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Hello ED forums!

 

Relatively new to DCS, not new to flight sims, completely and utterly new to helicopters. Took her out for a maiden flight today after watching a cold start video and reading the manual for an hour, and managed to not explode and destroy airbase property, though the short flight was quite eventful and the landing was quite rough and crop-trampling.

 

 

Anyway I searched the net and didn't really find an answer to this so may I ask:

 

What values do you have your joystick curves set to? For example the Mig-21 manual lists recommended values for yaw, pitch and roll, but I've found no such thing in the (otherwise excellent) Mi-8 manual.

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First, strongly recommend Chuck's Mi-8 guide here:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=144126

 

In that guide, he recommends curvature of 21 for pitch and roll, 14 for rudder, and 11 for cyclic.

 

Those were the settings I started with, but as I've gotten more comfortable, I've reduced my curvature down to 8 I think.

 

Supposedly the simulation is designed around a curvature of 0, but for most joysticks without extensions, they'll be too jumpy that way. If I had a true cyclic setup, I'd definitely use 0.

Posted

0 curves are best with helicopters, if you can live with them, simply because you seldom have the cyclic/pedals centered. For example, adding curve to the cyclic may make the hover less sensitive, but will make stable forward flight more difficult.

 

0 curves may feel very tricky at first, but that's because helos really are that unstable (well in my limited experience they are). Keep practicing and you'll get used to it.

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I'll stick with the 10-20 curves for now. Hovering with 0 in place is almost impossible with my X-55, with curves set up the way described above I actually experienced this wonderful sensation of having control over my own imminent life or death :)

 

Later I may change things as I get better at it.

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