A new DCS World Weekend is out and it contains two headliner items. The first is development work on the DCS: Mi-24P Hind and the second is a reformulation of how radar systems work in DCS World. Let’s have a look!

Development updates for the Hind

The DCS: Mi-24P Hind is quite possibly one of the most fun DCS World aircraft you can fly with all of the quirks of being a helicopter while maintaining mostly simple systems to manage. Any updates are welcome and we have a few coming in DCS World 2.9 open beta.

Petrovich AI is getting some tuning with a new target scanning system. Under the hood, this system will take nearby targets and analyze them for possible obstructions – a vehicle partially concealed behind a tree will take longer for the AI to spot while one out in the open will come up more quickly.

The SPO-10 RWR system will also get more in-depth modeling with physics-based radar detection. The power of the transmitting source, the range, and the sensitivity of the receiving antenna will all be a factor in detection. They say that you should also be able to judge the range based on frequency of the pulses. Only radars within the frequency range of the RWR will now be picked up with some early warning and search radars no longer detected.

The third item that will see some changes are in the pitch and roll channel authority. The previous model was based on a Mi-24V while the updated data will use Mi-24P data. According to this update this should make it 10% more responsive to pitch and 24% more responsive to roll input changes.

Radar updates

Eagle Dynamics are continuing to work on their radar modeling across the whole of the series with specific focus on the F-16C and F/A-18C. Four main areas, fluctuation of target RCS, noise variability, model specific range and doppler resolution, and atmospheric propagation loss are what Eagle Dynamics goes into some technical detail on.

The summation of this is a more realistic simulation of radar in these fourth generation jets. This is all part of what they call phase two of their updates on these systems. Phase three will reportedly focus on false targets, look-down performance, and improved STT (single target track) mode.

Read all of the updates here.