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                --------LHX: ATTACK CHOPPER----------
                | Commands and Copy Protection Info |
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Key commands: (in no particular order)
--------------------------------------f

BACKSPACE      Toggle cockpit on and off (only available in
               cockpit and mast views.

G              Toggle landing gear up and down.

[ or ]         Select weapon.

SPACE,BUTTON 0 Fire selected weapon.

ENTER,BUTTON 1 Select next target to the right of current
               target

' not ,        Select target closest to aiming crosshair.

C              Drop chaff cartridge.
F              Drop flare.

R              Toggle radar jammers on and off.
I              Toggle infrared jammer on and off.

+              Increase visual magnification.
_              Decrease visual magnification.

, not '        Decrease RWR magnification.
. yes .        Increase RWR magnification.

A              Toggle information on Leftmost display screen
S              Toggle information on right screen (in LHX, Osprey)

ESC            Pull-down menus, gives different view keys.

T              Time compression on/off

1              0% Throttle  - Drop like a rock.  Never use to go down!
2              25% Throttle - Decrease altitude slowly
3              50% Throttle - Maintain current altitude
4              75% Throttle - Increase altitude slowly
5              100% Throttle- Increase altitude fast

9              Tail rotor - Yaw left (spin horizontally to the left)
0              Tail rotor - Yaw right

W              Choose Waypoint

O              Convert to plane (Osprey only)

INFO:
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Welcome to LHX: Attack Chopper, the latest in Hi-tech shoot-em-ups.
This game has great graphics/scrolling, and super Adlib sound suppport.
It's pretty basic to figure out, if you've played another helicopter
game like Gunship, but in case you haven't, here's some tips:

When flying your helicopter, altitude is controlled by your throttle
setting, not by your pitch.  Your forward movement is determined by the
pull of the main rotor as you pitch the nose of the helicopter down.
"Pulling up" will cause you to go backwards as the rotor will be tilted
slightly reverse and will pull you that way.  The fastest speed is with
the nose pushed as far down as it will go.  (Your altitude will remain
totally constant unless you mess with the throttle).   To turn left and
right in the helicopter, you can either use the tail rotor keys (which
are difficult to control when you're worrying about flying at the same
time, so only use them when you are stationary or need to turn REAL
quick!) or, once you are moving forward you can bank like a plane,
simply push the joystick in the direction you wish to turn.  Note that
if you have positive pitch (ie. you are going backwards) and you bank
right you will actually turn left!!  Careful with this one.  A good
altitude to fly a chopper such as yours at is 200 feet.  Never
deliberately fly higher than 2-300 feet, unless you are taking out an
enemy aircraft; at this altitude you'll be a sitting duck for enemy SAM
(surface to air missile) sites!  In some helicopters, (mainly the Osprey
and the Apache),the altitude will not remain totally stable, and may
fluctuate violently by 50 feet unexpectadly.  Thus it is NOT a good idea
to fly along the ground under 100 feet, or you will die when you are
not paying attention!  Enough theory, now I'll get into the helicopters
themselves.

LHX:  By far the best, 2000 cannon rounds, retractable gear, and it will
do 200+ knots!  Although the LHX only has three armaments, the cannon
makes up for a fourth. Single seater.

AH-64A Apache: The same chopper used in the game Gunship.  Not amazingly
fast or tough,the main advantage is that it holds a LOT of weapons.
Single seater.

UH-60 Blackhawk:  I don't see why you'd use this one really.  It has
cabin space and a winch so can be used on supply runs and medevacs and
POW rescues, but it is slow and vunerable.  The cannon does NOT
auto-aim, and so it's virtually impossible to kill anything.

Osprey:  A huge beast that is the must for rescue/supply missions.  It
has lots of cabin room, and a rescue winch.  It has retractable landing
gear and will do 180 knots.  (It has two main rotors that can change
their tilt to give speed.)  The only problem is that it is unstable, it
takes a long time to build up up/down momentum, but once you have it,
you can't instantly get rid of it like in the smaller choppers.  The
osprey has 1200 cannon rounds, auto-aiming, and room for one missle
armament.  The osprey has one huge advantage however, it can turn into a
plane! This will allow you to fly almost 300 knots!  When you have some
speed going, press V and then throttle up to 100%, and you're going!

                      -----FLIGHT-----

Choosing weapons:
-----------------
All helicopters come with cannon rounds, and they all auto-aim except
for the blackhawk. This means that as soon as you have a good lock on
the enemy, you can shoot regardless of where your crosshair is pointing,
and the bullets will hit the target!  When shooting at a
helicopter/plane with cannon though, you must line up the crosshair
yourself!
Sidewinders are the best weapons for taking out enemy aircraft, and
that's about all they're good for.
Hellfires are great all-purpose missles.  They take out hard targets
such as tanks, SAM's, and even airborne targets if you get a good lock!
57mm FFAR rockets are small little rockets that are quite powerful for
killing soft targets, (men, structures, etc.)  It takes two or more to
damage larger targets like personnel carriers, SAM sites, etc, and it
probably won't even touch a tank.  These are NOT auto-aiming, you must
line them up, shoot, and hope for the best.
TOW Anti-Tank - The best armor-piercing warheads for hard targets, but
cannot in emergency be used against airborne targets like Hellfires can.

Takeoff:
--------
Throttle up until you reach 200 feet, hit G to retract gear (if any),
and then get going!  (If you don't take up your gear you will go
slower.)  Remember to put your gear back down for landing.

Landing:
--------
Get over the runway (check by pressing F9),
Put down your gear and press 2.  Let yourself float
down to the runway.  Then press 1 and wait, the mission will end and you
will be evaluated on your permormance.

Navigation:
-----------
Before takeoff, your mission targets and their locations are preset into
your flight computer.  On one of your screens, there will be a list of
the locations you must fly to to finish your mission.  These are called
Waypoints.  As you reach waypoints, the next one is automatically
selected for you so you can follow your path.  The current waypoint is
highlighted, and on the HUD (except in the blackhawk), you will see a
little marker (looks like a > sign pointing up) which tells you the
direction of the next waypoint.  On the computer screen you will see the
heading (relative you your current heading, + is right, - is left) of
the next waypoint, and the distance, in miles until you get real
close, then in feet.
To change the waypoint, you can press W.

Combat:
-------
Once you select a target, its picture will come on the screen (unless
the camera is damaged) and a box will come around it on the HUD
(heads-up-display).  Keep moving towards this box, and as it gets
closer, a lock percentage will appear.  (On the LHX it is by the box
on the HUD, on the Osprey it's in the corner of the HUD, etc.).  This
percentage represents the effectiveness of the weapon if fired then.
Wait until at least 80%, maybe 90% before firing missles (When the
probability is they will hit, a diamond will come over the box
meaning you have a clear lock, and if you need to take out an enemy
quickly you can fire).  With cannon, you can start firing from about 60%
onwards.

Radar:
------
The radar shows you the location of all Vehicles (except men with
guns and rocket launchers) in your area.  Brown dots are tanks, SAMS or
ground vehicles. Make sure you do not kill friendlies!  (They are
covered in bright green on the camera, they are either M113, M1-Abrams
or M2-Bradley).  Airborne targets show up as a bright blue dot.  Missles
that are still locked (maybe on you!) are yellow, missles that have been
drawn off target are red.

Countermeasures:
----------------
There are two methods whereby the enemy can get a lock on your
helicopter and fire.  These are radar and infa-red locks.  There are
three levels of detection, which you will be able to monitor: searching,
tracking and firing.  In the Apache and Blackhawk,next to R and I there
are three lights, labeled S T F which represent this. In the Osprey and
LHX there are vertical bars under R and I, which light up.  The bottom
(dark green) blob is searching, the middle (light green) blob is
tracking, and the Top (Yellow flashing to white) blob is firing.
You can interfere with the enemy's attempts at locking on you by using
your countermeasures.  When you see
an enemy searching you, you can attempt to screw them up by turning on
your radar or infa-red jammer (depending on whether they are tracking
you with R or I).  A green vertical line will appear under R or I in the
LHX/Osprey, while the letter (R or I) will change colour to red in the
Apache or Blackhawk.)  If the enemy continues to track and fires a
missle, an alarm will sound. A loud obnoxious siren is an IR launch, and
a lower, fast beeping is a radar launch.  You must now attempt to
deflect the missle from your ship by launching a decoy.  Hitting C will
launch chaff, a bundle of radioactive material which will screw up a
radar missle.  Pressing F will launch a flare, a brilliant firework
display that attracts IR missles off the heat of your engine.  If you
are successful, the alarm will stop and the missle will turn red on the
radar.  If it is not successful, try try again, or you will be hit!

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
             /JB 10-26-90


                   ------COPY PROTECTION INFO------
FRIENDLY MISSLES

AGM-114A Hellfire Anti-Tank Missile
Length........................1,727
Diameter......................178
Weigt.........................45.7 Weapon
Range.........................7,000

BGM-71 TOW Anti-Tank Missile
Length........................140
Diameter......................152
Weight........................21.5
Weapon Range..................Min 65/Max 3,750

FIM-92A Stinger Missile
Length........................140
Diameter......................152
W.............................21.5
WR............................Min 65/Max 3,750

AIM-9L Sidewinder Air-to-Air Missile
L.............................2,870
D.............................127
W.............................86.1
WR............................Min 100/Max 14,000

57 mm FFAR
L.............................769
D.............................57
W.............................4.7
WR............................Min 50/Max 1,400

FRIENDLY VEHICLES

M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank
Crew..........................4
Length overall................9.766
Width.........................3.653
Height........................2.885
Ground Clearance..............0.432
Max speed on road.............72.5
Range.........................500
Engine Power..................1,500
Main gun......................120
Weapon Range..................1,846

M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle
C.............................3 and 7 passengers
L.............................6.453
W.............................3.2
H.............................2.972
GC............................0,432
M.............................66
R.............................483
EP............................500
Main..........................25
WR............................1,538

M113 Armored Personnel Carrier
C.............................2 and 11 passengers
L.............................4.863
W.............................2.686
H.............................2.5
GC............................0.41
M.............................67.6
R.............................483
EP............................215
Main..........................12.7
WR............................1,324


ENEMY MISSLES
AA-2 Atoll Air-to-Air Missile
Length........................2,800
Diameter......................120
Weight........................75
Weapon Range..................16,000

AA-2A Atoll Air-to-Air missile
L.............................2,800
D.............................120
W.............................77
WR............................16,000

AA-8 Aphid Air-to-Air Missile
L.............................2,100
D.............................118
W.............................54
WR............................8,000

AT-2 Swatter Missile
L.............................1.16
D.............................132
W.............................29.4
Firing range min..............500
Firing range max..............3,000

AT-5 Spandrel Missile
L.............................1.3
D.............................155
W.............................15
FR MAX........................4,000

AT-6 Spiral Missile
L.............................1.2
D.............................140
W.............................33
FR MAX........................8,000
Warhead weight................10

AT-8 Songster Missile
L.............................940
D.............................125
W.............................10
FR MAX........................5,000

70mm Rockets
L.............................944
D.............................70
W.............................8.6
Weapon Range..................1,840

57mm Rockets
L.............................769
D.............................57
W.............................4.7
WR.Min........................50
WR.Max........................1,400


ENEMY VEHICLES
Mil Mi-8(V-8) Hip-c Assault Transport Helicopter
Crew..........................2 or 3
Main rotor diameter...........21.29
Length incl. rotors...........24.53
Height........................5.65
Weight (take off).............11,100
Max level speed...............250
Range.........................465
Service ceiling...............4,500
Hover ceiling OGE.............800
Armament rockets..............57x2 128
Armament gun..................7.62

Mil Mi-24 Hind-D Armed Assault Helicopter
C.............................2 (3 for Hind-A)
Mrd...........................17.00
Li.r..........................21.50
H.............................6.50
W(take off)...................11,000
Mls...........................310 @ sea level Hind-D
R.............................750 (Hind-D)
Sc............................4,500 (Hind-D)
HcOGE.........................2,200 (Hind-D)
Ar............................AT-2 (Hind-D)
  ............................AT-6 (Hind-D, F)
Ag............................12.7


Mil Mi-28 Havoc Attack Helicopter
C.............................2
Mrd...........................17.00
L excl.r......................17.04
W (max take off)..............8,000
Mls...........................300 @ sea level
R.............................480
Sc............................Unknown
HcOGE......................Unknown
Ar............................70x2
..............................AA-2A Atoll Air-To-Air Missiles


Kamov Ka-34 Hokum Attack Helicopter
C.............................2
Rotor diameters...............14.0
L incl.r......................13.5
H.............................5.4
W (mto).......................7,500
Mls...........................350 @ sea level
R.............................500
Sc............................?
HcOGE.........................?
Ar............................AA-8 Aphid Air-to-Air Missiles
..............................57 mm Rockets


Mikoyan MiG-27 Flogger-J Attack Aircraft
C.............................1
L.............................16.00
W (mto).......................15,500
Max lecel speed...............Mach 1.1 @ sea level
R.............................465
Sc............................16,000
Min. runway length............800
Ar............................AA-2A Atroll Air-to-Air Missile
..............................AA-8 Aphid Air-to-Air Missiles


Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot Ground Attack Aircraft
C.............................1
L.............................15.40
Wing span.....................14.30
W (mto).......................18,000-19,000
Mls...........................Mach 0.8 @ sea level
R.............................1,100
Sc............................?
Ar............................AA-8 Aphid Air-to-Air Missiles
Ag............................30


T-72 Main Battle Tank
Crew..........................3
Length overall................9.53
Width w/ skirts...............4.75
Height w/o AA MG..............2.37
Ground Clearance..............0.43
Max speed on road.............80
Range.........................700
Engine power..................780
Main gun......................125
Weapon Range..................1,424


T-80 Main Battle Tank
C.............................3
Lo............................9.9
W.............................3.4
H w/o AA MG...................2.2
GC............................0.38
Msor..........................75
R w/ extar tank...............600
Ep............................985
Mg............................125
..............................AT-8 Songster Missiles
WR............................1,657

ZSU-57-2 Twin 57mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun System
C.............................6
Lo............................8.48
W.............................3.27
H.............................2.75
GC............................0.425
Msor..........................50
R.............................450
Ep............................520
Mg............................Twin 57
Search/Targeting..............Optical
WR............................1,592

ZSU-23-4 Shilka Quad 23mm S-P-A-A-G-S
C.............................4
Lo............................6.54
W.............................2.95
H w/radar.....................3.8
GC............................0.4
Msor..........................44
R.............................450
Ep............................280
Mg............................23x4
S/T...........................Radar
WR............................1,484

ZSU-30-2 Twin 30mm S-P-A-A-G-S
C.............................4
Lo............................6.9
W.............................3.0
H w/radar.....................4.1
GC............................0.5
Msor..........................42
R.............................470
Ep............................292
Mg............................30x2
S/T...........................Radar
WR............................1,580

BTR-70 Armored Personnel Carrier
C.............................2 and 9 PASSENGERS
Lo............................7.535
W.............................2.8
Hight to top of sight.........2.32
GC............................0.475
Msor..........................80
R with ext. tank..............600
Ep............................240
Mg............................7.62
WR............................1,370

BMP-2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle
C.............................3 and 7 P
Lo............................6.858
W.............................3.089
H.............................2.077
Msol..........................80
R.............................500
Ep............................350-400
Mg............................30
..............................AT-5 Spandrel A-A Missiles
WR............................1,580