newbie: too little power to clear mountain pass?? "South Ossetia Pirates"

[majapahit]

newbie question

(I this the right forum thread for this? this forum - somehow, is a bit of a swamp)

 

"South Ossetia Pirates" you have to cross the pass

engine first conked at 2000+m

 

retried with

pitot heat both on

rotor anti-ice on

ENG anti-ice on

and at 2427m with the pass in front of me

full throttle Power Limit lights up

with collertor 90%

 

and I cannot gain altitude any more

 

???

 

what am i missing

 

thx, mt

[GGTharos]

Maintain 130kph IAS. That's your best climbing speed.

[majapahit]

thx, will try

[Panzertard]

And just so you got it in the right positions - antiice switch positions are "up", not "down" for those switches.

And 130 means 130 on your Shkval (IAS), not HUD (GS) - and more is NOT better - 130 is optimal.

[majapahit]

so what it also means is

one doesnt take the 'scenic route' @200m radar Alt

 

but start climbing from take off to clear the pass

right?

[GGTharos]

Correct. If you still don't have the altitude when you reach the pass, gently turn around to maintain speed, and basically do a climbing spiral.

[ruprecht]

A good read on mountain flying here.

[ghost dog]

A problem I had in one mission in clearing a mountain pass was not turning on rotor and blade de-icing switches on. At high altitudes, like snowy mountain peaks, you'll need to turn these switches.

[majapahit]

well just finished the mission

"Pirates Base Destroyed"

of course (?) with unlimited ammo (rockets only)

took me a dozen+ passes with rocket fire to oblitirate that bunch

 

made the pass - barely, 100m to spare

 

on return had to land in pitch dark

my landing light is about 2 matchsticks worth

(this normal? other choppers show huuuge landing lights)

so I just landed in the middle of all the red labels of the base :)

 

thx for the comments

[Warbird_242]

100m? That's miles ( not literally :D)! On the Deployment campaign I had to lower my gear and scrape along the pass! I failed.... :D hehehe

[ruprecht]

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Edited October 8, 2009 by ruprecht

[Feuerfalke]

The trick is to keep moving. At a speed of 150kph (?) you'll have the maximum climbrate. At hover, it's much less. So if you get to close to the hills and your speed lowers or you even come to hover, your lift will decrease and send you downstairs. Keep speed and try to climb constantly up the canyon.

 

If all fails, you may want to drop your rocket-pods, depending on the mission and your weapons preferences. Of course you'll lose a punch, but better than receiving one on the nose one from a big snowy rock ;)

 

 

@ruprecht:

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[dino1984]

I got the same problem - decrease weigth of the helicopter I'm taking ~80% of fuel and Vikhr+S-80 armament. It is going through mountains softly.

[DanielH]

I just played this misson and i have to facepalm..i'm a noob so i was expecting enemies to pop up left right and centre with red labels...i just spent like, 50 minutes cautiously..but safely following the predefined waypoints ...just to end up flying back to base, not a single shot fired...and landing and having to quit because i had no clue ! :P