Affirm, depending on time I can probably be around. Looking forward to trying it out
For the benefit of the rest of us, you guys please make some videos of your flights with the new helicopter. 
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Far too busy right now but Iām looking forward to a Mudspike VTOL VR fly-in once multiplayer is officially released! 
Whereās the emergency?
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Not sure bud.
EDIT:
I got work to do ā¦ see ya tomorrow night ā¦
Hopped on a public server just now and spotted a beta tester flying the AH-94. 
He said heās a current Apache pilot. Said the release will happen today at 1600 Eastern/2100 UTC.
Pic quality doesnāt do it justice. Thatās Steam screenshot for ya.
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I just downloaded a big update. (But I havenāt played in nearly a year). No whirlybird. Steam DLC says 4 more hours. Or 1600 as he said.
Big fun flying that thing. Flight dynamics are decentāwithin the realm of plausibility anyway. And youāre right @Chaz, multiplayer works pretty well. Clever how the lobby is laid out when the mission begins. The two teams face each other in opposite stadium seats and taunt one another with gestures and insults. Lots of kids which was nice.
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Iāll be in the Mudspike Discord at 1500z if anyone wants to team up.
Iām still in Dallas at sim training. Iāll be home Monday and would love to try this out with some of youā¦
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The pilot/gunner integration is fantastic! And again, the logic of the controls and weapons systems is really how it should be, and maybe is, in current generation stuff. The helicopter is a little bit more complicated so it actually took me an hour to figure out how to use countermeasures (hint: trigger on the collective serves as a shift to add functions to a few buttons.)
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Missed you by an hour or so on Discord. Iāll be on and off throughout the day. And likely some this weekend.
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Did I have the time wrong? If so, very sorry. Iāve been hopping between VTOL and Rotorheads (DCS). Very trippy switching between fantasy and fairly real.
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Nah all good. I logged on around 1715Z but didnāt see you on Discord. But I ended up helping a friend go down the VTOL VR rabbit hole. 
still amazed how well the AH-94 functions with 2 human pilots. 
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Wow the choppa is insanely good although I have a hard time using the trim function for cyclic and yaw.
I was to lazy to connect physical pedals, so how do you guys fly it?
Maybe we meet in a MP session one time in case I overcome my general online-comms-shyness 
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Real pedals for me. And therefore I donāt bother with yaw trim. I am an online stutterer sometimes. Fortunately thatās the only time it happens. So youāre in good company. Iāll post a Discord time the next time I am on.
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Fun video from RedKite on the AH-94
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I am going to try to be around tomorrow afternoon. If so, Iāll be on discord but maybe not on audio depending on whether I am in multiplayer or not.
Heads up. updating to beta 1.3.3.p2 may result in microphone issues for online play. Last night, I spent nearly an hour trying to figure why my buddy could not hear me. Rolled back to the previous stable version and all is good. Discord chatter on VTOL VRās server resulted in similar experiences.
Update - VTOL VR v1.3.3 and AH-94 v1.0.1
Fixes for bugs reported since the update and DLC release.
VTOL VR
v1.3.3f4
General
- Fixed: dead units could still ādetectā other units āvisuallyā
- Fixed: air-to-ground radars (AH-94 and anti-ship missile) had issue locking onto ships
- Fixed: sea units outside the defined region of map would have minimal radar cross section
- Fixed: vehicle could hop and move when arming many items at once in equipment configurator
- Reduced excessive lofting at close range targets for AGM-145 Ballista and AGM-114 Hellfire
- Fixed: errors caused by quicksave-loading a partially empty missile launcher
Multiplayer
- Added button for host to skip and change mission without having to create a new lobby
- Fixed: player nametags didnāt appear in briefing room if āunit iconsā was disabled
- Fixed: Joining a game with curly brackets in your Steam profile name would crash network routine
- Fixed a network crash that could occur when despawning a player vehicle
- Fixed: engine throttle was not synced for AI units (clients would not see effects or sense heat via IR missiles)
- Fixed delayed or missing first voice transmission
- Reduced voice chat latency
- Temporary: Able to join friend through steam friends list while in-game lobby browser is open (better UI later)
F-45A
- Fixed: heading tape in backup ADI didnāt get affected by brightness adjustment
- Set new localization keys for Radar āPOINTā button and EOTS āMARKā button
F/A-26B
- Fixed typo of CMS MFD button tooltip in F/A-26B
- Fixed: āMANAGEā button didnāt work in MP players MFD page
AV-42C
- Fixed: engine tilt didnāt work after repairing broken engine
AH-94
AH-94 v1.0.1
General
- Fixed: couldnāt use twist yaw when thumbstick yaw setting was enabled (thumbstick yaw is not supported)
- Added seat height adjustment
- Fixed: headmode is lost when switching seat when TADS page is open
- Fixed: cyclic auto adjust light would work without battery
- Fixed: engine didnāt work after repairing
- Fixed: rudder control surface was still effective after the tail boom was destroyed
- Added PTT function to TEDAC Right second button
- Fixed: TEDAC right stick couldnāt control SOI screens unless they were on the center MFD
- TEDAC Right stick can zoom map
- Fixed error log spam when TADS is in PIP mode
- Increased loss of lift when rotors get damage
- Fixed typo of CMS MFD button tooltip
- Added Clear Waypoint button to front seat
- Fixed: Chaff toggle button tooltip in front seat
- Fixed MAD-4 triggers in Small Arms
Multiplayer
- Added 4v4 Deathmatch
- Added music player to gunner seat in MP
- Fixed: TADS helmet display didnāt work until cycling the HMD power switch if spawning in flight ready
- Copilot will return to briefing room instead of bailing when pulling bail switch if vehicle is not destroyed
- Added pilot/gunner info in HMD (name, flight/weapon/tads control)
- Fixed: lose cyclic control if you release and grab quickly
- Fixed: hardware rudder input would be mirrored on all playersā vehicles
- Fixed: slaving gun to radar lock didnāt work for copilot
- Fixed: persistent vehicle settings did not get loaded properly when joining as copilot
- Fixed: incorrect radio static sound for copilot intra comms
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