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I agree, the SAS servo at low speed is quite unstable now. I would recommend 2 things for now: 1) Holding down the FTR instead of turning off the SAS. 2) Breakout the yaw SAS during the low speed flight (<40kts), for example if you need a little left pedal during the flight, keep the yaw trim reference to the right, if the pedal position is far enough from the "referenced position", the hold mode will temporarily disengage, this will reduce the chance of erratic yaw caused by the SAS. Combined these 2 tips together will make the flight a bit easier. Good luck!

I'm looking forward to the F-35A, but I have a few questions after reading the FAQ. If ED has enough documentation to create the F-35A, how about the MH-60 or the Super Hornet? Shouldn't there be more publicly available documents for these aircraft—possibly even better documentation compared to the F-35A? TBH the statement `These demonstrations were often filmed and provide great insight into the PVI of the F35` in the FAQ section is kinda sketchy for a FF ED module.

AHHH, my bad! I guess I was over-excited for that fancy HUD and I missed all the steam gauges that were supposed to be MFDs...

Dream come true!

I love helicopters, especially in DCS. However, the cockpit texture is the only thing stopping me from buying the OH-58 at full price. I know the flight model is great, the systems are solid, and the sounds have improved significantly with the latest update. But, man, the cockpit texture looks like it’s straight out of 2015. I get that I probably wouldn’t notice the textures much while flying on a multiplayer server, but for a $70 module, I expect more. It might just be my personal opinion, but if I’m paying fine dining prices at a restaurant, I expect the environment and decor to match the price as well.

I can feel the pain. I think the Apache flies pretty well overall, except for the yaw control, which is caused by excessive main rotor torque. This issue has been brought up repeatedly for quite some time, but no fix has been implemented. I'm not sure if this excessive main rotor torque issue also contributes to the erratic behavior of the yaw SAS servo at low speeds sometimes, but it's been two years since the Apache was released. It's disappointing that such a significant issue has been left unresolved for so long. (I know this thread is about Apache, but it took ED 6 years to update the flight model and FCS in F18C, which was released in 2018... )

Thanks a lot! I bought some rubber tarp bungee from Amazon and it works great! Also, during the waiting time I've identified the reason why I wanted a lighter spring - due to my caster wheel office chair that I use for flightsim. (ye, that's dumb). So, I bought some caster wheel stoppers and now my chair is solid when I push the pedals, but I have to say the rubber feels better than spring, especially with the damper turned to high setting. Thanks again!

Hi, I'm happy with my Winwing Orion pedals, but my only issue is that the spring force is too strong. Since Winwing does not provide any lighter springs in their store, I'm wondering if you guys have any idea where can I get a lighter spring? Also, after searching I've found some people use the rudder band to place the spring in their Thrustmaster pedals, in this case, what size of the rudder band should I get? Thank you all.

I'm guessing the tail-twitching behavior? It's more like a yaw SAS issue than FM issue in my opinion. When heading mode is active and the Apache is below 40 kts, the yaw SAS would go nuts sometimes, this might introducing some twitching behavior on the tail. As you can see from this video, the tail starts to swing when the heading hold is engaged. I break out the heading mode by applying the left rudder just in time, otherwise, I might get a SAS statute warning.

Couldn't agree more, I'm surprised how the bug obvious like this got passed through the QA test.

It's time to do a butt landing!

My guess is the Heading Hold mode kicks in. If you open the control input by RCtr + Enter you should see 2 blue lines around the yaw indicator, if yaw changes very abruptly while you are slowing down, I assume you should see 2 things in the control input for the yaw axis: 1) blue line around yaw axis 2) green line bouncing around. What I did to solve this was to either hold the FTR button, which makes the helicopter less stable, or "break out" the heading holding. In the manual page 179 you will find the heading hold engage conditions, one of these conditions is `Pedal displacement <= 3% in yaw axis from the force trim reference position.` This means if you are below 40 knots and move the pedals away from the previously trimmed position far enough, then the heading hold should not be engaged. Without heading hold there should be no abrupt yaw changes during the approach, especially when you reach 40 knots or lower. So my suggestion is, you can trim the helicopter to perhaps 50 knots, and from there stop trimming, once you established a stable hover, trim again. If you watch Brad's video you will also find at some point during the approach he stops trimming and just flight the helicopter. According to the manual:" a 'breakout' value within each flight control axis of the cyclic and pedals allows the pilot to 'fly through' the hold modes" This is a video I recorded a long time ago, you will see once my speed is below 40kts the heading hold mode kicks in, but instead of moving the pedals to the left and trim, I breakout the heading hold mode by moving the pedals away from the previously trimmed position. https://www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkxf4WeNENy5jWFJkL-UW_jBLfl-f_XGRPl

I totally agree that the customer service from Thrustmaster is first class. I've never had any Winwing products before so it's not my position to judge their customer service, however, I did hear some people have had issues with their customer support. I was originally looking at Virple or MFG pedals, but I have to pay import taxes for both of them, Winwing is the only company that will ship their product within Canada. Looking through some of the posts regarding the customer support issue of Winwing in this forum or on Reddit makes me a bit worried. I'm gonna wait for another 2 weeks and perhaps I will buy the Virple rudder pedals, at least I didn't find any people mentioning their quality control or customer support issue.

I'm in Canada and I placed the pre-order for Orion pedals on Feb 20th, I haven't got any updates so far. Some people suggest checking their website daily because the item might be in stock before they send you the notice.

I had the same bug today plus a few more things: 1) After passing waypoint 1, Raven 41 called for the radio switch to Strike, after switching, nothing happened until he said "knock it off" and decided to meet the tanker. 2) He was connected with the tanker all the time and radioed me to connect while he was on the hook. I do have some 3rd party mods installed. Aircraft Mods: Civil Aircraft Mod, Hercules ver 6.8.2, Military Aircraft Mod, UH-60L Services Mods: DCS-SRS Tech Mods: SAMSitesAssetPack Hope this will help to find the cause of the bug.