Ahhh that was great!

[GunnDawg]

So I loaded this sim up worried it might not function right without a head tracking device(as you saw in my previous post). To my surprise the mouse movement with the click-able cockpit worked GREAT!

 

I loaded up the Shooting Gallery mission just to test my flying skills and learned early that TRIM is one of the most important aspects to keeping that beast stable.

 

Anyways, I managed to take off, flew out to the shooting range area and actually managed to find a target on the Shkvl(sp?). Put my sights on it and realized I have no idea how to actually lock a target up or use any of the weapon systems for that matter, heh.

 

So things are looking good. Could anyone point me to a video tutorial or something that shows and describes in depth how to use the weapon systems?

[EtherealN]

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/index.php?end_pos=133&scr=products&lang=en

 

Wags made a series of videos that go through the various systems, and you can find all of them there. :)

 

You also have tracks with voicover available through the training option in the menu.

 

See you in the skies. :)

[GunnDawg]

After watching those videos I finally managed to bag my first few kills. Went out to the shooting gallery again and exhausted all my missiles on a few tanks and trucks :)

 

I wanted to switch to cannons and try my hand at that but forgot how to switch to cannons and none of the switches in the pit looked like they would do the trick. So with no cannon kills due to lack of knowledge I headed back to base where I thought I'd make a nice smooth landing, well that didn't work out either ;) guess that needs a bit of practice.

 

Really enjoying it so far though! any input on how to switch to cannons ?

[71st_Mastiff]

After watching those videos I finally managed to bag my first few kills. Went out to the shooting gallery again and exhausted all my missiles on a few tanks and trucks :)

 

I wanted to switch to cannons and try my hand at that but forgot how to switch to cannons and none of the switches in the pit looked like they would do the trick. So with no cannon kills due to lack of knowledge I headed back to base where I thought I'd make a nice smooth landing, well that didn't work out either ;) guess that needs a bit of practice.

 

Really enjoying it so far though! any input on how to switch to cannons ?

master arm switch is on © key..

[GunnDawg]

Yeah finally got that figured out :)

 

Now I just need to figure out how to keep it in a hover while I shoot stuff down, its a hit or miss thing for me, some times im able to keep it in a hover (auto hover) and other times I throw on auto hover and it just goes all over the place (and yes I make sure I am around 12 - 15 km/ps when I engage it)

[astrospud]

Make sure Flight Director is not switched on.

That should make a difference, I find.

Also, have Alt. Hold on, will help in constant hover altitude.

:)

[GunnDawg]

Ah that was my next question. So make sure flight director is off when you do auto hover ?

[Nate--IRL--]

Ah that was my next question. So make sure flight director is off when you do auto hover ?

 

Correct.

 

Nate

[dooom]

check this list out gundawg...

http://en.wiki.eagle.ru/wiki/Resources_for_New_Pilots

[EtherealN]

Another note on auto-hover: it is not sufficient to just be within the 0-15km/h range when engaging it. You need to be within that range while having an (almost)stable trim. The auto system only has a limited amount of control authority, so if you are decelerating and is within the speed range, but your aircraft attitude is one that would eventually bring you to a high negative velocity the auto's will not have the required authority to keep you in a hover.

 

Basically, what you should do is that you should trim yourself to a position where you hover relatively well even without the auto-hover. When you are satisfied that the helicopter is pretty much stable (doesn't have to be brain surgeon level), then you engage auto-hover as a measure to allow you to really focus on the task of killing stuff. The idea of the auto-hover is not to be a replacement for being able to trim yourself into a hover, the idea is to decrease workload since you can focus more on the task of completing the mission than flying when you have it on. (Pretty important in one of the world's two single-seat attack helicopters, gotta keep saturation at a distance. :P )

 

Also, a handy tip when you can't find a command is to search through the commands list in your options screens. ;)