Kula66

Perhaps they have to refer to the manual alot! "Now, is it <RCtrl><LShift><A> or <RCtrl><RShift><A> ... I know, I'll pop the light on and check the manual ..."

Agreed ... the manual is more a 'What the switches do' rather than a 'When to use them' guide.The producers notes are excellent, but I could do with some more centered on basic helicopter flying. My training tracks are all Russian, so no use to me ... but I'm happy that with plenty of trial and error, I've got the basics!

Many of my early problems were a faulty button on my cougar - the S4 button, which by default mapped to trim and would randomly trigger when I mvoed the stick ... so check for hardware faults.

Thanks Groove, I have, however, given my advanced years I forget things easily.

Many thanks cquail/Danish!

On a simialr note, how do yo unlock a locked target?

Helicopters are a challenge to fly and the systems modelling is just fantastic ... but the AI targets will always be just too dumb and predicatable and the terrain will never be good enough close up. That feeling of being on-line and watching from 40k' some poor sucker on TWS in blissful ignorance with an AMRAAM headed his way ... no comparision!! Sorry,

Shame ... but thanks for the info.

We'll you keep waiting ... I was posting the question hoping for a reply from ED.

ED: Any chance of releasing these for those that purchased the Russian version? It would be greatly appreciated!

Worked with no fiddling at all, plugged into my Cougar ... I think it was the 'F-16s', that's what it has stamped on the right pedal.

T.Bone - I've got a set, the guy was ill at the time but he managed to ship them to me in the UK. Good heavy metal pedals. A good match for my Cougar!

I have a cougar with peddles and have assigned the rudders within BS ... they seem to work fine.

IMHO, 'Collidable' trees in BS are a bit like missiles that obey physics in FC ... pretty fundamental! Watching TOW missiles fly through forrests and hit a BMP ... just looks silly. There are dozens of videos showing attack helicopters skirting along tree lined roads/rivers etc ... NOE is again fundamental. Afg/Irq are not conventional environments and I'm sure what is considered convention attack helicopter is different there. Against a mech army with lots of AAA/SAMs you'd have to either neutalise (SEAD/ECM) it or go low into the trees. I guess we await the new engine ...

Nothing on my downloaded copy ...

Agreed - I seem to move my head as I try and move my mouse!

As you can see, my helicopter skillls are very beginner, however, I only crashed once the helicopter disappeared! No idea what time into the track that was. I doubt I'm out of system resources - my system is a fairly new install, very little rubbish and I take performance optimisation seriously (having managed 2000+ servers in the past). No other indications of resource problems. From my read the graphics glitched, view of helicopter disappeared. If it happens again I'll try and get a time ... what other info would be useful to you?

Ok, on the way ...

I am surpised by how much fun the KA is to fly - I do not like helicopters anywhere near as much as fast jets, but BS is a great sim and mastering all the systems is going to take months of practice. A real challenge!

Ok, I have a track that died ... where do I send it?

I'm fairly sure it was above the lower mark, but thanks for suggestion, I'll check the 'high blade AOA' next time.

Hmmm ... I don't record tracks as a matter of course.

Thanks all, I'll try out some ideas tonight!

Thanks Stalintc - back to basics. I'm a little confused with the relationship between the director, AP channels and AP. Normally I'd fly the the 3 channels on (to smooth out my control inputs), AP off and the director on, but when I want the AP to help, route flying or hover I first turn the director off?

Could be ... I was in a mountain pass after 20mins flying time ... I'll track down the warning light! Thanks. Acedy, What counts as high speed 290kph or 200+?