Digital Combat Simulator (DCS) AH64-D Apache trim system. #dcs #dcsworld #apache

See how I get on with the trimmer of the Digital Combat Simulator or DCS version of the AH64D Apache helicopter. I have been doing it wrong all this time! watch and see how I get on.

Digital Combat Simulator or DCS is simply the best sim ever and best of all it's free!

[sloppydog]

Glad you got it figured out. Only one tip: at low speeds and close to hover, you move the controls then tap trim. Move, just tap the trim button, move tap, move tap. When you want to increase speeds, or at high speeds, it is press and hold, put on the position you want, release. If you press and hold at low speeds, it gets very slippery and the control is lost very easily.

[shagrat]

For me it clicked when I thought about the "Force Trim Release" (actually in the UH-60 mod) as "force the magnetic lock to release the stick" with the "trim" actually happening on releasing the button. So press and hold "ForceTrimRelease" (marked R- on the Cyclic) maneuver the helicopter until the flight path vector points where it should go and the aircraft is stable, then release the button and re-center (using center trimmer mode). For small corrections you can tap the "ForceTrimRelease", but for turning or any deliberate maneuver at speeds above 30-40 kts I got good results with holding ForceTrimRelease.
ATT Hold (Trim hat left) is now quite stable and actually holding the attitude. Again, for corrections like going into an orbit at a holding, hold ForceTrimRelease, roll and stabilize the bank angle, and make sure you keep your altitude, then release ForceTrimRelease and activate altitude hold (trim hat right). Stable orbit to adjust comms or set MPCDs etc. keep an eye on the collective and your surroundings, though wind drift is a thing and the hills won't move... 😂

[ziljanvega]

Casmo does like the flight model, he just takes issue with parts of the tail rotor modeling. Particularly on take off. You have to understand what the issue is in order to land and not roll some of the time.

[KENNYB]

Do me a favor. I do OK with all the helicopters except the Apache, Could you go over the 4 way switch for the trim. Maybe I have mine setup wrong. thank you

[TommyTactix]

What does that blue box mean for your rudder pedals? I get that automatically when I hover but not sure what it is.