thanks to Take On Helicopters....

[swe_badger]

I was able to take-off, fly around and land the Huey all on my very first flight, lol! You may laugh and taunt TOH but the way you have to manage stick, rudder, collective and how the helicopters behave are VERY similar, very hard in other words. Still, it was no perfect spot-on landing in any way but good enough. Now to go through all the tutorials....nah! think I'll just goof around some more. Bought it yesterday, couldn't wait for the Mi-8, loving it, thanks Belsimtek! :thumbup: :)

[Pyroflash]

I'm not going to laugh at ToH. Its flight dynamics are still miles ahead of ArmA's. Though there really is something to be said about DCS aircraft that puts them on a whole other level.

[EagleEye]

I was able to take-off, fly around and land the Huey all on my very first flight, lol!

In simulation or GAME mode?:P:lol:

 

 

I know that the FM is the same for simulation mode and game mode. I was just just kidding.;)

 

Edited August 23, 2013 by EagleEye

[skouras]

i have TOH and even that it doesn't have VRS that they promise is very good and fun to flight, the mi24 is harder to master you have to work the stick and rudder all the time untill TFL

If someone wants to master UH1.. TOH is a good start

[Mr_Burns]

TOH "Shudder" you can take that out with the trash...what was I thinking when I bought that garbage.

[swe_badger]

In simulation or GAME mode?:P:lol:

 

 

I know that the FM is the same for simulation mode and game mode. I was just just kidding.;)

 

Simulation mode , duh! :);)

 

TOH "Shudder" you can take that out with the trash...what was I thinking when I bought that garbage.

 

Well, compared to most other sims that "try" to do helos it's remarkably well done. Hard as *beeeep* but once you start to get in to it, it's quite alright and the story mode is more fun than the usual sim "here's a map, here's some text, go do it" missions. It's more for fun I guess but I can tell you this, if I hadn't sunk several hours in to TOH before flying the Huey, there'd be a whole lot more crash craters littering the lands of Caucasus by now loL!

[Lord_Pyro]

Thanks to any sim i played (i guess) i also was able to take of, fly around and land him on the first try. Actually its not such a big deal. Accurate Pinpointlandings without long preparations are the interesting thing ;) The point where you reapplie the power after letting him sink on idle in a downwindcurvatory, flaring him out without further forwardmovement is the grail you should look for :D

[RagnarDa]

I trained intensely in TOH in anticipation of DCS:Huey and it was well worth it. Here's my first seconds in DCS:Huey (I hadn't even set up my controls :D):

Not bad eh? Also enjoyed the Hind a lot and what I learned, besides it being really hard to fly, is that you have basically zero visibility when landing so it would be somewhat unsuited for assault insertion missions.

[TimeKilla]

The true Hero's were the boys and girls that flew the Huey and could almost control it with its day one flight model i doubt any take on helicopters would help you much back in them days. :thumbup:

 

Not taking anything from you as the flight model is more stable now but still takes along time to become a good pilot.

Edited August 23, 2013 by TimeKilla
Using better wording.

[metheluckydonut]

The true Hero's were the boys and girls that flew the Huey and could almost control it with its day one flight model i doubt any take on helicopters would help you much back in them days. :thumbup:

 

Not taking anything from you as the flight model is more stable now but still takes along time to become a good pilot.

 

The old flight model wasn't really more difficult. It was just more twitchy and it felt like the CoG was above the rotors

[TimeKilla]

It was much more difficult especially when it came to entering VRS when landing and overall stability so we will have to agree to disagree.

[Bushmanni]

The biggest hurdle for n00bs is learning the hand-eye-foot coordination to steer the chopper and to intuitively judge how the chopper is moving. My friend and my brother were visiting me and both tried out the Huey. My brother is pretty good at flying BF3 choppers which gave him the ability to see the choppers movement while my friend didn't have any relevant skills. The difference was that my brother had the proper idea about what should be done but wasn't able to orchestrate his limbs properly while my friend couldn't control the chopper in any way. My brother could steer the chopper "one axis at a time" but my friend was about 1-2 seconds late with his control inputs and could hardy fly straight. If you are proficient in ToH or even in Arma using realistic controller setup you should have the basic cognitive skills to fly choppers.

[Lord_Pyro]

Or if you already master the Blackshark :D

Don't go too far away if the truth lies in front of your eyes ^^

[Fishbreath]

Or if you already master the Blackshark :D

Don't go too far away if the truth lies in front of your eyes ^^

 

I wish it were that simple! I'm no Ka-50 expert, but I have plenty of hours in it, and the few hours I've put into the Huey so far have not made me look very good. :P It's the whole anti-torque/collective thing I still haven't quite gotten used to.

[Bushmanni]

I should add that previous arcade chopper experience won't teach you to anticipate your choppers behavior and hence your flying will be wobbly and prone to VRS and such. But learning these doesn't take weeks or months like the control coordination and sensing your own movement will.