DCS: CH-47F | Introduction & Simple Cold Start

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In this DCS video, I’m pleased to introduce you to our CH-47F and instruct you on how to start it up. Please note that the cold start instructions are valid for July 2024 but may change during development during the early access period.

The CH-47F is a powerful and fast heavy-lift helicopter with a tandem rotor arrangement that can operate at high elevations. It has a long and distinguished service dating back decades, but our CH-47F is based on one operating in the 2011 to 2013 period. It has the capability to haul internal loads, including infantry, pallets, small vehicles, and it’s capable of moving large cargo using the external triple cargo hook system. It is powered by two T55-GA-714A engines that are each rated at 4,869 shaft horse power. You call, we haul!

For self-defense, the CH-47F includes side-door and tail ramp gunners. It will also include a radar warning receiver, a missile warning system, and countermeasures. Please note that some of these will be included later in the early access period.

The CH-47F is an exceptionally easy and natural helicopter to fly and includes a force trim system to alleviate sustained controlled forces on the cyclic and pedals. The Digital Advanced Flight Control System, DAFCS, will see feature additions during early access development like the flight director.

As the mission of the CH-47F centers around transport, you’ll also be able to load and unload cargo.

Let’s jump into the cockpit now. The pilot sits here in the right seat and the co-pilot sits in the left seat. Both seats feature cyclic for pitch and roll control, thrust control levers for adjusting rotor lift, and directional pedals to control yaw. The pilot on the controls is responsible for flight controls during Visual Meteorological Conditions, VMC, and maintains focus outside the aircraft to navigate, maneuver against threats, and avoid terrain hazards. The co-pilot, not on the controls, has the job has all the pilot in command controls and can assist with situational awareness and manage the navigation and communication systems, among other tasks.

The cockpit can be broken down into four primary areas. The Center Console, the Canted Console with the Control Data Units, or CDUs, the Instrument Panel dominated by two Multi-Function Displays, or MFDs, for each pilot and a center, shared MFD, and the Overhead Panel. We’ll come back to these in the startup. Behind us is a mass of circuit breaks on the two Power Distribution Panels, or PDPs. Please consult the manual for a complete description of all the cockpit controls.

Okay, that’s a brief introduction and general layout of the cockpit, let’s know how we start this bird up. Again, though, as the module develops, some of this may change.

You can find a comprehensive list of all the interior prechecks, but for the sake of keeping this video short as possible, we’ll jump to starting up the hook.

We’ll first need to start the Auxiliary Power Unit, or APU. This is a small engine in the aircraft that we’ll use to start the two engines.
Looking up, we’ll use the overhead panel for the bulk of getting the engines started.
● Set the Battery (BATT) switch to ON.
● Verify that the UTIL PRES light is on.
● Set the APU switch to the RUN position for five seconds, then to the START position for two seconds, and then back to the RUN position.
● If you’ve successfully started the APU, the green APU RDY light will illuminate, and UTIL PRES light should extinguish within 30 seconds.
● Set the APU generator switch to ON.

Now it’s finally time to start the engines. We’ll start with engine 1 and then engine 2. It’s best to start engine 2 within three minutes of starting engine 1 to avoid engine damage.

● Set the L MAIN FUEL pump switches to ON.
● Set the XFEED switch to OPEN to allow the left tank to feed both engines fuel.
● ENG COND lever to GROUND.
● Now press and hold the ENG START switch until the Ng is greater than 12% as indicated on the Powertrain MFD page, here. You can then release the switch and the engine 1 Ng should stabilize around 55% within 45 seconds. Oil pressure for engine 1 should be greater than 5 PSI.
● We’ll now repeat these steps for engine 2, again, within three minutes of starting engine 1.
● Next, advance the ENG COND levers to FLIGHT and the NR value for the rotor both engines should be 100%.
● With both engines running up to speed, set the GEN 1 and GEN 2 generator switches to ON. Wait two seconds between turning them on.
● We can now turn off the APU GEN as the engine generators provide all the power we need.
● Turn off the APU.
● Finally, we’ll check that all POWERTRAIN indications are in the green.

In the next CH-47F video, we’ll learn about ground operations, taxi, and takeoff.
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The home cockpit builds for this are going to be insane.

daveduna
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Thanks Wags, I’ve really been looking forward to these tutorials. It just wouldn’t be the same without your tutorials!

kasmiller
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Finally some Ch47F content from you Wags. Nothing generates more hype than your tutorials.

Sinni
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Was good to hear your voice again Wags, feels like its been forever since we got a video from you. Hope all is well.

OzDeaDMeaT
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That noise of the rotors spooling up to idle power is amazing. It sounds so brutally powerful even at that stage of flight, can’t wait!

PeterMatthess
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It was never going to launch without daddy Wags giving us an introduction.

thecircusfreak
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My helicopter is "now" in DCS :-) Wags, I appreciate you wanted to show a "short" star-up procedure but do not forget the Power Transfer for the Hyds Flight controls before starting (otherwise impossible to centralise the controls properly ) and never move you ECLs so quickly from Ground to Flight or you will overtorque ;-) And FYI your Fuel selector is still on the refuel position. Looking forward to flying the beast in our beloved sim.

damcopter
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Wags, my man, I don't make enough money to buy everything you wonderful folks are putting out. I am a rotor head so I will get this!! I got to ride in these during my AIT at Ft. Ustis Va! It was awesome.

bulletstop
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Thanks Wags, I feel this was a long awaited return of your excellent training videos. Always good to hear your voice and the CH-47 is looking and sounding great.

mountainmansimulations
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I am so looking forward to this aircraft. I served in the mid-90s at RAF Odiham on the ground. I did some flying in the back to help out etc and I have always loved the Chinook. The woka woka has a presence all of its own. I wonder how many people have felt the relief of hearing that sound approaching? At night we often have them flying over my house on the way back to Odiham. Lying in bed hearing them pass over low gives this old crab a warm happy feeling.

simoncampbell-smith
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Dang…, can’t wait to put my hands on that module. Thanks Wags.

cobyalon
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I love watching the W-A-g-SMR for years now. Never gets old. Stay healthy :3

Brooks__EU
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Thanks Wags from a past Flight Engineer on a CH-48C in the day. Can’t wait to flight it.

bobshireling
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My future choppi in dcs. I’m joining the army as an aircraft mechanic and hopefully I’ll get the chance to fix the chinook. Awesome video WAGS. I’ll 100% preorder this module. The sounds are top notch.

ItsMeMikey
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Its looking and sounding great, im excited

asddsa-lwdl
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I love the model and the fact that Eagle Dynamics has decided to developt it. But there seems like there are some things to be fixed before its official release. For example, the WCA should show maaaany more cautions when the APU GEN goes ON. Also the torque indications should be splitted and indicate 0 when the engines are OFF and under 40 when then the engines are in the IDLE position. There are some other stuff to be fixed as the colour code and so on but less important than those mentioned, as well as more steps in the start up procedure like the PTUs an dthe ECLs moving slower, but that's been already commented in other comments. Anyway I'm sure they will be fixed soon and we'll be able to enjoy this beast!

AlbertoEsponera
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Not really planning to buy this but I'm just happy to watch a Wags tutorial again. Very comforting and reminds me of a better time.

mariolazarov
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The sound is incredible! It's a beast!

pmazzeia
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I haven't been this excited for a helicopter since the Apache. This already looks great.

Americium-
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I will absolutely be buying this once the ground AI accuracy is sorted, looks great!

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