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Something about the Kiowa FM has bugged me since it came out. When hovering with a moderate tailwind, or hovering backwards, the aircraft does.... something I don't understand. The rotor RPM spikes off the chart, the aircraft starts falling as if it's in VRS (but it's not), and yaw becomes nearly uncontrollable.

I feel like this might be trying to simulate LTE, or VRS. But it can't be VRS because it occurs with no descent rate, and it can't be LTE because the pedals are still effective. Neither explains the spike in rotor RPM.

I've attached a track.

What the heck is this??? In 2000+hrs flying real helicopters I've never seen or heard of anything like this. Please tell me it's a bug and it will be fixed, it's extremely annoying - combat does not always allow one to hover into wind (the enemy could be downwind from you!)

 

kiowa tailwind.trk

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6 hours ago, Yurgon said:

Can you create another track that doesn't need mods? This one apparently needs the UH-60L mod.

Sorry! Here's one attached.OH58D tailwind.trk

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I was just going to make a post about this! Glad to see I'm not crazy.  This is extremely easy to replicate and I can't think of any reason for it to happen.  Put a 10kt wind and hover facing the direction of flow so you don't move relative to the ground. Within 3-5 minutes the chopper will eventually and suddenly have rotor RPM spike, and the torque will go from 70-85 (in the hover) to reading "000" and you have to dive out of it to regain torque and flight.

 

Very strange, doesn't happen with the Gazelle, Apache, or Mi8.  Haven't tested any other helos.

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Is this AP controlled hover or pilot controlled?

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DCS: Pixel Density 1.0, Forced IPD at 55 (perceived world size), DLSS setting is quality at 1.0. VR Driver system: I9-9900KS 5Ghz CPU. XI Hero motherboard and RTX 3090 graphics card, 64 gigs Ram, No OC... Everything needs upgrading in this system!.

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