AlphaOneSix

Officially, as far as I can tell, ED only mention that they will be modeling the “Rocket Management Subsystem”. Personally, I suspect that includes all the zones. But I could be wrong. However, I have a sneaky suspicion that there will not be a wide array of rocket types available, at least initially.

I wouldn't say it was rubbish at all. Granted, once we turn on the fuel pumps we leave them all on, but if he is concerned about battery usage (maybe a local SOP?) he might just turn the saddle tank pumps on to see that they work, then turn them back off until after APU start. The starter/generator and equipment test switches are being used properly, they should be turned off during engine start. The engines warmed up just fine? They never left idle in the video so not sure exactly what you're referring to here.

30mm x 113 M789 HEDP (High Explosive Dual Purpose) It's basically a baby HEAT round M788 TP (Target Practice) Just a solid slug of steel and aluminum that is designed to fly like an M789.

We do synchronized APU starts with the Mi-17. It looks neat when all the APUs burp out a fireball at the same time.

The purpose of a rotor brake start is to get the rotors spinning from zero to hero as quickly as possible to prevent excessive blade flapping (and possibly contacting the airframe) at low rotor speeds due to very windy/gusty conditions, such as those generally encountered during operations aboard a ship.

The whole purpose of the bag is to simulate a scenario where the pilot can't see without using the aircraft's systems. In DCS, that is easy to do already without making more work for the dev team. Unless you want a situation where you are in MP multicrew and one pilot can't see and the other one can.

I saw this movie in the theater on a Thursday the day before it came out. It was a special screening for 1st Battalion 3rd Aviation Regiment (my unit) and 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment. My unit was an Apache battalion (AH-64A) but 2-1 Cav was a Cobra unit (AH-1F). A lot of the extras in the movie were from our two units and a lot of the filming was done in our hangar and around our flight line.

I had to download the Mi-171 picture, it brings back some memories.

Maybe they will implement the newer white phosphor goggles

Based solely on something that BigNewy wrote on Discord, which may or may not be considered official, the FCR will not be removeable initially, but that capability is planned to be implemented eventually.

To be fair, ED have not said that the FCR will be removeable. I mean, I hope it is, and it would make sense that it would be removeable...I'm just saying it hasn't been announced to be removeable and all the pictures show it installed.

Engine start circuit breaker pops when trying to start if one of the NGB/MGB temp transducers is bad.

Thank you for the correction. I throw the terms (MFD, etc) around like candy at a parade, you know.

There is a maintenance check that where you check the full range of the switch. Other than that, for daily flight, before takeoff at some point you would increase the collective to 3 degrees of pitch, and then use that trim switch to set the rotor speed to 95%. If the rotor speed is already 95% at 3 degrees of blade pitch, then you don't need to do anything with the trim switch.

Sorry, I had a feeling that would happen. The AWS is the Area Weapon System, the 30mm gun. The TEDAC is the TADS Electronic Display and Control. It's the center MFD and control handles on either side of the center MFD in the front seat of the AH-64D that's being simulated in DCS. On the left handgrip is (among many other things) a hat switch called the WAS, or Weapon Action Switch. It's pronounced like "woz" and is used as both an noun and a verb. So if I say the CPG needs to WAS the AWS, I mean the pilot in the front seat should select the gun with the weapon action switch on the left handgrip beside the center MFD. There is also a sight select switch somewhere, and that would be set to TADS. Finally, the LRF/D is the laser rangefinder/designator. Each handgrip on the TEDAC has a two-trigger. The left handgrip is for firing whatever is selected with the weapon action switch, so in this case, the trigger on the left handgrip would fire the gun. The difference between the first and second detents relates to how the fire control computer handles certain inhibits (for example, for the gun, pressing the trigger to the second detent will override the selected burst limit for the gun, or at least it did on the AH-64A. I am not sure how the D-model handles the burst limit for the gun or if it even has one). The trigger on the right handgrip is for the laser rangefinder/designator. Pressing this trigger to the first detent fires 3 quick pulses from the laser to determine range to target. Pressing it to the second detent fires the laser continuously and provides range information as well as designation for laser guidance.

Aiming the AWS with the HMD has never been accurate at all, and is therefore very rarely used. By far and away the most common (and accurate) method is for the CPG to WAS the AWS on the TEDAC, use the TADS at the selected sight, and use the LRF/D for laser ranging.

Apaches that deployed to Desert Shield/Storm predominantly had GPS. It wasn't embedded like the EGI is nowadays, it was a standalone add-on, but it was there. Also, I'm don't know that the Apaches had any Hellfires other than A and C models, although I suppose I could have bad data. My unit, for example, carried only AGM-114C until the cease fire, then switched out to all AGM-114A to get them out of the inventory.

Well the type of engagements they've been involved in the past 20 years, they just orbit, usually a couple miles away from the target area (maybe 3,000-ish meters). When they are asked to engage something, they typically turn in from their orbit, do an attack run, and return to their orbit.

In support of ground units that are engaged with enemy units, the typical engagement range for an Apache is around 1,000-1,500 meters.

Yeah I didn't jump in here because I didn't fully understand the question. Maybe just a language issue, but I'm kind of over making assumptions about what people mean.

The four side windows and the one above the pilot is acrylic plexiglass. The windows above and in front of the copilot are tempered glass. There is a transparent blast shield between the two pilots that's made of polycarbonate acrylic laminate that's about an inch and a quarter thick. The transparent blast shield is the only one that could be considered "armored". boeing_apache_-AH64-12021Final.pdf (ppgaerospace.com)

Oh. Sorry my powerpoint is for the MTV-5, not the MTV-2, and the electrical systems are quite different. I posted a PDF here a while back though, and it's for the MTV-1/2/3.

I don't know what it's called...I just know the sound it makes when it takes a man's life. #tropicthunder

Sure what do you want to know?

At least you could do it without banging your head or sitting in the mud