Huey Pilotage

[Chappie]

I have flown the UH-1 for some time and prefer it over the Ka-50 and Mi-8 both of which I own because the Huey is more of a challenge to fly using a simple trimmer and no stability augmentation. Flying on Hoggit the other night on a night mission in formation with other Huey's is so much fun but I did not like the lack of exact and precise control I exhibited.

 

Thus I would like to know from you experienced UH-1 pilots what techniques are you employing to effectively control the helicopter through all flight regimes and in the presence of strong winds during the missing I flew last night? I believe it may be the winds that cause me trouble last night. I had not ascertained what direction and speed the winds were coming from and didn't know they were present until I saw smoke blown rather strongly in one direction.

 

I know I need to train more under realistic conditions and find I spend too much time flying on or offline under pristine. I also just got Track IR 5 and having one hell of a time controlling the helo while dealing with 6DoF which is awesome but tough to handle initially.

[OnlyforDCS]

Just keep at it. It's kind of a default answer but you will get better and better. One thing that helped me a lot was doing different types of take offs and landings over and over again, and trying to do so without looking at the instruments.

 

Its not exactly standard procedure but it will help you get 'instinctive' with the heli.

[Mule]

What the above poster said just keep at it. I have a mission setup where I go from point to point practicing takeoff and landings. I have setup trigger zones so flares go off and smoke is popped with some other effects to keep it more interesting and to give me something to aim at when I come into land.

 

I don't really have the time to fly much because I work full time 2 kids etc. But this holiday I wanted to really nail it. After a few hours on day one I was getting quite good. I can now do it quite accurately and I land where I aim for. I still have the odd mishap but that's all part of the training process. You do get much better over time. But not such a long length of time as you might imagine.

 

Good Luck!!

[fjacobsen]

As said by the other guys here....

 

Practise, practice, practice.

 

Don´t jerk on the stick :smilewink: and don´t throw the collective back and forth.

 

Smooth but determined moves on all controls and learning to anticipate what the helicopter is about to do next is the key.

 

Reaction to any action must be practised until You do it without having to think, cause often that comes too late.

 

But once mastered it will be a very satisfying feeling.

 

Don´t think that hardcore heli simmers don´t crash - they do it constantly too when practising. Thats the positive side of flying a simulator.

 

 

FinnJ