Marsvinet

You have to cycle it over to reset and back the middle position or arm to be able to pick up more cargo.

I can't say I've experienced the pitch up the way you describe it, but what I've seen feels connected. For me the AFCS appears to overcorrect any small movements in the pitch axis, so if you make a small correction aft, the nose shoots up way further than the stick movement should warrant, but after about a second, it has dropped back down to where the correction should have ended up. I notice it most in a hover, where I constantly jerk the stick back and forth to quickly get rid of the AFCS overcorrection, I can easily see how it could cause some big effects at higher speeds. I know this has to be incorrect, because when the 1970's analogue Mi-8 autopilot does a better job at stabilizing than the 2000's digital beast of the DAFCS, it can't be correct. But I guess we'll just have to wait, WIP and all.

The top left knob toggles between night and day mode, but then you can adjust further with the bottom left rocker switch. That way you can change it to match what you want. I've used this setup a little bit for NVG landings, brightness switch in red:

I know most of the later versions had an autopilot, H-21B and C, but the earliest A version? Don't think it did. It does have those stabilizing surfaces on the rear pylon, but I doubt they were enough.

All Thuds were set up to use both systems and as far as I know, it is the only aircraft that was built that way.

On the CDU, press FD on top, in there you can set HDG on the left side.

Holy hell, that is stunning. Really looking forward to these beatuies, keep up the good work you two!

You need to enable mirrors in the settings, under gameplay I think. This turns them on by default for all modules, but also makes them show up on the Mi-8

Just tested again and it is gone. Guess the last patch solved it.

Look for a keybind simply named "Trim" or something to that effect. The CD Release does not work yet, the simplified "Trim" works. It's what I'm using and it works perfectly.

This happens even without using dynamic spawn. It also breaks SRS, which is a bit of a pain. I will upload a track when I get home.

You might be suprised, but a solid chunk of RuAFs Su-25 are still not updated to SM/SM3 standards. You can easily see this in the propaganda videos they upload. So the "basic 80s" version is still in active service and most probably protected by the Russian MoD. I would love a full fidelity Frog, but I know it is a hairy situation.

I managed to haul 6000lbs of cargo up to a 16000ft peak and I estimate that I had ~75% fuel left at that altitude. The last ~3000ft up to the peak was at a snails pace, with the engines pegged at 99.2% RPM, with torque at ~65% if I remember correctly. Any more collective and I started dropping like a brick due to the drooping. 9000ft sounds like you are doing something wrong or expecting too much out of the airframe.

The L118 gun is bugged as a sling load, has been since it was added. Nothing wrong with the Chinook in this case.

Nothing has been said about the paint kit yet. I hope it arrives soon, as I really want to get started on my SwAF collection.