Mission 4 - Sling Loading

[artao]

So I have never in my year+ that I've had the Huey have I ever attempted sling loading. I've been afraid of it. Imagining how hard it will be to control the helo with that weight hanging underneath it.
So I did a user-made sling load training mission first.
NAILED IT on my first try. Like 10+ sling loads to do in that mission. I moved on to the 2nd and. .......... Pulled a maneuver WAYYY too hot to slow down and fell into VRS and boom boomed.
So I just jumped directly into mission 4 in Paradise Lost.

Nailed it first try. \o/ WOOT!!
I'm gettin the hang of this new engine/FM model.
I notice that I tense up a lot, particularly when trying to slow down into a hover. I start making many fast jerky movements on cyclic and pedals and tryign to counter with collective.
Then I (out loud) tell myself, "Relax. Calm down. Smooth. Smooth is safe and safe is smooth."
And LO! The helo is suddenly stable in flight and I barely have to make adjustments at all.
Amazing what a mental block can do eh.
Sadly, the reply is corrupt and the helo is jerking left and right in yaw and I end up crashing while attempting to land after dropping off the cargo.
FREAKIN TRACK REPLAY SYSTEM GAAAHHHHH!!
I really really wish DCS would fix it. I know there's something in their pipeline about it. But still. GAAHHH! How hard is it to screw something that simple up? Flight sims have been recording tracks for eons. But DCS can't do it right. <sigh>

Edited September 14, 2024 by artao
to bitch and moan

[DCoffey]

I've tried this 5 times now, the UH-1 starts out slightly overweight at 9500, the cargo is 3,000 so that makes my UH-1 extremely overweight and can't even lift the cargo off the ground?

 

What am I doing wrong? you don't burn very much fuel from starting point to the cargo area.

[Reflected]

14 hours ago, DCoffey said:

I've tried this 5 times now, the UH-1 starts out slightly overweight at 9500, the cargo is 3,000 so that makes my UH-1 extremely overweight and can't even lift the cargo off the ground?

 

What am I doing wrong? you don't burn very much fuel from starting point to the cargo area.

You really need to milk it...

[DCoffey]

8 hours ago, Reflected said:

You really need to milk it...

it's not some bug DCS introduced, this is as intended. I'll give it some more attempts.

 

Thanks for your response again.