DeCypher Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Does DCS currently simulate helicopter downwash? I don't mean in terms of something like ground effect, but more in terms of it's effect on the environment and other aircraft, and if not are there any plans for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aarnoman Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 It throws up some dust, the visual effects are being reworked this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxxyTrotty Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 yeah it does thats why so many new players fall down inside their own downwash - aka VRS . . . . . . . Every module/ map except the dual winged joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 (edited) Il 25/10/2021 at 05:20, FoxxyTrotty ha scritto: yeah it does thats why so many new players fall down inside their own downwash - aka VRS VRS is a very different thing and it's simulated in the flight model of the unit itself, while downwash has to be seen as DCS world feature, just like wake turbolence. AFAIK it's currently not implemented, and you can se that trying to fly below another helos at a close altitude. Edited November 21, 2021 by chromium Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RG2021 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) On 11/21/2021 at 2:32 PM, chromium said: VRS is a very different thing and it's simulated in the flight model of the unit itself, while downwash has to be seen as DCS world feature, just like wake turbolence. AFAIK it's currently not implemented, and you can se that trying to fly below another helos at a close altitude. There’s a wake turbulence option in the game settings. Does that affect helos? Maybe that’s turned off for you. Main Menu ->Settings -> Gameplay -> “Wake turbulence” Edited March 26, 2022 by RG2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chromium Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 10 ore fa, RG2021 ha scritto: There’s a wake turbulence option in the game settings. Does that affect helos? Maybe that’s turned off for you. Main Menu ->Settings -> Gameplay -> “Wake turbulence” I know that and it's exactly what I was talking about 4 months ago: it's was (and probably is) not working with helos. I was also reffering to the fact that downwash visual effect is something related to DCS world, while VRS state is something related to the module flight models... at least, AFAIK. Author of DSMC, mod to enable scenario persistency and save updated miz file Stable version & site: https://dsmcfordcs.wordpress.com/ Openbeta: https://github.com/Chromium18/DSMC The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RG2021 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 6:30 AM, chromium said: I know that and it's exactly what I was talking about 4 months ago Ah, okay. I thought maybe you may have had turbulence off, and that’s why. I guess not then! It’s sad to hear that helicopter turbulence isn’t modeled though, especially for the helo lovers out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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