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I know where it is, the G effect is not what I'm talking about, I have the G effect totally disabled, it's the stall/buffet effect that is the problem.

Only applies to the G feeling affect, not the stall/buffet affect, also doesn't work for Buttkicker users.

I suspect this is more of a module issue than a Simshaker issue, but in the F-14 I'm getting light buffet/stall vibrations in normal, level cruising flight and it's kind of annoying. Is there anything that can be done to filter out the light buffet/stall inputs so I only start getting feedback when I'm actually yanking and banking?

It's only in the beta right now.

OP hasn't stated if he's using the 3 camera viewport or the single camera, so that may not apply to him. The FOV on the 3 camera setting should not look any different from a single screen (canopy frame contained on the middle screen, VS across all 3 screens when using single camera output). IMO the single camera output looks better (and definitely performs better) but the FOV has to be tweaked. I have an old FOV mod from when I used to run triple screens I can maybe share when I get home. It won't cover newer modules though as I went single screen a couple years ago.

Same issue here except I have an upper and lower monitor, the menu spans both, which I assume my situation should also be fixed?

I've already got a lot of money in my pit, no chance would I pay that much for just a throttle, unless I somehow became wealthy and had money to burn.

Not sure what you're on about, nothing I saw in that video would stop me from buying one.

This fix works great for both large resolutions and display exports. However the new SA page symbology is unreadable on my exported displays, it appears to be controlled by another file. Anyone have any idea? I hope ED and BST will make these displays act like every other module, but I'm not going to hold my breath considering they've never commented on any of the threads about this issue.

It doesn't require Helios, the download contains the modded luas that you need.

One more small detail. I decided to paint the 3 black rotary knobs grey to look more correct, small thing but makes a big difference in appearance.

Just like the Tunguska, if you see it on the RWR, stay away from it until someone kills it.

Sounds like the real axis function works almost exactly like a two way hat.

So, back to the blurry/unreadable exports, it looks like the new SA page symbols are totally unreadable on my exported display, like those symbols are controlled by a different lua file than where everything else was adjusted to be readable, if that makes sense. Anyone figure out a fix? Still don't understand why these F/A-18 displays are handled totally differently than all the other modules. Seems ridiculous that these become unreadable at larger resolutions and on exports without tweaks :doh:

Damn, my reading comprehension has been terrible in this thread. I do notice after trying again that the Huey does handle similarly to how you state it should, it's weird how I can spend so much time with these helos and never notice that until I looked for it. I will also say, the I've tried the Mi-8 with the autopilot system off and the cyclic also behaves much more like you say (and that other sim video shows) it should. :joystick: Although it appears the autopilot is indeed on in that video. So that's an interesting discrepancy between the two sims.

There's a track in an identical thread still on the first page of the bug forum ;)

My extension is in the 20cm region, I have also reduced the Y saturation of the pitch and roll to 70%, so my stick setup should have plenty of precision, and yes it has spring loaded cam centering. Great call on the force feedback option, I found that was enabled despite me not having a force feedback stick. The deadzone in the center is now gone, overall the helo feels much better, however it still rolls back to level with neutral cyclic for me, and the pitch behavior is still obviously wrong. But overall, it's much better with that deadzone gone.

Thanks. Back to the aforementioned Bell 407 simulation that I earlier posited the Gazelle should feel more like. I just took her for a spin, and despite never having consciously noticed this before, the cyclic behaves just like I believe you described in this thread. It's a counter clockwise rotor so in a left bank you maintain just a little left cyclic to maintain the bank and in a right bank you actually give it a little counter cyclic to the left to maintain the bank. So the Gazelle is correct in one aspect, in that if you maintain roll in the cyclic it will keep rolling, however the fact that it rolls back to level with neutral cyclic is incorrect. This same roll behavior is seen in the pitch behavior, which is also incorrect. Also there is something like a 5% deadzone in the cyclic, after which it feels like a light switch when the cyclic actually begins to respond, which also cannot be correct. It's funny that I've never noticed the difference in the cyclic behavior between the 407 and the DCS Huey/Mi-8 (the Huey which you say is correct to need roll input to maintain a bank because of the teetering rotor if I understand you correctly), but the Gazelle immediately felt completely unnatural to me. I am encouraged to hear that the FM is being worked on, because I really do like what the Gazelle has to offer, I just wish I enjoyed flying it more.

So what you're saying is normally, bank is induced by some roll input with the cyclic and is more or less centered through the turn to maintain that bank. So the Gazelle is correct in that you cannot maintain roll in the cyclic through a turn without continuing to bank, which also conversely means the Gazelle is wrong in that when centering the cyclic in a bank results in the helo rolling back to level, which it should not do without counter roll in the cyclic. The DCS Mi-8 is pretty highly regarded and one of the lead devs is or was an M-8 pilot IIRC, to me it sounds hard to believe FM could be so far off of what you say it should do and what that other simulator video appears to show, but without a control indicator on the screen it's hard to make precise comparison.

Here's a video I made comparing the Gazelle cyclic behavior to the Hip (I know, vastly different helos), even without the Hip to compare to, looking at the control indicator, you can see it's just weird. You can see an obvious deadzone, and once you pass it, any input you give will continue to roll or pitch the helo in that direction until the cyclic is centered again.

Please do not take this the wrong way, many of us are not real pilots but have substantial sim time and appreciate what real pilots such as yourself have to say. Maybe we are not accurately describing the issues we're seeing and it is leading to confusion, on both sides, about what's going on. You yourself acknowledge you do not own the Gazelle because of flight model issues you've heard about, yet you're trying to comment on it's characteristics the rest of us have actually experienced by owning it. To me, the cyclic feels weird, I can't really describe it any better than that. I'd really like if you can actually fly it and comment on it. I have some time in a very highly regarded Bell 407 simulation in another sim that shall not be named, and it's more what I'd expect the Gazelle to feel like, perhaps you have experience with that sim as well? It's fairly popular.

Absolutely. The Huey is brick shithouse and the Hip is plastic portapotty. I don't even bother using it's awesome firepower because a few shots from a soldier will ruin your day, every time, period. It's no fun.

The RAE mod is excellent. It is a little out of date though and needs tweaking to work properly in the current DCS version. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/421081/

Because they are buttons and the boat switch is a maintained action, it will not work, unfortunately (I just tried it to make sure). If there was a separate command to enter NAV mode you could probably make it work. And then you'd have the problem of it changing modes like if you select certain weapons, then the buttons in the cockpit will get out of sync with your physical switch position.

Absolutely agreed. 1000w is ridiculous. If you can justify that extra cost for yourself, good for you, but let's not pretend it's necessary.