DCS UH-1 Huey

[Yskonyn]

Yeah its great to see all those utilities.
The iPad version of that program you mention is too laggy to use in the sim though, so I am curious to see wether the Android version will be better.
The lag is about control input lag prior to feeding input to the sim.

Another cool utility is TARS. Its a plugin for TeamSpeak where it bridges TS and DCS in such a way that the radios actually work; seperate server wide emergency channel, preset functionality and manual freq All work.
Even distance and terrain interference is modelled!

[Yskonyn]

Double post.. stupid me.

[MikeGER]

 they have a summer sale starting 6/20 (or 6/17?) lasting until 6/30  :)

DCS: UH-1H Huey - $19.99
DCS: Combined Arms – $11.99
DCS: P-51D Mustang – $15.99
DCS: Black Shark 2 - $15.99
DCS: Black Shark 2 Upgrade – $11.99
DCS: A-10C Warthog – $15.99
DCS: A-10C Warthog 1.1.0.7 (Englische DVD box) – $15.99
DCS: Black Shark (DVD box) – $15.99
Lock On: Flaming Cliffs 3 – $29.99
DCS: Black Shark – $7.99

[JudgeDredd]

ooooohhhh....Huey for £15!

I actually haven't taken the plunge for Combined Arms at the moment because - well - I'm not convinced what it is or trying to be...

[Staggerwing]

I have Combined Arms and P-51 but have not had time to get into them. Combined Arms leaves me especially confused...  :-\

Of the two helos and the A-10, which is more N00b friendly? I'm tempted to pick up the Huey just because it's such an iconic bird.

[JudgeDredd]

I couldn't say which is more "n00b" friendly. I don't really have the flying experience required to make such a call - and I don't have Huey yet.

I would say they are pretty complex sims and that alone leads me to think none of them are n00b friendly...but someone with more flight time would likely be better suited to answering your question.

[jomni]

ooooohhhh....Huey for £15!

I actually haven't taken the plunge for Combined Arms at the moment because - well - I'm not convinced what it is or trying to be...

Combined arms is a gimmick. I was hoping it to be a simpler Steel Beasts or equivalent to ARMA.  But it's way too simple.
It's all arcade to me.  I got conned. 

[JudgeDredd]

I don't know why I was banging on about a Strela - I meant Shilka - DOH!

[jomni]

It does have a campaign of sorts.  Pure ground missions.
Interface is clunky and unconventional.

[Jarhead0331]

I have Combined Arms and P-51 but have not had time to get into them. Combined Arms leaves me especially confused...  :-\

Of the two helos and the A-10, which is more N00b friendly? I'm tempted to pick up the Huey just because it's such an iconic bird.

I found the learning curve on the KA-50 to be very manageable when broken down into component parts.  For instance, first I learned start-up. I did not move on to anything else until I felt comfortable with it. Then I learned basic flight. Again, I did not move on or try anything else until I felt comfortable. Then navigation, then the skval, etc.  It was quite some time before I even considered learning weapons. 

When you're ready, there are some great tutorial videos out there.

The huey on the other hand has proven very challenging just to get into the air. It is suprisingly difficult to fly. So although the avionics may be simpler when compared to the blackshark, just managing basic flight has kept my hands quite full.

[Nefaro]

they have a summer sale starting 6/20 (or 6/17?) lasting until 6/30  :)

Excellent.

Time to pick up Flaming Cliffs 3, at the least.

[Skoop]

Guys, CA is terrible as a stand alone armor sim, but throw it into the context of 20 player coop mission of DCS world and it really shines.

The way you use it is to play as the total ground force commander and jump in and out of vehicles as needed.  You direct ground units much like an RTS, but the cool thing is calling in air strikes from human pilots.  The Jtac position is worth price of admission alone.

The problem is how do you get aviation simheads to take time out to fill in at ground commander ?  Might be better to get some guys with an RTS itch to play that role, so hey we are always looking for ground pounders on the firehouse/ hollo pointe/ simhq servers.

[Nefaro]

Guys, CA is terrible as a stand alone armor sim, but throw it into the context of 20 player coop mission of DCS world and it really shines.

The way you use it is to play as the total ground force commander and jump in and out of vehicles as needed.  You direct ground units much like an RTS, but the cool thing is calling in air strikes from human pilots.  The Jtac position is worth price of admission alone.

The problem is how do get aviation simheads to take time out to fill in at ground commander ?  Might be better to get some guys with an RTS itch to play that role, so hey we are always looking for ground pounders on the firehouse/ hollo pointe/ simhq servers.

That does sound interesting, playing as a ground commander in MP. 

Too bad the modelling doesn't sound so hot on the ground vehicles.  Would've been way cool if, for example, the SAM batteries were modelled like that one Russian SAM freeware sim that someone made awhile back.  Can't remember the name of that one.

EDIT:  ahh.. here it is:  SAM Simulator.  https://sites.google.com/site/samsimulator1972/home

[Toonces]

I haven't flown Huey yet (but for $20 I'm grabbing it and the Black Shark upgrade finally!), but I will say that if you don't have a decent HOTAS and rudder petals, steer clear of the helicopters.  IMO.

Now then, if we had 10 guys here on Grogheads with Combined Arms, we could have hella fun.  The single player experience is fun to goof off with, but if you're looking for a hardcore simulation it ain't it.  BUT, if you are interested in some force on force MP, it can be a lot of fun.  It is sort of like (sort of) Wargame AirLand Battle but you can jump into and out of the ground vehicles.   

Just don't expect super hardcore modeling of the ground vehicles cause they're not.  But it is still fun.

[Rekim]

I haven't flown Huey yet (but for $20 I'm grabbing it and the Black Shark upgrade finally!), but I will say that if you don't have a decent HOTAS and rudder petals, steer clear of the helicopters.  IMO.

I would add a head tracker to that list-O-parts. IMHO