This DCS AH-64D Apache guide page briefly describes the construction and history of the helicopter.
From here you will learn what the Apache simulator in DCS World contains.
We also discuss the mechanics and systems that have been reproduced in theDCS Worldsimulator.
However, it enter production in 1982.
Two years later, Hughes was bought by McDonell-Douglas.
In turn, that company was acquired by Boeing in 1996.
Its main competitor was the YH-63 prototype by Bell.
Apache became part of the U.S. Armed Forces in April 1986.
An improved version of the AH-64D was created in 1997.
Approximately 2,400 units have been produced so far.
The crew is placed in a Kevlar “tub” with an armored bulkhead between the crew members.
The helicopter’s entire armor weighs over a ton.
Most of the systems are duplicated, which allows them to operate smoothly in the event of a failure.
The two engines are located at the top.
They let Apache go over 300 km/h, that is about 166 knots.
The Apache’s two-man crew consists of a pilot and CP/G - short for co-pilot/gunner, i.e.
a weapons operator who can also pilot the machine.
TADS consists of electro-optical sensors, i.e.
a TV camera (monochrome), an infrared IR camera, a laser pointer and a laser rangefinder.
In the same block, at the bow, there is PNVS - Pilot Night Vision System.
The range of view is 120 degrees sideways, 30 degrees up and 80 degrees down.
PNVS has a slightly smaller range of motion.
TADS can only be operated by a co-pilot/gunner (CP/G).
IHADSS
The IHADSS - Integrated Helmet and Display Sighting System - was revolutionary in its time.
It is a helmet-mounted sight in the form of a monocle eyepiece that slides over the eye.
It not only displays information from the HUD, but is also integrated with weapons systems.
The radar can track up to 128 (or 156?)
targets simultaneously and attack 16 of them.
The improved version of the radar in the newest AH-64E is called Guardian.
The radar is necessary for using the L version (radar-guided) of Hellfire AGM-114 air-to-ground missiles.
What is “Longbow”?
It then runs in the “look and kill” system.
It can tilt 86 degrees side to side and 60 degrees down.
Standard efficiency is about 3 out of 10 shells hitting the target.
The chain gun is designed to destroy “soft” or lightly armored targets.
It has an effective range of 1,500-1,700 meters (maximum 4,200m) and a rate of fire of approx.
625 rounds per minute.
The ammunition stock is 1,200 rounds.
In the cockpit, you’re able to set the number of bullets fired in short bursts.
Targeting is mainly done by the IHADSS system.
the Litening container from an airplane or a JTAC unit.
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