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  1. Question.. I have tried engaging autohover (I have it assigned to my flight stick) but it doesn't engage. I think I'm doing something wrong or making assumptions.. If I am moving less then 4 knots and my VS is less then 2 does autohover work? Does autohover cause the helicopter to hover while I am not holding the joystick. How do I know when I have autohover engaged? (Is there a light?) Do I have to set up any instruments to get autohover to work? What happens if I try to move while autohover is engaged? Does autohover use the autopilot? (I don't think I have the autopilot working either which is why I am asking) Thanks,
  2. I had a button on my controller assigned for eject. I had some pepsi while I was returning to home plate and when I set the cup down I bumped the controller. My parachute was above my head a few seconds later.... Never drink and fly.
  3. So, the HUD speed is similar to the GPS-AAS reading in an airplane and the steam gauge is exactly the same as the steam gauge in an airplane.. got it. thanks.
  4. I still don't know how to use the autopilot. lol. Anyway, I replayed the track from my flight (the one I crashed onto the mountain on) what I didn't see was a warning light on the warning panel that stated overspeed. I was going over 280 knots on the HUD (why is the HUD different then the steam gauge? They work on different sensors or something?)
  5. Yeah, I got that from Wikipedia. It too agrees that horizontal movement is the way out of the VRS. I was able to complete the first mission on the campaign, Although I almost landed off the pad.
  6. Sounds good. Thanks for your guys' help!
  7. What is "Rotor in Ground" mean? I saw it in the takeoff area of the manual. After looking at it RIG and non-RIG look the same on paper. what am I missing?
  8. I just read that on the Wikipedia page. Now let me ask this. Because in the first campaign mission where they take you "around the block" I had the same problem when going over the mountains only it caused me to start turning and caused this downwash or VRS to occur. What altitude from ground level should I be at during normal flight?
  9. Ok. So I need to adjust my VS to be less then 5 to correct this, correct?
  10. Hello, I am trying to land from a high altitude (I do this from a semi-hover, that is, a hover that still has me going less then 3 knots), I do this if I miss the approach due to being to high. When I start to decend above the runway and I get around 40 feet from the ground it seems that I start getting sucked in toward the ground and my decent rate increases. This causes my to crash, or damage the helicopter. I tend to see this more if I am decending below 40 feet at 5VS or more. I'm assuming this is a physics thing but can someone explain it better to me? It might help me land safely if I understand what is actually going on. Also if I get before 40 feet and the rotors are not parallel the the ground, but say at an angle more then 15 degrees it causes the helocopter to become very unstable, even worse then if it's parellel. Thanks for any help.
  11. SNAFU was correct. Thats what I was looking for. Luckily I didn't get very far and just created it from scratch. Really I'm making my own training/sandbox for me to use to get used to the flight model (I usually fly more airplanes/fighters then Helo's) which is much more.. sensitive then that of the helo's in Flight Simulator X. My biggest problem is not in the flying itself but in landing. Anyway, I got bored being by myself and wanted to populate the area around the airport with an F16 and a UH60. Gave them a TP package. Thanks guys for your help.
  12. I figured out that I have to actually click File > New in order to get this to show up. lol. Is there no way to change it on an existing mission?
  13. Hello, I have a small mission (used for assisting me in training with my helicopter flying). I got bored one day and decided to "populate" my mission with other helicopters. My dad flys UH-60's IRL so I added a group of 3. The problem is they are showing up as enemies. I would like to add them to allies but when I use the mission briefing button to view the teams (RED/BLUE) I can't change them. What am I doing wrong? Thanks,
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