Striker!

[keithb77]

KwikFlight Striker for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Coming Soon!

Introducing the KwikFlight Striker! - A modern tandem-seat attack helicopter designed for precision strikes, close air support, and dominance! Built from the ground up for engaging rotary-wing operations, the Striker delivers a blend of accessibility and realism, making it equally suited to newco...

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Was interested for a moment, thinking it was a HueyCobra with another name...but wall to wall MFDs mean no sale.

 

[DennyA]

It's their riff on the AH-1Z Viper, the latest version of the HueyCobra/SuperCobra.

From an AH-1Z video on the Interwebs, the MFDs are realistic and are not the reason not to buy this:



Striker:

The cockpit of the AH-1Z has been designed so that both crewmembers have virtually identical controls; it can be readily flown from either the front or rear positions. These positions incorporate a Hands on Collective and Stick (HOCAS) side-stick architecture, which enables many functions to be carried out by the pilot without moving his or her hands from the flight controls.[9] Both of the two crew stations are provided with a pair of 8×6-inch multifunction liquid crystal displays (LCD) and a single 4.2×4.2-inch dual function LCD.

Because it's Kwikflight, the actual reason you might want to buy it is that it'll be geared more towards immersive fun than 100% realism. Which is actually a big plus for me, because I can't fly helicopters worth $#|^. Plus the weapons stuff looks cool.

 

[keithb77]

not the reason not to buy this:

It is for me
But you are right, I was unintentionally negative and it could well be fine.
I would go for an original Hueycobra but I've got their Apache, flown it once that's enough.

 

[Javis]

If any of you Chopperlovers didn't see it yet (hard to understand, might be one of the best helicopter movies, dunno, maybe apart from Blue Thunder ( Catch you later....) ?? ) here's your chance and for free too :

The story is a bit thin but the helicopter scenes are great. Larry Hagman is a badass Vietnam chopper pilot and now runs a helicopter service in Mexico. He flies a Hughes 369HS. Susan Anspach is the ex-girlfriend who's being chased by mobsters re a blackbook of some sort. Badass Larry coming to safe her. The helicopter chase sequences can be watched over and over again. The mobsters fly various Alouettes.

I never liked helicopter flying in FS. I still feel FS is not made for flying rotercraft. I do like them as flying machines and the shape of 'em. Particularly vintage ones like Sikorsky S-58, Piasecki H-21, Bell-47.

 

[DennyA]

It is for me
But you are right, I was unintentionally negative and it could well be fine.
I would go for an original Hueycobra but I've got their Apache, flown it once that's enough.

Gotcha! Yeah, I was just saying this wasn't the makers doing something inaccurate to simplify making the model, they're just doing the most state-of-the-art Cobra version.

I'm a fan of steam gauges on proper winged aircraft, but on eggbeaters I'll take any electronic assists I can get!

 

[DennyA]

If any of you Chopperlovers didn't see it yet (hard to understand, might be one of the best helicopter movies, dunno, maybe apart from Blue Thunder ( Catch you later....) ?? ) here's your chance and for free too :

Wow. Thanks for this! I’d never heard of the movie. Just watched it this morning while chilling trying to rest a cold away.

Definitely a film for any aviation fan! Not only is the movie basically a 90-minute helicopter chase, but there’s also some cool footage in an old Tucson airplane boneyard (alas, I read most of the amazing planss you see were melted down) and a dogfight between helicopters and a trio of Super Stearmans. The script is beyond basic, the sequences unbelievable, but it’s fun start to finish.

Sadly, three people perished when one of the helicopters being used to film the stunts hit power lines. The aerial sequences were mostly filmed in Mexico, and the lack of safety standards that resulted in this crash, as well as the Twilight Zone movie helicopter incident the same year, resulted in major changes in safety regulations for aerial stunts in films.

 

[Javis]

You're welcome, Denny, glad to know i didn't post it here for nothing... ;-)

Yeah, once i thought about maybe good idea to atleast tell something about the "Deadly Encounter" movie i went looking for it, maybe in the mean time it could be available on the Tube or somewhere else. Many years ago i bought the DVD because i recorded it off the TV on VHS. Still amazing to see the difference in quality between VHS and DVD. It looks like the DVD is not for for sale anymore, maybe on eBay only. I have never seen even *one* episode of Dallas, not my cup of tea at all ( Twin Peaks, *that* i loved ;-) including Larry Hagman but ever since Deadly Encounter he deffinately rose in my esteem.. hehe

Talking about the Hughes 500C / OH-6A Cayuse/ Loach, you *did* see Capricorn One, did you ?.... In this fantastic movie (IMHO) the OH-6A Cayuse is 'matched' with the venerable Boeing Stearman Kaydet ( 'flown' by the venerable Telly Savales ). The fight between the Cayuse and the Stearman is another flight movie milestone.

Yes, i have also read about the helicopter power lines crash. Atleast safety rules were upgraded by this awful tragic accident. As usual it evidently is to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted.

One of the saddest events that happend during the shooting of an aviation related movie and impressed me most was that famous aviation photographer and movie-stuntpilot Paul Mantz lost his life while operating the flying contraption from the movie "Flight of the Phoenix" (the first edition with James Steward, Richard Attenborough and Hardy Krüger). Even years before knowing that i wondered why the last few sequenses of the " flying contraption" deffinately showed a very different " flying contraption" compared to what was shown before, when it took off and flew away. I always thought that it suspiciously resembled a Douglas A1 Skyraider..... I know for a couple years now that was indeed true..