The load is swinging side to side 10

[Migparts]

Is there a way to silence the comment?

is there a way to reduce the swinging?

is there a way to hoist the load up a bit to perhaps reduce the swing?

And all of a sudden,

it stopped swinging. I turned direction slightly. 

Edited August 25, 2024 by Migparts
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[jonsky7]

43 minutes ago, Migparts said:

Is there a way to silence the comment?

is there a way to reduce the swinging?

is there a way to hoist the load up a bit to perhaps reduce the swing?

 

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And all of a sudden,

it stopped swinging. I turned direction slightly. 

 

If it's a single player mission, you can adjust the rope length in the mission editor in the "PAYLOAD" screen.

 

Alternatively, here is a sound mod that changes the voice of the load master to a American accent, it's a modified version of a mod available in the user files.
It goes in the save games/DCS directory.

Sounds.zip

[TKhaos]

Apart from the rope length shown above you need to build up a bit of forward speed as well to reduce the swing.

[dahui]

Just fly smooth. Center above the load, before pickup, slowly climb a few feet, then slowly and smoothly increase speed.

Its only about Practice...

 

good luck

[Yurgon]

On 8/25/2024 at 4:37 PM, Migparts said:

is there a way to reduce the swinging?

The best way is to prevent it from developing in the first place.

Fly really smooth. Absolutely no sudden changes in any direction. Everything needs to be super chilled.

Barring issues with the way DCS handles external loads, they will only start to swing when given an impulse, and this impulse is almost always caused by pilot input.

When the load starts to swing, you can simply fly straight and level and wait for the load to stop swinging. With "side to side 10", that should take no more than maybe 15 to 30 seconds of straight flight where the load is not given any additional impulse.

You can also try to anticipate where the load is swinging and try to actively give it a counter-impulse. Of course if you do it wrong, the oscillations might get even worse.

Another idea would be to enter a level turn with maybe 15° or 20° angle of bank. I'd say it's probably the centrifugal force that has the biggest impact in stabilizing the external load then, but don't quote me on it, I'm a layman at best when it comes to physics.

If all else fails, you might want to map the hook emergency release - it's there for a reason, and I guess you'd rather drop whatever is hanging under your helicopter than be ripped apart by it.

If you can recreate the issue in a short track, we might be able to give more specific advice - the video doesn't show how the load started to swing.

[mcfleck]

RL practice is either a significant power change, i. e. reduce, build up some descent rate and pull power again or as already mentioned, entering a turn.
You'll get the best results combining both, but on a transition flight, you may not want to fly turns all the time and possibly induce an oscillation again by leveling out too quickly.

You also should reconsider your airspeed, as some loads really tend to swing way more at 110 kts than let's say at 80 kts. Going faster isn't always the proper solution.