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Thank you Coota0! Nice post...you cleared it up just fine. I am Sooo looking forward to OH-58D Kiowa. Hopefully soon. :joystick::joystick: Working Huey on hovering and quick stops. I'll admit those quick stops rise up on me more than it should.

Thank you Coota0 for your insight. Looking to gather knowledge on Kiowa escort and scouting tactics. How different is the Iraq and Afghanistan theatre would you please expand on this? Would enjoy any info.

Air Calvary Operations PDF Here is an Air Cavalry Opreations pdf with how to approach recon, bomb damage assessments, forward air controller, marking targets, action taking on receiving enemy fire, low level flight and much much more!! https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/763193.pdf

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Areo-scout tactics Correct me if I am wrong or add to... One tactic I have gathered so far is Kiowa OH-58D aero scout is a two pronged flight style tactic, where one ship acts as a lead the other as a trail. Equipped with 4 radios all on different frequencies: 1- Comms (internal frequency) between lead and trail flight and HQ 2- Comms between an air assault flight flying cover for you. 3- Comms with ground troops. 4- Misc. air in the area. Mission begins with lead and trail flying at specified heights on waypoints to target area to an "IP" (waypoint just before reaching target area) at which point start to fly nap of the earth. Start covering each other communicating back and fourth from cover to cover working your way toward target area useing "pop up to scan" with you mast ball for possible contacts. Communicate your contacts to trail-assault and command center for further instructions.

Good read.... https://militaryaviationchronicles.com/iraq-afghanistan/kiowa-warrior-combat-pilot-adam-korinek-fondly-recalls-the-oh-58/ "Why was assault flying not as attractive to Mr. Korinek? He explained that, “While the assault guys were very good at what they do their flight profiles tended to be more straight-line flying with an emphasis on formation flight and working to hit their ‘time on target’ with great precision. In contrast, scout pilots flew between and below treetop-level, darted between buildings, and routinely passed under bridges and power lines. Now THAT was the kind of flying I wanted to do! From that point, my decision on what airframe to fly was quickly made!” "The 58 was a 4-bladed aircraft with tapered blade tips which made it very quiet for a helicopter. We liked to approach a target from downwind and at low altitude which almost completely masked our approach audibly speaking. Yet, it was an exceptionally squirrelly aircraft, and it actually had a Stability Augmentation System (SCAS) built in to reduce some of that sensitivity.” However, Adam soon learned to “embrace that control sensitivity, and often flew with all of the force trim, which is a mechanical tightening of the controls in the cockpit, whereas SCAS is an electronically controlled system that dampens the control inputs removed from the flight controls. “In point of fact,” added, Mr. Korinek, “that control sensitivity enabled us to do some amazing things with the aircraft.” I personally am looking for good things coming from Polychop-Simulations with their OH-58d Kiowa and I think they will not disappoint. Found this article looking for combat scout techniques for the Kiowa since I know nothing about flying scout missions.

How do you turn stick on / off so I can see bomb controls better?

Thank you I appreciate the info on the pilot AI being the one having my back as to the auto pilot functions for the Kiowa. Does it (in action) work like at a "push of a button"... magically... I am sitting in the left seat from the original right seat position. Hope not, since the bird has dual sticks and collective and MFD redundancies at their disposal. If not it would be me climbing over someone to get to the left seat at 100 feet going 65km. Please advise.

Does the Kiowa have a hover hold feature? I am working hard practicing at self hovering over a mark on the ground and I am still all over the place... most of the time. The Kiowa is designed to go low and slow using the trees for cover, that requires me to get close to a tree for cover. That does not bode well for my copilot riding with me! Speaking of which.... I had heard of handing over the controls to the copilot and let him hover the Kiowa. Hopefully something is there for ME so I don't have to do that. I hate being shown up by an AI!! Thanks for your input.

Thank you Huey it is for my practices. Determined to make Kiowa fly for me right from the start. Hovering and keeping the bird in one spot and one spot only will be a good workout.

Since I don't know which best to practice with for the up and coming Kiowa. Which FM best mimics Kiowa, Huey or Black Shark? My only real flight problem is defiantly just landing. I have both helicopters, seems to me Huey is tougher to land than Black Shark in that aspect with KA-50's counter rotating rotors. Kiowa has one rotating rotor and should I think follow along with the Huey in landing. Maybe Kiowa is more forgiving in landing than Huey...I don't know??? any DCS Kiowa pilots that can compare the three? By the way... I just downloaded Syria map and the graphics are beyond any terrain to date, so much maxed out detail EVERYWHERE! Fantastic job on the map!! Thank You.

I am 69 - with a fixed income...saving up for Kiowa OH-58D and will purchase it BIGTIME!!!. Any idea as to the price?

Can anything blow up when a 50 cal. bullet hits it. I have seen a few WWII videos where a strafing run ends in an explosion. ammo dump? fuel tank? although they are so small I have a hard time hitting one.

Just noticed the static effects in mission editor for fire and smoke very cool! Which got me thinking about what static items when shot with 50 cal. can explode real good? or at all?

deferred Shading?? I don't see a deferred Shading in options DCXS 2.5.6

Small video please I agree some insight video as to how to fly would be super informative and also pass the time till it comes out. Especially with how hard I heard it was to fly the last Polychop bird. No offense.....Just what I had heard.

Thanks for the info. I also see the sharpie cross in the DCS video. Appreciate it!

Bug splatt?? How much does a Kiowa cost..... and the United States Army uses for its rocket and gun aiming device a sharpie!! That's a third world country technology.

Not Maverick....Hellfire!!

Maverick sights Found Maverick's sighting pilot side MFD with slew for targeting. nothing on guns yet.

Been watching all the Kiowa videos out to date and trying to catch a screen shot of the aiming used in Kiowa rockets or guns. What I have seen so far is pretty much the NAV display "black" with no TV or FLIR and no crosshair as your are shooting rockets or guns. How do you aim the weapons?? Thanks!

Yes, I have cleared the TDC slew control from the options axis x and y. I have an active diamond in the upper right corner in the DDI with the maverick crosshairs showing. A 4 way switch has my TDC with left, right, forward and aft buttons selected. I have AGM-65F mavericks onboard and selected. Still no movement.

Need to turn off ThrustMaster throttle's mini stick TDC slew which is too quirky. I have bound TDC left, right, forward and aft controls to a 4 way switch on the joystick which would be better but can't get it to work only the mini stick. Please advise.

Mini stick slew not working. i have it set up in option controls axis for x and y like as in my F-18c. I have A-G and FLIR mode turned on but the mini stick isn't moving anything. Please advise. Thank you

The diamond is in the right upper corner of the FLIR....TDC x and TDC y working good! I have the small designator box positioned on the target and press the TDC button and no lock shows as being activated..no blinking or anything. In options axis I see and have the throttle designator controller X and Y which I have tuned. I don't see a throttle designator controller's depress button in the options all!!! I have a ThrustMaster Warthog combo HOTAS. Is there another way to lock the target up? Please advise. Thank you