Jester986

Well we have different experiences in them then. Fair enough.

So its a little misleading to say the Huey's tailrotor is weak. They did make upgrades like the strakes and fast fin to improve it so there was an issue but it's not that bad. A 206 has about the weakest tailrotor of any helicopter and you only get into trouble there if you're sloppy flying it. Here's a link to some pilots arguing about LTE. Feel free to make a profile and ask if the Huey is a problem... http://helicopterforum.verticalreference.com/topic/21718-the-hudson-river-lte-accident/ That being said LTE is a thing and it would be nice to see it modeled. I just don't want to see it exagerated like VRS is in the Huey and Mi-8.

I'm pretty much over Razbam because of the Harrier. It's a shame because they have some stuff in the pipeline I'm excited about. I like the Mirage despite its few flaws but I look at the Harrier and think how could I expect them to do the F-15E? Or even a glass cockpit super tucano? I bought the mig-19 to show support for the desperately needed red air and I want the Mig-23. But money talks and after giving up hope on the Harrier my only voice is my wallet. I'm sorry for the negativity and I'm not trying to be rude. I WANT Razbam to succeed. We need devs. But I'm not coming back to Razbam aircraft until the Harrier is sorted.

How about a "great news" instead of something that sounds like a threat?

We got a commitment that they'd get back to work on the module. Can we stop telling each other how we should or shouldn't feel abou it? If you're happy with it Great! No sarcasm intended. But I don't think its unreasonable to expect more progress than we've seen and to make those expectations known to ED. To which I again say thank you for setting when we can expect to see progress.

In that case I'd say leave them out but thats a mild leave them out. I won't sharpen my pitchfork if they're put in.

Well is it a matter of doctrine or were they incapable of using them? if it's just a matter of strapping them to the pilots head and it was just never done in real life lets have it. If there's a reason why NVGs wouldn't work in them than leave them out.

Yes please

I'd buy it for being a tanker and its limited attack abilities but I wouldn't expect them to add the ASW stuff for it.

@Danvac perhaps my interpretation of the sales page is unreasonable. I obviously don't think so but ED is welcome to tell me I'm wrong. In any case I'm not worried about the money. I'd just like to be able to use navigation features in the L-39 because it's one of my favorite modules. Sure I can follow a pink line or use its CDI, but you're not doing proper IFR flying that way.

Thank you Nineline.

Understood Nineline. And to be clear I wasn't complaining about the blackshark upgrade and the FW-190A-8 is clearly something that should be paid for. I just don't want to see a situation where you buy a module then add on it's features ala carte.

I don't like a subscription model either. it ends up being much more money in the long run, but that's the point. Old modules need maintenance, ED has to pay for it. So they release a new module but with every new module they are supporting the maintenance of more and more old ones so they see diminishing returns. It's like the failing American program of social security. fewer people paying in to support more retirees. Eventually it will be impossible for ED to pay for the maintenance of 30 old modules by releasing one new one. So one by one older modules will be come incompatible as maintenance stops. Or i suppose they can periodically have us pay to upgrade an old module to the newest version of DCS world...

@Danvac, we bought the Yak EA expecting a reasonable pace of completion. While reasonable pace is debatable no progress is not... I don't see it as unreasonable to say you won't buy anything else until this is fixed regardless of how much he flies other modules.

Also from the pop up window l-39 bundle page.... "DCS: NS 430 Navigation System for DCS: L-39С Cockpit The NS 430 for the L-39 module integrates the NS 430 panel directly into the L-39C cockpit (not as a pop-up display). The NS 430 is fully wired into the electrical and radio systems of the L-39." Empasis on "The NS 430 is fully wired into the electrical and radio systems of the L-39."

"Serves as both a communications radio, navigation radio, and GPS receiver" It's not a navigation radio if it has no VOR/ILS outputs. And that's fine for the one that's just a pop up window but for the one that is integrated into the cockpit I expect it to work with the HSI. Frankly I don't expect them to touch this module again. I'm hoping nineline or someone will come by and say "hey we'll get to it eventually but it'll be awhile" but between this and the Yak-52 it makes me afraid to buy other low demand modules.

My two cents... I really don't have a problem with his and I'll buy the upgrade. It just makes me a bit nervous about the potential for selling individual features. There was that WW1 flight sim where they would sell compasses VSI's etc after you bought a plane. If ED wants to sell me a new variant great! Out comes my wallet! Like the F-5 that had mavericks or something like that. But just don't charge me for something that should have come with the aircraft like Huey multi crew or adding a tpod or weapon system to an aircraft that should have had it. And I'm not saying you will do that it just makes me raise an eyebrow. Now I know these aircraft need maintenance and its difficult to justify spending the money on them when you've already sold about as many as you ever will. I really don't want a subscription based service but given the nature of DCS maybe it should be considered?

When flying though I don't think move X control Y amount, I think move the control until I get the desired reaction. Most flying if done smoothly you hardly see the controls move at all although some stuff does require being more aggressive like sling loading, mostly to stop the load quickly if it starts to swing.

I don't worry so much about a direct 1 to 1 movement of the controls to the real thing. However helicopters are extremely sensitive to control inputs. When I was a flight instructor I'd tell student to only think about what they wanted the helicopter to do and not to think about moving the controls because when you think "bank left" your hand will subconsciously drift a little left and that was all the input needed. Otherwise students end up over controlling. I also taught students to try to keep cyclic movements down to the size of a silver dollar, then a quarter, then a nickel, then a dime and that helps them get smoother on the controls. So couple that sensitivity with a short armed joystick instead of a long armed cyclic and you lose a lot of your fine control. Also most joysticks have centering springs you have to fight against. Most helicopters I've flown the cyclic will just flop over to one side or the other if you let go of it in flight. A few have force trim where it will hold it in place for you until you press a button to make an adjustment or like in the 500 where you make a movement then take the pressure off with the trim hat.

1. I doubt Wags preferences for a theatre or aircraft will drive decisions. 2. I want korea but they haven't shown any interest in doing more korea assets or modules. 3. We have a free modern map and WW2 aircraft have the highest profit margins. So my guess is it's a WW2 map to help drive and popularize WW2 module sales.

Link isn't working. And agreed it would be nice to have.

Well with hat in hand I defer to the actual Gazelle pilot then. Thank you for your input Damcopter.

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Why is it strange? I fly with this https://pro-flight-trainer-com.myshopify.com/ in vr. I'd say the HIP has the best helicopter flight model in DCS but both it and the Huey suffer from exaggerated VRS, being both too easy to get into and too difficult to get out of. I'm guessing it's scripted. Anyway the Gazelle is not without flaws. But sitting in it in VR with the cyclic collective setup it feels more like I expect a light fully articulated helicopter to feel like then the huey feels like a huey. Admittedly I have no IRL gaz flight time but I have 700 hours in an md-500 and it feels pretty similar to that. I only have 66 hours in a real Huey but its all pretty recent. My point is the Gaz feels believeable to me and if we want to pick nits where are the pitchforks for the other helicopters? Why is the hate focused on the Gazelle? Oh well, I like it. We're not going to change each others minds.

Maybe we could get a place in line for the Yak? Not a timeline but something like "we'll work on it after P-47" or "after damage model"? I know timelines are impossible but some kind of commitment?