airframe, map and combat area. For me, Syria is the only place I really want to learn new modules and we really need the kneeboard. Can we get it sorted please.

For me it is the weight of the chopper that makes all the difference. I have a sneaky feeling the longbow is going to be a heavy old girl, just a bit slow in the turn, a lotta work to bring her to a hover in amongst the buildings before hunting a firing solution on those enemy vehicles that forced you into this situation. But I am going to love the firepower and technology. The Kiowa will be lighter and quicker to respond to input. Sneaky mast mounted optics.... it will be a different experience. Both are a must for me.

Ka-50: Top blades are retreating to the right side and droop down or level as they have less to zero lift as speed increases. Bottom blades are advancing on the right and lift strongly as they have maximum lift as speed increases. Both upper and lower blades close the gap between themselves on the right side as velocity increases... it is the weak point on the Kamov. At maximum velocity you only bank left in the Kamov to evade trouble, banking right is suicide. Even a twitch of indecision to the right is suicide. You can get supreme speed with the Kamov with a little left turn. With a touch of the pedal you can also pull the top and bottom rotors apart on the right side... at cost... but worth it.... worth every degree of pedal. Most do not understand the Kamov, they are militarized by the book kind of guys. The KA-50 is a stunning achievement in aerodynamic rotor craft.... Simply Stunning. I am starting to wonder if the chopper Apex was met at the genesis of DCS world.

Remember you got thicker shorter heavier rotors than the MI-8 and the winglets that take up 20% (?) of the lift off the rotor blades. The MI-8 will not fly like the aerodynamically superior hind with its winglets offering massive lift gains. Not to mention the massive energy stored in the blades...... Just saying. #The MI-8 is no Hind. I often wonder if we would have such conversations comparing the huey to an early cobra AH-1.... I think not.... and I wonder why?

I agree with you PloP, It has gone quiet. But I do look forward to it and allow Polychops .all the time they need to get it right. It is just the right airframe at the right time when the Apache comes out. Gonna be a sweet US of A pairing.

Indeed. Pace is increasing. I like that, I like an increase in momentum towards an end goal. Looking forward to 6 hots on a titanium rigid rotor attack chopper. It had better have encoder capability for all the pots.

looks good to me in VR. I can look through it some how, perhaps because I have stereoscopic vision in VR and my focus is behind the glare. It is difficult getting used to sims based on real world. The amount of times I had to change my attack position because of glare in the hud... I love it. IRL I sometimes had to put on sunglasses the glare was sooo bad.

Every time I fly this aircraft I love it! It is so steam punk it is unreal! I think the point of ensuring the I-16s success is that it needs to be a seriously charming Mother F%&ker. I think it needs a superb pilot figure with a long flapping silk scarf. The scarf moving with the turn would be cool. I know it does not sound much, even childish, but I reckon this airframe needs it more than any other, I reckon it will put it on the map. Serious F%&king charm!

It is the entire weight of the airframe you need to man handle once hydraulics are lost. 9500 lbs are 4309 kgs. the kamov is more than double that at 9000 Kgs empty of external loads. Lets see if you find that so easy when you experience it. The Huey was a superb design at the right time, basic and simple to keep costs down, everything was just about right on the Huey when it came into the Vietnam war in the 1960s. I think once the MI-8 gets a full reboot, the Huey should be next.

She is, it is very confusing in a sim that was so well modelled for choppers from the get go.

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.

+1

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.