Sprool Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 Looking for some info/tuorials or explanations about the descend mode switch on the collective, how to implement, what it does (I'm assuming a controlled descent for landing) and how to use it. Currently pressing D just springs the switch back up to centre position again.
Kang Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 With the Shark in an autopilot assisted hover you can flip and hold the switch to 'descend' in order to move straight down slowly. Great for ducking behind cover and the like. The switch going back to neutral as soon as you let go is normal and intended.
Sprool Posted July 17, 2020 Author Posted July 17, 2020 Ah ok thanks, so when you release the switch it stays at the current altitude? And does it only work when in a stationary autohover?
Fri13 Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 The switch is meant for landing. It will set the descend speed to 2 meters per second as long you hold the switch down. It is not for hovering or getting to cover in combat. As you are too slow to start getting down with it for cover or to hide yourself. i7-8700k, 32GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 2x 2080S SLI 8GB, Oculus Rift S. i7-8700k, 16GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 1080Ti 11GB, 27" 4K, 65" HDR 4K.
Kang Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 The switch is meant for landing. It will set the descend speed to 2 meters per second as long you hold the switch down. It is not for hovering or getting to cover in combat. As you are too slow to start getting down with it for cover or to hide yourself. Good point actually, it is so slow that you definitely don't want to use it anymore when things fly in your direction already. I meant it more like a 'settle into semi-cover' in preparation for an attack kind of thing.
unknown Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 The switch is meant for landing. It will set the descend speed to 2 meters per second as long you hold the switch down. It is not for hovering or getting to cover in combat. As you are too slow to start getting down with it for cover or to hide yourself. Maybe i'm misinterpreting your whole text but the marked part contradicts the manual. But i agree that i would not use this in combat situations. Modules: KA-50, A-10C, FC3, UH-1H, MI-8MTV2, CA, MIG-21bis, FW-190D9, Bf-109K4, F-86F, MIG-15bis, M-2000C, SA342 Gazelle, AJS-37 Viggen, F/A-18C, F-14, C-101, FW-190A8, F-16C, F-5E, JF-17, SC, Mi-24P Hind, AH-64D Apache, Mirage F1, F-4E Phantom II System: Win 11 Pro 64bit, Ryzen 3800X, 32gb RAM DDR4-3200, PowerColor Radeon RX 6900XT Red Devil ,1 x Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe, 2 x Samsung SSD 2TB + 1TB SATA, MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals - VIRPIL T-50CM and VIRPIL MongoosT-50 Throttle - HP Reverg G2, using only the latest Open Beta, DCS settings
QuiGon Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 The switch is meant for landing. It will set the descend speed to 2 meters per second as long you hold the switch down. It is not for hovering or getting to cover in combat. As you are too slow to start getting down with it for cover or to hide yourself. Huh, interesting. I've always only used it to duck behind cover on a hover battle position. :music_whistling: Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing!
Sprool Posted July 17, 2020 Author Posted July 17, 2020 Yes its a really slow descent, easier just to push collective down. I assume it will only work while in a stationary hover then, no forward or sideways velocity?
HILOK Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 the reason it is so slow is to prevent getting into vortex ring state, obviously. personally, i use it depending on the situation, but not for landing.
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