help with waypoints

[francis5653]

i tried to play a little while ago, i was going through the abris trying to get my AP to fly to the way point for me and i somehow put my shark in a circle holding pattern :huh:

 

when i realised i was flying in circles i attempted to get the way point back and fly it myself however my way point would no longer come back at all on the abris :doh:

 

anyone know what i did wrong or how i could have got my way points back, because at the point i was at i had been flying circles for around 15 mins :joystick:

 

cheers hope someone can help

 

francis

[Yurgon]

i tried to play a little while ago, i was going through the abris trying to get my AP to fly to the way point for me and i somehow put my shark in a circle holding pattern :huh:

 

when i realised i was flying in circles i attempted to get the way point back and fly it myself however my way point would no longer come back at all on the abris :doh:

 

anyone know what i did wrong or how i could have got my way points back, because at the point i was at i had been flying circles for around 15 mins :joystick:

 

You should upload a track of your flight (or do a new flight and try to reproduce the problem in as short a time as possible) so that we can take a look at what you actually did. Don't forget to tell the version of BS you're flying, because track playback doesn't work well between different versions.

 

After any flight, the debriefing screen contains an option to save the track to a file. When replying here, there are "Additional Options" which include "Manage Attachments", that's where you can upload the track file (you may have to "Go advanced" in order to see the additional options).

 

A couple general hints to maybe point you in the right direction:

• Trim, trim, trim
  
• The Ka-50 won't ever fly to an ABRIS waypoint. It can only navigate to PVI-800 waypoints (and PVI-800 Target Points, Airfields and so on).
  
• To fly to a PVI-800 waypoint (and/or Target Point or Airfield or whatever is set on the PVI-800), use the Route Mode switch (located on the collective control stick, the keyboard-key can be assigned/checked in the options under HOTAS)
  
• Flight Director will always override Route Mode, so make sure to switch off FD.
  
• The AP has 20% authority over your flight controls, so you should trim for level, hands-free flight prior to activating Route Mode or the AP simply may not be able to force the chopper to go where you want it to go
  
• In the manual, the section "ROUTE, DESCENT AND HOVER MODES" holds more information
  
• Oh, did I mention? Trim, trim, trim! :)
  

[W1ndy]

[*]The Ka-50 won't ever fly to an ABRIS waypoint. It can only navigate to PVI-800 waypoints (and PVI-800 Target Points, Airfields and so on).

 

Ah ha . That makes sense. Thanks Yurgon . Nice informative post.

 

[*]The AP has 20% authority over your flight controls, so you should trim for level, hands-free flight prior to activating Route Mode or the AP simply may not be able to force the chopper to go where you want it to go

 

Also gold for us noobs