Apache Longbow comes with both crew positions straight out of the box. Longbow Apache will appeal to those looking for ultimate realism and prepared to put in a lot of work getting to grips to it. Apache Longbow will appeal to those looking for an easier ride while not descending to the level of an arcade game with attitude. One of Hind's major selling points. Little men you can shoot, bomb and drop mines on to your heart's content.
Hind is different again.
Hind offers the player two features which no other helicopter sim does, the chance to carry out troop deployment and extraction missions and the opportunity to experience a helicopters true flying characteristics without any automation getting in the way and eliminating torque effects and the like. Make no mistake about it, the Hind can be hard work at maximum realism and it takes a bit of dedication to get to grips with it. While the Longbow Apache player may take weeks to learn how to use the systems of their hi-tech craft, the budding Hind pilot will spend a long time just learning how to fly their craft with any measure of control. Once that has been mastered, they can then go on to learn how to use one of the widest ranges of ordinance I have ever seen in any sim, fixed wing or rotary and having sussed that, they can then go on to learn the art of troop deployment and extraction. Extracting a group of troops whilst under fire in a craft which will twist round and bite its own tail if the pilot looses concentration for a moment is one of the greatest challanges a sim pilot is ever likely to face.