Fredo_69

How could it be your fault (bad)??? We need an updated manual...

I second to this frustration...

Yes Holbeach, like that. And in 20 m/s wind with max turbulence in the wether settings. The Gazelle is much less sensitive to wind and turbulence than the Huey even though its a much lighter helicopter than the Huey. Even with gyro stab turned off (!), and the autopilot off, its very stable as long as you keep your hands off the cyclic. I'ts to good to be true? /Fredrik

Wow, thank You! That made her feel like I thought a helicopter should be. Need to include that in the manual! Now I can fly her like she deserves :-) Thanks/Fredrik

Yes, I have simulation (not game) settings. Turning on/off the autopilot ha no noticeable effect for me. In wind of 20 m/s and max turbulence settings, I can throw the pedals left/right until the chopper spins 60 rpm and pull the collective up/down - and the chopper just spins steady as a rock. If I do it with autopilot on or off dosent matter - steady as a rock she flies... IF thats realistic (?) its OK with me... I have no idea to tell really, but it seems a bit to good to be true?

Thanks again! Chucks guide was nice, but I would still like some more info on the SAS... Now I have double verified it again - turning off the auto pilot has no noticeable effect on the helicopters flight characteristics below 120 km/h for me. I have turned off all three axis switches AND the masterswitch - NO effect whatsoever. The chopper has a STRONG "fly-by-wire" feel to it... //Fredrik

Thanks for the advice! I had already tried that. But since you suggest it, I have tried it once again to be sure. Switching off the autopilot masterswitch has no noticeable effect on the flight characteristics for me. So the chopper is self-stabilising... SAS=Stability Assistance System?? //Fredrik

SAS need's to be explained! Hi, After 4 hrs in the Gazelle now I have the impression that it almost flies itself... As a pilot you only need small short touches to the cyclic as the chopper i self-stabilizing. Even with max turbulence and 20 m/s winds it flies perfectly stable by itself (with autopilot off and me not touching the cyclic). I guess that it is the "SAS" (?) doing the job for me? So this SAS "thing" (or something) needs to be explained early in the manual for new pilots to understand, especially if they (like me) come from flying the Huey (which has nothing like this "SAS"(?) in it in DCS). Can this SAS (or something) be turned off by the pilot? Sincerely, Fredrik

Hi everyone, My first post on this forum... I'm an experienced flight simmer (35 years of flightsimming) but fairly new to DCS. So far I've logged 63 hrs i DCS and 16 of those on the Huey witch I love to fly and has now pretty good mastery of. I use Saitek X-55 Rhino stick & throttle together with CH Propedals and Track-IR. (For the Gazelle I have been forced to put in deadzoone one (1) and curvature 19 on all axis to be able to handle it it. I use zero of both those settings for the Huey) I'm waiting for the Bo-105 witch is a favourite of mine and I thought I should support the devs (!) by buing the Gazelle first (even though its the Bo-105 I'm waiting for). Now I find that the Gazelle has some bugs in its FM. I see that this is a "hot potatoe" in this tread... But since it is a Beta early release that should not be so controversial, I think (hope)? When flying straight forward sometimes the heli gets "stuck" to a certain attitude and you can then let go of the cyclic and toy around with pedals an collective - just spinning round along a track... Seriously, thats not right?! No, of course not... So I expect that to be high on the devs list of things to fix. Secondly the crash model doesn't work and you can end up both underwater or embedded in the ground without getting killed... And sometimes after a crash the wreck never stops spinning. So I'm looking forward to next release and hopefully someday also the Bo-105. Sincerely//Fredrik