How to emply attack helicopters?

[Blast33]

I need some help with Apaches, Tigre and Hinds and so on. They fly so high. How do you guys employ these types. With micromanagement?

I started to play Sahel Slugfest and gave the Mi-35 HINDs in the mission editor the assignment to employ a station altitude of 50' AGL in the patrol box, ticked the terrain following box and a loiter speed so they can more easlily fly low. Same for attack altitude and speed. The attack distance was set on 3 Nm.

But the helos are going to 500'and higher. Attack from all distances, in contrary to their assignments.
So I gave them the setting of Min Altitude in the ALT/SPEED box. They still go up, attack from multiple distances and get all killed by the HQ-16's.

This is one example but it occurs also at other scenario's with attack helicopters. Their slow speed and low altitude is their survival.
Do you guys/ (girls?) have any advise? How do you do this? Can helicopters fly lower & slower than 50 feet ant 80 kts? Any tricks, some things I forget to do?

This picture is the ultimate goal [8D]

[KnightHawk75]

After you set the alt\speed changes assign a new course f3, it should then take and start listening to your changes otherwise yup it'll ignore you sometimes. Also after an autu-engagement you'll probably have to repeat the process as once engaged it'll have to rise up usually to at least 60ft or 200ft (depending on munitions) to attack and it usually forgets to restore your setting after. In short, I micro almost everything to get desired results.