Currently the OH58 is broken. The laser designator and the sight is inline with the nose of the helicopter instead of being mounted in the MMS, (ball) above the rotor blades. Ideally the aircraft would be able to hover just above the trees with only its optical sensor above the trees. Meaning it is less likely to get locked up by AA.

@ActuallyNotIlmatar

9 ай бұрын

Can confirm this after going in test mode. While *visually* the pointer/view is at the top of the mast, if you designate from "hulldown" the missile will go into the ground (after cresting the hill) almost immediately as *physically* there is no laser on the actual target.

@saltysteel3996

9 ай бұрын

Yup, it's bugged. We need more reports on this to get it fixed. Gaijin does this stuff on purpose hoping they can get away with it.

@sanmiguel4774

9 ай бұрын

And the rocket goes in the tree. lol

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

I had some pretty mixed results in controlled testing (custom battle with a buddy). It seemed like 50% of the time, LOS was blocked and 50% it wasn't. I wasn't able to reproduce any particular behavior consistently enough to file a bug report.

@lucakrokrowinkel9576

8 ай бұрын

I tried it and it was fine. could peek over building just fine with it. Can't wait till i get the hellfires.

And with that, almost all of the helicopters I had models of hanging up in my room as a kid have been added to the game. Huey, Cobra, Apache, Little Bird, and now the Kiowa. All that's missing is the Black Hawk.

@TomPrickVixen

9 ай бұрын

Something like that...

@zjbx

9 ай бұрын

GunHawk soon hopefully

@ODST_Parker

8 ай бұрын

@@zjbx Hey, good news. MH-60L DAP has been spotted on the dev stream. Possibly a premium, but can't tell. Gun Hawk is coming!!!

@zjbx

8 ай бұрын

@@ODST_Parker LEZ GOOO

@filmed_in_mexico

8 ай бұрын

This aged amazingly

Helicopters 'hang' from their rotors. so their pivot point should be in the centre of the rotor disk. In WT that the pivot point is closer to the centre of the fuselage. It's a real distraction.

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

One of my IRL buddies is a retired US Army helicopter pilot (fact-checked my "how to fly helicopters" vid for me) and mentioned that ... "it just looks really weird...."

I just like we're getting more interesting helicopters.

@patricktho6546

9 ай бұрын

I mean the Eurocopter etc are prett interesting, even though lots of stuff aren't implemented

@jfv2312

9 ай бұрын

Italy and France could get easily double the amount of helis they have now, I hope Gaijin doesn't slow down this trend of adding new helis

boy , i would love spotting for some of the “recon” helis

I seriously had a good chuckle at the "made out of plywood" and "get out and push." I'd really have a little shit my pants moment if i saw you in my ground battle in a helicopter

A small tip that might help in the future: set a bind for manual roll control. That way you can roll to the side to strafe or offset momentum when turning without having to do that rocking back and forth thing.

I find playing helis with hellfire extremly annoying. Like you showed- losing lock for a moment or getting unlucky by teammate killing the target and 1/4 of ammo is wasted.

@across646

9 ай бұрын

​@@levelovixor yes, but i will be able to come closer to the battlefield to just peek and shoot- making them more likely to hit target and gameplay more interesting. I am just bored of most current meta vehicles like ka-50, t-80bvm etc. and want to play something fun and dynamic. Hydra runs with ah-1z are nice but any spaa on that br can end this fast. PS Hope apkws with M247 warhead will be introduced and lowered in spawn points

2 minutes to some fresh, new, right off the press War Thunder video on a heli im currently grinding!

Great video dude, also, I don't want to look bad, but, have you considered making a yak 9 revew (any of the versions but preferably the UT since it's the highest br one) ik it's not a new aircraft but I haven't found any videos on the in your channel. I hope you see this and needless to say, your channel should be more known to the war thunder community since you make such good and accurate vids. Goodbye!

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

I'll get to the Yak-9 eventually (though Yak-3 will probably come first). I don't do as much prop content honestly just because vids about props only get 1/4th the views, but I do still put some out.

I actually just got into Helis and was wondering if I should go for this one

Greta video, so informative! Have you done a hstvl video I can’t seem to find one?

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

I don't normally do ground vehicles in this format, for ground stuff I usually just do live commentary.

Have you considered doing a review on the A2D-1? It's a lot of fun for CAS, especially with the new 4000 lb bomb it has

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

I've reviewed the French AD-4NA, which is similar, but yes the A2D is on my radar (so to speak).

Lol i always love a good 3am banger

Does the cockpit look similar to the cockpit found on the BO-105?

Always glad to see more Helis. Not all, fuck Russian Helis. I would love to see more Italian copters tho Edit. You could do a A.129CBT video. 10.0 Heli with Hellfires, Mistrals, flares, IRCM, chin canon and superb flight model. Easily one of the best and most fun helis in game. Few times I did 8/9 kills per run, without rearming. Now imagine that but with Spikes

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/d42LzcWleqqclNI.html

Could it be possible to have reference pictures in the history segments to get a better idea of what you're talking about? 0:19 - 0:35 would be great to see what those helies look like without having to pause and go look them up myself. Otherwise great video! :)

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

A few people have asked this, and I've done so a couple of times over the last few years, but I'm a big stickler for not using any pictures/footage/music that I don't have explicit rights/permission for.

TIM POSTED YIPEE

Firing from cover does not work. Even though the laser is on the target, the Hellfire goes stupid. It is bugged. You have to expose the entire helicopter. The laser source is from the nose which is bugged. So far Gaijin is not going to fix it.

depending on how good the 30mm is using it or the 12.7 gau + 2 atas as first spawn anti cas/heli is a viable option too.

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

I was honestly surprised that the 12.7 could kill medium ground vehicles. It ended up being more effective than I expected, which was fun.

@jerryjuutalainen1783

9 ай бұрын

@@TimsVariety its effectively the same 12.7 gau as the AH-6 gets which is ~40-45mm of pen with the ''slap round'' AP/default belt the 30 mm is the real question here.

@machucast

9 ай бұрын

30mm is useless, between the recoil+slow ROF and limited pen, the .50 cal is a better alternative by far.

@jerryjuutalainen1783

9 ай бұрын

@@machucast i'll have to try it to make an opinion its not really soo much about recoil or pen its about post pen if i can 1 tap an spaa with it its better for the heli rush strat

Hey Tim, could you do a review on the new ww2 Japanese missile carrying plane?

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

As soon as I get access to it.

@lfox6566

9 ай бұрын

​@@TimsVarietyThanks

Sry to jump into with a question is there by any chance a tutorial style how to video on aiming with aircraft cannons with jets bt 7.3+ when passing over 600kph + ? I started going up to tech three and I'm having issues to hit stuff that are above 700kph and in a turn or similar when I hit them its mostly down to luck or when they slow down or when I surprise someone. With props I rarely have this problem since its easier to judge distance.

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

I don't have a tutorial up on the topic, but its not just you - it IS genuinely much more difficult to score gun hits up at high speeds like that, and because of the higher speeds sometimes the target is going to slip between your shots even with the right angle lined up.

@armoredmike8740

9 ай бұрын

@@TimsVariety Tnx will try to figure this out, sometimes its a bummer to avoid 3 planes and miss a counter on them them by a countrymile

Chinese/Taiwanese historically didn't have APKWS II irl. I wonder if Gaijin know this but deliberately keep it.

I know it’s late to the update but how do you all like the new helicopter sounds

You should do the f84f thunderstreak

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/o2yp1petYtaYfrA.html

Same issue as the "little bird": the quantity of it's weapon systems not the quality. Not sure if it worth the enormous RP it requires + not effective in heli PvE so upgrading it will be painful and long at best.

Kiowa is such a great helicopter. Every pilot and mechanic loves it.

7:40 why hellfire didn't take tank's Top down attack like it hit tank like normal missile tow or something !

I just completed grinding this helicopter today. I have a personal attachment to this helicopter as I have flown in the earlier models (OH-58A/C) and later in my Civilian career, helped manage the repairs and overhauls for the engines in the OH-58D fleet. It was really strange that at least once an engine came in with a bullet hole in it. Aside from completing daily’s to complete getting the free battle pass, I plan to dedicate most my war thunder time to spading this.

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

Nice!!

Oh, 58

what is the best way to grind out helis

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

Since the most recent update, you can use RP gained from ground battles to research helis instead of tanks. There is a tickbox when you bring up the research tree for ground.

the perfect payload would be the AGR-20 and Hellfire guranteed 9 kills ;) when in downtier

They need to fix the rockets already. Firing 2 rockets at a time is bad for this chopper. Also, how come on my OH the doors are on, but they are off on yours?

Doesn't this have a IR jammer too?

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

Yes, as mentioned, it was an IRCM as an installable upgrade.

OH-58D, but it doesn’t have its CMWS

Why did you upload this at 2am MST? Lol?

@TimsVariety

9 ай бұрын

I use the 'schedule' feature on youtube to publish vids so its early morning GMT.

holy shit theirs a little ALIEN on the helicoptors roter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't I've ever seen the game in a worse state regarding balance matchmaking