Rogue Trooper

We will be schooled in the MI-24s abilities! I think hot and high in Afghanistan seriously puts a limit on the lift capability of the MI-24, as it does with all choppers. MI-8 included. I think Hot and high is a blood stain on the minds of most Russians and this shows in the way they view the capability of their machines. In Afghanistan or Europe, on a nice cool clear day, I reckon a couple of gunners out the side doors might just work perfectly.

Jealous.... Pigs!

when I look at this airframe.... she looks more beautiful every time I look at her! Do you know what I mean. She is a western world babe and believe me, in America the sales man may be king.... but not in Europe and yet she is selling! In Australia she is selling! These guys, Europe and Australia do not suffer fools lightly. This is a Global machine that required multiple nations to invest in its ability! It is a serious piece of Fu£king kit!

It is not just stealth that makes the F-35 great. It is the F-35's ability to ensure true connectivity within the battle field and connectivity to all other assets that have the ability to see, search, hunt targets and are also able to stream data. The F-35 has instantaneous target information even when out of range, friendly and enemy positions are updated like liquid and unfortunately command coms will be just as good. Basically the F-35 is a natural extension of what the Apache/OH-58 helicopter laid true. The F-35 is a massive advance in modern warfare and the Apache E will join the window of truth. They are an incredible advancement in modern warfare.....the Apache is already in the top ten but the F-35 will earn its right to be within the top 10 along with the maxim machinegun!

A chopper, by its very design, with its lift system above its centre of gravity and its out stretched light weight anti torque boom is the epitome of a weather vane. Once in forward flight and due to the choppers design this may be far less soo, but at low speed it is very relevant.

I get it, in some ways it is a very good decision. A desk mount unit that is easy to attach into a computer working environment or home computer system within a few seconds, I think there is a lot to be said for their design choices... a lot.... especially with the up coming space sim community etc etc. But at this price level the community is established, the big boys that spend this sort of money do it the way big boys do it! This big boy market is the bread and butter for this company.... it is the basis in which they become established. Choice A & B is the only choice! At this price it offers the market all the right options in one single place..... not a bad place to start at all.

I do not like that at all. Essentially it requires far more complex work to the end user than a base mount. When this bad boy comes in the post, no one is hanging around and it simply must go in as quickly as possible in the fastest dirtiest way..... 80% of the population do not prepare. In essence you have two ways of looking at it; A) base screw mounting. A monkey can mount a bottom base unit securely even with limited DIY skills and multiple horrible re-drill holes..... they will get there and it will work and it will work well! (this is me). B) A front mounted unit requires thought and skill. If you want to maximise sales A is the way to go and add B for your own mounting brackets.

Good to see the YAK sitting on the side of the runway, If this has a real strict "by the book" learn to fly, coms, nav and airports training then this one could be a nice little module. But without doubt it is superb to see the Hind sitting on the side of the Runway..... rotors leaning to starboard. Very Superb!

It means I would rather a merlin any day in comparison to any hunk of junk UH-60 in any guise or form.... even if they hang more weapons on it !

The NH-90 is a hunk a junk in my book...... but that is only in my book mind! The Merlin creams the NH-90 lock stock and two smoking barrels! The main land Europeans tried to replicate the expensive Merlin.... they tried real hard! The Merlin is a machine of such power with its 3 rolls Royce engines, active vibration control and Berp blades... it is powerful and smooth in the same breath. At the same time it occupies a small area due to its short blade length for naval operations, but this required a faster rotor speed as compensation. To eradicate the the fast blade tip problems the BERP tips were employed for the perfect compromise....... there was never a more beautiful machine that graced the rotor world. The Merlin is simply fit for purpose...... it is a Done deal! The Merlin is simply the greatest mid/high weight machine that ever existed so far and I simply believe that to be so. It is simply bliss full blade design and vibration management in one hunk of a powerful package..... it is simply a done deal here!

fuc%ing strait, any weakness will be worked around once the problem presents itself. PAVE LOW is a chopper that the chopper community does not know it needs! ..... and it needs pave low big time!!

I only want a pave low brother. It just looks right and it just operates right. The down side is just problems for the lads to overcome. The name is right and the function is right.... pave low mother Fuc$er, what sounds better than pave low inbound? All those downed jet pilots crying on TV..... fu$king pave low son! fuc%ing pave low!

I do like an extended stick with everything in DCS but especially with choppers. It simply allows better fine control of the cyclic. I use the Thrustmaster hawg stick with a wassy1000 extension and for me this works just perfectly, extending the stick allows a far greater range of movement but also allows a finer and greater precision around the centre point of movement. This is critical for choppers. I have no input to give regarding the collective as my warthog seems fine indeed. As a side note, I would recommend the vibrating jet seat. In most instances, I cannot think of any other device that gives the virtual pilot more feedback to what is happening to your virtual airframe than this simple and interactive device. highly recommended to the chopper pilot.... Superb when the jet pilot pulls a curve a stalls the inner wing.

Any feed back on this problem dresoccer4?

I am behind Polychop simulations 110% and I will try hard not to insult them in my answer regarding the AH-64A or MD-530G. These two giants of war, these two machines of righteousness were given to us by the god of war, Ares himself. The AH-64A (D) and MD 500 model(s) are forged by the god of war himself. In my book, only ED can release such demons onto the general populace. The MD 500 series and especially the Vietnam war early models would signify a shocking change to the DCS world maps.... far off in the future me thinks.... far too involved on an intimate level with your enemy.

This is not the Lakota's purpose, this is a simplistic pear or peaches comparison. What is developing in Europe is a steady and solid maturity of the helicopter platform that has a solid investment from both military and civil aviation. It is a simple model of growth that occurs whilst all other nations plough all their resources into air superiority. The future of the chopper is European.

Yes, as soon as the chopper is screaming noise from those superb engines, the ground crew can no longer hear you. This seems to be true with all DCS choppers.... (gazelle?). Switch to interphone or ICS on the choppers main radio channel control to ensure direct ground crew comms. This came in to DCS world as standard a few months ago.

Must have a refuelling boom! It must! GPS and radar. The stallion led the apaches into no mans land in gulf war 1 so they could release the first shots fired of the war. DCS CH-53 must be capable.

European choppers I would rather over the UH-60; Lynx. The baby Jesus himself gave us the Merlin, welcome to a supreme design. The US marine choice for Marine 1 and all other Marine choppers if the Osprey failed! Puma SA 330 and later models Dare I say the Lakota? The truth of solid European design that is just the start of the invasion!

Funs over boys, time to let the grown ups play. There is however a nice little hot to trot light weight fox of a chopper that pulls your chain just right..... not a perfect model yet.... but very definitely going your way, if you know what I mean.

I also doubt it. But Polychop will mature and have shown real promise! I think they could be the first door less chopper with skull movement befitting such a chopper. Belsimtek are more experienced and have bigger game to skin! Belsimtek make rock solid sims, they do not push boundaries like this machine deserves.

Once the model is top notch.... I would love the civil version to be a part of the package, no cost. I think this would add far greater profit to the company. It may also offer a path to the pure flight boys to get down into the dirt where the combat chopper belongs. Having said that I would also pay extra for the civil version but not full DCS warfare module prices.

Since the 2.2 update, I flew the MI-8 before I flew the Huey and then the MI-8 afterwards. Generally in 2.2, I feel a far better feeling of direct sim to real controller interaction. A far greater and faster input and response on visual feedback. I guess fluidity between need and response is smoother and quicker.... wetter is the feeling when bringing these birds to yield. The Gazelle is a critical yard stick when it comes to eye hand co-ordination and it does indeed feel cleaner and tighter from the get go. The base programme, DCS world, has just got more fluid.

A very capable recon chopper that deserves to be in DCS. Not the most manoeuvrable, but a very desirable machine

A very nice update, due diligence is now required to keep this girl flying. Nevada at 20 degrees C with 4 Gatling guns and 19 rockets requires the type of take off that I always read about with gunship hueys. Real hard to get the speed up for transitional lift at take off and for the rest of the mission you really do not want to slow down. A large step in the right direction for sure! It Looks like I will be getting some much needed Huey hours in the Log book.