GunfighterSIX

The game locks up if I try to load into a Saber that is set as client. I guess that mean multi player is off the table?

It will give you a perfect 2min ROT. I know that it says 4, but 2min is all I have ever used in a helicopter.

Make sure your ARC UD is on narrow, and that you hit the freq tune button on the R-828. Watch that you tube video I posted in my last link. If that doesn't work I can throw you a test mission and my r-828 .lua file.

If your just getting into the Mi-8 keep your SAS on! The aircraft is designed to be flown with it. Once you get good you can practice with out it.

Great mission! We had a lot of fun playing it. You can track the stolen vehicle with the Mi-8, you just have to add 4900 to your preset freqs for the R-828 and use that radio to track it. The tracking range is not as good, but it works. R-828 tracking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FrJdjrQ4nA

90 is a great curse speed. Military used that a lot. Depending on how it is configured the VNE can be 108 KIAS or lower. I say108 KIAS because that's what comes up if u do a performance planing card on a standard day with combat load. In Vietnam u would see 80 KIAS a lot, more effect from environmental factors, and it allowed Huey gunships to keep up. I am sure people will argue with me because they fly the Huey flat and level at 125 with out looking at or understanding the TRQ, TGT or NG gauges. Note: 90 KIAS is also good because it makes math easy. 2/3 the distance equals the time it takes for you to get there. 60 miles x 2/3 = 40 minutes flight time. 120 knots use half the distance, for the flight time.

Great Work!

If you want to turn it on and off in game. LWin + H for the gunners or crew Hints. LCtrl + Lshift + H for weapons Hints.

so you haven't heard of hot start or even an engine that was melted, burnt or destroyed as a result of over temp? I agree with what you said about wear and malfunction, but it can also lead to catastrophic failure and fire.

I guess its just different for us in the air assault world, To each his own. I find on a tactical approach I am always hiting with a little role, especially if its a dust landing.

?? Real world we only set our brakes if parked or doing slopes or operating in mountains. 99% of the time they are released.

IT started working for me last night, not sure if it got fixed last update or if i had done something wrong with the other triggers. Works now though.

I will do some more testing before I re post it in the 1.2.8 beta forum. Thanks for your help.

Thanks Airwar! That was driving me up the wall. You have to do that for hot start as well.

I can not get the cargo to be recognized by a tiger to complete an action. For example, Slinging loading a piece of cargo into a zone. Nether unit in zone, group in zone or part of group in zone will work. Trying to sling something into a zone to set a Flag.

Internal cargo? We already have a trigger for internal load, could this be a working trigger for multi player?!? I would love to be able to add wight to aircraft in mulit player. Where is the work on the Mi-8? I would like to see crew guns. Everything else looks great! Can't wait.

I Have been using the a mix of the US Air Force checklist, the one you posted and the US Army MI-17 check list. I find the Air force check list a little to detailed and wordy on simple checks like before take off. It seems to have all the detailed procedures built into the check list making it 88 pages long. I guess I am just used to the check list being abbreviated and not the whole chapter 8. They are both great resources though.

Not sure if you can home on another player because you will have to set up a transmission in the mission editor. You can do this for AI, I just haven't tried on players yet. The radio you would use is the FM radio. It has homing ability, bottom right nob, turn to home. The other unit would have to transmit on the fm radio. Match your freq. Your course divination pointer point you in the direction of the source. Be warned it will point you at your target or 180 degrees. Page 88 of the UH-1h manual talks about FM homing. FM homing was mainly used for helping to track onto ground units, by using a long count or a short count. This is not used any more thanks to GPS. Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam Great example: Read page 165 and 166.

Thanks!

Sorry for getting off topic but can you make a set of tanks for the MI-8?

We shoot them off roofs all the time in our missions, just make sure they are not set to invulnerable. Its when they get stuck in building that you have problems.

If you hit the control stops or you are mast bumping and the aircraft is not on the ground, then it is to much. The game does not demonstration slopes very well.

The slope limits on the huye is probably around 8 degrees. Have to look it up. SOmetimes that limit is because of cyclic range. Meaning you cant displace the stick into the slope enough because the stick is all the way over. They are other limits to slopes, I am just naming one. And if it is a step slope like u show in the picture then u won't get into ground effect. There is noting under u to slow the flow of air through your rotor system. That is called induced flow. I am sure thats not modeled yet.

90% of that is incorrect. Only 1 trim system, the mi-8 has heading hold so you could take you feet of the pedals in a hover, but don't. SAS and trim are two different things and I think you guys are confusing some of the functions of both with the AFCS. Best just to read the manual or online description. http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/products/magnificent_eight/?PAGEN_2=4#446370

That's a great point about white outs and brown outs. No am not worried about fuel cost, I was talking more power margin. And why come to a fully stop when you can just add a little speed and left off? I would love to get some time in a S-92 and Super puma, actually most those aircraft you mentioned. Your a lucky man, unless you are flying to oil rigs, I am not really all about ocean flying. I think it's and Army thing.