What's the difference between aerodynamic trim and nose to tail trim? Is the former not applying any counter torque with the pedals or what is it?

@@thomasmaier7053 trim in an aircraft doesnt mean it’s going straight. The nose can be canted off center of the flight path.

Hey Casmo. What's your take on the launch sound effect from the previous Hellfire tutorial vid. The irl footage I've heard sounds faster, sharper and "rips". The sim footage sounds hollow, deeper with more base. Which do you recall?

@@thomasmaier7053 Aerodynamic trim = aircraft's body is aligned with the air moving around it, instead of where the aircraft moving in relation to the ground. AFAIK this means less strain on the body of the aircraft and more efficient travel, since the nose is basically pointed at the relative wind direction. Nose to tail trim = aircraft's body is aligned with where you're moving in relation to the ground. You're moving "straight", like you would in a car, but you're exposing more of the body of the aircraft to the oncoming air, causing more drag.

@@shd4618 I think it’s fine. It’s a video game. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Ooohhh yes!

Mirage and Phantom this year?? Steady on now. I'll think of 2023 just to avoid disappointment 😁

Let's not forget the Eagle ! Phantom was slotted for this year and Heatblur had already been working on before the announcement 🤙

I occasionally watch KZfaq videos of Janes Longbow. I loved that game and put so many hours into it. I returned to playing sims when ED released LOMAC and really got hooked with the Black Shark in 2008. It is amazing to see how far military flight sims have come, with DCS setting the benchmark. Thanks to developers like ED and Heatblur, who keep pushing the envelope. It is the stuff of dreams!

Ya I jumped on to fly a fun little mission over the Caucasus with the Su-25t for old times sake. It feels SO smooth and looks so good now.. I dont know if its because ive been playing on Syria for a long time, or because they updated the Sim, but either way its never felt better in VR

hell yeah bro

I think I haven't notice something ?

@@ekushisu_ Just as video starts ( 0:30 ) there's a mirage taking off. And Wags is like "huh, a mirage". This is a tease of some mirage update probably, because i don't think those are f1's (could be wrong). Also this is a throwback when Wags teases new aircraft in his new videos by pretending to not know that the aircraft, he put himself into the mission, are there.

@@janzodak1759 f1 mirage went to eagle dynamics yesterday for testing...so yes they would be f1's

@@janzodak1759 Yeah seems casual dcs players well known Mirage 2000C to me.

@@janzodak1759 Yeah the don't look like F1, although I could also be misktaken. However, this Wags always teasing us; I hate/LOVE him.

two weeks

just 1 more year till release!!!!

Last video will be start up. We are less than a week.

Still five videos left... hard to think that will happen for a release this Friday.

@@nexus888 yeah , I though just start up was left but there are a couple. Chomping at the bit over here

thats nice

Nobody will miss me when i get shot down over Syria. 😭

@@Topper_Harley68 skill issue

Teach your wife how to work the second seat and your kids to watch and report on your gauges! 😉

My pleasure!

Is this "Nick from Eagle Dynamics?" 😄😄

squirrel!

I've sat in the apache at Oshkosh but not the mirage 😃😃

@@thelmaviaduct Biggest airshow in the world!

@@thelmaviaduct no in Wisconsin. Late July.

@@thelmaviaduct Oshkosh, Wisconsin..USA :D

Now were just waiting for the startup video :)

Is that the "power check"? I read in the manual that you should conduct a power check prior to take off but I have no clue what that is and how to do it and it's not described in the manual

@@boggy8557 Well, we're supposed to do some form of performance planning before the flight, so we know if the machine is behaving as expected. Chapter 7 of the operator's manual is full of fun charts to derive data, and then you find out if your loadout is suitable for a particular mission on a particular day when environmental data is entered into the equation. The PERF page is supposed to come close to what the manual would tell you, but as of a few years ago, it wasn't 100% aligned with the book data. Power Check is mainly verifying Go/No-Go data. If you're pulling more than expected, you may not have enough power to do certain maneuvers, etc. For the purpose of the game/sim, the PERF page should suffice. If predicted IGE hover power is 62% torque, you should see 62% in the upper left corner of the HDU at a 5' hover. If that's the case, you can assume the rest of the PERF page is good (or good enough for an unclass'd sim).

@@robk5943 Thank you so much for the detailed reply, that's awesome! The other thing I was wondering about was how do Apache pilot's fly a traffic pattern when learning to fl the Apache on the conversion course? I have been searching for info on this but google has been useless...

@@boggy8557 If you mean Aircraft Qualification Course, or Transition Course, it's the same as learning to fly any other helicopter. I transitioned from UH-60's and the only immediate difference I noticed was that landing on the tailwheel first (for aerodynamic breaking during a roll-on or single-engine landing) was a no-no in the Apache. My IP thought it was funny, though. Patterns are rectangular with an upwind, crosswind, downwind, base, and final legs. Most traffic patterns are performed to facilitate emergency procedure training, so we try to achieve the desired airspeed and altitude on the downwind as soon as possible. Then, throw in a simulated malfunction, and hopefully end up on the runway with the greasy side down a few minutes later.

@@boggy8557 Also, Force Trim - in the form of a mag break to hold the cyclic and pedals - is always on. Some transitioning seat-of-your-pants pilots (OH-58D) made a habit of holding the trim release button, but I tried as best I could to break them of the habit. Interrupting the force trim also interrupted the tech that can make mediocre Apache pilots looks like Chuck Yeager. Keeping it interrupted just had the opposite effect, but also took the "fight" out of the flight controls. I learned to set it and forget it, then use pressure/counter-pressure against the mag break resistance. I taught it, too. Drastic control position changes warranted major trim interrupts, but in a traffic pattern, not really. And, you don't need to interrupt the force trim to move the up/down stick, which helps. If your heading and airspeed are good and you only need to come up ten feet to be within standard, just pull up slightly on the collective and leave everything else alone. The altitude will change, but the airspeed and heading will remain mostly unchanged. Seat-of-your-pants pilots had to change everything when making small adjustments like that. Not the case in the Apache. Some habits are hard to break, though.

So yeah, looking forward to it.

@@nooneathome1433 not possible to crash an apache you'll be fine

@@chronos1081 "not possible to crash an apache" Yes it is. My apache is now parked in the hanger alongside the Ka-50, Mi-24P, SA342, Mi-8, UH-1H. All have the same flight characteristics, Slightly raise collective....spin flip crash.😂

@@nooneathome1433 scas makes it basically impossible unless you are damaged lmao

I'm still very much learning to fly the 64 and my no means an expert. But even I can easily hover and fly the aircraft. Next to the Ka-50, it's much easier to fly than any other DCS helo.

SCAS authority? Tell me more!

@@Dreamshadow1977 The SCAS (Stability and Control Augmentation System) works behind the scenes to keep the aircraft stable and to permit the various hold modes to function. It has +/- 10% authority on each axis (except pitch, where it appears to have 20% forward authority). Those grey boxes on the control indicator are centered around the physical control positions, and show where the SCAS could drive the actual command to the rotor heads. It's transparent to the pilot since the SCAS commands are essentially superimposed on the cockpit control positions with no feedback to the stick. In game, on the control indicator, the red X's appear to denote the trim position, the white diamonds show the control positions, and the green +'s show the SCAS command within the grey SCAS authority boxes.

Indeed, getting the locking pin lined up may throw a few folks.

Sadly when looking closer those were M2000c's Edit: nevermind I was wrong lol my bad

Getting there, but she really is an easy helo to fly.

Nope, left.

Source?

This week????

Not happening, calling it now.

Yes, please wait for the George video.

Yes, landing.

@@MattWagner Sounds good I'm looking forward to it! Thank you for such an impressive module!

Ruwwayshid in western Iraq. H3, H3 Northwest, and H3 Southwest are to the north, and H4 is off to the west. These are all part of the upcoming Syria map update.

@@MattWagner Awesome really looking forward to more Syria map

@@MattWagner - awesome, thanks Matt. I’ll look forward to that update.

I had to modify mine by taking it apart and zip-tying the spring a bit to make it more loose. Worth a shot, and AAR in f16 / etc is much easier now as well! Search youtube and you'll find the video I'm talking about. Hope that helps!

That would not be accurate for the year/block.

Read the description ;) HYPE IS REAL!

Supposedly it’s complete- the devs submitted it for review

Whered you read that? Excitingg

@@chikokishi7030 hoggit on Reddit

Please watch the section on trim here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kK18f6eJsMvHo5c.html

Yes it have wheel brakes but they 99% using the cyclic to slow down or stop and then they press the brakes and put parking brake on position. I mean yes you can use brakes but cyclic is the right way for this.

There is a pin that will only lock the tailwheel forward when the caster is lined up. Once aligned, the pin can be set and lock the caster.

@@MattWagner How do we know when it is aligned properly? Is there a light or is it done by "feel"?

@@Hailstrike Just drive straight forward and press the tail wheel lock button until it turns off.

It’s easier.

The real confusion will be to change the muscle memory of pushing the LEFT pedal for anti torque instead of the RIGHT like in the Mi-24 and Mi-8 (if you have several flight hours with those modules).

I would say it's easier. At least you wont have to hit 20 switches to do one thing, lol.

I find everything that isn't Russian to be easier to fly. The Hind is a particularly odd one, sharing some similarity with the Mi-8 unsurprisingly, in that at higher collective loading it really does take a boot-load of pedal input to hold steady. Makes it feel very analogue and believable.

@@frostycab The Hind has the trim system. I was fighting the trim at first until I found out how it actually worked. You can just take off in the hind without pedal inputs, as long as you have the yaw trim on.

Yes, cyclic and pedals have magnetic brakes for FTR.

It’s in testing right now so it’s coming real soon

@@RW-zn8vy Yeah ik, looking forward to it!

White diamond is your physical position of the controller, and the green line is how the SAS/SCAS adjusts it.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftOagc1_qdaUenU.html

When you got both hands on the collective and cyclic, you need something to get the boogers out of the nose.

Saw that as well...

Yes, once all the trim and hold modes are complete.

Without

Isn't that only used in very high wind situations? I don't think it's really relevant to us. Probably easy enough to figure out on your own though.