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It's not that simple. And it's not really about this module itself. It's about ED's push to erode of what we find acceptable product level. You are correct in your position that if we don't like something we should not buy it until we are happy. Problem with that is, that it might cause ED's cashflow to suffer, which in turn leads to further degradation of the environment. As we have witnessed with EDvsRB dispute. Other point to support this is, if you think about it, what do we have in DCS that is not in EA state? How many matured modules we can fly in DCS right now? And then try to figure out how much money would be out of ED's pockets if we all waited for those EA modules to mature. And how DCS World would be affected. I don't believe ED could survive that. They need constant cashflow. And let's not even go into a discussion of how many of those mature products are bugged as hell. But further development/refinement is all but stopped. I'll be the first to admit that I like flying in DCS and for that exact reason I don't want to see it threatened by what a lot of us see as a flawed business logic. And some of us are actually capable of running our own businesses, so it's not just a noise in the wind. I'm not sure what are you asking here? ED needs cashflow and they are willing to endure backlash about barebones products they are pushing out in order to get said cashflow.

ED needs money. That's all that there is to this module launch.

We did a test tonight. Single unit in each group, DL set in ME (did not try manual setup). Did not work. Changed it to hot and it works. AH64_FCR-datalink_test-20240618-193832.trk AH64_FCR-datalink_test-20240618-192528.trk

Are station occupied lights ON? That might be your clue if you got damaged. But being able to fire only one side looks like battle damage to me, regardless if you can spot it visually.

It seems there is a problem with DL with cold helicopters.

I am so happy we have AG, so I don't have to type all this c*ap.

Neither is a bug. #1 You are basically stalling it. @AeriaGloria is better at explaining it. #2 you are running out of tail rotor power. It is not unknown. You are too heavy for conditions. In real life early Bell 206 helicopters were known to run out of pedal.

It does not re-orientate itself. You need to shut it down, wait 3 minutes and then activate it again. Total of 6 minutes.

It's not required to do all this. You can change trajectory on your MFD and unless seeker sees the laser, it's LOAL. If seeker can see laser return it will override any setting you/George have made and go into LOBL mode.

I just did a test with ground power and external air to avoid APU boosting hydraulics. I started one engine to idle and then shut it down. As rotor was slowing down I was moving cyclic and observing hyd pressures. As I was moving controls, hydraulic pressures dropped, but even at 25% RRPM it was boosting hydraulics back to working pressure as soon as I stopped moving controls, which gave me another few tries at moving them again. So, I did another test. Without APU and ground power, you would lose your MFDs at 77% RRPM. I again connected ground power to avoid losing screens, spooled up to flight idle and then killed the engines. Hydraulics were working all the way down to ~45% RRPM. You are not flying with 45% RRPM. And more important, if you allow your rotor to droop that low, it's user error. End of story.

All of them have higher inertia in their rotor system, giving you more time to react. Besides, I don't know how you are doing autorotation in those helicopters, but in your track file you never dropped the collective. Without that, you are not entering autorotation. Period. If your rotor is not spinning fast enough there is nothing left to react to your inputs. EDIT: responded at the same time with LorenLuke. He said it more fluently, but I will keep this here for transparency.

I have watched your track. Your axis controls are working just fine all the way to the ground. Do you want me to say it? Helicopter is working just fine, it's you that is not doing what you are supposed to do to enter autorotation. Drop the f-ing collective down!!!

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This way he can shoot from back seat and being less exposed to George's flying abilities.

It depends whether it's LOBL or LOAL shot. If it's LOBL, you can either engage LST to acquire the laser or you can just move around until HF seeker picks it up. If it's LOAL, you should have a point in space set as your acquisition source. That way you will know when you are within constraints for LOAL shot. In any case, if your HF sees the laser it will override LOAL setting and go into LOBL mode. As for codes, you can all use same code, which brings in the danger of HF picking up wrong laser or you and your buddy set your own code.

To make it "more realistic" (aka surprise engines malfuntion) since this is a sim anyway so I can always have another go, I will first go to engines idle, recover and shutting engines off while recovering. Actually, at 10k feet I do get rotor overspeed (with full load). Never am I losing generators or hydraulics, until final pull to cushion the landing.

that means you are not entering autorotation. It's not a bug, it's user error.

That's the problem, they don't. Not in real life and not in DCS. OP did not state how control is lost and it was Antix that deflected it to hydraulics. Engine out does not mean you are losing hydraulics.

Are we still talking about engines out or hydraulics out? This thread is about engines out.

If you want to learn helicopter flight, take Huey on 2 weeks trial. It's a basic as it can get and is an underslung rotor, which makes it a bit less responsive. New pilots usually overcontrol. Fly with fingertips, not your whole hand, small inputs for the win. You'll get there

Which heli runs hydraulics from engines?

I am guessing you are not entering auto rotation fast enough. Apache has a quite low inertia rotor, while Huey has high inertia rotor system, giving you more time. This does not make sense, hydraulic pumps are run by transmission not engines. OP says engines out, not hydraulics out. For test, I killed engines at 15k feet and autorotated all the way to the ground. It took me 4 minutes, during which I was messing around with controls. No problems.

In game, missile will not see your laser beyond 9999. I have hit targets at 9.8.

It's 9999 m.