Thump

Make sure that you have the cyclic trimmed aft and right a bit (if you have your controls overlay up, one diamond aft stick with the left side of the diamond just on the vertical running line). You will also need some left rudder to counter the clockwise turn for the rotor disk. With the power and tilt forward on the rotor disk, the Hind naturally starts moving forward and yawing to the left. This "default tilt" by engineering design of the Hind's rotor is for better visibility during level flight per Wagner's Youtube vide guide for hover flight. Cheers, Thump

They released the Viper in pre-alpha form into a beta (Early Access does not mean Early Alpha). They said it wouldn't take resources away from the Hornet when everyone was expressing concern that it would, it did. To pretend that it was a great release is a disservice to the lessons (that hopefully should have been) learned. The A-10CII released at 95% completion and we're still waiting on the ARC 210. How long do you think it will take them to get R-60M into the game for the Hind? It's not a problem with perception of EA, it's a problem of watching a company with limited resources take on additional projects simultaneously when others are still under development. I get the need to bring in money and EA is how they do it, but you can see how this is a problem in the long term that results in quite extended stays for an individual module in EA.

That's another technique to get out of EA quicker.

The only "control" over your engines is that it acts on an on / off switch since it starves your engines of fuel and will need to air start them.

So you're saying they had everything in the Hornet and Viper in their early access list on day 1?

The real question is what state is the hind going to be in on release day. What exact features can be expected on release day and how long until the others that are in the "early access" phase are brought to form?

That's definitely odd. Did you by chance change your loadout without re-loading the DSMS via the LOAD page?

It just means that the alignment is unsatisfactory, just fly a bit and do a couple turns and it should give a good alignment. The code never changed. Cheers

You can keep them plugged at max indefinitely in DCS (and my guess in IRL as well). It's all a matter of what you want to do as the A-10 is pretty good on fuel consumption even at max power.

Missed the mark bud, but each to their own.

Your boss asked, I'm simply showing him where the community picked up that impression. In addition, I looked through the referred thread and could not find what community member coined the term to which you were referring when discussing the upcoming new module announcement. Can you kindly point to that thread/post? Thanks.

And you apparently missed the irony of using Louie CK as your prime example for getting your point across while accusing other of "self-flagellation".

MI-8 IMO. It has a lot more stability and power than the UH-1 as well as seems to be far more robust as far as damage taken. It does lack MC at this point.

Not sure why it matters but here ya go. - Thump

By no means is it an indictment of those who want to buy into their EA process. I've bought the Hornet and A-10C II, so throwing stones would only shatter my own house. It is my expectation as to the probable quality of both the Hind and Apache at release and how long it will be until meaningful progress will be made. If the Hornet/Viper have taught us anything (along with weather and ATC systems, FY2016 promises), these will release severely underbaked (invulnerable Viper) and progress will be even slower than is currently being made (Hog 2.0 ARC-210 nowhere in sight afaik).

This makes it five EA products. It will more than likely be the helo version of the Hornet/Viper release debacle just this time it will be Hind/Apache. They didn't even wait until the Hind's release like they did with the Hornet.

No you don't....but in order to really take advantage of the whole purpose of an ER missile that is a MITL weapons system, ya will.

Which begs the question as to why they don't just wait until next year to release it.

Anyone know what's the point of having the SLAM-ER if we can't use the feed to complement its increased range? My only guess is that you don't have to offset or slow as much while it makes its way to the target so that you can MITL while closing on the target for followup.

Hi Nuggit, Like they are saying, you generally have to see the launch. The only other way is anticipatory flare usage if you are in a fight and you see them pulling lead to put you within the launch envelope. If you are defending against MANPADS, then you can pre-emptively drop flares, release your weapons, then break and drop another bundle to try and defeat the shot. If you're with a human wingman, you can have one go cover to watch for launches while the other attacks. Cheers, Thump

I think they saw the response of the community (to include myself) preferring they keep the Hornet in EA until it is actually finished instead of changing definitions to fit a timeline. If anything this is a good step in the right direction IMHO.

Standard AIM holds for civil aviation are right turns but as GB has said, it doesn't really matter for this situation (TIL).