
DCS AH-64D – First 60′: The Easiest Helicopter to Fly?
I spent one hour setting up and flying the Apache. Verdict: this is the easiest helicopter to fly in DCS!
I spent one hour setting up and flying the Apache. Verdict: this is the easiest helicopter to fly in DCS!
A few months have passed, and a new public draft of VBS volume I is out, adding 184 pages to the previous release.
The Navigation Command and Control Grid or NAV GRID was designed to enable easy navigation and CAP control from a common fixed reference point. As an extended function of GND STAB, it enables TID readout of bearing and range from that set reference point, referred to as YY. Additionally, it also displays a grid extending from YY along a set threat axis. The purpose of the grid itself is to allow for quick position reference while a precise readout is available for a hooked target, as well as voice codes. Practically this is useful for Bullseye calls when receiving picture updates from controllers.
The aim of this article is to provide an easy and succinct explanation of how the velocity vector works on the TID, and how to read it. While not a deep drilldown, it should give the prospective RIO adequate tools to understand the vectors of tracks.
A quick update about book and site. More about the book, actually, as that’s where all my spare time is going. I am now sitting at 624 pages, 149,302 words, 862,507 characters and a total of 476 images.
Hello ladies and gentlemen!
Everything’s quiet in this early 2022, besides the announcement of the F-4 Phantom II; and all my spare time is invested in the new (and hopefully last), version of my book / manual: Virtual Backseaters Volume I.