HuggyBear

G'day Vinny, I can't see an attachment mate. There are a lot of variations of a UH-1H unfortunately. For example, the DCS UH-1H represents an Australian version, which had a very different cockpit layout and a different collective head. - Bear

What is your opinion based on? You post with such confidence and certainty I assume you are a UH-1H pilot... You prefer an unrealistic, mission-wrecking simulation of a situation most UH-1H pilots have never experienced? The current FM isn't perfect, no sim FM is perfect, but it's far more accurate than earlier versions. - Bear

The result of the helicopter fuselage hanging beneath the rotor creates 'some' stability in the roll/pitch axes, but not in drift. 'Some' stability means that it is less prone to departure, not that it will return to a stable position. Dodosim's 206 FM is very good but far from perfect, so too is DCS's UH-1H FM, some X-Plane payware helo FMs are of a similar quality. None are perfect, but they're the best we have. :) - Bear

For realism, leave the N2 at 6600. Beeping up will reach an engine limitation (TQ/N1/EGT/NR droop) sooner. Accelerate to ETL in ground effect or offload cargo. In the real aircraft you can't help anyone by crashing or breaking your aircraft, unfortunately the sim doesn't provide this aspect. Beeping down in the cruise will require more TQ to compensate, negating any fuel flow saving. You also risk forgetting to beep back up during an approach. Having said all that, it's just a sim so you can do what you like. :) For realism, leave the N2 at 6600. - Bear

To clarify a little, the Gov RPM 'beep' switch directly affects the N2, which in turn affects the NR. Also the beep switch isn't for EGT management. If you find the EGT approaching limits, manage your collective/torque setting to protect the engine. The beep switch is there because a real UH-1H is not a precision instrument and does not have FADEC. Despite the excellent work of the engineers a UH-1H governing system will often have a little droop, either positive or negative, and the N2 will wander from 6600 with different torque settings and even different environmental factors. For example, after setting N2 to 6600 during start, then lifting to the hover (thereby placing load on the system), it is not uncommon to find that the N2 has positively drooped and is now sitting at 6400. The beep switch is then used to trim the N2 back up to 6600. The N2 will likely not wander too much throughout the flight, but will probably negatively droop to a higher setting when on the ground with no power applied. The N2 can be beeped back to 6600 on the ground but most pilots won't care as a slightly high N2 on the ground won't cause damage and it's easier not to have to beep back up as you pick up to the hover again. Ideally the governors and droop cam would keep everything perfectly trimmed, but the old girl was built in simpler times so the beep switch is a simple and effective countermeasure. When in maintenance the engineers and maintenance pilots will try to eliminate any droop but you wouldn't ground an aircraft for a little droop unless it was causing a real problem. Modern helicopters usually have FADEC which will do all the work for the pilot and keep things at 100%. The DCS UH-1H is a far more reliable girl than the real one, so the beep switch isn't really of much use, except to beep the N2 nice and high when more power is required, however you should then reach your torque/EGT limits earlier and negate much of the benefit. Hope that helped, feel free to ask for clarification. - Bear

Haven't loaded DCS in a long time, but in the real H the symbol in the annunciator window is telling you which way to turn the adjustment knob, either toward the cross or circle. When properly synchronised the window should display the blank area between the cross and the circle. The HSIs should indicate within 2 degrees of each other and within 10 degrees of the standby compass. - Bear

It was both. Either the RPG to the front or MANPAD to the rear would have brought Flipper 75 down. Both happened at/near the same time. - Bear

CH-47D Flipper 75, 30 May 07, Helmand Province. Initially classified as a Stinger, later changed to unknown. MANPADS aren't cheap and they have great value as a status symbol to insurgents. With a lack of training and practice ammunition, it's usually a better idea to throw bullets and RPGs at aircraft. - Bear

Is there a way to have just the UFC? I know there will be wasted space but I have the TM MFDs and would like the UFC as large as possible. - Bear

The flight manual will list the service ceiling, I think it was less than 20,000 feet, but I'll leave it to you to search for it. Don't know about the DCS version, never had a reason to try. The crew won't be able to operate that high without oxygen though. - Bear

It's the trigger under the collective head. - Bear

Very nice. Is there a possibility of a 'shorter ' case to allow mounting in front of a monitor? - Bear

Very true mate. Have you looked at Helios? It natively supports gauge export for the A-10C. Not sure what else, if anything, it can do for other modules. - Bear

There's no argument. To me, a gauge set is not equal in value to an aircraft module. Not even half as valuable. A quarter of the value would be reasonable. If enough people consider it to be reasonably priced then it will sell. I consider it extremely overpriced. - Bear

Not at $49.95 for one set of software gauges. - Bear

Still incorrect. - Bear

This is still incorrect. - Bear

At the moment in autorotation the N2 maintains around the same position as the NR. In autorotation with the N1 at idle, the N2 should decay to around 5500. Not sure what the N2 will decay to with N1 near zero as I've never shut the engine completely off for an autorotation. But I am assuming it will continue falling towards zero. NR will be equal to or greater than N2 depending on whether the blades are in autorotation. The NR should never be less than N2. - Bear

That's some seriously 'informal' wiring. :) Wonder if he eventually routed it through the roof? - Bear

The mounting is correct for an Australian UH-1H, which was just a slick with guns tacked on... and a sight... and a control panel on the centre pedestal... and a temporary increase in MAUW while in gunship configuration. :) Pic doesn't seem to be loading, here's the link : http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101120124140/themarshall/images/1/1a/0722818.jpg As for the 17 tube rocket mounts, that is selected by the user in the arming window. You can select the 7 tube mounts instead. In fact all of the armaments are user-defined. I know how heavy they can be, I used to fly UH-1H slicks and guns. :) - Bear

G'day Paul, Thanks for these pubs, I think they're fantastic. Regarding the Vaziani HI-ILS OR LOC/DME RWY 32, it references the ILS for RWY 14. Is this intended as a back-course ILS? If so is there something on the plate to indicate this? Thanks for your work, - Bear

It's been a while, but the D/H gunship issue has been discussed extensively. Australian D/H were configured as gunships as per the DCS UH-1H. We don't have C models in DCS so some liberty has to be taken with the skins. It's much better than having no skins at all. - Bear

According to the Flight Manual and Emerg Checklists the UH-1H can be flown with a failed tail rotor above 40 KIAS to reach a suitable area. A loss of components/structure however is likely to seriously affect the CoG. - Bear

I'm not much of a builder. :) Thanks for the reply. - Bear

Is there a compatible UFC/CDU 'button box' available for these to operate in? - Bear