control tips

[EvilBivol-1]

Any time you reduce saturation, you lose some input authority at the edges of the axis. Meaning you will not be able to deflect the stick/pedals to their outermost positions. While this does help ease control, it should be avoided as it will prevent you from being able to reach full deflection on the controls.

[shagrat]

The problem is the "inadequacy" of our periphery. If you were to use a floor mounted stick of the appropriate length, flying would become a lot easier. In absence of said equipment, you will have to make do with adjusting your input sensitivity.

Well, I have to say that is only part of the story.:music_whistling:

Usually, I have pretty much a floor mount (see below)

 

What makes it really difficult is the lack of feeling the movement. Whenever I counteract I'm too late. Hell, there is no indication other then it moves visibly...

I am able to maintain a quite unstable hover after a lot of practice, but to recover from flight, slowdown to a hover and land, most times ends up fighting the "Huey dance" and crashing from an opportunistic drop of collective in the wrong moment. :joystick:

 

[DPS]

My tip to get the Huey into a safe hover without pirouetting around the apron: wiggle the cyclic/pedals to maintain attitude/direction and gently raise the collective until it is about to lift. As it goes light on the skids hit the trim button, Key-T. That should put the controls into a good position for the hover.