First Flight with the AH64D Apache Helicopter in DCS 

Hellfires are either laser guided or radar guided. The only heat-seekers ever mounted on Apaches are Stinger air-to-air missiles on the wing tips.

Hellfires are not heat seeking. They track the laser sent out by the TADS, given both systems are set to the correct laser wavelength. When taxiing, the pilot has a tail wheel lock/unlock on his HOCAS, toggle it off for straight taxiing and quickly toggle it on for any form of turns. Use your IHADS, its one of the most important tools an Apache pilot will use. It has different display modes for different regimes of flight. Force trim is really important too, its what resets your SCAS, which is important because when hovering the helicopter will engage heading hold. If you are light, press force trim with controls centered you can pretty much take off without any rudder, since that system will be keeping you steady. So when hovering, yaw left, keep it steady in that direction, press force trim up, and the hold mode will keep you facing that direction. Hopefully not patronizing, but you seem like a brilliant sim pilot and I was very impressed with this video. Really well done

Well done. I love this module. My favorite by far!!

Great video. Request permission to give you a „hint“ (this is to be understood with a humble intention from my side): To crank up the helicopter you‘ll need either the APU or external power. You‘ll not need both. Your video is outstanding. Master quality, sir!👍 BTW: Leaving that „ignition“ knob in „external“ power state, leads to exhaust the two batteries soon. No worry when the gens are up and running - but if you power off the bird you’ll not be able to do anything more with it unless you recharged at least one battery.😘

The DCS helos are super fun.. especially the slingloading.

Omg that S clip on the left is driving me CRAZY

Hi! Cool review!personally I’m a fixed wing guy but in theese days I took on hand my KA-50 on Dcs, it’s always a challange 😅

Now get you a human CPG upfront and watch the simulation evolve even more as you split tasking with a friend

DCS AH-64 is a lot of fun! It is essentially three helos in one. You can fly as pilot and have George AI do this thing, or you can fly as Copilot Gunner and have George AI fly as pilot...or you can fly as Copilot Gunner and do it all.

Thank you again for a great video!

That intro…

you forgot to use your IHADSS

"Take this, earth!". 😅

you keep saying H,,,,,,U,,,,,,D,,,,,. Its driving me nuts one word, HUD.....20 years working on Fighter, we never called it a H>>>U>>>D>>>

Hi Mate, Tony from Flyinside, let me know if you want me to hook you up with our B47....recently upgraded.