I'd love to see that.

I am not impressed. Just two things that I didn't like:
1) No set burst limit for cannon - in the video the player fired just one or two rounds at targets.
2) No set zoom ranges for TADS - in the video the player just zoomed in and out however, whatever.



Well like all GOOD countermeasure systems, the real AH-64 has manual and automatic. Isn't that common sense, or am I just so 'far gone' over all this that it is second nature to me?

On the controller, you can vary the zoom easily on the analog trigger axis, it isn't all or nothing like it is on the flight stick. That's one advantage for the controller. However, it does seem like when zoomed in with the flight stick the FLIR camera view is more controllable than on the controller, which doesn't seem to slow down movement when zoomed in.

The flares must be automatic, I did notice at the end of the last mission when I replayed it again that I ran across some SAM sites that were firing at me. The flare count was down to about 18 by the time I got them taken out. Just doesn't seem to be any audio cue that the flares are firing off, and from the cockpit you just can't see it. I didn't watch the replay to that point to see what it looked like.

Played with one setting that lets you control the cannon while zoomed, that was kind of nice (did this on game controller). Otherwise it slaves to the HAT when on the flight stick, which is also nice.

PC version up for pre-order over at Yuplay.com, 50 bucks, and they list minimum req's.

http://yuplay.com/story.php?title=Apache-Air-Assault-1

Is that a Mi-35 gunner cockpit on one of the screenshot? I´m still unsure about byuing. The shared cockpit was a feature that I wanted so much, to pity its not there.

Yes it is, they mentioned somewhere that it was a flyable helicopter....


Oh also confirmed by Yuplay that it uses trackIR and both cores in dual core processors...

That's an interesting video. My cousin flew the Apache for a while (not sure what he flies now), but he said it was actually quite easy to fly.

Yeah, I guess the Brits are just so far 'behind' that the AH-64D seems 'hard' for them to learn and fly. I've always been told it's 'easy' to fly as well. It is totally stabilized on all axis after all, as it's all digitally controlled. But I think even the analog AH-64A is supposed to be easier than regular helicopters to fly. But then again what Ed says about AAA being fairly realistic and what he said about the Comanche could also be classed as being incorrect (for those in the know) as well.

Chaps - if you read Ed's two books Apache and Hellfire I think he makes the point in there that it is not the helicopter itself that is difficult to fly, but operating it as an intergrated weapon system. Flying may be easy - but fighting it certainly isn't

Going from a analogue cockpit Lynx (or even in US service maybe a UH-1) to the all-digital Longbow, with its deep systems and capability is most probably what he is talking about here.

For the helmet mounted monocle for example, Apache pilots have to learn to independently control their eyeballs. That and learning the inside and outside of TADS, multiple radios, datalinks etc as well as tactics is why you intially had the high washout rate.

You are maxed out coping with everything - not just flying.

That's also why he was a bit skeptical of the Ka-50 one pilot approach and its semi-glass cockpit.

Me too. I can't imagine a solo gunship pilot in an intense, low flying combat environment. I worked on OH-58s in 1980s (101st, 2ID in Korea) and you need all the eyes one can muster.

Greg