5:50 If you have a 2 stage trigger (e.g. Warthog HOTAS) you can map the Trigger OPEN to the first detent. That way when you fire it'll automatically open.

You made it through it without saying "I am the greatest" , "TOMCATS" OR "GET SOME". You sir, have come a long way ;)

9:52 "And I'm gonna go ahead and WAS the gun." This is where you find in multiplayer that the pilot's left you with 10 rounds left :D Thanks for the video.

An excellent series of videos. Thanks so much Casmo.

Thanks!

Ive recently got into the apache your videos are the best and most understandable at my pace

Holy crap! It's like Christmas Morning!

Instead of removing the trigger guard, it should be an option under special.

"rolling in south to north, left in, right out" - that's when you know someone bout to die.

Yea, I agree with that guard trigger thing. At the very least a special option to "always open" so we can save a button xD.

Very helpful info there!

Ah come on mate...I have to do _some_ work _sometime_ today! :O :D (usual brilliant content mate :-> )

Hypetrain video releases! *cheers*

This is like Christmas and Birthday together

Will there be a new video every time I refresh the page? ;-) Great job, Casmo! PS: Can ED implement you exclaiming "Shackerino" as George? It would really complete the module, haha.

10:28 A "Brony Transporter" taken by insurgents in always a decent target :)

Very useful!! TY!!

I recently watched The Longest Month here on youtube and one of the Apache Pilots made a reference to "wazing" his guns and always wondered what that meant until this video. Weapons Action Switch.

My trackIR does the exact opposite. It does not stick to the center at all so I constantly have to recenter it. I'm not playing from a desk and that is part of the problem, but it should work well for the Apache. It makes choppers with fixed sights taxing sometimes though.

Pew pew for days

Nice ! How did you map your controls for the CPG ?

You make really good presentations. Always my go to first. Casmo, do you have a downloadable T16000M / HOTAS button mapping file that I could get from you?

"*brain disengaged" is my favorite correction note to date.

I hope that ED would make trigger guard properly, so unless you open it, you can't shoot (like in your video), but same time offers "shoot (+open guard)" binding for those who have limited buttons. I would like to see this in the Mi-8, Mi-24, MiG-21 etc where launch button is covered with hat, but if you press fire button the system will fire because it will automatically open/close the cover, even when you have separately binded "open/close cover". And it is annoying that proper guard isn't working!

Great video as always! Can you slew/aim the cannon via MPD in grayscale in the Pilot station? Something like the CPG with the middle screen (still learning the Apache vocabulary) Thank you in advance!

That damn trigger cover had me stumped. Hopefully ED will remove it. Great video. Thanks Casmo. (CajunPilot)

So what was the reason that the auto range is changed back to manual after switching weapons and coming back to the gun? Seems to add a ton of workload for the pilot at least when playing without a human cpg.

Will be fun in VR to shoot where you look - not so fun in TrackIR it seems. Good luck everyone.

A question I have through all these videos while in the CP/G seat, does the TADS auto lock/stabilize when it finds something of contrast, or is that a button push? Like when you acquired the BTR near the end the cross hair always seems stable. Thanks for pumping these videos out!

Casmo, Was you ever in the 3rd ACR at one point in your career? if so....Rifles!

Better be an option to remove those smudges on the TADs.. nearly had a stroke when the light was reflecting off the screen 😂

This is what we were all waiting for. Let's be honest.

While in the Gunner’s seat,, there was some NAV data displayed on the bottom left. How do you turn that on?

When using the tads to shoot. Does changing the range on the Mfd to match the laser range make the gun more accurate?

puttin out the GUCCI content

Do you need to go through the boresight procedure prior to using the gun? I have only had this for about a month now and thanks to your videos I can now take off, trim and fly the waypoints, hover and land. Just that is one helluva feat. Now that phase is relatively stable I am stepping into weapon deployment. I figured the gun is the first weapon I should get down. And I have not just Casmo (and others like Wags, Spud, GS, etc.) to thank. Many viewers chimed in as well to offer help. That's why this community is so tight. As long as people believe you're trying, they are more than willing to help. And there's some really good forums that can give you tips and tricks.

Thank you for the video! Good job! One question: why is auto-ranging not the default? And also: why does the gun revert to manual-ranging when switching to a different weapon? (Not questioning if this is realistic, I just find this design decision puzzling and want to better understand why the real aircraft was designed that way. Perhaps auto-ranging is rarely used in reality because it is unreliable?)

Also, does the apache have a two stage trigger? Does the first stage do anything? If not, you could bind the first stage to always "open" the trigger guard

Casmo, it is 6am and I'm trying to go to bed. Why? lmfao

casmo, quick question about the trigger-guard, the hotas warthog has a 2-stage trigger, so i guess it makes sense to bind the trigger-guard to the first stage and the gun itself to the second stage, so when you release the trigger and stop shooting, it will cover the trigger automaticly, correct?

how do you slew your curser and i did everything and the gun is still stuck in an upwards position adn doesnt follow my head and its not set on fixed

How have signed was action group at your joystick?

Casmos pumping out the videos now 😜 trying to keep us all awake untill release? (Or keeping out blood ah-64 levels above critical prior to treatment). 😜

Thanks for the tutorial ;)when does the Apache actually release though? Is it today or the 31st of March?

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 vibrate it looks more realistic

I have a question for people who have worked on/with the Apache. What are the constraints that force the cannon field of fire? Like why couldn't they design it to look 120 degrees each way from centre? Doesn't have to follow the pod, but just following HSD for over-shoulder fire? I know it may not be super useful (as you can just turn the aircraft) but why not anyway?

Any chance you can get some basic flight stuff, apache appears to be twitchier than a squirrel on speed.

What is the name of the button to fire the 30mm

Casmo... first of all, absolutely unbelievable this module in VR. Its outstanding. Now.... When i take off the bird wants to pull up, so much so that my stick is almost full forwards just to keep level, any idea or a pointer in what im doing wrong?

I've often wondered watching Apache "gun camera" videos why the rounds seem to spray far from target, as if the recoil makes it difficult to get rounds ON target???? Of course the camera and barrel aren't necessarily on the same axis, but still, maybe the targets are actually a LONG way away.....? That being if those videos are authentic and not game footage. Also, when enemy is running literally through what I presume are HE rounds landing less than a yard away........ that nothing but a direct hit stops 'em. IN GAME, I do find the Ctrl + [ and ] are great for slowing down mouse and key motions...... until I get Track IR it's a big help for aiming w/ mouse. I was wondering if Track IR has an adjustment for travel speed across screen? It's REALLY surprising how long rounds that can go for miles can take so long to arrive!!!

How do you "was" the gun?

2: 21 what key is cyclic up?

I'm trying to get a friend into DCS but he's a intimidated. He thought about joining in the frontseat of my apache, but his trackir is broken. Is there a good way to control the gun without it from the front seat, in DCS? Can you bind it to the mouse, or some other axis I guess?

when im shooting in the front seat with guns my rounds are a little off target and i dont know what too do can ssomebody help me

So autorange is not using a laser rangefinder? How does autorange go in rising ground? Ie If the targets on ground at a much different elevation from the ship? (Think in a valley shooting up on a hill)

This is causing me more pain and sorrow than enjoyment. shit is so confusing im ripping my hair out its like it does the opposite of everything i try to get it to do

I am completely lost in the minute 2:20 when you switch guns. I try to find our,but not results. I am pretty much NEW in this Sim.

I came to this video because cannon wouldnt fire for me. Thanks for pointing out the trigger guard.

I can't get the auto ranging if I startup the helo. If I get it hot started it works, but otherwise... I'm probably missing something, like when you have to activate laser when getting the apache cold. Could you be so kind to give me the direction?

iv jkust had a go in the cpg pit, i got the gun firing a couple of times but others it just wouldnt fire, master arm on, was gun, i cant use the laser ranger. it shows man 3000 (3km?) i thought you box it then enter a in the keypad but that does nothing. any ideas what im doing wrong?

One issue i have with the CP/G seat, i go to lase target with LRFD, and 1.) i dont get the laser "x" and i suddenly can't fire at all, even switching out to missiles i can't fire those either. Any fix to this, did I miss something at startup?

Sometimes I can't get the gun to autorange, anyone know what causes this? Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Brrrrrrrr

10:30 how do you lock the tads to the target so it doesnt wander off?

FireControlComputer does not seem to compensate any movement of A/C itself. Is this true in real Apache?

I am struggling to get anything at all to fire. I would have thought it would have been the case in a military helicopter that you select the gun, switch the master arm to on and then have some options for range etc but you should be able to fire at that point. Apparently not and there must be another 30 safety catches because I still cant get it to fire....Nor can I get to look through the Flir scope which is enabled on the screen but I can never view completely from that view as the gunner....

That goddamned patch ain’t up yet :)

I'm lasing and shooting but all of the rounds are overshooting all targets, any idea? 2000-2500m away

Has this been released yet as I'm in the UK & still don't see it in the downloads it's in my mods but with no storage amount

What button do you press to change targeting modes? (From hmd to tads)

It's unfortunate you didn't get into the PHS, GHS, and the list of ACQ modes.

I noticed there are no tracer rounds, is there a reason for that?

Is the splash damage fairly realistic Cas?

Seems silly that the computer will remember a range you set when swapping weapon but not if you set it to auto. Is this something they going to add as a fix or that's just how it is?

im just getting IHADSS B/S REQUIRED under C-HMD , can anyone help?

This may get deleted for revealing classified information, but I just have to ask, are you allowed to have bobble heads on the dash?

Me, first day in AH-64D: ROTOR RPM LOW. ROTOR RPM LOW. ROTOR RPM LOW.

It seems odd to me that it defaults to manual...I can't think of a reason that you'd normally want anything other than auto ranging.

When will the Apache release?!?

Lol "ango"

What’s the fire weapon bind called ?

im guessing that the lil disclosure about the "data and ase" is stuff you learned IRL and cant talk about?

why not default "auto" ?

The more I play DCS, and the more we see new modules with functionalities such as IHADDS. The more I wonder what the future of warfare is going to look like. I believe the next evolution of invasion defense is cheap drones mounting missiles and guns. Being controlled by civilian operators. Whether former military or completely civilian, its games like DCS that are going to make sourcing drone pilots in times of emergency a simple proposition. I can see roles like loyal wingman, cargo/logistics flights, patrol flights, and ferry flights. Being handed off to civilian operators/contractors/volunteers were there to be a full scale war. Therefore freeing up classically trained pilots for combat roles. All of this is assuming we can avoid nuclear war though.

you shoot better without the auto range, lol

Noooo! Please don't remove the trigger guard. I feel it adds realism, even if a bit finicky in a sim. Maybe as a special option menu item?

Is this accurate to real one ?

11:49 the effect of smoking is embarrassing imho

Video gives me headache, what's with the nauseating shaking?

Hmm, it's really a lot easier to always use Automatic ranging for Gun and Rockets. That's assuming you're below 1428 meters AGL.