WildBillKelsoe Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 This is strictly helicopter discussion. I am referring to the UH-1H feet distance ahead of me. Sometimes, I want to perform maneuvers within very tight space so I want to know if anyone has reached a gold standard in that regard. AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
Phantom453 Posted February 13, 2014 Posted February 13, 2014 I find judging distance quite hard, both inside and outside the aircraft. Additionally, I find that the same distance viewed from inside the aircraft seems different to the same distance from outside the aircraft (without any zoom in / zoom out in play). Inside the aircraft the ground and objects appear closer to me than they actually are. If I "feel" like I'm hovering at 10' feet, it might be 20'.
WildBillKelsoe Posted February 13, 2014 Author Posted February 13, 2014 but that is for vertical separation. Why not use the radar altimeter? For the horizontal, I've calculated 10.5 feet from the leading tip of the rotor to the pilot's position (centered by cockpit door I mean). I've also calculated a 2 foot distance from the top of pilot side windscreen to lower edge where it starts to slant. Makes use? AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow.
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