The LONGBOW Radar is here! Was it worth waiting for? | DCS AH-64D - Grumble Tumble | THE FINAL FORM
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2023
- Hey everyone! Today we're checking out the newest addition to the Apache's arsenal - the LONGBOW radar. This feels like the Delta has reached it's final form as an attack platform, and it's certainly top tier! Let's see how this thing deals with the SA-10 site seen in a previous video I released, and notice how quickly it destroys an entire SAM battery. So, do you think it was worth the wait? Like and subscribe for more!
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@8:30 not quite
- RFI is still pending, which will give you a precise bearing (+/- 0.2°) to a radar emitter with the option to set that as a bearing only acquisition source or correlating them with the radar for classification using the cued search button. This will provide better SA and enhance the way you engage targets.
- TPM still pending, giving adverse weather navigation improvements and scanning for obstacles, such as radio antennas and power poles.
- ATM still pending, providing limited air search capabilities
- RMAP still pending, though it's mostly the same as GTM
- Radar Jammer still pending, not sure how effective that will be, but it's surely better than nothing when used correctly.
- Not sure if RF Hand-Off is done yet. Will enhance team lethality.
- LINK will be a huge thing, tying FCR to TADS for classification and searching the area you are looking, or tying the TADS to the FCR NTS, so you can visually identify the target and reject/engage it.
- C-Scope will also be really nice to have, providing visual references for radar returns on the HMD and TADS in all radar modes.
- TSD area shading for threats/ownship will also be nice.
Apart from that, there need to be a few bug fixes, such as rockets switching NTS, or the sync issues. There are plenty of capabilities still coming to the AH64.
As a Ka-50 player, this functionality is magic.
Yes it is. You can actually hunt instead of getting hunted.
I've never messed with the Alligator. But the fact that the Apache doesn't even have to expose itself anymore and destroy 16 things at range... that's tough to beat!
@@RaptorRising it's the Black Shark, unfortunately we don't get the Ka-52 in DCS. But the workflow would be: ID targets visually on TV screen (15 km), pop up (8km), reaquire target, shoot, and you have to keep the sensor on target all the way to ride in the missile. One target at a time. Compared to not needing to see the targets at all and just rippling 8 Hellfires. I need to buy the Apache, this is cool.
I still love the Ka-50, it's fun, nice to fly, and you can do some work with it. The cannon is probably more useful than the Apache's. But it is behind on the technology for sure.
Ah man you're right, messed up the names my bad.
I had no idea you could do all this from the pilot seat. This is awesome (and insta sub)
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the sub!
Merry Christmas 🎄 Raptor 🎉have a good one
Thanks you too!
"We'll be attacking an SA-10."
Me: *did I hear that right?*
Haha they're not very scary when you nap of earth all the way up to them. The longbow radar made really short work of them
did that plenty of times, even before radar hellfires or the fcr was a thing. in fact the ah64 is one of the best SEAD/DEAD platforms in DCS at the moment, even for SA15, 2S6 and SA-8, all of which are basically made to shoot down helicopters. the MWS and LRWS as well as being able to take cover behind basically anything give you a massive advantage. pair that with LOAL pop up attacks and you can take out anything but things that are literally just in a flat, wide open field. And even for those you can just basically roll up on them if you take it slow enough and stay under min altitude.
Radar hellfires made this even more easy since you can just skip the pop up timing and just fire. And the FCR eliminated even the inconvenience of having to lase the target for 4 seconds.
Very cool. I would say the best use would be to pop up, scan, lower back down, then shoot from begind cover, no?
100%. That's how I plan to use it moving forward
Pretty sure that's exactly what it's supposed to do
Actually your supposed to let dedicated SEAD/DEAD assets do their job and focus on your mission. Sending AH-64D against SA-10 is, let us say a "desperate" move...
I really read up on both Cav and AHB mission profiles/tasks and I am pretty sure it is not SEAD/DEAD. 😉
Is that a special mod you have for the iPads mine I can't see like the outer ring and whatnot good video thanks
It's a VR thing. It looks like that when recording 2D off of 3D gameplay.
@@RaptorRising hey man thanks you have been messing with the fcr for some reason I can't get targets to come up on the screen yet it'll count the targets and I'm going from Pilot to copilot seat I'm just missing one step I'm not sure what it is
Is that monocle effect a VR thing or a mod? In my game is a transparent effect.
Yeah it looks like that when you record off of VR. You really don't notice it all in the VR headset
We can't say the apache has reached its final form because more features are on the way.
From a weapons employment standpoint, we're just about there no?
@@RaptorRisingI’m not that familiar with rotor stuff but is there another hellfire version or just different atgm we should expect? Great review of the radar btw
As far as weapons go, I think what we have is what they carried back then. The Army is just now looking at replacing the hellfire with a new missile. So our circa 2002 Apache is pretty much done with weapons. Though if I'm wrong I'm sure someone will chime in.
I wish they gave it the Stinger so it can be competitive against helicopters.
The Lima hellfire might be pretty potent at it with the longbow radar in now. From my understanding, the iteration that DCS is based off of didn't use the stinger mounts.