Hey guys! Link for DCS World Players Survey: forms.gle/uETU3eXXFvXonDpQ6 Link for the DCS AH-64D Apache Sunday Mission: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XxGGmmaMzDE.html
Hey Spud, thanks so much again for this flight mate I had a ball. The tips and coaching on the control's has been a game changer :) Zero issues with being on opposite sides of the world too. Recommend everyone jump in the Apache and give it a shot
You made me lol at "... which makes a lot more sense than miles". Metric system for the win 😉 Thanks for sharing your experience and greetings from Germany.
On the rt-ctrl-enter display: the commanded control position are the white indicators. the green indicators are what SCAS is doing in the AH-64. the light box around the white diamond is the SCAS authority range.
@Spudknocker This was freaking incredible. I have wanted to fly choppers since I was 8. I have played Apache Longbow from Janes decades ago, but have not been in a flight sim for a long time. In real life, I have flown Cessna 152 and 172. I have been a frequent passenger in helos but I don't have practical hands on stick. I feel like I just had my first vicarious discovery flight. You are my favorite instructor.
Great coaching, very pedagogical and gentle. I think everyone will love to fly with you as mentor Spud. Thank you for doing this work. Videos are interesting and inspiring and easy to fallow.
This is outstanding. I am a old dog, who wants to learn new tricks, LOL. I just discovered this whole sim world a few months ago. I am trying to educate myself, want to by a computer capable of running DCS and a few others, and the controls, etc. I can see myself diving headlong into this "hobby". So many questions. We are planning to move this coming spring after 40 years in the same home, but after that is over...I am going to jump in. I really appreciate and enjoy your channel. When that happens, Spud...you will find a new guy in your discord and on your patreon. I can't afford to screw up and spend $ in the wrong places. So many questions...
Excellent content. My only issue is calling collective the same thing as throttle. While the results might be similar, the mechanism is very different. Collective controls the pitch of the blades - causing more or less lift accordingly. In that essence it works more like an aileron than it does throttle.
Hey there, when you are teaching folks you have to use terminology that they can readily understand and teach them the right terms later on, also ailerons control roll not pitch.
During your coaching you advised your student that they should correct side-slip (drift) with anti-torque - this would be correct in a fixed wing aircraft but not a conventional helicopter (eg single main rotor and tail rotor). These will always fly with 'one skid low' or in this case wheel. In US aircraft that is the left skid/wheel and on european it will be right skid/wheel and is corrected with a slight bank to that side. Bank = sideslip not anti-torque.
2 questions Does the Apache have AP channels for pitch/yaw/roll? Does the pilot uses them during the class? It was impressive seeing how he was more confident and the end and improved. The landing was really smooth
Hey Spud, this question isnt related to this video in particular, but regarding a book you mentioned in your Mirage F1 photos look. You mentioned thet the book that got you interested in the Mirage F1 was a book about South African Mirages in the border war, however I do not know how to spell the title of the book, I definetly want to read this book, being of South African heritage myself. Could you please let me know of the title of the book? Thanks a lot, love your vids
To recover from a spin in a helicopter, you can follow the PARE procedure:  P: Reduce power to idle  A: Neutralize the ailerons  R: Apply rudder opposite the direction of the spin  E: Apply forward elevator
@@Spudknocker haha. Yeah in principle they do the same thing, control yaw. But since they do so in very different ways (one moves a vertical control surface and the other changes the AOA/pitch of a rotor and thus it's lift) I think it's important to use the conventional terms so that the new pilot understands the difference and what's actually happening when he/she manipulates the foot controls. Think about it. A rudder on a boat or fixed wing is deflecting the relative wind/water. A helicopter needs a way to counteract torque, which is unique to helicopters. A student pilot has to have a clear understanding of the difference in my opinion. I'm a real world, (fixed wing) private pilot. However, every rotory wing pilot I know (some fly fixed wing as well), call them pedals in helicopters and rudders in fixed wing aircraft they fly.
@@redtailpilot I'm with you on that. I had an issue with Spudknocker calling the collective the same as the throttle. They are very much different things, and to understand how the collective actually works will make you a better pilot. It's not throttle.
Not trying to be the bad guy to tear down a video that is trying to help others, but not understanding the difference between a rudder pedal and a anti-torque pedal only gets passed on to the student, who in this video is now trained to call the tail rotor a rudder. For those that don't know, Vortex Ring State and Settling with Power are the same thing and the explanation on that was incorrect as well. In a simple explanation, SWP/VRS reduces lift in the main rotor. There are many YT videos on this topic.
