Masak

I tried the campaign first time today and got twice CTD after pressing "fly again" and last time when I finished the mission 1, landed and then pressed "save track". No idea where to find crashlog to post it here.

Hi guys! This is just awesome! I was always dreaming of DCS OH-6 or AH-6. I have got around 600hrs in MD500 and compared to other 6 helicopter types I have flown, I can say that nothing flies like 500. Sooo smooth, stable and agile at same time. Uncomfortable too. Now I fly larger and much more expensive twin, but when people ask how does it fly, I say "meh..." and start to talk about MD500. Even flown that thing again in my dream a few times. So, thank you so much for bringing it to DCS. Throwing it around, with Cobra overhead, on WW2 Mariannas (or Nam one day) will be blast. Masak

Thank you for your reply. 30EUR sounds a bit too expensive. I will think about that a bit more. But thank you anyway.

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Hi, I am considering to buy an F16 ICP. Since i fly F16 mostly in VR, I don't think I really need that beautiful, fancy Winwing ICP, so yours would work to me. Would you know, how much would be shipping to the Czechia? Thank you. Masaak

I agree. We operate NVIS-9 and when you look through it, it gives the same rounded picture as with, lets say, PVS-7 or 14. So, through NVIS, you should see rounded greenish (in our case grayish) picture with blurred dashboard and you should be able to see instruments unaided looking bellow googles or to the side.

Hi AirTito My experience with Mi17 is very, very limited (couple hours on crew chief seat and approx. 40 min of stick time) and I do respect your knowledge and definitely don’t want to argue. But I really remember quite clearly how the pilots used a FT. In hover or in cruise anytime they wanted to change cyclic (or pedals) position, they pressed FT button, moved cyclic and released button. In this order. So in cruise it was needed once a while but in hover they pressed a released FT almost constantly. Before my flight I have been instructed: “First press FT, move cyclic, release FT. “ So I did. I have been also told, that sometimes beginners forget to press FT first, they apply force on cyclic (a large force because of resistance) and when they press FT- “KLAK”:)- resistance in cyclic disappears and cyclic moves inadvertently further then needed because of force applied by pilot to desired direction. That is overcontroling I mentioned. The overcontroling that you mentioned happened to me in hover because I didn’t use FT the way described above and held FT pressed instead. While in flight, with hydraulics working fine, there was very large resistance both on cyclic and pedals. With FT pressed there was actually no resistance at all. As long as you hold FT pressed. The way of using FT you described seems to me to works with coolie hat- force decreases gradually, but with force trim button force disappears immediately which can lead to overcontroling. Or, all it is just a different ways to use that damn force trim button….:)

Speaking about Mi17 using pedals looks like this: While hovering, chopper is yawing lets say to the left. You press FT button on your cyclic which allows you to apply right pedal (otherwise pedals same as cyclic feel to be kind of locked. you can move them but with large force). After stopping yaw you release FT button and pedals (same as a cyclic) stay in the position where they were at time you released FT. So while in cruise you can use trim for trimming pedals and actually fly with your feet of the pedals.

Excuse me guys, I’m a bit confused.:helpsmilie: Do I understand well that you described two different kind of force trim? AirTito- after cyclic is moved to desired position against springs tension, force trim button is pressed to remove tension on cyclic and create a new neutral position AlphaOneSix- force button is pressed to remove springs tension on cyclic (to let it move freely), cyclic is moved to desired position and force trim button is released to apply springs tension again to keep cyclic in that position. I know the second variant from a short stick time on Mi-17 I been lucky to get. I think I remember a noisy sound of relay behind left seat every time force trim button is pressed and released. Or is it just the same force trim system but used differently? But I have been told that to move cyclic first and then press FT button leads to overcontroling. Which is quite understandable (in Mi17) since cyclic is hard to move without FT pressed (same were pedals). So, please guys, if I understood correctly and there are these two different force trim variants, could you provide me with some examples of using these on various helicopters? Thank you. Petr:)

:thumbup:Ok,ok...There obviously might be rudders on some strange helicopters:). Thanks for correcting me mate;)

Hi all. I believe that when flying helicopters, a pedals (there are no any "rudders" on helos:)) is a must! Coordination of hands, legs and brain is what is helicopter flying about. If I want sim as real as possible, I should aim to use controls as close to real as possible. So my recommendation is: Definitely get pedals, you will not regret.:thumbup: