Think I need a good tutorial to understand how that thing fly...

[LordOrion]

Premise: I have 35+ years of experience in fixed wing but just less than one hundred hours of flight with rotary wing, (on Jane's Longbow 2, which is an almost 30 years old game).

I've started my OCU with the AH-64 and well, I'm having huge problems just getting it to fly straight, without constantly drifting to the right.

I think I need some tutorial which explain the basics on Apache handling, including the trim behavior, which to me seems to make thing worse instead of help.

Any suggestion?

Thank you in advance.

 

[Raptor9]

Recommend this thread, by a real-life AH-64 instructor pilot.

[LordOrion]

Looks like that's exaclty what I need!

Also: l found I had Pedal trim mode set to "PEDALS WITHOUT SPRING and FFB"... that migh explain the "wild horse" behavior I've noticed... 

Edited February 1 by LordOrion

[admiki]

Also, current flight model is bugged regarding crabing. IIRC, it's 2.5 times more than real thing.

[ShuRugal]

On 2/1/2025 at 2:22 PM, admiki said:

Also, current flight model is bugged regarding crabing. IIRC, it's 2.5 times more than real thing.

yeah, i've noticed that if I trim so that the ball is centered, which should give optimal aerodynamic trim, i use 2-5 % points more torque than if i am trimmed in-trail with my ground track, which should be a higher power use than aero trim.