do my controlls have bug

[bigdog4215]

I keep loosing altitude and don't know why.I use to have it on the slider but i didn't like controlling the cyclic and collective with one hand so i cleared that control and put it back as the num,+ and num,-.I was told by somebody on the forum to upload a screen shot of controls,so here it is.

[Frederf]

That looks fine for your axis page. I can't imagine playing with keyboard increase/decrease collective but I guess it can be done. When flying check out the RCtrl+Enter controls monitor overlay to see what your collective is set to. What matters is what the virtual control is doing. If it's responsive to keyboard input then any performance limitations are those of the aircraft and not the control setup.

[winz]

Looks fine.

If you are still flying that way you showed in your last track, then it's not the controls that cause you to loose altitude. It's your flying skill that in the end lead to your blades intersection.

[bigdog4215]

Looks fine.

If you are still flying that way you showed in your last track, then it's not the controls that cause you to loose altitude. It's your flying skill that in the end lead to your blades intersection.

I've been getting better at it,now i'm just flying along smoothly but loosing altitude.Could it because i don't have enough speed.

[winz]

Post another track, so we can get to the bottom of it :)

[bigdog4215]

will do tommorrow,my dad plays it alot so can't say when.It happened in the instant action mission,it starts up and i push forward on the stick to gain some speed and it begins to slowly decend.I'm not trying to say that can't be my skill,i would like know if it is or not.When i post and if it is my skill,maybe you could help me out and give some pointers but i feel i have improved since that last video you saw.Then again i could be wrong.

[winz]

You will loose alltitude when you push the stick forward. It's because you changed the angle of the heli and your rotor is now pointing more forward than up, thus pushing you to move forward, but at the cost of pushing you less up. You can counter this for small pitch angles by increasing the collective.

[bigdog4215]

You will loose alltitude when you push the stick forward. It's because you changed the angle of the heli and your rotor is now pointing more forward than up, thus pushing you to move forward, but at the cost of pushing you less up. You can counter this for small pitch angles by increasing the collective.

It seem like every time push up on the collective i that rotor warning light usually leading to spinning vortex unless i reset the trim

[winz]

In your last track you got an overspeed warning (not a rotor warning), that can lead to blades intersection easily.

[bigdog4215]

In your last track you got an overspeed warning (not a rotor warning), that can lead to blades intersection easily.

Is the the overspeed one the yellow one,thats the one i get mainly.I always seem to get it when i try to gain altitude,any ideas why.

 

check back tommorrow,but thanks for the help

[winz]

The yellow one is the rotor rpm warning, you get that when your rotor rpm gets low. This is often cause by too big collective imput.

[Frederf]

Airspeed overlimit is the MWL and the IAS MAX caution light both in red. The yellow "zebra" light is for low rotor RPM.

 

Try to keep the G-meter between 0.5 and 1.5 G and the speed between 130 km/h and 200 km/h. These are sensible limits for gentle flight.

 

For collective changes, pay attention to the POWER LIM yellow overhead panel caution lights. When these are on the engine power is at a limited maximum. Increasing collective while these lights are on simply commands more collective blade angle resulting in more drag and slow rotors. Normally the engine adds power but it cannot if the limiters kick in.

[bigdog4215]

The yellow one is the rotor rpm warning, you get that when your rotor rpm gets low. This is often cause by too big collective imput.

would it be best to gain altitude with speed or not to fast

 

Airspeed overlimit is the MWL and the IAS MAX caution light both in red. The yellow "zebra" light is for low rotor RPM.

 

Try to keep the G-meter between 0.5 and 1.5 G and the speed between 130 km/h and 200 km/h. These are sensible limits for gentle flight.

 

For collective changes, pay attention to the POWER LIM yellow overhead panel caution lights. When these are on the engine power is at a limited maximum. Increasing collective while these lights are on simply commands more collective blade angle resulting in more drag and slow rotors. Normally the engine adds power but it cannot if the limiters kick in.

I've gone through the manual and watched some videos and still don't understand the gages in the cockpit,the only things i understand is the altitude and speed and thats only in game mode.oh yea,i know the fuel tank one,could you post a screen of where these are.

[Frederf]

would it be best to gain altitude with speed or not to fast

 

130 km/h is the best climb performance speed. As long as you are patient and keep the aircraft within safe limits there is nothing wrong with climbing at any speed, it will just take longer.

 

I'll do you one better (and lazier), go here and get the improved 534-page flight manual ( http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/index.php?end_pos=2199&scr=products&lang=en ). You should become comfortable with opening the manual and finding what you need quickly and without worry. The Ctrl+F word search and the clickable table of contents are invaluable for navigating the document.

 

The Master Warning Light (MWL) is the general caution indication that indicates that some caution state exists. If you look page 6-12 (86/534 of the PDF) there is a picture (6-9) of the left forward panel. The MWL is the red rectangular light near the top center of the picture. It's also a button that dismisses cautions and cycles EKRAN pages.

 

The IAX Max caution light is also in red in the 3x3 block of caution lights slightly to the right and above the MWL.

 

These warning lights are not that important since the most obvious and direct indication of exceeding the airspeed limit is the high-pitched "tweet tweet" tone through the intercom.

 

Directly below the MWL is the accelerometer or "G-meter." It's a circular gauge with a needle showing the vertical acceleration of the airframe. 1.0 is "normal gravity" while 0.0 is weightless and 2.0 is "double gravity" caused mostly by pulling back on the cyclic. There are some red needles that show the maximum and minimum values that the needle has reached since the gauge was last reset.

 

I only mention this gauge because it is a good measure for how hard you are working the aircraft. The closer to 1.0 this value is the gentler you are being with the aircraft. If you are having problems with blade intersection it's good to know how much G you subject the aircraft to as violent maneuvers are a primary cause of all sorts of problems. There's also a G-meter on the lower left of the HUD in the most cluttered mode.

 

As long as you keep the aircraft in the range of 130 to 200 km/h and 0.5 to 1.5, it is hard to do anything that might cause problems. Faster, slower, and more violent maneuvers are possible but the limits of the aircraft are much easier to reach.

 

Airspeed is displayed on a circular dial just below the accelerometer and to the left of the "blue sky" ADI. It's marked in tens of km/h so "15" means "150 km/h." Also airspeed is shown on the Shkval TV screen. The HUD (upper left digits) shows ground speed which is close enough to airspeed to be the same for most purposes.

 

6-43 (117/534) figure 6-31

 

The power limiter caution lights are a pair of lights on the overhead caution panel. As the name implies the overhead panel is over your head, above the front window. There is a large array of caution lights here but most of the time only a few will be on at once. In the right half of this block is a pair of yellow lights for the left and right engine power limits that appear side by side. It's pretty easy to spot these just by adding too much collective and watching the lights come on on the panel.

 

The collective lever increases the blade angle of the rotor blades to generate more lift. The more collective that is added the more drag to the rotors and the more engine power required to keep the rotors turning. It is the automatic throttles that increase and decrease engine power to compensate for this change in drag.

 

Once the lights come on that is an indication that the engine has reached its maximum power adjustment. However this doesn't prevent the pilot from adding in even more collective. Drag is increased and the engine can't provide any more power so the rotors turn slower.

Edited June 15, 2010 by Frederf