DCS: AH-64D | TSD Basics 

Should have chosen physics;)

@@SsgtHolland As long as it’s not economics, I’ll be fine

Its not that difficult its just confusing at first with all the acronyms. Once you use it a few times you will know what everything does. Its easier to use then a flip phone

Funny, that was me in 11th grade chemistry reading the Jane’s Longbow manual in class instead of paying attention.

Chemistry PhD Student.... can confirm :D

And it's just TSD Basics...

Same, my guy. Same.

Good luck my friend.

​@@ImagenNoReligion I'm going to need it. My wife thinks I talked my son into joining the Army so I could watch the Apaches. She's not wrong. Whenever we visit him on base we always seem to get lost and end up at the airfield. "Shut your mouth boy, I know where I'm going! No Honey, it's the next intersection, I promise. Me and the boy have to get out and salute these helicopters as they pass though, it's a rule. No one gave you leave to speak yet boy, just get out of the truck."

So how are things my friend? Has the wife and dog began to suspect anything is amiss yet?

@@Mossyyyyyyy Well, oddly enough (and, this is too horrible to be fiction) the Apache Module, for which I've yearned for so long, dropped the day before my anniversary... you know, Date Night, followed by Quality Time Day and Bigger Date Night. Today is our anniversary and I haven't been able to fly yet. It has had an effect though; she keeps telling me that I seem distracted. I can't imagine why! Pray that I might remain strong... pray... for ... me.

Update on Apache launch on my 15th wedding anniversary: You know how I said truth was too horrible to be fiction? Well, wife and I were looking at wedding pictures on Amazon Photos on a big TV and this big ass and gash show up, bent over on the screen... one that isn't hers (which we knew immediately because she's a Lady... a good Christian one). I had never seen that butt and didn't know where the heck it came from. I thought maybe someone grabbed my phone and took a butt selfie ... but couldn't imagine how... and I don't know anyone that.. athletic. I come to find out that after my Army son had texted me a URL a few months ago saying he knew a girl on that site and she had messed him over (me and him had a much bigger discussion about making good decisions, and about how just because he's in the military doesn't mean he can treat me like a drinking buddy and send me bad links)... but anyway, I figure this out along with the fact that Amazon Photos backs up pics texted to your phone... and the file name put it alphabetically right next to my wedding photos... by some horrible apocalyptic fate. I explained this to my wife but she barely believes me so this whole thing was an enormous disaster. I've had PLENTY of time to fly Apache since then... while she thinks I'm sleeping on the couch! LOL! This is a true story. It would take Stephen King's dark imagination to make something like this up, right? F my life... but YAY the Apache is out!

Astonishingly no. I am more hyped for the fact it is removable and we can shed some weight when going hunting... Buddy lasing for aircraft and playing cat and mouse with technicals etc. 😄

@@AlbertZiegler069 because of the discount ?

Because it was worth it

adjusting to helis takes a decent chunk of time

You are wildly unprepared. The tactics and systems are VERY different.

Dear Sir, we haven't considered it but we will discuss internally. Many thanks and kind regards, Nick

Yes I am with you

Good idea ! It could be awesome !

@@nickgrey4136 Thank you!

I completely agree. I think that some people would love to use their mouse and keyboard to control WSO, RIO, CPG stations. For instance, my son has no interest in flying, but he would like to look out for targets and shoot stuff up. Some people also don't want to invest in a HOTAS or head tracking setups. It would certainly open up the sim to a bigger audience and who knows, maybe even convert some of them into pilots who would later upgrade to the full module.

Yes. we suspected this would be the case.

@@MattWagner Thanks for the reply 🙂

Is it boring, though? Shooty boom zoom is fun, but going deep into systems is what it's really all about.

giggity

If I recall the 64D only has ADF. But I could be mistaken. I dont think the 64s got VOR or ILS until the Echo.

@@Rex-ii2yz hmm wow. that seems crazy. we had vor ils in Hueys in the 80s. Then again, this was an attack bird. I cant remember what Cobras had now, been so long

@@chipwillis I know right! I was flying full IFR capable 60A/L's back in the early 2000s, and it blew my mind when folks told me all the 64D's had was an ADF. But to be honest I dont think it was ever really a limiting factor with the exception of self deploying. I can understand that at the time, it just was not a requirement for the mission that the 64 performs.

I guess that’s why its paired with a kaiwa

@@AlbertZiegler069 Wags stated himself that they jumped the gun with the F16 and it seems they learned their lesson from that. Not saying the Apache will be close to feature complete. As a matter of fact it's confirmed it'll lack at least one of it's major features at launch (which was stated from day one afaik). But I'm fairly sure a F16 level of EA launch won't happen again any time soon. Not saying you should start pre-order again. Just saying ED is capable of learning

@@AlbertZiegler069 Normally I agree that you should be careful with preordering anything. However, ED has proven to me more than enough times that they deliver excellent modules. Sure, the releases may have issues in the beginning (like all software), but they always become amazing over time. I'm never worried that they'll stop patching a module before it's done to the same high level as the others. The F-16s release is a dead horse that has been beaten enough. If you look at the Mosquito or Hind, they were in a much better state at initial release. And regardless, the F-16 module is becoming better and more complete all the time, so the release issues are nothing but a bad memory now. I think they've done more than enough to redeem themselves. At least they've done so in my eyes. I expect the AH-64 to have issues in the beginning, and there will certainly be some features that are yet to be implemented. But overall, I am not worried about the quality. Especially down the line once it has been thoroughly tested by all of us and patched.

@@AlbertZiegler069 That is obviously your prerogative. I'm not saying that people MUST trust ED and preorder anything. I'm simply saying that I do at this point. Hopefully, the Apache will be an amazing module that we can all enjoy, regardless if we preorder or wait a bit for it to come out.

@@AlbertZiegler069 You sound very negative. I don't understand why, but that's your business.

@@AlbertZiegler069 Calm down man.

It’s not that bad it’s like a helicopter A-10c2

You CAN use all that detailed stuff for navigation, but you can still Follow Roads and do dead reckoning in the beginning... One step at a time.

^This.

The datalink the SA overlay is referring to is Blue Force Tracker. AH-64D's have never had MIDS/Link16.

@@agostonbazmajer1100 We should be getting the SADL datalink. I *think* that may be the datalink system the longbow uses, but in any case we will have some form of datalink for the longbow system.

@@SaintBrick SADL was only installed on A-10C's and some F-16's

Bit more thinking time in a helo I suppose. Not bombing around at speed etc. I'm sure it won't take long to wrap our heads around this.

Or, has it not yet been implemented in the version that Matt's using, but is it planned to be implemented before release?

It means the D version don't have that feature

@@sniperwolfpk5 it could also be that they aren't implementing it on the DCS version of the Apache. The Hornet should have similar CHRT, DTED (digital terrain elevation data), and CIB (controlled image base, effectively satellite imagery from what I can tell) modes, but doesn't have them, and they currently don't seem to be planned for implementation.

Yes, it is something I hope to do, time willing.

There is, considerably. You may wish to take a look at my earlier Controls video and adjust your curves.

That's an option, thanks.

I tell you what Matt that stability control computer, that sat behind the pilot's seat, was a powerful component in terms of stabilizing the pilot's fight control inputs. An impressive system!

Dont think so it said sukhumi

Make sure you are in Transition or Cruise mode.

@@MattWagner thanks for the fast reply, that was it.

forums.eagle.ru/topic/283298-dcs-ah-64d-faq/#comment-4787659

I know it got delayed, I was joking saying I will take it "as is" right now.

You may wish to check your Options/Systems displays resolution setting.

@@MattWagner Ahh thanks. Mine was set to the lowest. Great video. Thanks. Really enjoying the module too.

Please see this video, it should like an error in the control mapping. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HmjNjNDp0JA.html

Thanks Matt. I'll take a look.

@@MattWagner All sorted. I'd forgotten that I had mapped the cursor on an axis on launch day. I prefer it on a POV really, so all good again now. Thanks Matt. 👌🏻

yeah he lost me right after "hi everyone Wags here from Eagle Dynamics" This thing makes the A10 look simple

unknown, but it will most likely be able to play doom

The TSD is certainly the most "academic" element of the -64. But, it is well worth getting to know.

@@MattWagner thanks for the explanation, Wags from ED

Fin janvier 2022....

It's in the description.

Chuck already has said he wants to remain independent for various reasons. Hard to argue with that, but it does mean he gets nothing ahead of the rest of us.

That would not be accurate, only the later Guardian added L16.

That'w why I skip all that startup crap and get right into crashing. It saves lot of time!

As noted in the video, you can declutter almost everything.

Thank you for your valuable contribution to society. My God, what RU-vid wouldn't be without people like you.

It happened only once

I agree - stop being a normal, respectable company and give us a product you're not entirely happy with! I demand bugs and incomplete features! NOW.