Flying the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior | DCS World 

I think one of the most impressive parts of this module is seeing a fully fledged release hit DCS and not another "early access" for years. Massive props to Polychop on what looks to be an A+ release all around

Your ability to speak to real world pilots and DCS pilots at the same time without knocking either is unmatched. Kiowa purchased and using your vids for learning. Well done mate.

I get the feeling I am going to have a TON of fun with this bird, and a lot of that is due to these concise tutorials from you. THANK you so much!

My brother was in aviation training @ Naval Air Station Pensacola (he did something stupid and washed out) but talking with him he said the hardest thing for him to do was look outside the cockpit. For a new pilot you're trying to do everything by the book so if it said "climb @ 10° or 5 AOA units" the natural tendency is to focus on the HUD or the instruments and your vision stops at the windshield. That's just a basic example but you can see his point. One of the highest stressed items in training was to look thru the HUD, not at it. You would think it would be a no brainer, but I find myself doing it in DCS. I look down and realize my skids are hitting the perimeter lights. No issue in a sim, but that would be a real pisser in reality. Great video Casmo. You are a natural teacher. Coupled with the real life experience it is doubly valuable.

I love the casual comments Casmo drops "honestly if you fly around like this... you're a weirdo"

Good job. Love your instuctionals. I like learning the similarities and differences between real and DCS aircraft. Awesome to have legit pilots involved. Thank you.

been flying around shooting the gun and rockets for the past 2 hours, holycrap this thing feels amazing! its such a nimble easy little thing to nip around and cruise in, even tho its a sim i can see why you loved this little helo! 9/10 stars for Polychops work! also seems like polychop has gotten around the sticky ground friction some how! forward momentum landings feel awesome!

Can't wait to reach for the Force Trim and turn off the hydraulics by mistake... lol

I haven't been this excited for dcs since the apache first released. Having a blast flying the kiowa and have been coming back to your videos to get up to speed. Thanks for the awesome content Casmo!

This helicopter is great First polychop dcs aircraft Great Reminds me of when I used to work on these back in 1996 Thanks Casmo for all the terrific videos 😃😃

Man you must be so busy pumping out content for the phantom and now the kiowa! Thank you for everything you do for the DCS community, sir! 🫡

I can imagine that the alarm saying you are drifting out of hover box might be useful under googles, when hovering in some rather confined place or close to obstacle.

Bought it INSTANTLY lol, can't wait to learn it thank you Casmo

Found your channel when looking for resources. It's awesome to know a real Kiowa pilot has such a favorable review of this aircraft, and is helping us virtual pilots learn to fly it. I started on the Huey, got all the Russian whirlybirds only to realize they all worked backwards (CW rotors, right pedal/cyclic aft right at hover, motorcycle throttle) then tried the Apache. I thought the Apache was pretty responsive, but the Kiowa is a go kart! It's a joy to fly, haven't flown around basically doing nothing this much since trying to not die in the Huey!

Enjoyed flying it around setting up the controls. It's very stable bird. I fly in VR so was really nice. The only thing I would like to see added. Is the choice to have the optic or the grease pen mark on the windshield. In the rearm and refuel screen instead of ME.

So excited to be able to fly something that I have so adored for so many years, and it is a complete honor to learn how to fly it from someone that trained and flew for me and my guys. Thank you for putting these amazing videos out and thank you for all of your hard work. I look forward to seeing many more videos in the future!

Wait until you get the Rhino! Fabulous for Helicopters.

A bunch of us in our group got the Kiowa yesterday and flew around with it all day. What a great and fun aircraft. Thanks again for all your videos and demonstrations! Cheers.

Thank you for all the videos leading up to this! Been awesome to learn from ahead of release.

flown the kiowa a couple of times last night and discovered the airbags :)

A real pro in action, huge inspiration!

been a huey and A10 guy for my 4 years of playing the game and have been dying to get to fly this thing since they announced it. It was a first day buy for me and GOD was it worth it. Thank you very much for the tutorials, means a lot!

Great video, learnt a lot. Somehow I always get the impression (maybe incorrectly) that Casmo liked flying the Kiowa more than flying the Apache IRL 🙂

Thanks a lot for all the videos, it has helped to hopefully get the first flight to go smooth. Can't wait to fly it...

You know, based on my knowledge of Honda civics I think the hellfires don’t fly correctly and the engine sounds are off. Also there are no cup holders at all modeled in the cockpit. This is unacceptable. Can you please fix Casmo? Additionally if you have any questions about the Kiowa I am happy to answer. I played janes Apache a few times on my dads computer.

Mr. Casmo, it flies beautifully. I believe this is the way a helo with stabilization should work: stable, goes wherever you sent it to go. What a great addition to DCS.

Woohoo. Can’t wait to get my hands on this one. This has been the one I’ve had my eye on for a such long time.

Downloading it now, thanks casmo because of your videos I'm super excited to fly it! So far I've only flew the Huey and I'm super pumped because thanks to your videos I learned a lot!

Dude, i am in love with this thing.

As a long time DCS Hornet Driver (and former rotor wing mechanic IRL) , rotor wing scares me. With what I've seen of the Kiowa so far, I think it's definitely gonna be my next module and my first helicopter for DCS. Not too complex like the Apache, not too unforgiving like the Huey.

P.S The "Fade In/Fade Out" trim setting Polychop included in the Special Options are REALLY nice at getting rid of those Trim Release "Jumps" 👌

If you use force trim I recommend going to special settings for the Kiowa and change the force trim to fade in/out, I also recommend turning on rudder force trim

Nifty. great work Casmo. thanks for the tutorials :)

This helicopter looks so amazing i wish i could get it right now

superb video, well explained

I didn't really even realise it was out yesterday until I was laying around after work, it gets to 9:30PM and I realise. Managed to get an hour in lmao.

I did fly the KW and will say for a simulation it felt pretty good. Seemed like and felt like a light helicopter.

lets goooo!!!! This will be my second Helicopter purchase in DCS as I only own the Apache. As I'm not as familiar with the Kiowa's capability and I'm only moderately used to the Apache(and its relatively large weapons capacity), where do you see the Kiowa fitting in the best? In regard to how people should best employ it in DCS anyway. Thanks for the videos and down to earth explanations for us simpletons, as always.

thank you for this tutorial series

After sim flying helos for 6 months or so with a force feedback stick (VPForce Rhino with a Virpil grip), I could never go back to non-ffb, spring-centered or otherwise. Can't reclmmend ffb enough, especially for people who love flying helos.

Well heck, this thing is gonna cost me more than 70 bucks, because now I have to buy an M4 prop for my mancave. Gonna mount that sucka to the top of my motion rig to enhance the immersion 😂 Congrats Polychop and the entire team... NICE !

You make it look so easy!

I'd love to see a video where you show a reasonably fast low level flying with how to "sharply" stop in place or do sharp tight turns without gaining or loosing altitude - if that's possible with helicopters - I just started and have no any idea about flying anything rotary. The only game before that was Gunship 2000 and the flight model... Well, there wasn't any there (lol). Please can you do that? Ka50, Kiowa, Apache, Huey.

Nice to see more Army aircraft being added in. I'm a UH-60 guy myself. What Virpil base are you using and how does it feel compared to a real cyclic? Also what location are you flying around in? Thanks!

Actually setting force trim to “center” instead of “instant” helps a lot

Goddamn it, it's 0220 in South Korea and this shit is one week earlier than I expected!!! Ahhhhh Kiowa!

Where was all of this back when I was a Kiowa pilot?!!

Looks like a lot of fun, tempted as all hell.

Hi Casmo, thanks for your tutorials. I am able to fly the KW much more precisely then the Apache in DCS. How do they compare IRL in this regard?

Thanks Polychop for bringing the OH-58 to life!

Bob up would probably be best at night when you do t have the outside visual references

I got an old Logitech G940 FFB Stick the other day and firce trim works really well with it.

i want this but the rudder controls i have are twist stick so i get a sore wrist pretty quick in choppers and i cant be stuffed buying a expensive set of pedals

You are having thoses snaps when using force trim becouse you're trying to do it like in real life where you press the force trim release button and release it where you want the stick to stay, but in real life the ciclic does not have a spring lol, so in the game you have to do the other way around, you have to move your stick where you want it to stay and presse the force trim release button and you have to drag the stick to the center and release the force trim release button, so your virtual stick in your helicopter will stay where you want it to stay meanwhile your real stick will stay in yhe center. If you want a more realistic experience, you have to buy a force feedback stick, the cheaper option is the Microsoft sidewinder force feedback 2, it's a very old stick and you'll have to buy it used, but has more quality than any spring based stick that you can think of, this stick has force feedback so it can precisely simulate the force trim effect in any aircraft that has force trim in DCS, like helicopters in general, flankers, migs, harriers, etc

Casmo thanks for the tutorials always informative! This reminds reminds me of my 206 days haha!! By the way what airport were you shooting at?

Looks like a great module. I just learned the Gazelle so not sure I’m up for another scout (although I know this is much more capable). If it had a 20mm cannon, I’d bite. That .50 is just kinda useless in DCS. But I bet it’s a blast getting to fly a simulation of your favorite helo!

Thanks! 🎉😊

Great videos Casmo. Can you do a video on autorotation? I seem to keep killing forward airspeed as soon as I pull collective.

Were you call sign "Banshee" "Longknife" or "Sheamus" in Kandahar by any chance? I fucking loved when you guys came on station. Respect from 🇨🇦.

I will take this very soon! ❤😊

The wait was worth it.

Literally released as I'm on my way to Rucker...... FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Hi Casmo, The part about Force Trim didn't work for me until I turned off the "Force Feedback" check box. I found this comment on the DCS Forums. "Cyclic Trim may not function correctly if the ‘Force Feedback’ checkbox in OPTIONS > MISC is not correctly set."

now we are talking :D

After I hit force trim, the white diamond has moved but I still have to hold the stick in a certain way otherwise the red diamond still bounce back to the center. My joystick as a spring that returns to the center. Is that what you were talking about in the video?

OMG, I know everyone want to shoot and blow up shit (me too lol), but I just took this baby for my first flight (in VR)..........OMG flying her around in VR, landing on hangars and building rooftops is a ton of fun! Wow, now I see what all the hype is about. Flying aorund, hoovering and approaching the runway like a fixed wing is just joy! If anyone ever needs a reason (or excuse) to get into VR....THIS IS IT! 😂 Gotta turn it off and go to work now...dang lol

Thanks a lot. Do you like the the free BlackHawk mod by Kinkkujuustovoileipä? I love the flight model it s so smooth. Do you know if the real BH is really flying so smooth? Is it compareable to this module (its a lot of money for me, you know).

I dont know if its my settings, but my force trim is having no effect. It shows on the indicator that the point has moved, but when i release my stick the aircraft still jumps as though nothing has happened. force trim is on, scas is on, have tried cycling both... at a loss.

THKS MAN

A man's helicopter -- only one MFD in front, fly by feel none of that cyberpunk nonsense

Any chance for an auto rotation video sir? Enjoying the videos have been a great teaching tool.

Sorry if I missed elsewhere, are you using any curves or sat on your axis?

Can we expect a continuous improvement of the module or polychop will be moving on to the next project?

how can you do force trim with the stick?, it works for me with the pedals and colective but not the stick

I was listening to Scouts Out! And the author refers to the Blackhawk pilots as freaks. And hints at them being rather risk-averse. Was this a common feeling among the Afghanistan Kiowa pilots?

Where are you flying? Kola? which airport, thanks

Hey guys, why cant trim the joystick? The rudders trim works fine but i cant get the joystick trim to work. ANy help?

how do i clear a caution? the car door chime is driving me crazy

How does she handle compared to the Apache? (Which I never got the hang of)

how easy/difficult is it to perform the hover and landing on this beast?

Yo Cas another question for you. I was reading Steam reviews on this module and there was a lot of negative comments. Talking about rolling 90 degrees and it doesn't lose altitude....It's reminiscent of the Gazelle. What's your take on it? Is the flight model accurate?

I have a force feedback stick, so I've gotten so used to having a working force trim. That I can't really fly helos without working forces trim. So its gonna be odd turning off the force trim.

My view seems to be much higher, like my seat is a lot higher. I don't see an option to lower seat in the controls though. How did you lower your seat?

Hi Casmo, I really like you're video. But still i cant get airborne with the Kiowa, i'm drifting everywhere =(

Rather than ED's current implementation of force trim functions, I think it'd be far better (for sprung joysticks) to be able to map a button that disconnects physical stick inputs while you move it back to the physical centre. For example: You move your physical stick to a desired position which moves the in game stick. You then press and hold the "disconnect" button, which leaves the virtual stick in place and ignores all inputs from the physical stick, allowing you to move it back to centre and relieve spring tension before releasing the button. After releasing the button, the stick becomes live again and the resumed inputs now act upon the position the virtual stick was held at when the button was initially pressed. With this method, there wouldn't be any large jerks the moment the button is pushed, or players crashing into the ground with a dead stick because they couldn't find the centre. Even if they released the button not quite at centre, the input spike would be small enough that it wouldn't matter. Of course there will be those who'll complain it's not a realistic implementation of force trim, but without force feedback, neither are the other two methods.

Are there two versions of the landing skids? Is this included in the Polychop model?

Casmo, talk to me about the sound? something does not sound right with this thing. it sounds like a dragonfly clapping its wings... the 407's we used to work on (Air Mercy stuff) didnt sound remotely like this? I feel a little short changed. Also, the AI, surely it should not freeze the heli in place like that?

Can't get a simple answer or any answer from a dev or anyone in the Polychop discord so I'll try here. Do you know what the VRS speeds are for the Kiowa? I need the info for; VRS airspeed threshold kts, VRS onset vertical speed fmp, VRS full vertical speed fmp. Thanks for any help. Not asking in relation to flying but settings for a Telemetry App.

what is the alarm for that never turns off?

Mike Humphrey does not approve this video…. 😂😂

so that explains you know the release day and its 5th june :D

Letsgoooo

Why do helicopters use km while fixed-wings use nautical miles?

Should i still buy it if i dont have rudder pedals?

anyone else not able to get their force trim to work ? Holding that button and moving the stick where i want but the stick doesnt stay .. any ideas ?

Is the AI hover realistic? It almost looks like they disabled physics and the helo has absolutely zero drift/movement

I’m so on the fence with this one because I love the Kiowa so much but it’s so expensive 😭😂

Straight up! If I can fly this in DCS, can I fly it in real life?

Can. Get that sound to my iphone?

Love this copter, but the sound is weak and terrible...