2 More Hours Until DL Complete

[Santini]

I first heard about this sim over a year ago while reading the Forums @ Subsim, saw the screenshots and I was really impressed, I hadn't played a decent sim of "Da Vinci's mistake" since Longbow, but as time passed I forgot about it, now I've been reading the forums for the last 5 hours while its been downloading and I'm psyked. I'm looking forward to endless hours of looking at a PDF, crashing & burning, alienating friends and family....Am I sick or wHat?

[sobek]

Welcome to DCS nerds anonymous then :D

 

Be sure to check out the producer's notes on youtube or from the main dcs site, as they will speed up your learning and you will be ready to fly in no time (ready, not able ;)).

 

cheers :beer:

[Santini]

thanks I'll do that. I've watched several of the Youtube vids linked here, I have a lot of stick time on a UH-1 IFR flight simulator, and CH-47 simulator, having been both an army Air Traffic Controller and Simulator Operator for the army I shouldn't have to much trouble, unfortunatley I retired before the Army's AH-64 Simulators came on line. Thanks for the info.

[McVittees]

It will be interesting to hear your thoughts on how this simulation sizes up against its big brothers. Your in for a treat!

[Staybullex]

yeah, please let us know your thoughts :)

[Santini]

Where to begin....I had an easy install, watched the opening cut scenes with my mouth open, stuned by the detail of the a/c....loaded up the Fam Course, got a look in the cockpit and thought if you removed the MFD it was kinda like a UH-1 panel that had all the instruments installed by a crack addict...but I recognized just about everything except the new avionics, after the briefing I took over pulled some collective, reached transitional lift, got about 10 meters off the ground and immediately rolled it over, bounced on the tarmac and decided maybe I need to RTFM..

 

As far as comparisons go, there is none The UH-1 flight simulator was IFR..the windshield was blacked out, used only for IFR flight training, emergency procedures and NVGs, it was on a hydraulic platform 6 meters off the ground, you had about 30 degrees of movement (yaw) left or right of centerline, maybe 10-15 degrees roll, and aproximately 40 degrees pitch up and 15 down. I've never been on a roller-coaster than could compare to a simulated Tail Rotor Failure. We actually crashed a real OH-58 on a mountain in South Korea that wasn't as bad as that simulated tail rotor loss. Flying in a comfortable chair with a cup of coffee or vodka if you so desire is a lot different than sitting in that brain numbing vibrator.

 

Once I can actually fly this gem I'm sure I'll be back

[McVittees]

Where to begin....I had an easy install, watched the opening cut scenes with my mouth open, stuned by the detail of the a/c....loaded up the Fam Course, got a look in the cockpit and thought if you removed the MFD it was kinda like a UH-1 panel that had all the instruments installed by a crack addict...but I recognized just about everything except the new avionics, after the briefing I took over pulled some collective, reached transitional lift, got about 10 meters off the ground and immediately rolled it over, bounced on the tarmac and decided maybe I need to RTFM..

 

As far as comparisons go, there is none The UH-1 flight simulator was IFR..the windshield was blacked out, used only for IFR flight training, emergency procedures and NVGs, it was on a hydraulic platform 6 meters off the ground, you had about 30 degrees of movement (yaw) left or right of centerline, maybe 10-15 degrees roll, and aproximately 40 degrees pitch up and 15 down. I've never been on a roller-coaster than could compare to a simulated Tail Rotor Failure. We actually crashed a real OH-58 on a mountain in South Korea that wasn't as bad as that simulated tail rotor loss. Flying in a comfortable chair with a cup of coffee or vodka if you so desire is a lot different than sitting in that brain numbing vibrator.

 

Once I can actually fly this gem I'm sure I'll be back

 

:)

[Lav69]

thanks I'll do that. I've watched several of the Youtube vids linked here, I have a lot of stick time on a UH-1 IFR flight simulator, and CH-47 simulator, having been both an army Air Traffic Controller and Simulator Operator for the army I shouldn't have to much trouble, unfortunatley I retired before the Army's AH-64 Simulators came on line. Thanks for the info.

 

Ft. Rucker huh? I'm in Albany (Leesburg actually), GA. Howdy neighbor. Enjoy the Shark.

[815TooCooL]

You'd better watch producer's notes first.

It's better than manual and in-game training.

[Santini]

Howdy neighbor, good to see the fine folks of Georgia represented here.

[Wags]

Hi Santini,

 

These may help:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=32511

 

 

 

Where to begin....I had an easy install, watched the opening cut scenes with my mouth open, stuned by the detail of the a/c....loaded up the Fam Course, got a look in the cockpit and thought if you removed the MFD it was kinda like a UH-1 panel that had all the instruments installed by a crack addict...but I recognized just about everything except the new avionics, after the briefing I took over pulled some collective, reached transitional lift, got about 10 meters off the ground and immediately rolled it over, bounced on the tarmac and decided maybe I need to RTFM..

 

As far as comparisons go, there is none The UH-1 flight simulator was IFR..the windshield was blacked out, used only for IFR flight training, emergency procedures and NVGs, it was on a hydraulic platform 6 meters off the ground, you had about 30 degrees of movement (yaw) left or right of centerline, maybe 10-15 degrees roll, and aproximately 40 degrees pitch up and 15 down. I've never been on a roller-coaster than could compare to a simulated Tail Rotor Failure. We actually crashed a real OH-58 on a mountain in South Korea that wasn't as bad as that simulated tail rotor loss. Flying in a comfortable chair with a cup of coffee or vodka if you so desire is a lot different than sitting in that brain numbing vibrator.

 

Once I can actually fly this gem I'm sure I'll be back

[SuDepp]

They will help for sure!

 

Nevertheless great to have a new pro within this board! :thumbup:

 

Welcome aboard & gl&hf

 

S@uDepp

[Santini]

Believe me I'm far from a pro, when I left the army the a/c where model T Fords compared to this new generation of birds, the UH-60s had finally replaced most of the UH-1s, and the AH-64 had replaced the Cobra, and the Longbow was just a gleem in some flight enginners eyes. Actually there were rumors of the Longbow but we never saw them. I did catch a glimpse of the highly secret AH-6, I thought the Delta Force guys were gonna come poke my eyes out.

 

To all the guys that recommended the Producer's Notes thanks, they were a lot of help. The KA-50 is a dream to fly but a nightmare to fight for me, working my way through all the bells and whistles has been a challenge. But it's coming along nicely. Once again thanks all.