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Surely you mean the AH-64D ? Because the A variant is definitely not more modern than the KA-50. It's an older heli with slightly inferior performances overall. Also, like the Shark no radar, and unlike the shark no GPS.

While I'm still in the process of learning A10, I got some assurance with the KA50 pretty quickly using this step by step method: -learn the very basics (the ones you seem to know by now) -try a mission, and fail. Then understand why you failed. What particular skills you lack to actually succeed, and what system you need to learn (not necessary master, at that point) to do so. -read the manual regarding those systems, check the forums for the very helpful folks advice around here, watch tutorials, try again with your fresh knowledge. Mayebe fail a few more times. Eventually, you'll succeed. -proceed to another mission. And another. Until you find another aspect you need to learn before continuing. Etc... After some time, you should find yourself quite capable of handling most casual avionics without much trouble. From there, you'll know how to perfect your skills naturally. The most important part is to avoid being overwhelmed by informations. One step at a time.

There seems to be some misconceptions about the FD mode.I may be wrong, but I took both from the manual and experience that if his mode does, indeed, nullify all AP stabilizations engaged, it still receive inputs from them. It is not an override button. With FD mode on, you get to see a visual of the most recent inputs on your hud, that directly depends on the AP functions currently engaged. It also considerably smooth your inputs on the stick, again depending on what AP channels are active. Trimming in FD mode still have a strong impact on your helo behaviour. This may be the reason why some would think FD mode is "trying to kill you". It's not.

Mine is the Warthog, HOTAS and stick. I got them both for 250 euros. It's an incredible setup, very precise and sturdy. I'm only beginning to check the .lua, but so far the target software has done a great job regarding customization.