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You shouldn't be trying to make the aircraft not crab. You want to fly in trim, if that means you have to crab and fly looking out the side window then that's ok. Just keep the ball in the middle.

You center the ball using the pedals, not the collective. We use the saying step on the ball. If the ball is to the right, step on the right pedal. If it was a matter of too much or too little collective you would be restricted on airspeeds based on winds, and that is crazy. Your aircraft is pointing to the side because you are crabbed into the wind.

The mi8 does not have a TRQ Guage, so I would need more detail to help. Just a guess, I would try slowing down sooner. When guys go from the Huey to the Mi8 they need to remember that they are probably flying faster than they were before and the MI8 is a lot more mass to slow down. Start your approach sooner and that should help.

If you can get the aircraft light on the skids for takeoff, then you don't need to do a running landing. You just need to slow down your approach, get the aircraft into ground effect before getting below ETL. Make small smooth control inputs so you don't waste power.

I dont have a trim ball under the attitude indicator.

I think there is a miss understanding my post. I am not asking what tuning or ACG is or why it is required. I was making a point that they programed the functionality of the radio incorrectly in the Mi8. Unlike the ka50 828 radio, the Mi8 828 radio automatically tunes when you rotate the channel selector. The button on the radio is for AGC automatic gain control, not tuning. This is according to a few manuals including Belsimtek's. "the Russian counterparts require you to press and hold the tuning button until the system, via its light, tells you tuning had been successfully completed." It does not require you to push a tune button in the actual MiI8 828 radios. As stated in the check list and manuals I posted My point was that they seemed to have copied the KA50 828 radio functionality to the Mi8 828, but the two radios do not function in the same way. I was just trying to bring it to the attention of Belsimtek. Thanks

The correct procedure out of the US Army ATM 2. Procedures. a. Maintain entry altitude and airspeed as directed until reaching the entry point. Initiate the maneuver by lowering the collective to the fully down position. Retard the throttle to engineidle stop, and adjust the pedals to maintain trim. Maintain ground track while crabbing (above 100 feet) and slipping (below 100 feet) the helicopter. Adjust the cyclic to attain an 80-knot attitude. Before reaching 100 feet AGL, ensure that a steady-state autorotation is attained. If it is not attained, execute a go-around or terminate with power as appropriate. A steady-state autorotation means that— (1) Rotor RPM is within limits. (2) Aircraft is at the correct airspeed. (3) Aircraft is descending at a normal rate. (4) Aircraft is in a position to terminate in the intended landing area. b. At approximately 100 feet AGL, apply aft cyclic to initiate a smooth, progressive deceleration. Maintain aircraft alignment with the touchdown area by properly applying pedals and cyclic. Adjust the collective, if required, to prevent excessive rotor RPM. At approximately 15 feet AGL, apply sufficient collective to control the rate of descent and ground speed. (The amount of collective applied and rate of application will depend on the rate of descent and ground speed.) Adjust the cyclic to attain a landing attitude just before touchdown and apply collective as necessary to cushion the landing. After touchdown, maintain ground track alignment with the pedals. When the aircraft has come to a complete stop, lower the collective and neutralize the pedals and cyclic.

+1 I would take that over that NH90 Crap any day.

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The Crew Chief text still works because the flew with a crew chief and medic. You just wont be able to see them in the helicopter is all:smilewink:. You dont have to change your mission because of the stuff I said, I was just mentioning some factual stuff. There your missions and your hard work.

I need to correct my self, the 1st Cav was the only unit to fly armed Medevacs in Vietnam. But I need to do more research on that. Good article on Medevac and Casevac. I always remembered Casevac as medical evacuation in a non dedicated medical vehicle, IE no red cross. I have spent a little time training and flying the Casevac missions, but I have never flown a Medevac bird.

Fun missions, good work. Just a note, but Medevac helicopters are not armed. Not in often in Vietnam, and not now.

brilliant!

In the Mi8 I turn the channel selector to the desired channel and push the white button to tune. "НАСТР" (TUNING) light then flashes green. According to Belsimtek's Mi8 manual that white button is for AGC automatic gain control. AGC as described by the TM 1-1520-Mi-17-10: "The radio receiver is equipped with automatic gain control (AGC). A noise suppression circuit (squelch) frees the pilot from listening to noise during standby reception when there is no signal at the receiver output." So why am I pushing that button to tune? How to use 828 according to Belsimtek's Mi8 manual On the R-828 radio set control panel: – "ПШ" (SQUELCH) switch OFF – "ГРОМК" (VOLUME) control to maximum – "КАНАЛ" (CHANNEL) selector to the desired channel. "НАСТР" (TUNING) light should turn on for 1-5 sec. There is nothing about pushing the AGC button to tune in these steps, the TM 1-1520-Mi-17-10 states the same thing. Any thoughts? Note: The KA50 828 radio has a “АСУ (Automatic tuner) button. After you have selected a channel, you will need to press the tuner button to tune the radio to the selected channel." Was this function accidentally copied over to the Mi8 from the KA50? Thanks

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Translating tendency has effect in all modes of flight. And Alpha's explanation was the perfect definition of translating tendency, which was the point of my post. The trim ball is centered because the aircraft IS crabbing and not slipping or skidding and is in coordinated flight. The aircraft is crabbing in to the relative wind. This allows you to have a level and balanced aircraft while maintaining your desired ground track. When flying smaller helicopters it was not uncommon for me to be crabbed 15° when at slower speeds and still keeping the trim ball in the centered. I have also noticed in some conditions I to have had to but more than normal right cyclic in the MI8 to keep it level like described in the first post. It seems like the trim ball is centered when it shouldn't be like it has gotten stuck. I usually just put in extra right pedal, the trim ball wont move even when I do this but the aircraft levels and I can return the cyclic to the normal positions. I always thought that the trim ball was just a little buggy in the MI8. I have noticed this in the KA50 as well but not the Huey. Not sure if that helps. "Inclinometer Coordinated flight indication is obtained by using an inclinometer, which is recognized as the "ball in a tube." An inclinometer contains a ball sealed inside a curved glass tube, which also contains a liquid to act as a damping medium. The original form of the indicator is in effect a spirit level with the tube curved in the opposite direction and a bubble replacing the ball.[5] In some early aircraft the indicator was merely a pendulum with a dashpot for damping. The ball gives an indication of whether the aircraft is slipping, skidding or in balanced flight. The ball's movement is caused by the force of gravity and the aircraft's centripetal acceleration. When the ball is centered in the middle of the tube, the aircraft is said to be in coordinated flight. If the ball is on the inside (wing down side) of a turn, the aircraft is slipping. And finally, when the ball is on the outside (wing up side) of the turn, the aircraft is skidding. A simple alternative to the balance indicator is a yaw string, which allows the pilot to simply view the string's movements as rudimentary indication of aircraft balance." sorry, had so use Wikipeda so as not to confuse people with real world manuals and guides.

Its called Translating Tendency. https://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/course_content_popup.aspx?preview=true&cID=104&sID=450

VOR seems to work now with the Huey on the Caucus map, but the CDI is reversed when tracking to the VOR. The CDI works fine for the ILS and FM homing.

Lol, Thanks Lufty

Was wondering if someone out there had a skin or could make a skin like this one. Thank you Six

That transverse flow shutter looked good. I can not remember if that's currently in game though.

Do we have the ability to load different types or sizes of units? For example a 7 man squad for Huey or an 18 man patrol for MI8.

I knew the Australians Uh-1h had the radar altimeter, I have gone through their manuals a few times. But seeing the Australians had such few helicopters, I was not including them as part of my argument. From what I understand Belisimtek was not trying to build and Australian UH-1H. If they were, they should have modeled the rest of the cockpit correctly. For example The Australians had a larger TRQ gauge which I like a lot better. My point was that they took parts from different Huey versions and even different aircraft and plugged them into the Huey in odd and unrealistic ways. The flare launchers would not work mounted on the tale, because of CG would be screwed up, and the flares would not distract gen 3 MANPADS ie(sa18 that we have in game) because the flares fire out the wrong direction. Its simple details they could have asked people with experience about in order to release a better product.

The UH-1h Huey never had flare launchers, that was a mistake by Belsimtek. The flare control panel in the cockpit is from another cockpit. An APR 39 radar detector should be put in where the radar altimeter is, and the radar altimeter should be removed. The UH-1V had the radar altimeter. Belsimtek was given bad advice.