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I would prefer a completely new airframe, (*cough* Blackhawk *cough*) but that's probably just me...:music_whistling:

I can see it both ways, this would incentivise doing proper run-up checks and would be pretty cool on the whole. The only doubt about a system is when you start running into inspections designed to catch certain faults; like pre-flight, daily, 40, 120, 360 and 720 hour inspections (Hours are airframe dependent). At those intervals, the aircraft should in theory be reset in terms of any faults that may arise and to be good to go. You can't really crawl around the aircraft to see if a filter button popped, find leaks in the hydraulics or general wear and tear either, so that's no fun. Besides, after you land at the airfield and repair, everything that's broken gets fixed and you have essentially a brand new aircraft.

The problem with the huey isn't so much Vortex-ring state as having to compensate for ETL (Effective Translational Lift), or a lack there of. Its very hard to get into VRS with a huey without TRYING to. If you're flying with a heavy load be mindful of settling with power though (Settling with power =/= VRS) you'll come out of ETL, start descending and not have the power required to keep you in the air OGE.

I've gotten to the top of the tallest mountain, which sits at around 18k ft. Barely mind you. Had to bunny hop over to the slope and slide down a good mile to get back in the air.:joystick:

No, I mean the crewchief/doorgunner position. I set the collective and work the cyclic with my left hand while I aim with my mouse in my right hand. :joystick:

I took the centering spring out of my pedals, that's my rudder trim. I used auto-pilot when I wanted to do aerial-gunnery, before I found out that my stick still works from the door gunner seat.:joystick:

A proper ATIS would be pretty sweet.

I feel like Bicycle Lake AAF (Ft. Irwin), Twentynine Palms and Edwards AFB would balance out the three existing air fields and also fit into the NTTR theme. But that's probably just me. :music_whistling:

I'm more concerned whether they add FT. Irwin or 29 Palms. The grand canyon will be fun to fly through though.

That was just you leaving ETL :music_whistling: VRS is only really a problem when you have any sort of weight (IE Rockets and guns) otherwise you have enough power to arrest your descent.

Proof enough? :joystick:

This behavior is correct and is documented in the manual.

Been like that for a while. Blackshark moves around too. You CAN land on a moving train, however...

Here you go. Even our Mike model UH-60's shake pretty bad some times with their active vibration control units. I can't even begin to imagine what a 2lt on controls of a Huey would feel like...

You'll love flying in a REAL helicopter then... lol Especially one out of track/ballance.:pilotfly:

It is animated. There is vibration, namely while crossing into ETL and when at/around 120+KTS I agree. But there's not really a benefit to doing so... Debatable.

That video was done before they "re-rigged" the flight controls. Its the same ammount of torque to get into a hover, just more collective input. In all reality, the amount of torque required to pull a hover should be what you're using to measure power, not collective position.

Finally did a proper VMC approach. Also backflip at 4:14 :joystick:

Its correct, the dial is rotated so the needles point the same way when everything is running and its easier to see when things aren't right.

This is what I do, works like a charm.

All helicopters do this on start up, its awesome sitting in a blackhawk on a run up.

That explains a lot. I didn't know the freq knobs were controlled by the scroll wheel. Thanks man.

Its an issue with the huey

I was talking about radios in general. Left/right click turns the volume knob up and down, no matter where I click on the knob.

I've tried turning the dials to change freq. But it only changes the volume knob. Is there some secret to this that I don't know about?