helicopter club and my homemade sim-pit

hi all.

i am a helicopter enthusiast, spawned from playing battlefield vietnam and battlefield 2.

for the most part i have been flexing my helicopter through a mouse/keyboard/xbox controller 's' setup.

i wanted to go to the next level of flying which is to have full helo controls, (i.e. cyclic, collective, and rudder)

i just completed my home made sim-pit

people like pictures of course..

I like to know if there is any helicopter clubs to join, i would like to improve my helicopter combat flying skills, its taking me a lil more effort to use a cyclic and coordinate using the rudder and collective...

but im sure in time i will be better in time, plus i like to fly with other helicopter pilots online!

Wow!! Awesome build!! :thumbup:

Looking really sweet me thinks!! :)

I'm sure there will be or are squadrons planning to fly DCS, you should hook up with one that matches your timezone! It's a great way to get the most out of any simulator I think.. And with that control setup you'll be kicking ass!!

Really cool!!

thanks...

for the time being, do you know of any helicopters clubs to get involved with at least so i can practice flight ops and maneuvers? im starting to hate being noob-fied in bf2 servers because i dont fly so great yet with this full helicopter set up..

what do you use to fly?

Where do you live? and check out our thred here. I am tring to get a group together in the US West coast mostly. For the DCS series. If your in the UD drop me a PM. mabe we can figure somthing out.

Keep in mind that the BF series flight modle will be way more forgiving than a true flight modle will. If you have ArmA, I am a member of the 31st MEU as a helo pilot. It is not that great of a flight modle but you will have me to fly with.

http://31stmeu.spreebb.com/index.php?

Check us out.

Wow nice set up man, I hope you can explain the design for the floor mounted stick and give us more detail on how it works for you. Thats one of the most elusive parts of sim building, and building one is no easy task. Yeah I second Cat above too, if you live on the west coast were all sharing pit ideas and experience and will have some sort of helo group for BS. Feel free to add to the Pit Building group thread in this forum section too!

actually im from new york (east coast)

the idea of the gimbal is quite easy, its the implementation that was difficult, and even more difficult when you dont have the means to fabricate.

i made several attempts to make the inner gimbal, which was the hardest part, first attempt result in a assembly so heavy that i had to scrap it.

ultimately i did it, i almost gave up at certain points, particually when i had to address the grinding of the inner gimbal shaft (solved with skateboard bearings @ 1$ each x 2) ...custom bearings where like 20$ each!!!!!

anyways, i did it all with a hack saw, wood saw, various drivers and rachet scoket and a wet saw ( did not want to spend another 100$ on a wood saw)

man if i had access to machine shop, my creation probably would have been 10 times more better...

one point, i had to use a hand drill as a lathe, when modding a pipe to custom fit the pipe to incorporate the ch products combat stick F-16 type flight grip..

anyways, i did it...at some point, i like to make a custom collective....im not crazy about the ch product pro throttle design, but i have what i have...

maybe soon i will make this collective..i definitly want to incorporate a "auto hover" switch and pot, where i can switch between the throttle pot which the control arm is attach to, and a pot that is almost like a trim, so that i can just switch to the trim pot set to what ever resistance require to allow the helicopter to hover..and switch to this pot when ever i want to hover...( i have to fight to hover in bf2)

just thoughts...i like to hear yours!

I WANT BLACK SHARK NOW!! (actually the KA-52 ALLIGATOR is better, i love the coop capability!!!!!!!!)

(one seat is ok....TWO SEAT HELOZ RULZ! ! !)

well just after BS is released 18 months latter we will have our AH64 2 seeter.:thumbup:

Edit: As for the East cost deal no prob we can still play together. Hop you have a good connection.

Well helo ops will be much different than BF2 or any arcade shooter. Helo sims are quite different than BF2 and I think you'll find that you have to learn how to fly all over again. I'm going out on a limb here as I dont own the title/s but I think you'd have a much better time flying EECH (Enemy Engaged) series. They're not full out sims from what I understand but I think they fit the sim-lite category.

On another note, go New York Rangers/Knicks! I'm a die hard (any NYC team fan has to be lol) and hello to a fellow New Yorker, I'm from Brooklyn although California based now!

yea, i might have to give Enemy Engaged a try...so far i like Battlefield 2's helo physics...and believe me, just using the whole control set up is like learning how to fly again....

FSX helo physics are ok, Armed Assualt physics SUX, and i wasnt able to program hover correctly for the Front lines feul of war correctly ( althhough rotor physics are real nice!)

what do you guys think about which game has the most authentic flight helo physics???

since I have never ben in one I can't say. I have flown a few privet plains and one jet. but other than that I am limited to what the sim god's give me. I was once told that the day a helo leavs the asambly line it wants nuthing more than to kill the pilot.:helpsmilie: Unlike a airplain that loves to fly.:pilotfly:

I cant stress enough the arcade FM in games like BF2 and ArmA. Flying a helo in BS, EECH will not even compare.

Было 180 рублей, а стало 180.000 рублей. Я наткнулся на это на одном форуме совершенно случайно и решил попробовать. Бродя, как обычно, по разного рода форумам я нахожу эту статью, в которой говорится, что МОЖНО СДЕЛАТЬ ТЫСЯЧИ ДОЛЛАРОВ ЗА ПАРУ НЕДЕЛЬ ПРИ ВЛОЖЕНИИ ВСЕГО 180 рублей (прим. от "автора": таких бабок за ДВЕ НЕДЕЛИ вы явно не увидите. Гораздо позже). Там говорилось, что надо послать по 30руб. на 6 Internet кошельков, которые ниже перечислены.

Me too!

actually im from new york (east coast)

if i ever fly to the east coast for my project work i'd want to visit your setup!

man if i had access to machine shop, my creation probably would have been 10 times more better...

here in the bay area there is a company called techshop. they conduct classses on various stuff, from basic electronics to mould making, use of CNC machines, how to bend metal etc. all kinds of skills. then you can pay $30 a day and use their CNC and various other tools that we normally can't afford to buy, ie. unlimited access to all tools and machines for a one day pass. they have a branch in the east coast. the closest one to NY is in north carolina. you can maybe check it out or look for a similar set up to rent some machine for a few hours. they have quite a stuff that i want to learn.

what do you guys think about which game has the most authentic flight helo physics???

X-Plane I guess

 

what do you guys think about which game has the most authentic flight helo physics???

Black Shark.

Black Shark.

Oh, did I miss the release ...?

No, you didn't.

A little fairy told it to me. :smilewink: