Magic Zach Posted January 16, 2023 Posted January 16, 2023 When you first spawn in, the parking brake is already on, and you can push in the toebrakes and the parking brake releases. Easy simple, correct. However to set the parking brake, it should work exactly the same as the P-51D or P-47D. Pull handle, depress brakes, release brakes, release handle. Handle sticks out, brakes are set. In DCS currently, the 64 won't follow that operation. I can pull the handle, but A) it doesn't pop back in when I release my mouse from clicking it; B) when I pull it, as soon as I start to depress the brakes it pops the handle back in. It's as if it thinks the parking brake is set just by merely pulling the handle out. Hardware: T-50 Mongoose, VKB STECS, Saitek 3 Throttle Quadrant, Homemade 32-function Leo Bodnar Button Box, MFG Crosswind Pedals Oculus Rift S System Specs: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS, RTX 4090, Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 32GB DDR5-3600, Samsung 990 PRO Modules: AH-64D, Ka-50, Mi-8MTV2, F-16C, F-15E, F/A-18C, F-14B, F-5E, P-51D, Spitfire Mk LF Mk. IXc, Bf-109K-4, Fw-190A-8 Maps: Normandy, Nevada, Persian Gulf, Syria, Germany
ED Team Raptor9 Posted January 16, 2023 ED Team Posted January 16, 2023 The parking brake handle in the AH-64D can be pulled out and locked without applying pressure to the floor pedals, which will result in the handle being in the aft/outward position, but the brakes mounted to the main landing gear won't actually be applied. This is possible in the DCS AH-64D as well, in that the handle does not reflect the true state of the parking brakes if not set correctly. The correct procedure for applying the parking brake setting to the wheel brakes of the AH-64D is 1) apply pressure to the floor pedals, 2) pull the handle out, 3) release pressure from the floor pedals, and then 4) release the handle. However, the implementation in game does not necessarily require you to hold the back pressure on the handle using a continuous hardware input. A click with the mouse to the aft position simulates holding the handle to the aft position with your hand. The actual states of the handle, the toe brake pedal input, and the brakes themselves can be observed in the Controls Indicator. The red "B" indicates the parking brake handle is out, the white lines on either side represent the brake position, and the red, triangular shapes that "grow" up and down indicate the toe brake input magnitude on the pedals. When you join a cold-start aircraft, you will see that red "B" with the white dashes representing the brakes are all the way forward, indicating the brakes are in fact set, reflecting the real life mechanics of it. Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head
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