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Indeed. Having been in the Mi-24P in similar situations, the lock on any ATGM guided by Petrovich gets lost as soon as you maneuver aggressively. You can even "screw up" the aim if you maneuver without storing the visor beforehand (Ask Petrovich to stop targeting). I also was hit from the rear by a friend flying the AH-64D firing 114L at me (he said "Oh, a butterfly!" then proceeded to fire ) and I had no warning of incoming missile either from RWR or Petrovich (the shot came from my 6 o'clock at around 5km). So the module works fine when flown by a human in the described situations. You describe issues with the AI behavior, which is probably not specific to the Mi-24. I remember seeing planes like MiG-21 flaring when I approach from their 6, radar off, and firing a Fox2. I don't think those older planes have MWS. The AI in the game just has less limitations than human pilots.

I would like a few more enthousiastic voice lines when I perform aerobatics or just generally manage to land the helicopter without VRS. This is definitely a feat worth of praise and Petrovich should earn his place by giving me an ego boost in such situations. WSOs and RIOs are sometimes referred to as high-speed cheerleaders by single-seater pilots, I'd love me a low-speed cheerleader. Some woohoo's, oh yeah!'s and awesome job captain, that was unbelievable! would be appreciated.

Impressive work and a huge thank you. I really enjoyed my first playthrough of your campaign and now, with an updated F-5E, I get to enjoy it a second time. Kudos!

Fly helos! Helos are great, and you get some nice REDFOR stuff. The Mi-24P is awesome once you master it, the Ka-50 III is so advanced it is basically futuristic... Plenty to love here.

I also voted for Syria. In MP I prefer to fly on it, my mates too. Why? It is big, it has a huge terrain variety (mountains, open desert, coastline, island...), the level of detail is very high (great for helo ops) and it is extremely relevant in terms of scenarios both cold war and modern. I feel like you get multiple maps in one, it never gets boring to me because of the size and different types of terrain.

Had a great time yesterday actually, I recovered at ground level after doing a 90° climb with pedal turn at the top (testing the edge cases ) and my OH-58D slid across the apron over more than 100m. It was laughably funny, I was spinning and sliding (because I had about 80% collective as well). When I dropped the collective the helo stopped. Another time I tried to land with a very slight lateral drift and toppled over. My habits from the Mi-24 need to change for these skids, it seems. So yes, definitely some stuff to iron out, part of it has to do with ED. Also had a case of the blades not impacting the ground when I was on the side (they were spinning through). But the FM, for all intents and purposes, was doing a fine job making me believe I was flying a light recon helicopter. Don't know why people always expect flying to be so damn hard especially in modern or relatively modern machinery ; with FBW, stability augmentation systems and the likes, modern stuff flies on rails or almost.

Given the avatar this sure looks like a reliable source. Are you trying to answer my point, regarding the fact that the OP has no real-life reference to evaluate if the FM feels right, with some comment from some guy on the internet? In that case, thank you very much for such a valuable contribution to the conversation. I wonder how we could have done without it. Edge cases are not what is discussed here, OP just said "I took off and hovered, it's easy, therefore the FM could be wrong, I question if it is a sim".

The Apache is known to still need work on the FM. Let me get this straight: Casmo has flown the KW for years and says "yep, this is pretty much as good as it gets for helo flight models in DCS", yet you doubt based on no flight experience? Simulation doesn't mean hard especially when aircrafts are equipped with systems like SCAS. Sometimes it is good to listen to experts instead of some misguided belief.

Double middle-mouse click to disable the clickable cockpit will make your mouse control the M4 and the mouse button to shoot. Works well in VR for me. And I agree: the M4 is a hoot.

Hi, I have SRS like most people but if it isn't connected (like in singleplayer) it is not active I believe. I don't use other mods, only some asset packs.

Hi, I don't think this was on the controller frequency (R-863), I heard them regardless of the channel I was on (9 or 10). Since I typically turn on all radios when I power the helo, I must have had one on 127,5 by default as well. Could be a DCS bug that AI doesn't respect the "don't report waypoints" command? You might also try to set them to a stupid frequency like 111.11 so there is no chance of hearing them. All in all, not a huge issue, more of a quality-of-life improvement. Thanks for your hard work.

Ok so I solved that one, it was user error. In M06 (CSAR) I encountered a small issue. The AI Mi-8s (Enfield 1-1) keep giving their position on the radio. This is very annoying as it is interfering with the voice-overs ; I missed a couple of instructions due to that and found the enemy only by doing a grid search. I would recommend setting them to not report their position.

It's a recon helo with some light attack capabilities ; in that sense it is most similar to the Gazelle, and has nothing to do with attack helos like Hind or Apache, or indeed a heavy transport helo like the Hip. Although it does have some external weapons, it won't carry as many missiles or rockets compared to a true attack helicopter. However it should be much more nimble, allowing you to sneak behind buildings or trees and make use of the optics on top of the mast to spot targets. It is more modern than the Gazelle, including optics and sensors as well as a digital cockpit, so that might be of interest to you. It was also built as a complement to the Apache, in a kind of hunter-killer kind of way, and I am looking forward to seeing how this can be reflected in DCS gameplay with the light, nimble Kiowa finding the targets for the big Apache and it's standoff missiles. In my eyes it provides some new and interesting features we don't have in game at the moment, and should certainly offer a lot of fun to those who buy it. I'm very happy to hear that it's out in "Two weeks"

I thought the R-828 was used by setting the switch to VHF, not P-828? I found that in a tutorial but could be obsolete/wrong of course. Yesterday in M03 I set it (Channel 2 on R-828, pressing "Auto-tuner" until the light goes out) then set the main selector switch (as in the picture) to VHF. I had the text from the controller, but no sound. Volume on the R-828 was checked and at the maximum. I heard the other (R-863) communications just fine.

I feel bad that no one has posted here yet! I have only played the first two missions due to time constraints but this was thoroughly enjoyable. The Mi-24 is my favorite module to fly, I really enjoy the flight model. Both missions have taken full advantage of this module’s strength with some tricky landings and beautiful flying in hilly terrain. I will come back once I finish the campaign. But so far, all I can say is that I am having a great time when I play it. Thank you Stone Sky!