DCS: AH-64D Tutorial | Unguided Aerial Rockets | DCS World 

Thank You. It is very time consuming to prepare all these videos, so thanks for taking time to show us how it's done.

In response to your "classified data" remark, I just find it incredibly impressive that there is still classified material that ED will obviously not be able to get their hands on, yet they are still able to give us this awesome module. It would be really awesome to see/understand that process.

Since DCS Blackshark first came out - rockets have always been my fav. Simply because they are so challenging. I used to challenge myself to get 2 rockets per kill. I got better and better with them and was able to do this on many occasions. Rockets are the best!

Love the Apache. I was looking forward to it and its still greater than I expected; the way it feels, sounds, the look of the cockpit. Love how easy it is to start.

I just finished watching the gun tutorial, thought "I hope he makes a rocket tutorial", refreshed the page and saw this was here! These videos are really helpful, please keep them up! I'd also love to see some updated tactics tutorials on how to employ rockets and the hellfires. (Not sure if there are things to consider differently compared to the videos you made for the Hind a while back).

Appreciate your time and knowledge sharing. You do a good job of explaining things in a clear and concise manner. BTW, I flew UH-60s in the reserves and went through Rucker '93-'95.

I appreciate these videos. Taking little bites if "how to apache" is the way to do it.

Great stuff as always. I am learning the module using your stuff and I appreciate it.

Always a treasure trove of information. Im gonna jump in right now and start practicing with my new-found knowledge. Thank you very much for the video and all your other ones. I've learned so much. Liked and subscribed(I thought I already was, but I am now).🤘🤘🤘

Hey man just wanted to say I really appreciate your videos, they have given this module so much more enjoyment for me and my friend, 3 days in and we’re flying and dropping targets on the regular. 👊🏻

I remember flight sims as a kid maybe 8-12 years old with jet fighter 3 and a10cuba the Star Wars flight sims of course. I never really played them again so their was a huge gap between my teens to mid 20s and in that time frame so 15 years computer technology has become so realistic and in depth that flying the fighters or helicopters was a dream until eagle dynamics really started shaping the market. Been on dcs for around 10 years and it still blows me away what they have accomplished.

Love to hear your perspective thank you

Thank you for all the work !

My favourite helicopter is finally here, thank you for helping me settle in I hope to fly it in the air corps in a few years

as soon as I know you were a tanker, clicking the like button, Keep up the good work!

You hit a target at 5200 metres with Dumbfire? That's really impressive. I didn't know that was possible.

Salute from one vet to another, great vids and new sub....

...pretty good shot so... :) Thanks for the lesson Casmo!

Certainly looks to be a fun aircraft! Thanks Casmo!

Awesome as always. The I beam makes more sense now.

"Hope you enjoying this module..."🤣 Best software ever made!

I've been struggling for days with the unguided rockets I thought they were broken as I always had to look left of centre to get the I beam to line up with the crosshair, ranging was also saying 50 clicks when I was looking at targets 1 mile away or so. I didn't realise a cold start required you to boresight on start up though D'OH!! Great videos though Casmo I'm a new sub but I'm eating up all these Apache video's since it's the first chopper I tried, Keep up the great work buddy. :)

This is a dream come true! Literally one of the best resources we could have in the community when it comes to Apache and soon the Kiowa. Thanks Cas, you're a legend for sharing your knowledge with us.

Another great video (for entertainment purpose only). Very helpful.

Keeping your Rocket Steering Cursor on target is 1) doable irl 2) hard in VR 3) almost impossible with trackIR (given the various types and amounts of sensory input to the human that are available and the sensitivity of the head tracking). While head stabilization is an intuitive process for most animals/humans (see chicken head tracking video), keeping your target fixated with trackIR poses quite the challenge. What I do to counter this is using the plum line of the "head tracker" symbol for the directional reference while using the Rocket Steering Cursor for elevation only. Works like a charm.

very helpful, thank you for investing your time in these vdo !!

Thanks!

Could you do a video on your flight controls setups? Mainly like your curve settings, if your flying with pedals or just a stick and so on? I personally am having issues with it feeling like rudder is way to powerful.

Thanks Mate!

can you talk about trimming and travelling long distances? how would you fly in a combat scenario to the ao. lets say blue flag and u have to travel from one side of the map to the other, would you grab external tanks, what altitude is the most fuel efficiant in a long way to ao scenario etc etc.

Great vid. Hey Cosmo, I’m curious, what’s the distance between the HDU glass and the eyeball 👁 in real Apache ?. I’m confused here, saw lots of vids but I wanna know the exact real distance and how the surrounding cockpit and window rails will look like.

Hey any thoughts on trying Vtol VR out? They released an apachi and it's fun as hell, i'd love to see your opinion on it it's supposed to be the best VR flight combat sim out there. I can say the aircraft handles almost exactly like it does in DCS minus the really unforgiving decending to fast stall and overspeed stall.

Am I correct in remembering that the acquisition source is not relevant when firing coop? The position of the cued line of sight reticle during the last couple of shots would indicate that TADS was not the source?

This was really helpful, thanks! Can you do a video of how are your axis set up, rudder axis specially?

Ohhhhhh, for co-op mode it works because _now_ you keep your head _still..._ You turn _yourself_ into the fixed sighting reference frame for the symbology... OK, now it all makes sense. EDIT: Yep, went and tried it and that's why it was so confusing. I was like "but you could be looking _anywhere,_ why does it want you to line up _those_ two things still??? That doesn't make any sense!" Not realizing, of course, that it assumes you're not looking just anywhere like you were when shooting as the pilot. I simply kept my head still instead and was able to unleash a deadly accurate salvo without issue. Thanks!

Nice video, @CasmoTV, but I am sad that ED put a fictional RAF skin instead of the Army Air Corps skin

You surprised yourself with that fixed rocket shot, haha.

Using the GROUND STOW i fix only the rockets pylon or all the pylons ?

1:20 Probably classified, but what does the 6 stand for? 9:52 "Cooptively" _~Casmo 2022_ 14:46 That looks pretty solid for 5+km. Barely possible to aim that far properly in the Shark.

All the combat footage of the 30mm gun seems to be in flir, where we clearly see the heat generated from propellent on the rounds as they go downrange. I wonder; do those 30mm rounds have tracer capability in daylight for naked eye? will the heat signature be added to those rounds as they travel downrange when looking in flir?

hey casmo, i hope you can answer this, i know its not exatly topic of your vid, but if i understand correctly, the apache is suposed to have autohover right? is it just not implemented in DCS atm or am i missing something with the controlls?

Another very informative video. The Apache ….. aside from its slightly twitchy behavior is a hoot! Are the accidental barrel rolls a feature in the real aircraft too?

So in COOP mode is the CP/G just laser range finding the target during the "Match and Shoot" phase or is he also inputting the laser range for the MANRANG or just leaving it in Auto? Thanks for the hard work making these tutorials!

Thanks Casmo 👍 I know weapon systems are everyone's fav vids but are you planning on doing some of the more mundane tasks like Nav etc.. I normally don't even touch weapons untill quite late on and concentrate on airmanship stuff. Thanks for all your hard work. 🍻

Could you please help me try to understand this: I tend to believe I got the basic functions of the indicators and how they behave. For example, if you keep your LOS on a target that sits 20 degrees left from the centerline the I-beam will appear on the left side of the LOS-indicator. Now by yawing the helicopter also to the left the I-beam will start to slowly move right; always the opposite of your turning direction. You can say you intuitively steer [the LOS into the I-beam] until they line up. But wouldn't the other way round also work? Meaning, if the I-beam was more or less fixed to the centerline (compensating for windage and other factors of course) you would therefore maneuver [the I-beam into the LOS] until properly aligned. Similar to CCIP vs. CCRP in fighter planes but that's not exactly the same discussion, I know. So what exactly is the advantage of doing it like that? I can't be only because of "oh look, I-beam left => move left ; I-beam right => move right" like the arrows in dance dance revolution. I personally find the the other version quite intuitive as well. The only thing I can think of is visually smoothening out helicopter movements by "gearing" them down. So, a 20 degree real turning angle is stepped down to a let's say only 5 degree I-beam displacement on the HMD, keeping the I-beam closer to your LOS inside your near peripheral vision, thus not having it swipe around all over the place like you'd have in an I-beam=centerline implementation. But wouldn't that make targeting more inaccurate since you loose the fine resolution of your flight control inputs?

So you said hold mode will make it easier. I assume the altitude hold? Will this work like sort of an auto hover?

It's very useful, and other videos are very useful, but my Apache control is not very good

hey can you do a trim tutorial, i am racking up allot of repair bills

I wait from last year to fly with apache it's fun

I'm glad to see none else can hit shit either with those rockets

Question for all: Did the apache have the SAL rockets like the A-10 and will they eventually come to this module?

casmo first impressions video coming ?

Hi, Was wondering if you got some good tips for pedals for a low/med/high price range?

Casmo, I still do not understand what do we have to line up for rockets... The I beam with the HMD cross? The I beam with the aircraft nose symbol?

I understand the match and shoot concept but can't figure out from the video when to actually fire. How do I know I am matched. It seems the symbology is different each time he fires. How do I know I am lined up?

Having some issues with the chain gun firing when the CPG has rockets or missles WASd.. Are we supposed to tell George to go safe before using guns? Maybe I was just running into a bug?

Glad to see I'm not the only one having problems with the non stop tail wagging. It's so frustrating. I have no idea why it's so sensitive. If you're looking at my hand you can't even tell it's moving, just millimeters of adjustment makes the thing swing like it's on a playground. I've tried messing with the settings to get it under control, but it needs more dampening. It's so sensitive it's ridiculous.

Will the laser guided hydras (like on the A10) be a thing on the Ah64?

in reality, the hover is done with the at and alt hold mode? in dcs staying in perfect hover is difficult

One issue my CP keeps running into is BAL Limit. How do we get past that? There's no explanation in the manual.

After flying it for ~5h yesterday, I feel like the apache could be so much more powerful, if it had some kind of point tracker for the TADS and CCIP for the cannon and rockets. Also I don’t know if I can’t find any trim or if it doesn’t have one, it’s infuriating though.

What’s usually the Unguided Rocket range??

Can you fire rockets while on the ground? I'd like to see them in action, but can't get off the ground!

This is a complicated aircraft-makes me feel like a dumb grunt.

Could anyone help me out with this question, what is wasing?

My chain gun and rockets dont go anywhere near where im aiming having auto ranging on doesnt seem to make a difference for me

how do u lock and track a target with FLIR?

Thank you for the video helped a lot!.. Can you shows us the flight controls when flying with all 4 external tanks and overweight?.. Thank you.. =)

I camt fire the rockets for some random reason

Hold Modes not implemented at this time?

Hydra rocket options: 1. M151 HE High explosive (HEDP) `10 pounder" Fuse: Nose Mount, Point Detonating 2. M151 HE High explosive (HEDP) Fuse: Nose Mount, Resistance Capacitance (RC) Bunker penetrating option 3. M229 HE High explosive (HEDP); elongated M151 '17 pounder' Fuse: Nose Mount, Point Detonating 4. M257 IL Parachute illumination Fuse: Air burst, Motor-Burnout Delay 5. M274 TP-SM Practice (Smoke) Fuse: Nose Mount, Point Detonating 6. M282 MPP Multipurpose penetrator warhead Fuse: Delayed The last two options available on the loadout screen are mixed. Pod Zones C M257 DE M151 and Pod Zone C M274 DE M151. Not sure what all that means, perhaps Casmo can elaborate. All this was on the Wiki Hydra 70 page. I just copied and pasted.

What does ‘wazˋ the rockets mean ?

How do you get the Type? thinng to go away

It seems to me that the rockets not very effective in DCS because you fire to kill the vehicle rather than fire for effect in DCS. Getting a kill on an apc from 1500 meters seems almost impossible unless you shoot 2 dozen rockets at it.

It's surprising to me that the Apache doesn't have laser-guided rockets like the A10 has

Git gud! Yes man!

Well, remind me not to bring rockets next time. lol. I'm also surprised apache was made for hover and defensive shoot. I feel like you'd be a sitting duck for manpads.

Aquisition source: aircraft center line ... that is not a thing, isn't it? :(

Will the Flechette rockets come

Hardest part (17:04): Get a buddy ;-)

I don't have the Beta Version I use the Stable Version Never minded waiting for the early access to be over to get what I already paid for.... till now. Sour Grapes for me. lol

The actual training missions in the game are not explained very well, actually they are garbage! This kind of supplements it!

Dude ur buddy is much better at it

that HUD really is dumb tbh

I would like to ask a question, the parts on the top of the IP is not shaking on my module. is that related with some update or is there a option to make it shakeable, cuz when its shakte it looks more realistic. also there are some red boxes with wire attached to front window. cant see these details on my aircraft. you guys have any idia bout it? @casmotv