DCS: AH-64D Tutorial | Getting started with the Apache
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- NOTE: All footage is pre-EA release
General cockpit walkthrough as well as flight symbology tutorial.
NOTE- Engine start to follow as I did not have a reliable build version for engine start procedures when I was making these videos.
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I can't believe in a few long hours, I'll be flying an Apache mo-fing helicopter being instructed by an actual Apache mo-fing helicopter pilot!
I didn't think I'd live long enough for this!
I share that!
Right? If you had told me as a kid that I would be in a world where a real life Apache pilot could (relatively) easily create videos showing me how to fly a very realistic version of an Apache (not to mention the great content for the Hind and others) I would have been blown away.
Well, you made it ;-)
We've come a long way since Gunship on the C-64. 😀
Janes Longbow days are back but better!
"It's not as hard as it looks" really is the hidden secret of DCS
My friends told me it was the hardest game they’ve ever played, while it is loads of fun, it’s not as challenging as some elitists pretend
Yeah, the hard part is actually getting _good_ and consistently completing missions and coming home in one piece, along with more nebulous things you need to do that like "situational awareness."
Ironically it's all the fiddly, technical "airplane-y" stuff that looks so intimidating to a general audience, the "lol how does anyone learn all this shit" part, that's actually not that hard at all (barring disability of course). A lot of the same people who assume DCS is utterly beyond good normal folks like them will think nothing of mastering strategy games with interfaces and tools that are at least as intricate as the Hornet or Warthog avionics (or are just effortlessly juggling a bunch of smartphone apps in daily life).
Yeah like the thing that really gets you in trouble isn't forgetting or mixing up buttons, at least not for very long, it's the more intangible challenges of finding them before they find you, or maintaining the courage and fighting spirit to press an advantage while also knowing when to fly away to safety.
i'll take DCS over Dark Souls any day of the weeks xD
@@frogisis I think that's because people have been conditioned to video games being simple, like flying an Apache in a video game where it auto hovers for you, does everything for you and you only need to use the thumbsticks and A, B, etc... Games dumb shit down for people so much that they never have to be used to learning anything more than "press A to takeoff".
I swear this modern gaming generation would lose their minds if they ever had to enter a 1st Gen Nintendo cheat code... "left, right, left right, B, A, B, A, start"
"OmG LiKe HoW aM i SuPpOsEd To ReMeMbEr AlL ThAt UUUUUGGGHH"
@@frogisis very well said
looking forward for my first violant crash today evening!
Dude🤣🤣🤣
Is it coming out today??
@@zenoemenhemdeslappeslang346 Yep. Should be out sometime later today.
@@aaronwhite1786 holy shit! Awesome!
This is so awesome. I wish we had a f18 and f16 pilot involved as much as you are and have been. Thank you for helping us with this!!
Persuade C.W. Lemoine to read a manual
That’s fantastic instruction Cosmo! We really appreciate what you’re doing for the community!
Great stuff. So cool to have an Apache pilot show us this stuff. Makes it so much more immersive and better. Much appreciated.
Watched this video a year ago as I was learning to fly the Apache in DCS. Then my computer went on the fritz, so haven't touched it. But I recently got into VTOL VR and wanted to come back to say your advice for landing and putting the velocity vector where you wanted it stuck with me. It wasn't immediately helpful because I struggled a lot to grasp the concept (I was used to fixed-wing). But I'm now able to put my helicopter down wherever I want it. Thanks @CasmoTV!
Its amazing having you in our DCS world, thx !!
You’re sweet.
@@CasmoTV No, you are. Thank you and bless you.
Agreed-Very helpful
All of that amazing hardware in the cockpit including an M-4 and storage compartments but no cup holder?!
@@mysticgatekeeper or ashtray!
IT HAS BEGUN!!! Thank You! I'm glad to see the difference between aerodynamic and nose/tail trim.
Casmo, this thing is ridiculous! It's responsive as hell, but actually kinda easy to fly. I was able to do the 270° turn to landing that the Marines used to do over my head. I really have never gotten it right, even with the Blackshark I run out of energy, or don't burn enough. I did it first try in the Apache. As long as you don't get caught up in all the symbology it's just super easy to slip into a hover. And that's with a full weapons load. It just feels like it has power for days. Its like have a hot but well trained horse under you. It's vary controllable, but it just feels like a coiled spring. My god the real thing must be just an awesome experience to fly. Thank you for all the tutorials you've put out. I love your disclaimer at the beginning. I get it, I won't even talk about half the stuff I know or have seen, and I'm just a spark chaser. You really are an amazing teacher, and we are all very lucky you took the time to share what you can about this amazing aircraft. Thank you.
Glad you’re enjoying it.
Thanks for the refresher, by an actual Apache pilot, no less! I've been away from military simulations for a loooong while (more than 10 years) but now I wanna get into DCS with the AH-64D and the A-10. I have some Apache sim experience with Jane's AH-64D Longbow 1 and 2, but that was about 20 years ago at this point. Looking forward to finding out if those fun killboxes are still a thing. :D
picked up everything quite quickly with the exception of hovering and ground effect...trying to do it is literally melting my brain!!!
Thanks, Casmo. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Great video thank’s, I’m about to start my apache odyssey myself tonight and this knowledge should come in handy.
AWESOME! I've always wanted to fly the Apache since I was a kid. You've made it possible! I cannot wait for this to come out. Thank you sir!
I really appreciate the systems for flying the Apache are very common sense. Being able to beat up the air has really allowed them to simplify procedures such as simply landing with the FPI
Definitely some OCD regarding the tail wheel locking process Casmos!
If I don’t over explain it some other numb nuts is bound to critique me for confusing him so damned if I do, damned if I don’t.
Very, very helpful. Thank you Casmo!
Great having you free to explain everything now, good job on the video!! Looking forward to more with your input.
Casmo needs a joint collaboration with Chuck to put out a Chuck's Guide for this thing.
Thanks, Casmo! Hopefully, the DCS Apache release, and upcoming Kiowa light the fires on your channel's growth. Well deserved, IMO. Cheers!
Thank you for your video's Casmo. Great stuff!
Thank you
THAT WAS AMAZING, Thanks mate.
My AH-64D instructor for sure, thank you sir!
Great info, subbed!
Thanks IP. Looking forward to the next lesson 😀
Got my shirt today!! Its AWESOME!!
Excellent.
Awesome video very informative, I was wondering why I couldn’t relock that tailwheel
Perfect! Great content, presented by a real pilot and expert. Exactly what I need for getting into the Apache :) Wish I could hit the subscription button more than once!
You know your in for a complicated one when the intro to the apache is 30 minutes.
Flying a helicopter is a hard task, much harder compared to a fbw plane... But It's like a bicycle, once you learn it, you can only get better!
Home at last eh Cas?!!... ;-)
Thank you so much for sharing all this information! I just got the AH-64D and it is my first time flying helicopters. One thing I am noticing is every time I am starting to take off it rotates hard to the left. Why is that happening?
Just found your channel and subscribed
And we welcome you.
Looking forward to more videos we going to need them
Great video, very helpful. Thank you
i bought the apache but am unable to launch any mission with it. any fix?
Great job as usual. Thanks
Do you happen to have a video on the autopilot / trimmer in the apache? If not you should make one! I enjoy how you present the information in your videos :D
Well done
I am off to the gym, hopefully available for DL when I get back , no way I am I gonna be able to increase my heart rate higher than it is now though !! Lol
Awesome stuff , thanks Casmo.
Hey Casmo - really enjoy your vids there. I learned a lot about helicopters already.
My one question about the controls setup would be: Do you use any curves on cyclic, collective or rudder?
Thanks and keep on doing great helicopter stuff!
FWIW I started DCS with Ka-50 in 2010, but easily most rotary was in ArmA. (Litle Bird insertion/extraction!)
Apache (also Kiowa and Huey) have been sitting "on the shelf" for years. I'm ground-pounder by instinct. _Some action to join for doing CAS?_
Cruising down the street in my 64
I do pretty good with all the dcs helicopters, I use trimming a lot. The ah-64 trimming has me baffled, please do a video on how to set it up and how to use it. Thanks for all the great videos you do. When I lift off my velocity is way off center and immediately I am fighting everything.
you said you didn't like the glass outline on the helmet sight , did you change your mind?
I’ve gotten used to it I guess.
I’m having a problem pls help. I turn the engine on, put the power to fly as it says, but then it randomly takes off or keeps spinning constantly i don’t understand what’s happening
Awesome video! My first try at flying a helicopter Noon question I have a Thustmaster T16000M HOTAS with NO rudder peddles. Can I still successfully fly the Apache without peddles?
Are you using the force trim to hold the hover that way? Every time I try it the helo wants to spin so fast and I have to use so much left boot to counter. Is that normal? What am I missing?
Thanks. Very helpful
Sheesh if your willing to throw away money I'm always here man lol, nice tutorial!
Thanks!
can you do a controlls tutorial for cpg and pilot
Thought the Rotor Brake use on start=up was for windy conditions? Would also be useful on a ship as you would assume a headwind due to the forward motion of the vessel....
Also winds. That’s correct. But ship ops is what I always heard more about.
@@CasmoTV Interesting. We never had the opportunity to work off of a ship but bet it would be fun. Great video brother!
According to the Steam reviews, it suggests that simulator is MUCH jumpy and more difficult to fly than the real Apache.
Is it possible to fire the guns, code/fire the hellfires without flying? Or are there checks to make sure there's no weight on the wheels and/or above a certain altitude?
Lot of Apache pilots on steam these days are there?
How does this things trim work and what is the binding for the trim I'm kinda stumped on using it even though I can use the ka50s pretty well
Why does the helicopter fall out of the sky with a low RPM warning when you go full throttle during take off?
I was trying to practice a fast as possible takeoff but when I put power into the collective the helo crashes fast.
Too much power will drop the rotor. Don’t go full power. You will add too much pitch to the blades, slow the rotor, not produce lift. It’s a stall.
Thanks for your videos!
Sorry for not using the correct abbreviations (yet) but I was just curious of how much of a parallax effect you´ll get when using the PNWS(?) close to the ground? Obviously it various depending on angles and distances to what your looking at, but is it completely negligable or one of those tricky at first but ou get the hang of it things. :)
May I ask what the stabilator Control is used for and when it is used...I still dont understand the function 😔
I wouldn’t use it.
I find it so hard to lfy especial with the warthog
hi casmo! i still don't get it how to get into hover. i'm drifting all the way around. can you make a video for hovering? thanks!
Wilco
Hey Cas question I’m sure you have been asked a million times. What’s your control set up? Thank you for your service!
How do you trim?
When I add collective2 taxi forward and with my cyclic pushed forward I actually taxi backwards. I definitely don't understand that.
Sounds like your controls
@@CasmoTV actually I found out it's a bug in the software, I tried to use simplified flight controls for gaming to make it easier to fly the beginning, and it really messes up the flight controls badly once I turn off simplified flight controls that works better.
Do the pilot and copilot both need the AH64 module to fly together?
Yes
I am excited.
Did you have any issues mapping to your hotas?
Nope. I posted a video a few weeks back about it.
Is the update/Apache unavailable for anyone else? I opened up DCS and didn’t get prompted to update or install the AH-64. I tried forcing an update as well, no luck.
Buddy I just bought the Apache and Everytime I unlock the tail wheel the aircraft spins sitting on the ground with the power levers up. Is this a bug?
Im pretty sure its just the propeller torque causing that, you have to use the rudder to keep it straight.
Ofcourse it’s just the torque. The issue is that at flat pitch the aircraft doesn’t spin around like a top.
How do you trim the aircraft... I am having so much difficulty in hover position, due to bad trim
Practice. 🤷🏻♂️
@@CasmoTV But what is the trim key? I heard it trims like Ka-50
question, ive been thinking about getting into DCS but is it even worth it if you don't have a proper hotas setup? can i play the game with a controller/keyboard mix?
How do you deal with the counter torque when applying power with the collective? Am I just trying to make too big of adjustments or not giving enough anti torque pedal? Seems like whenever I apply collective the Apache rotates uncontrollably clockwise.
Where the Apache is very stable do you think using the slew on a Warthog throttle as a rudder is feasable?
If not I have a twist stick but it has only one hat switch which is going to be woefully inadequate.
Gotta be acountdown somewhere 🤪
I was having a ton of issues with stable hovering. What slider settings do you guys use for the Apache?
First take off attempt I spun around and crashed. 3rd try I flew around and landed.
nice tutorial! :) some productive feedback: there is some camera jittering going on which is a little bit distracting, for me at least. do you use track IR while recording the tutorial?
Yeah it’s my mongoose being a spaz
Why my apache spining right just after take off?
Pedal
I want to know what happened behind the scenes and why Grim Reapers tutorials seem to have basically got shut down by Casmo and Wags ? If I am wrong tell me why ? Since when do these two own the internet ?
Only a few content creators were granted early access. Given that I helped make the module I was one of them. Others were chosen because they have reach outside of normal ED fandom AND companies can and should have the right to choose who they want to provide early access to without concern of how that is received by the general public.
There is no conspiracy here. No one told GR they couldn’t do tutorials. They simply did not have early access to the module like most other content creators.
Does the Apache operate with KM or NM for distance? And is there a way to flip flop?
I want my, I want my, I want my A-pa-cheeee-eeeee!
It says Engine Start to follow but could not find it. Did you record one?
Not yet. I didn’t have access to a proper build for that
@@CasmoTV ok, looking forward for your version. The manual cold start instructions are not that informative.
Does the windshield viper work in the rain?
it works as good as it works in real life. which means, it doesnt work at all
Hmm. I think that‘s classified.
They move… working is a whole other thing, as mentioned lol
is it only beta released? I did not get the update. (yes I paid for it)
yes, open beta. You have to download the DCS open beta patch and then go to the module manager and download the AH-64D separately.
@@redtailpilot Thanks. I was looking for the module in my normal "release" version. Haven't dl'd open beta in a while. Guess it's about time o7
@@DaddyKoolPop Karl, for what it's worth, I deleted both my Release DCS and the Steam version and saved a ton of disk space. I think Open Beta is quite solid and all the improvements and player action are over there. Why Steam? I buy modules there when on sale and then port the license over to the Open Beta, which is the one I use. I'm just a little OCD about it - having a Steam version available might some in handy someday and the prices are the same, but you can't port the license from ED's Open Beta the other way back to Steam.
Is it possible to shoot the m4 while flying with the door open?
No
@@CasmoTV "literally unplayable"
ruclips.net/video/1JABdS-HN5A/видео.html
Until I can emulate my favorite true to life Ugandan military action blockbuster, I’ll rather wait.
@@bobcoughlan929 ayo
🙏
when is patch?
Damn, I'm so annoyed I got called into work today.
Loose lips sink ships.
Always,
-OPSEC-
Yeah this isn’t really secret but thanks for your concern.
@@CasmoTV Was a joke. I just always remember seeing the screen saver on my Iraq computer. 🤣
hey casmo, if youe target is behind a mesh fence, would you lase through the fence or would you have to lase by it ?
are u in vr for this one
Negative.
There’s no fan, 0/10. Useless aircraft
Ikr How's it even supposed to take off without the cockpit fan, surely it can't produce enough lift.
But it’s got the hook tho. Surely that’s worth something.
Did you miss the gaint one above and behind the pilot?
negawatt
Thanks!!
by the way, could be interesting, casmo, if you make a video about emergency procedures, like auto-rotation and stuff like that.
great video, learned alot, thx for doing this
I see you’ve changed your mind on making some tutorials! You’ll be my go to for learning the apache
Got to say as a complete beginner, I was at a total loss to flying the Apache. After lots of clueless crashes I sat on the ground and thought "I'll turn the IHADSS off and just look at what the grounds doing in relation to the chopper". Namely, "is it getting closer or further away" :-) Amazing. I'm actually learning to fly and enjoying it now instead of obsessing over torque/vs and all the lines/crosshairs. Then when I turned it back on hours later I was looking "past" it mostly. Now able to use the info it gives as an extra not the be all end all. Oh and I think its good to forget trim while you're working out the basics of low level maneuvers.
IT'S FINALLY HERE!
Thanks for your great content, casmos
Thank you for making this, I would have never imagined learning a simulator from an actual pilot. Love your videos
Thanks Casmo really appreciate the explanations of the symbology and nose to tail trim too.
Lmfao just uninstalled like 260 gb of dcs as I didn't think it was working.... jokes on me I guess🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃