HuggyBear

It already looks just about perfect to me, but if you need photos of any areas or aspects let me know. Cheers, - Bear

The current FM is indeed very close to the real thing now, although we'll continue to provide feedback to the devs and hopefully it will get even better. :) The real Huey is quite docile (compared to other helicopters), the real trick is handling her when she gets close to her limits, especially when fast, heavy, high density altitude and flown tactically. - Bear

The aircraft will also be raising its own nose during the acceleration as the downward force of the synch elevator increase with increasing forward airspeed. When you re-adopt the speed-stable attitude your cyclic position will be further forward than before. These effects were very approximate, once installed there were no operational checks in the test flight schedule, apart from pilot 'feel'. Not sure if this is modeled in the sim, I'll check it out tomorrow. - Bear

The synch elevator on the Huey will lift the tail when moving rearward. The pilot will usually run out of aft cyclic by around 30-40 knots. This bug has been submitted, thanks for raising the issue guys. - Bear

Yep. :) http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=105074&highlight=gauge - Bear

Lots of things in your original post were certainly correct Your style of posting in questioning the value of the product however, was certain to raise objection. Why not post these findings in the bug thread? The flight model is constantly being improved, this has been discussed in several threads already. As for asking whether an SME is a pilot... I'd rate the opinion of a Flight Engineer (apologies if I used the wrong term A16) over that of a pilot when discussing a rotor head (although Maintenance Pilots can be quite knowledgeable, but that's only because we hang around the Flight Engineers and ask lots of questions :) ). - Bear

The update greatly reduces the unintended rolling, while still allowing the aircraft to realistically drift and wander. It makes it much easier to 'think outside the aircraft' rather than fighting it the whole time. - Bear

AH guys have no control touch? :) Just kidding, you're correct in your assessment of the current FM, I think/hope you'll appreciate the updated flight model. A lot of forum/email traffic between testers and devs have gone into the FM and they're working very hard to improve it. - Bear (A former CH guy who greatly appreciated his AH protectors)

G'day Tango, There's no G-meter in the Huey, but as others have said the rotor system and it's limitations will (mostly) protect the aircraft from excessive loading. Some other helicopters, like the Chinook, have a 'strain gauge' type of system which indicates excessive loading/vibration. ...Also a lot of regular maintenance inspections to hopefully find the inevitable cracks, particularly on a 40 year old aircraft. :) - Bear

I believe it's fully articulated... like a Chinook. - Bear

Just countering claims of "can't" and "scrap the aircraft". - Bear

A Huey can go past 90 degrees angle of bank if you keep the disc loaded with collective and aft cyclic. However the -10 prohibits intentional maneouvres beyond attitudes of +/- 30 degrees in pitch or +/- 60 degrees in roll. Thankfully not all users used direct copies of the -10 as wingovers to ~110 degrees were common in my old squadron. - Bear

Check your control axis assignments in options. Often DCS will unhelpfully assign other axes to your cyclic and collective. this conflict will give you all kinds of unwanted inputs. - Bear

You should have manual control of the Corrector (which is the throttle) in both Auto and Emer. The Gov RPM 'beep' switch on the collective head will only affect the engine while in Auto. The beep actuators and governor still move in response to the beep switch, however the governor itself is isolated from the N1 section. - Bear

Yep, bug has been submitted. - Bear

Never fear, it's not being dumbed down. :) The current beta FM, while still very good, is twitchier and harder to control than the real thing. The updated FM is both more stable and more realistic. All is well. :) - Bear

I appreciate that you've now begun to use words like 'if' and 'may' to indicate that you are not certain, or speaking generally. When referring to the Huey (and many other helicopters) your earlier (positive) assertion is wrong. - Bear

Haven't played that mission, but the instructions in the briefing might be incorrect. Below 4000 ft there will be up to 10 psi TQ less power available than in Auto, above 4000 up to 10 psi more. What is the starting altitude in the mission? Jesse is correct regarding the governor. While in Auto you can beep up the N2 to near its maximum. - Bear

The only thing seriously amiss with that approach was that the skids weren't aligned at touchdown. While you can get away with it on the smooth surface of DCS World, real world grass and dirt would probably cause you to dig in a little and possibly tip. Still, not too bad considering how long you've had to practice. Keep at it and keep posting videos. :) 300 fpm/30 knots is not an instant VRS death sentence. A lot of factors affect and influence VRS so the books will tell stay below/above 300/30 becauses you definitely won't enter VRS and you'll be safe. The (RL) Huey is incredibly hard to get into VRS. Personally I've had one in a 500 fpm descent at 0 KIAS, then pulled the collective straight to 50 PSI. Took a while to stop the inertia from the descent, but no VRS. Lots of aircraft are very different and it's foolish to try to dictate to others with absolute authority the rules of aerodynamics and/or tactics, notice how I didn't try to tell anyone what the R22 can or can't do? Let's try to offer each other suggestions and ideas rather than deliver judgement and condemnation. If it's a bad idea, but it works, it's not a bad idea (okay maybe a little silly). - Bear

To really increase the risk of mast bump, unload the disc by bunting over, then apply some lateral cyclic to roll the disc while it's still 'loose'. Should take care of it. :) - Bear

Holy crap! That's a pretty extreme approach. Our 'steep' approaches were 8-12 degrees! - Bear

Ah, I see what you mean now! That is incredibly weird. Sorry mate, I have no idea what that is. Excellent video to demonstrate the problem though. - Bear

Just checked the searchlight... and sim searchlight is better than the real one :) It's a bit brighter and projects a bit further, though it is a little narrower. There could be a little more 'scattered' light around the primary beam. Hope that helped. :) - Bear

...and I was certainly wrong! Not fixed in test build (yet). There's a bug submission in already. - Bear

Just got off the phone with my old AFS (Aerial Fire Support) Troop Commander, he doesn't recall any delay from 'squeeze to noise'. I've submitted the bug report. - Bear