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What does the FCR have to do with the AGM-114L? (Hint: nothing)

All AH-64Ds are Longbows regardless of the FCR being installed or not. And as already mentioned, it can be installed or removed in the mission editor, so depending on the mission, it may or may not be installed. Of course, we don't yet have a date for when it will be operational, so for now it's just for looks (and weight).

That's in the general vicinity (if I'm remembering correctly) of where the Romeos did their FTX around the tail end of their AIT. Of course, that was a long time ago for me, so no clue if they even still do that, but I suspect it may have been part of that. When I went through AIT, we actually towed one of the hangar trainers from Felker to the field site. Would have been much easier to just leave one out there. So maybe that's part of the story.

It's springs. One end of a spring cartridge is attached to the flight controls, the other end is attached to a magnetic brake. Without the force trim being pressed, the end of the spring attached to the flight controls moves with the flight controls, but the other end can't move because of the magnetic brake holding it in place, so any movement of the flight controls is pushing or pulling on the spring cartridge. This spring force is what holds the controls in place. While the force trim switch is being pressed, the magnetic brake allows its end of the spring cartridge to move freely, so the whole spring cartridge just floats along with the flight controls and exerts no force until the force trim switch is released and the magnetic brake end of the spring cartridge is once again prevented from moving.

Yes, you have to do this in the real aircraft. Otherwise, the controls just return to their last trimmed location. Every control movement requires updating the trim, unless you're just making a small, temporary deviation and plan to return to the previous control position.

The two missiles have a completely different flight profile. That may be the problem.

He was specifically talking about rotor RPM. Although whatever he was asking may not have understood that.

Well thankfully, on this subject at least, I am the source.

Try 192. No idea where you got 260-300?

Yes it's a signal to the cabin, usually for paradrops of people or cargo.

What we have now is newer than an Mi-17.

You can't hear it outside the cabin when the aircraft is running.

Engine anti-ice uses bleed air and reduces engine performance. Each engine has its own anti-ice system and so the power reduction should be equal when both are on, as indicated by the "LEFT/RIGHT ENG ANTI ICE" indicator light.

Robbie is short for Robertson, the manufacturer of the Internal Auxiliary Fuel System. Combo-Pak Internal Auxiliary Fuel System (IAFS) – Robertson Fuel Systems

Well, no power quadrants, but the twist grip is split into two so one twist grip for each engine.

Most Mi-8 manuals will also say to turn on ice protection systems at or below +5C.

The swashplate drive link whistle? Very distinctive.

Lots of mistakes in that manual. All of the pictures are correct, though...just sometimes they make mistakes in the text.

It's already been said that this is correct behavior, but I will add that the reason is because of mechanical stops on the engines, you can only increase the throttle so much before you hit a mechanical stop on the engine. You cannot have full collective, full right twist-grip, and full up ECL at the same time. The mechanical stops are at roughly 0 degrees and 120 degrees on the engine fuel control throttle control. Full up collective and full right on the twist-grip give you about 116-120 degrees...so not much leftover for moving the ECL up.

The range can go over 10km, but the largest number that can be displayed is 9999. Have you tried storing beyond 9999 and seeing what you get for a target point? Not sure how DCS simulates that, but as long as the asterisk shows up, you should be getting valid range values in the computer.

It's not meant to be used in the air, but it works. It's only meant to set your rotor speed on the ground prior to takeoff during the 3-degree check.

Contrast lock

They are the SMEs that are part of the team for AH-64D development.

You could try opposite pedal? Like, if you bank left, push the right pedal. Not sure how well it would work, but it would certainly work at least a little bit.

I've seen this a number of times. They have the exact same rotor system as every other Apache on the planet. They are all "foldable" in a sense.