SubaruWRX Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 under not idea conditions.. but playing online since that's the only thing that will work for me after getting what i thought was everything running I went to try and take off and I got the rotor warning alarm going off. Something I must of missed but I can't figure it out.. It's the little caution light in the upper left of the cockpit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feuerfalke Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 The caution light with a repeated warning tone? Check the throttle-settings to the lower left. There are 2 levers with yellow grips. Be sure they are in the middle position before you take off. You can move them up from idle position to normal operation mode by pressing "Page Up" 2 times. Gigabyte GA-Z87-UD3H | i7 4470k @ 4.5 GHz | 16 GB DDR3 @ 2.133 Ghz | GTX 1080 | LG 55" @ 4K | Cougar 1000 W | Creative X-Fi Ti | TIR5 | CH HOTAS (with BU0836X-12 Bit) + Crosswind Pedals | Win10 64 HP | X-Keys Pro 20 & Pro 54 | 2x TM MFD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealN Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Another analysis you can do is to find the rotor RPM gauge. It has marks for where it's supposed to be. If it's below that, your engines are not fed enough juice to keep the rotors spinning at the desired speed. (Or you are requesting an angle-of-attack on the blades through collective that the engines cannot sustain.) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubaruWRX Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 Another analysis you can do is to find the rotor RPM gauge. It has marks for where it's supposed to be. If it's below that, your engines are not fed enough juice to keep the rotors spinning at the desired speed. (Or you are requesting an angle-of-attack on the blades through collective that the engines cannot sustain.) And that will be because of the yellow rotor handles right? i swear it was already in the auto position but maybe I was wrong because I moved it up one from where it was and i got a rotor overspeed audio warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemises Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 The throttle goes aup and down to 4 (?) differnet positions... Idle, Low, Auto and Emergency. Emergency would only be used if 1 of your 2 engines cut out. The most likley cause of the RPM low warning is if you pul too hard on the collective with a full load and with no forward movement. Even though helicopters can go straight up and down, it is not efficient to do it.... you should try to roll forward during your takeoff and gradually raise the collective. This way your lift is optimised. If you just yank on the collective with a full weapons and fuel load, you can definately slow the rotor speed down to "warning" levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubaruWRX Posted August 22, 2009 Author Share Posted August 22, 2009 hmm that could of been the issue..If I can I will try again and if I fail I will make a video.. the manual has been a good read :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemises Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 yep, or you can allways jump onto one of the training servers and ask on teamspeak / vent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG14_Smil Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 you may have RPM govenor on 'low", That will trigger the warning light you mention. RALT kp+ and kp- keys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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