Turn to Target

[splashmike]

When I activate this feature, sometimes it doesn't work and sometimes it only turn the helicopter part of the way towards the target. Is there a reason for this? Thanks.

[sobek]

You have most likely trimmed your rudder and that counteracts the autopilot turning on the target. Try trimming the rudder centerline before engaging the ToT mode. Could be wind influence as well.

[splashmike]

Interesting. I'll see if trimming helps. Thanks.

[Jack57]

I think Turn to Target overrides Route Mode, but sometimes I wonder if it isn't interefing with it.

[Swebeast]

Disable Flight Director Mode and use only Pitch, Bank and Heading dampener.

[oho]

Another trick: You have to be in wide view mode on the shkval-screen, with the narrow view it won't work. Took me a while to figure that out:smilewink:

[sobek]

Another trick: You have to be in wide view mode on the shkval-screen, with the narrow view it won't work. Took me a while to figure that out:smilewink:

 

That's so completely not true :huh: At least i never experienced this, also, saying that ToT overrides the autopilot yaw channel is wrong, trim and ToT fight each other until you enter a new heading for the yaw channel to hold. I could be wrong though, as i've not used ToT for a long time now.

Edited February 27, 2009 by sobek

[Weta43]

Narrow view works fine.

If you're not pointing directly at the target with "ToT" engaged, turn the nose so that you are, release any rudder inputs, and trim.

 

(Unless of course the reason your nose is trying to come around against "ToT" is that you're doing 100km/h sideways, in which case stop doing that, then try again :-)

 

oho - what exactly is the problem you've had in 'narrow view' ?

[murdoc311]

So even with auto hover mode and tot activated you still should be using trim?

 

I still find myself sinking as well when using auto hover...

[EinsteinEP]

Murdoc,

 

You should ALWAYS use trim - even if not using the autopilot - unless you can hold the stick and pedals in the desired positions the whole time. Whie this is possible, it's not a good way to fly.

 

As for your sinking while hovering, if the Flight Director is on, the autopilot modes only perform stabilization in the associated axis: they don't control bank, pitch, heading, or altitude, even if you select auto-hover.

 

If your bank, pitch, and heading mode buttons are pressed, but your alt mode isn't, the autopilot will center around the hover point, but won't control altitude. The cheat start macro (LWIN+Home) defaults to the Alt mode being off.

 

Also, the autopilot only has up to 20% control authority. This means if you're collective is down far enough, the autopilot may be giving its full 20%, but could still be not enough to maintain a level altitude. Remember that the amount of collective needed to maintain a level altitude at cruising speed is much less than what you need at hover.

 

To use auto-hover, I recommend you set all 4 autopilot modes (heading control is optional), but make sure F/D is off. Get the chopper into a steady hover using the controls (cyclic, collective, and rudder) first, then trim to that setting, wait a second or so to make sure it's trimmed properly, then engage auto hover.

 

Sounds like a long process, and it is: I don't recommend using auto-hover in combat, unless you're out of range of the bad guy fire.

 

You can also readjust your altitude during hover by a) holding the collective brake button down, b) increasing or decreasing altitude via the collective while still holding the brake, c) stabilizing at the new altitude, d) releasing the brake.