Flamin_Squirrel Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I was fortunate enough to have two 30 min lessons in an R22 this week; this was my first RW rotary wing flying experience. I found hovering a little tricky the first time so I looked for some tips and found the following: http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/teaching-hovering When I went up for the second 30 mins I did much better. The important things in the article that I find helpful were: 1) don't worry too much about the collective. 2) look to the distance, learn what the hover attitude looks like and try to maintain it religiously. It's important to maintain the picture within a degree or two. 3) don't hold the cyclic in a given direction when making a correction. Nudge it in the required direction then neutralise. Nudge again if correction wasn't sufficient. I hope this helps others as it did me; the DCS Huey now seems easy! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeKilla Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Thanks will try the nudging, am not bad at hovering within ground affect outside that it gets more and more tricky. :) :joystick: YouTube :pilotfly: TimeKilla on Flight Sims over at YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoJoe Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Wow, that's a great article! As a fixed-wing flight instructor myself it's always interesting to read things like that. And definitely helped my in-sim Huey flying. Gotta go take a 30 minute helicopter intro flight one of these days.. --NoJoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zentaos Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 great read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogster Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Hmmm, interesting read. I like the bit about always centring the stick after every input movement while hovering. I've just tried it, it really works. :joystick: Same for not moving the collective while hovering. Its true that they heli tends to hold altitude in a hover with a set collective position, I hadn't noticed that but it makes hovering much easier if you don't move the collective. Thanks for posting :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzoj Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) Very good stuff ! (Hanscom is just up the road from me too) I had already started spending more time looking ahead instead of down. Also the small stick movements and then return is key. If you don't neutralize BEFORE you notice a correction to your drift then you've waited too long and will just have to chase it in the other direction. Edited August 16, 2013 by lorenzoj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowhand Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Very good read and great share..:thumbup: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] SMOKE'M:smoke: IF YA GOT'M!:gun_rifle: H2o Cooler I7 9700k GA 390x MB Win 10 pro Evga RTX 2070 8Gig DD5 32 Gig Corsair Vengence, 2T SSD. TM.Warthog:joystick: :punk:, CV-1:matrix:,3x23" monitors, Tm MFD's, Saitek pro rudders wrapped up in 2 sheets of plywood:megalol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 (edited) I still suck at hovering, (mainly because I don't fly the Huey very often) but not as bad after following these tips. Thanks for sharing. Edited August 17, 2013 by Lucky typo [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Lian Li 011 Dynamic Evo, Core i9 11900K @ 5.0GHz, Corsair H150i CPU cooler, Asus Prime Z590-A, Radeon RX6800 XT64GB, Team T-Force Delta DDR4 3600, Corsair RM1000X PSU, Win 11 x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma6584 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Very cool advice. Will give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLR Rico Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Good stuff. I took a lesson in an R44 once and IMHO the hardest thing to get used to was the lack of centering force, it's so easy to overshoot while making corrections. I could hold a pretty good hover for maybe 5-10 seconds, but then it seems like everything would start to go to s--t with a quickness. I seriously thought we'd die several times during that lesson. LOL Flying helicopters is like drinking through a fire hose. I need to save up some $$ to take a full set of lessons, but DCS, R/C aircraft, and all my other hobbies suck up all the funds as fast as I can come up with them. :D i5-4670K@4.5GHz / 16 GB RAM / SSD / GTX1080 Rift CV1 / G-seat / modded FFB HOTAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamin_Squirrel Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 I'd love to get my rotary wing license, but it's £300+ per hour ($450) just for the R22 here in the UK. The only reason I could afford a one off lesson was because I was in the states! Apparently the R22 is even harder to fly than the 44 :joystick: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggy MacDouche Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I just wish I had the equivalent controllers with the same touch/feedback as the real thing. It's hard to tell with my Warthog and tweaked axis settings. Corsair Graphite 780T / ASUS Maximus VIII Hero / i7-6700K@4.5GHz / Corsair H110i / 32GB DDR4 PC-2666 / ASUS 1080 Strix / EVGA 850 Pro / Samsung 950 Pro M.2 SSD / Win10x64 / Samsung UN48JU7500 4k / Logitech G910/933 KB/Headphones / Razer Naga Epic Mouse / MFG Crosswinds / TM HOTAS Warthog / HTC Vive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamin_Squirrel Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 I just wish I had the equivalent controllers with the same touch/feedback as the real thing. It's hard to tell with my Warthog and tweaked axis settings. I've done this following mod: I have 100% saturation on all controls with 0% curve. This makes it quite sensitive, but once you get used to it, it works very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muamshai Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 cool read, thx for sharing This space is available for your advertisement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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