known issue CH-47F Suspension or Ramp issue

[Renko]

I noticed that when you open the Ramp and it hits the ground (3rd press of full secuence of ramp opening) it moves the entire helicopter.
I always though it was weird that the ramp hits the ground in DCS and that it moves the entire helo.

It was since the launch and i just did a easy search of footage just in case before reporting it. And i noticed that the ramp dont touch the ground.
For example this capture of this video shows that it doesnt touch the tarmac.

In this other one you can see from diferent angles on the time mark that it doesnt either touch the ground:

And here is a video of DCS with 100% Fuel:
https://streamable.com/eqq5ty

To be notice that this happens no matter the weight, even with 5% of fuel.
And with 100% fuel the ramp sometimes hits the tarmac and sometimes it clips through.
Which seem totally random, as you can see in the video.

I think there is an issue with the Ramp extension in degrees that should be corrected. Even at MTOW it should not hit the ground and move the helicopter.
Or the suspension is too low.

(Please dont fix this by letting the ramp always clip through the ground)

Easy to reproduce, no need for a track.

 

Edited March 7 by Renko

[flmike911]

IRL, regardless of the fuel level the ramp can rest on the ground.  The normal procedure on startup and shutdown is to keep the ramp about 4 to 6 inches of the ground.  The FE raises or lowers the ramp to where he wants it. On startup the ramp is kept off the ground because as the engines are brought to the FLT position, the tail of the aircraft will settle a bit.  How far it settles depends on how heavy it is and can also vary depending on the aircraft flight control rigging.  The ramp is kept off of the ground to prevent damage from aircraft vibration and from small lateral oscillations that will grind down the pads on the underside of the ramp and also to prevent damage to the ramp struts. Same goes on shutdown.  Once the aircraft is completely shut down, the ramp is normally put on the ground so you don't have to step up so high to get in or have such a big step getting out.

[Renko]

16 hours ago, flmike911 said:

IRL, regardless of the fuel level the ramp can rest on the ground.  The normal procedure on startup and shutdown is to keep the ramp about 4 to 6 inches of the ground.  The FE raises or lowers the ramp to where he wants it. On startup the ramp is kept off the ground because as the engines are brought to the FLT position, the tail of the aircraft will settle a bit.  How far it settles depends on how heavy it is and can also vary depending on the aircraft flight control rigging.  The ramp is kept off of the ground to prevent damage from aircraft vibration and from small lateral oscillations that will grind down the pads on the underside of the ramp and also to prevent damage to the ramp struts. Same goes on shutdown.  Once the aircraft is completely shut down, the ramp is normally put on the ground so you don't have to step up so high to get in or have such a big step getting out.

Thank you for that detailed info about the ramp use, much appreciated!

So it touches the ground when its completely shutdown. But the rest of the time, if its that open, its close but dont touch the ground.

It would be great to have a behaviour of that position that changes with the suspension height. Devs have great notes thanks to you.
But i would be happy if ED just fixes it to avoid the ramp move the whole Chinnok even at GW of 31800lbs like can be seeing in the video 
https://streamable.com/eqq5ty

[BIGNEWY]

Hi, 

this has already been reported internally. 

thank you