Rogue Trooper

I agree, In an Attack chopper (low and fast) it is not just getting to the destination or attack point, but the journey getting there that always lasts in my memory. Its all fantastic!

This is such a good upgrade! The moment I saw this upgrade I knew this was possibly everything I wanted from a pedal.... but I waited..... why..... WHY? IT IS SUCH AN AWESOME UPGRADE FOR CHOPPER PILOTS! Remove the spring and say good bye to the centre detent. Crank up the dampers resistance and say hello to Oily liquid movement from your pedals..... Trim hold is the default bonus! Retraining your legs to work without a self centering spring takes a bit of work... it is a little bit closer to the real thing. If you own V1 or V2 MFGs be careful of retightening the bearing, plastic grip nuts make it very difficult to feel how you are overtightening the bearing. Slowly tighten until there is no more vertical free play in the bearing assembly (it will not move up or down). if you overtighten, I am sure it will be stiction hell! It is probably only a fantastic upgrade for jets too mind (with spring and centre detent..... obvie).

Precision guided missiles would be a good start, working the airframe to achieve a simple goal of destroying armour, AAA or missile ground defence systems is a good and specific reason for the airframes existence..... everything else is candy (or the cherry on top as us British would say). The Hot Missile is all we need for now. Lets get the bird airworthy first.

Wags, you dare devil! Stop playing your achievements down!

I bought a 3090 and 64 gig of Ram for my system, as well as a dust clean and general service. Generally, that is how I estimate the visual hit for the Apache in VR. I have already experienced it with the clouds upgrade in VR I have already experienced it with the graphics upgrade in VR I have already experienced it with the high end and awesomely modelled Hind in VR. Indeed a very expensive upgrade to keep my VR mouth above the flooding water. In Pancake it may be fine. The multi core Engine and Vulcan must come soon!..... The Weapon must fly smoothly, beautifully and with true intent of purpose.

I hope so. I have to catch up on my overtime and book a 2 - 3 week holiday between here and mid march. I want to spend the holiday time building a multiple encoder rotary comms box for all choppers, I also want to be learning to fly the Apache. RL work is fluidly pushing my holiday back towards the end of Feb and I so so hope for the Apache to be released at that time..... after that..... late march... it will be work 24/7 for months to come. But I will get my rotary com control box!.... starting to love voice coms, at the mo AI coms, but I guess human to Human coms is awesome.

I love the anger the delay has caused, it comes from true enthusiasm for our DCS Apache AH-64D. 2013 is when I think I joined DCS, and the Kamov KA-50 was the hook ED used to reel me in. I love the KA-50, I think the USSR's design brief to Kamov, which was to beat the Apache A, resulted in a very special machine that will always live in DCS! It does need to eventually have the president S.... but anyhoo! 9 years later and finally.. an Apache AH-64D is on my doorstep. The other guys that are ok with the delay are probably like me.... they know what ED is like, we are relaxed, "It will be so" is the mantra for us old timers. But it is coming... I am truly looking forward to the monocle sight over the right eye in VR, Overlayed target images projected directly to my right eye. A broad sweeping area denial 30mm cannon with very effective fragmentation dispersion..... FLIR...... FLIR.... in a chopper! Looking forward to sitting in the 3D pit and just drooling.... i got no problem with the disappointment felt in the delay with some DCS chopper pilots. I hope she will not disappoint, I so looked forward to the F-16, but man what a boring aircraft to fly.... Great Fighter, but Pure fly by wire! Office management springs to mind with the F-16, probably the F-18 too...... I spent very little time in both!

It would also be critical for the DCS online dynamic campaign... winter is coming and the war needs to be finished soon! It would cause "oversite DCS Sim Generals" to make rash decisions. When I used to do target shooting, we started to recognise the "fair weather" shooters as they were never with us in the mud and rain..... firing at a target, 1 kilometre down range. The fella that inverts his A-10 and dives through a freezing thunder cloud to help the guys on the ground is a hero. Chopper Pilots are just heroes regardless.

Yeah, this is Digital Combat Simulation, not civilian flight simulation or real world civilian flight where "safety" comes first and is absolute. Not sure putting the war on hold is an option for bad weather, in fact, bad weather is a benefit to the side that lacks air superiority. Diving through temperature layers for a strafing run to help out the boots on the ground is a thing in war.... it saves lives! As a chopper simmer, I would love icing in combat..... but for sure the DCS Engine and Vulkan must come first.

I got rid of stable years ago... for the same reason as you are now exploring. The down side is if ED does an update that breaks Open Beta, but they are usually quick to fix.

Looks like she has good instrumentation to get the job done against a well equipped enemy!

Release dates have always slipped in DCS.... ED or third party! I have booked so many holidays based on chopper releases and almost always...NO, every time... the module has released weeks if not months after my holiday ended. ED and all third party guys have a nightmare trying to get everything just right in time for release, and then a nightmare bug turns up 2 days before the release date! They need to find the bug in hundreds of thousands of lines of code. i think most people who complain have very little idea of what is involved in modelling such complex airframes in the virtual. Anywho, my 3090, 64 gig RAM system update has not arrived yet, so I think we are all OK with the delay. It would be painful to me if you guys were enjoying the Apache whilst I did not even have a computer to play it on!

What is the update on availability JackFlash, DCS weapon release is imminent.

The delay video looks fantastic!.... love the hook. Looking forward to seeing the new pilot models and animations, using Avatar hand movement would be sweet.... even if it is to simply point. I am ok with the delay as I need more time for my new graphics card to arrive.

I think it is time now for the full and complete flight manual. No pressure ED, but it is time for the manual including weapons, ranges and use off. Polychops had their flight manual out on release, for sure they added to that manual as certain weapons or chopper versions became available but they were there from the get go! Please let us start learning.

Hi Svsmokey, I would also like to do that too! But how long are we going to wait for the software upgrades? And once we get the software updates, is the 3090 going to be better with those upgrades and the pain of purchase for the 3090 well behind me? I am in the final questions & answers with my computer manufacturer as they offer an upgrade path that offers an acceptable amount of pain for my addiction. My finger is stroking the Trigger and I am waiting for a reason not to squeeze the trigger.... but none are really coming up.

I think it will be many years before we see 90 fps with awesome graphics in any highly complex flight sim. For VR, graphics set high and in nice complex battlefields, running at 60Hz solid would be my dream come true!

Nice, they looked pretty high in the image. Should allow me to run my fingers across the gates whilst mentally counting the position without accidently activating the buttons. For sure they will be physically modified to further ensure confidence in finger position at each medial position.

Agreed. BS3 is all we got! A KA-29 might be a nice addition that could be done... surely, naval ground assault chopper with the ability to upgrade to KA-29VPNTsu... that would be nice.

Since I went over to Vaicom, I have realised that the voice is the new weapon in VR, an essential part of getting things done Petrov's voice is surely the most anticipated part of the hind for me... I am sooo looking forward to talking to him.... to interacting with my mouth.... and it will be in a chopper. It will be awesome! Ed will need to ensure they create an AI menu and reserve global key binds for human interface to AI comms.... they will eventually need a lot of key binds.

That is good news, I am happy with my 2080ti (with some graphical sacrifices), I am surprised how well it runs with the G2... but it is time to upgrade to the 3090.

Some statistics I read, when comparing the 3090 to the 3080ti, generally seem to lean towards the 3080ti as being the best bang for money.... why go for the 3090 they say. Are these tests that are linked in our VR discussions actually run in VR or pancake? Are they actually relevant to us? Currently, I am waiting for the pricing madness to subside before I go for my much needed GPU upgrade. At this moment I desire a 3090. Is the 3090 the king of VR or not? For me getting the 3090 to use with VR is all about the RAM! Am I wrong? Is there a fatal error in my thought process?

Petrovich says nothing, I think "flares flares" is from a mission file that triggers a specific user made response.

Kneeboard image in your picture looks like when I go into the the F10 map when Knee board is open.... It would be sooo good if the knee board worked in F10, would be awesome for notes dictation.

I am with OP. Ugra's Syria map is the golden standard in my books, a map that just about balances detail with performance in VR. A lovely map! Hopefully Vulcan and CPU optimization makes normandy, channel islands and marianas run smooth and perfectly in VR, but will allow Syria to stand head a shoulders above everything else in combat performance wise. I am not complaining.... I am waiting.... waiting long time. waiting for DCS to come home.