DCS: AH-64D | Gun 

Yeah with this AI is just a target practice. Good looking cockpit yes but immersion wise is just empty unfortunately.

yeah more like insane rubbish frame rates in vr :))

I just hope it’s smooth in VR. That’s a lot of screens to render including front and back simultaneously

@@AlbertZiegler069 agreed great idea !

@@AlbertZiegler069 Wait for vulkan. DCS main problem is resource management and lack of proper multi-threading.

It’s more of a GATATATATATATATATATATATATATA

the Hind is pretty cool sounding too

It's putting a hot kernel in a can and having it pop but at 750ish rpm (I'm dumb it's 625)

I scrolled down, specifically hoping someone had answered that question.

Thank you

Not quite accurate. A Robertson (aka Robbie) tank is an auxiliary combo-pack that holds additional fuel and ammunition. You can't just remove the fuel portion of a Robbie. You'd have to swap it out for a dedicated fuel pack or ammo mag.

@@chadpendleberry8663 awesome, thanks for the clarification. I've only encountered them as a product in civilian roles

EA were voted worst company in the USA. bravo.

@@joejoe2658 i meant ED , Eagle Dynamics. Obviously NOT electronic arts LoL

Wouldnt say any game studio come close to ED. There are plenty games with excelent sound design.

@@marekgrzejszczak2901 yeah, not saying there aren't good sound designing Studios But fly by sounds alone, nobody does them better

@@marekgrzejszczak2901 like squad

So let them not release it for another five years to absolutely make sure?

@@getsideways7257 We dont want the bf2042 experience bud.

@@getsideways7257 when it's ready... and you may have missed it, but there is a pandemic on this planet that actually doesn't stop for DCS release schedules, or at borders. It has slowed or negatively affected mostly every business on this planet, other than medical mask production.

@@bronco5334 stop acting so entitled and like you understand how difficult it is or isn't to be a software developer trying to make a very complex thing. Also based your assumptions with Star Citizen I can tell you put literally no effort into researching things so that says a lot. Just wait patently like the rest of us and know it will be released soon and enjoy the extra miles they gave us for being late. I mean the alternative could of been a buggy mess. They had good reasons I'm sure.

@@csdigitaldesign And which module wasn't a "buggy mess" upon release? Why should I "wait patiently like the rest of us" when you can happily wait by yourselves? Nobody forces you to buy / install it right away. Why do you feel you need to dictate others when they are having it?

I hope they won't move in sync, otherwise they look annoying a little bit in long flights. :)

@@DevrimBabacan at least they're tactical hooks...

They’re showing off at this point

It will be the last video in the series.

Your wife spends more time with other modules than you usually? :)

@@getsideways7257 Sure... if she DCSed too.

I have my sim in the living room so technically I spend most of my spare time with my wife :I

It's called AIDS (Apache Induced Divorce Syndrome) 😂

@@richardnellyer2334 lol queue the music, My Father (AIDS) My sister (AIDS) My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)

An FPS hook for older GPU's.

Modifier buttons are your friend. I managed to cram almost all the A-10C HOTAS commands on my old Sidewinder FFB2 with only 8 buttons and one hat. It can be done :-)

*cough* Virpil master race *cough*

After 20 happy years of using the FFB2, I finally went with the Winwing Orion for a HOTAS last year. Great product! Still keeping the FFB2 to hand for helicopters though...

Modifiers and keyboard. It is what I use to fly the Hog, for instance.

@@sloppydog4831 what do you mean by modifiers? dumb question I know haha

What's the purpose of the hook? To hang preserved meat in Dasbot-style?

I'm sure all those surviving B-17 belly gunners wished that's how it worked for them.

The rate of fire is not selectable. In the field, dirt, AHS tensions, and other factors will reduce the rate of fire.

@@salamiflavoredspider You seem to have some experience in this field, so if I may ask: how many rounds are typically carried in combat? Do crews usually carry 1200 or is 300 really all they take? (I'm sure weight plays into that decision as well)

@@kamraam1464 in 6 years I never saw anything but the 300rnd Robbie tank installed.

@@salamiflavoredspider gotcha, thanks for the reply!

It is an option.

I mean the people griping that they only have 300 rounds are being ridiculous. That still equates to almost 30 seconds of continuously holding down the trigger with the higher rate of fire

@@gerardheil8303 so this is DCS and it's probably not modeled, but continuously holding down the trigger will almost always break something, and then you have people like me yelling at you

@@gerardheil8303 Remember in DCS World we can enact on WW3 scenarios 😂. Need all 1200 then...

@@salamiflavoredspider true, espessially with single barrel the m230 needs some cool down after long sustained bursts

Rockets for later in the week.

@@MattWagner thank you and the team for the hard work and for taking the time to make sure to deliver a great product :)

No problem morting leg and unarmored unit without direct hits.

@@MattWagner Ok, good that new weapon systems do reasonable damage. :) I'm eagerly awaiting a broader update to the damage model so that, for example, a HEAT Mav doesn't do more AoE damage vs infantry and unarmored units than a 500lb Mk82. :')

More like the other way around since the Hind has air to air armament and the Apache doesn't lol.

@@dannyd7714 indeed. Sad that they didn't do the stingers. It was a very real option and many other countries used it regularly. The reason the U.S. Army never employed it was because you have to sacrifice the IR early warning and we usually had air superiority anyways. Makes sense they never used it but the AH-64D was and is used by other countries who did want to use the kit. It's not like the kit never existed or never got actual use. I hope later ED changes thier minds about that. If they want it to be accurate, just limit it for the countries that didn't use it. If you set the aircraft to the U.S. in the editor, there's no option etc.

@@csdigitaldesignThe AH-64D modelled never got the wiring and doesn't have the systems to carry/employ the weapons. It would be like having the F-14B carry AIM-120s just because they integrated them onto another version and could probably put them onto the F-14B if they wanted to.

@@sheeplord4976 while it's true the U.S. never used the kit, there was a kit from Boeing available that was actually tested by the U.S. Army and not only that but later adopted by other countries that we exported the AH-64D to as a standard loadout. This included a control box that was attached in the cockpit, the wiring harness and launchers mounted to the winglet tips. So no, it's not like giving the F-14B Aim-120s because no such kit was made for that. My argument it's that while the U.S. Army never deployed the stingers, other countries using the AH-64D did. What if I want to simulate using an Apache from Japan? Because that was one country that deployed use of this kit. South Korea also operates the AH-64D with stingers as well. "In August 2001, the AH-64D was selected by the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force with a requirement for 55 helicopters. The Apache for Japan is designated AH-64DJP and is armed with Stinger air-to-air missiles." www.army-technology.com/projects/apache/ "Starting in the 1980s, the Stinger and AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and the AGM-122 Sidearm anti-radiation missile were evaluated for use upon the AH-64.[71][72] The Stinger was initially selected; the U.S. Army was also considering the Starstreak air-to-air missile.[71][73] External fuel tanks can also be carried on the stub wings to increase range and mission time.[42] The stub-wing pylons have mounting points for maintenance access; these mountings can also be used to secure personnel externally for emergency transport.[74] Stinger missiles are often used on non-U.S. Apaches, as foreign forces do not have as many air superiority aircraft to control the skies.[75] The AH-64E initially lacked the ability to use the Stinger to make room for self-defense equipment, but the capability was added back following a South Korean demand" en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_AH-64_Apache Basically, the reason the U.S. Army didn't use the kit was because they didn't need it. The U.S. already had air superiority in the majority of any theaters they employed the AH-64D and thus keeping the IR early warning system which would of needed to be ditched was far more useful to them. Other countries however did not have this luxury.

Probably more like Rockets, Hellfire, Defensive Systems, Taxi and Takeoff, Landing, George, and Cold Start.

@@MattWagner Brilliant... Gonna need some practice on those landings! Been flying the Huey quite a lot to get to used to rotors.

Yes, over the HAD, just like the TDU.

@@MattWagner Oh ok! Thanks for the reply.

As stated in the FAQ: by the end of Q1 2022.

So about 5-6 weeks ahead.

the same FAQ that hasn't been updated since 2021 on the potential release date. By end of March, they will push it to the end of Q2 just like they did in October and December. Moving goalposts.

Matt won't make any promises. Not all of ED community understand, that "we plan to do somethin by the end of two weeks" doesn't mean "we swear to release it within two weeks". I hope, there is a chance for the release in late February - early March

@@Topper_Harley68 damn... it hurts.

We plan to make it an option.

@@MattWagner haha that's ok. It took us like an hour last night to figure out. We totally missed it. It wasn't your fault. It was a teasing jab haha 😂

Required time.

The Robbie tank is pretty much the standard loadout for that version of the Apache. Taking it on and off you would have to rework flight dynamics with different fuel loads, so for early access it makes sense to just stick with one.

@@gerardheil8303 so why not just in EA leave it off and add it later? 300 rounds is nothing

@@bomkata 300 rounds is tons. The Mi-24P has 250 rounds and a much faster firing rate and it's plenty. The AH-64 has a slower firing rate and is turreted. How many technicals and 2 man mortar teams are you going to engage in 1 sortie? With rare exceptions your standard AH-64D Apache comes with the Robbie tank equipped because they realized the extra fuel was more useful then 900 rounds of probably unused ammo before you need to gas up again. That combined with a standard full load of 8 hellfires and 38 Hydra 70 rockets is more then enough firepower.

@@bomkata I mean at the high rate of fire in the Apache which is 625 rounds plus or minus 25 a minute (often reduced in the field) with 300 rounds you have almost half a minute of holding down the trigger. What other aircraft has that in game?

I had one in an earlier video.