A more advanced version of AH-1 cobra, armed with 20mm turret and TOW missiles.
Features
Unmatched level of realism in helicopter flight that can't be found in any other aircraft mods. including...
1. Torque effect : when collective is increased, the helicopter will turn to right because of the torque created by the main rotor. the torque decreases as the helicopter gains forward speed. 2. Translating tendency : If you push rudder to left to deal with Torque effect, the tail rotor will start to create its own lift and make the helicopter drife to right. 3. Translational Lift : the helicopter gains extra lift and speed as move. because of this, you don't need to pitch down to extreme to fly forward like vanilla helicopters or other mods. 4. retreating blade stall : If you fly too fast, the helicopter will shake aggressively and you'll lose control. Do not fly faster than the red line in the speed meter. 5. Vortex ring state : if you go down too quickly while there isn't much forward speed, the helicopter will suddenly lose all lift and go down very quickly. The most dangerout state for helicopters. 6. Over torque & Engine overheat : if you increase the torque higher than the red line in torque meter, the engine temperature will start to increase. if it hits the limit, the engine will cause permanent engine failure. Keep watching the engine temperature and don't go full collective all the time.
Flight stick and rudder controller are essential to fly this thing properly. If you don't have them, fly in Arcade flight mode which deactivates pitching up caused by translational lift, torque, and engine overheat.
Advanced autohover mode
Forget the laughable adjustment the game claims autohover. This helicopter offers proper auto hover mode that holds the helicopter in position.
In order to engage autohover mode, the helicopter's speed must be slower than 8. If you press autohover key in that moment, the helicopter will start hovering.
M197 20mm cannon
M197 can be operated in 3 ways : Fixed, Pilot, and gunner operated.
In fixed mode, the Telescopic sight unit and turret are fixed at the HUD boresight unit.
In pilot mode, the TSU and turret follows the pilot's head. Press slash ( / ) to open Helmet mounted sight.
In gunner mode, gunner operates and fires turret. Use keypad 7,8,9 to order gunner to attack or designate specific targets.
The Fire Control Computer can calculate the bullet drops 2000m at max. the accuracy of the turret will be severely decreased beyond that range.