Rogue Trooper

My Bad, I only use it to force a habit, but it does very little if nothing at all. Alt hold will be very sweet indeed when it comes.

Hey JackFlash, Where did the Radar Hellfire and FCR target scans come from? Did Ed give them to you? Is this how the FCR targets are displayed? Fantastic looking Apache MFDs by the way. When I purchase in 20H 51Mins, do I need a working account or do I just buy from the website as a guest?

Chopper just seems to hold manually still for me. I have non centring damped pedals and these are a god send for both the Hind and Apache. it requires physical force to adjust the yaw of both these choppers. The ATT upgrade from the last patch is light years ahead of the massive work load required for the pilot to hold a hover! It is critical to do a repair every time there is an upgrade to DCS. I always manually update DCS before I start DCS, if there is an update I repair and then start.

Now that would be cool in DCS!.

For sure this is true for the AH-64A, and fundamentally I also view this machine in all upgrades in this way. It is fundamentally an anti armour platform. Is our modelled D Apache a bit too early for the ground troop equipment that came or is our 64 too advanced?

That the intimate close air support Apache can not track ground force coms? Well yeah, I think it is funny. But it is what it is I guess.

Good to know. Weird though for a ground attack / CAS chopper do you not think?

It happens.... but I am right about the ADF homing frequencies. You will get no homing frequency from ADF whilst the chaff/flare auto dispenser uses the pathway for auditory warnings.

Perhaps my shooting from the hip diagnostics was wrong then. But I am sure the chaff flare control panel uses the same path ways that the ADF signal homing does... an upgrade thing I believe.... maybe...?.. he he! Or am I just totally wrong!

Waiting for BS3. Very much hoping the Black shark will get a more complex modelling, like the Hind and Apache. Without the president S system, no matter how manoeuvrable the KA-50 is, the Apache is simply awe inspiring! The Apache has such presence on the battle field... It pops up and immediately it knows what is around it, simply from the hard work the enemy does! Very much an asset to a slow and low moving spider, its web of information tingling.... fantastic! Flight model is the best in DCS!

I do not really. I noticed no difference between before the last update and now. Attitude hold is superior in hover but that is about it. Flying too fast above 125 knots (231 Km/h) increases roll instability like it did before. 130 - 135 Knots (240 Km/h - 250 Km/h) gets really wobbly in the roll axis but this was the same as before.... but controllable all the same. Out of interest, I do a full DCS file repair for any AH-64D update.

AH-64D. Its situational awareness between the AI George and you as the pilot is incredible (not fully modelled yet). Externally the apaches defensive sensory systems give it such a situational awareness of the battlefield surrounding, it it is simply an amazing experience slowly and lowly manoeuvring into a firing position. A lot of frustrating work mind!

At early access, it means very little. I get it when coming in for a long prepared rolling landing... it does not affect my manual flight regime and is therefore ignored. It is especially annoying as I generally fly the 64D with forward trim only. Now a days I use the excellent hover hold. When I use ATT and Alt hold, I disable them with the trim back Hat when moving to a new fire position.

Is this also affected by the chaff & flare dispenser controller? perhaps the radio beacon is nullified as the Chaff/flare dispenser using the same signal pathway.

Trim up is the one... yes all other trims seemed that way with experimentation!

Sweet! For the Petrovitch too I hope

Really having a hard time quickly controlling my situational awareness and cannon range without these MFDS. Are they rolling in from the east in Mid May for sure?

Yes I have had this error many times. George just stops firing. LOS is sweet. I do not get it if I set him to hold fire and I press permission to fire throughout the mission or if I just set him weapons free and let him waste hellfires on bad LOS. If I keep switching him between hold fire and permission to fire (hold up long), george just seems to stop working, especially after a reload but even with the first load of 16 Hellfires... Slurp!

How do they do it in real life? I just find it easier to disengage all SCAS systems to pull into a low level hovering fire position, only using the forward trim. then re-engage (if I decide to use it) the ATT trim. The altitude trim will be GOD almighty when it arrives! My God altitude is twitchy when a missile leaves the rack.... Altitude requires constant attention! Drift to left or right is fine though. The left MFD is just weapons and CPG targeting image for me.... how will I drift with the next shot and does George have LOS!

Makes sense, like the Kamov KA-50 AP disengage, all four APS OFF in one go.

I am fine with sun reflections on the instruments or canopy. In VR I can stereoscopically look through canopy reflections. I guess in pancake this may be more difficult and perhaps a solution to this is required. As for the instruments having sun reflection on them.... As in real life... that is just bad luck!

Do you mean the cockpit measurements and dimensions? I would also be interested in these.... if OP meant that.

I think this is a thang with the Apache. I think the pilot has to do the work and SCAS is simply an aid to make things easier but not perfect. Perhaps the real Apache boys will sound off here but American Helicopters are not in the same league as European helicopters when it comes to automated flight controls. Walter J. Boyne's book "how the Helicopter changed modern Warfare" ISBN 9781589807006 is good read but you must read it to the end. Great book, pave low on the cover.... I mean really... what chopper looks better!

Thanks, that is what I used as it seems to have done the job every time. For now I have stopped using ATT trim and just prefer the up trim in all flight regimes. seems more fun like that.... If only George was just as enthusiastic! Although, why have the trim down for disengage ATT and ALT hold, if a second press of ATT disengages ATT mode? Not being disrespectful !

Retrim Attitude hold or standard up trim? I think the SCAS in the apache is meant for the pilot to ultimately hold the hover.... SCAS is simply an aid... I think. At the moment I just manually hold the hover and trim with the standard up trim if need be. It seems easier when watching George's targeting sight on my left MFD. Seems to be easier this way to also manoeuvre a little left or right to allow George to get LOS in between a break in the tree line. With the Gazelle and a little hard piloting the Tunguska is meat for the grinder! In the Apache the Tunguska is a serious amount of hard work!