helldriver1957 Posted October 28, 2022 Posted October 28, 2022 New user to DCS. Bought AH-64D model. Having problems setting up power on the thrustmaster. Anyone else have the same problem or a solution please..?
Solution Floyd1212 Posted October 28, 2022 Solution Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) You will want to program your main throttle on your HOTAS to the "Collective" axis in game. This is what controls the pitch of the blades, and therefore how much lift they are producing. The left and right throttle levers you see to your left in the cockpit are set to "Fly" during the startup sequence, and are not adjusted after that. I think a lot of players will adjust these manually with the mouse, and not have them bound to an axis on their HOTAS. Also, you use RALT+HOME and RSHIFT+HOME to get them from "Off" to "Idle", though you can bind those to switches on your HOTAS of you desire. Edited October 28, 2022 by Floyd1212
corbu1 Posted October 29, 2022 Posted October 29, 2022 (edited) Hello, as Floyd1212 suggested I also have keybinded two switches for moving throttle from off to idle. for moving throttle from idle to flight I have keybinded the small grey lever on the right on the thrustmaster device. There‘s a keybind option binding both throttlelevers to one key in AH64D controls settings menu. So I can increase throttle on startup with it. As said, once in flight you‘d normally don‘t change setting anymore. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3322761/ You could also try downloading this profile or try some of the recommended settings in it. Edited October 29, 2022 by corbu1 DCS Version: 2.9.15.9408 Modules: UH-1H - SA342 - KA-50 BS3 - MI-24P - MI-8MTV2 - AH-64D - CH-47F - OH-58D - UH-60L(Mod, n.i.) - OH-6A(Mod, n.i.) - A-10CII - F-16C - F/A-18C - AJS37 - F-14 - MiG-21bis - JF-17 - Mirage F1 - MiG-29A - (prepurchase) - FC2024 -Combined Arms - Supercarrier - NTTR - Normandy2.0 - Channel - Persian Gulf - Syria - SA - Sinai - Afghanistan - Kola - Iraq - Cold War Germany — Waiting for: BO-105 - AH-1G/F(Mod) DCS-Client: 9800X3D, 64GB 6200, RTX3090, 1TB M2 NVMe(win10), 4TB M2 NVMe(DCS), VR VivePro2, PointCTRL, VaicomPro, Wacom Intuos S with VRK v2Beta DCS-DServer: 11600KF, 64GB 3600, GTX1080, 1TB M2 NVMe(win10), 2TB M2 NVMe(DCSDServer), DCS Olympus Simpit: NLR Flightsim Pro Cyclic: TM Warthog Grip with 30cm Extension + VPforce Rhino FFB FW Stick: TM Warthog Grip and Base, Throttle: TM Warthog Pedals: Komodo Sim. with Dampers Collective: VPC Rotorplus+AH-64D Grip Other: NLR HF8, Buttkicker (3*MiniConcert), TotalControls AH64D MPD‘s and EUFD, Alain Dufour’s AH-64 TEDAC, TM MFD, Streamdecks (1*32,3*15,1*6), VPC CP#1
helldriver1957 Posted October 29, 2022 Author Posted October 29, 2022 Thank you so much. I will experiment later. Plenty of spare time and patience required. Hopefully, I have both
helldriver1957 Posted October 30, 2022 Author Posted October 30, 2022 Hi, thanks for your assistance. It’s taken a couple of days to start sorting it out. Couldn’t get it to take-off, tweaked the settings as you both suggested. Then I persevered today and managed to do a few take-offs with a couple of heavy landings. Thought XPlane 11 was difficult but DCS is more of a challenge. Now I’ve got to take a look at the WARTHOG
pii Posted November 20, 2022 Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) On 10/30/2022 at 4:32 PM, helldriver1957 said: Hi, thanks for your assistance. It’s taken a couple of days to start sorting it out. Couldn’t get it to take-off, tweaked the settings as you both suggested. Then I persevered today and managed to do a few take-offs with a couple of heavy landings. Thought XPlane 11 was difficult but DCS is more of a challenge. Now I’ve got to take a look at the WARTHOG Thats a start! now do it over and over and over again until you get a soft landing :)All I've done for a month or more is take off and land I also invested in new gear. I had/have a warthog and found it very hard to fly the 64d until I 1. took the spring out of my TM pedals 2. And bought a new virpil base for my warthog stick. Or you can mod your warthog stick and take the spring out of it, It really really makes a big difference. I found that removing the spring from the WH was a little loose but worked great otherwise. So I bought the virpil. Good luck Edited November 20, 2022 by pii
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