Unstable turns and rolls with this bird

[TomCatMucDe]

Hi fellow Gazelle pilots,

 

I start to master this chopper and can correctly, take off, fly straight, hover and land. However, I find it extremely difficult to simply turn and recover from the roll nice and stable. I have no problem doing that in the Ka-50, Mi-8 and Huey. A rudder input makes it worse.

 

Anyone sees the same difficulty, any tricks and tips?

 

Thanks!

[TomCatMucDe]

it seems like I have to recover with the stick very gently to the center position. Indeed it is different from the other choppers

[shagrat]

Yep! This is definitely no Huey.

 

Anticipation is the key. Very small inputs - wait for the response - immediately relax the input to center... at least for starters, until my muscle memory is trained enough. :D

 

No curves, a bit of reduced saturation on cyclic Y-axis helps, but no S-curves!

[TomCatMucDe]

Same here. No curves but Y saturation to 30% does the trick for me. My first ever flight in the Huey was straight forward after flying learning the Mi-8 for a month. I thought I have more experience with helos and the Gazelle wouldn't be any different but I was wrong. This is a total different beast

[speckfire]

+1

[rtimmons]

the Huey is the "Harley" of helicopters. I am sure I will go back to it after learning this one just like the others.....