I just got this Module and this video was a help. Nice landing at the end. The ground effect is immediately noticable, but this module makes me happy. I mainly buy the ones I can spend time learning new things.
The effect you were trying to convey is TRANSLATIONAL lift and is a critical piece of the puzzle. In hover you're weight hangs 90 degrees to the rotor so the rotor is doing all of the work to keep the craft aloft. As you TRANSLATE forward, gravity is only able to pull some of your weight straight down thus your rotor is no longer dead lifting all of your weight. Since the rotor is producing LIFT for a dead lift which is no longer needed in your new forward translation, you naturally begin to climb. Now that you're in forward flight, you need to reduce collective to maintain level flight because you're simply not as heavy due to translational lift. In reverse it gets a little weird. As you slow you need to reduce collective to avoid climbing but the craft will hit a point were its slow enough to be carrying to its full weight again which will be almost a hover. Since you didn't need as much collective in forward flight your transition from forward flight to hover causes the craft to have to lift all of its weight again and you suddenly begin to sink, so you must add collective back to level out the hover. The other thing to know is Helicopter blades are a rotor WING like an airplane's fixed wing, its not a jet. It produces LIFT with down wash as a side effect. There is no Thrust. But even an airplanes propeller PULLS the airplane through the air. LIFT is the reason and airplane propeller has the tapered shape. Neither the airplane propeller nor the helicopter blades "PUSH" you anywhere.
I remember in elementary back during the Vietnam war a dean of students was in the military and during lunch they came in hot and skidded about a hundred ft to a stop than we all went outside for an assembly.
Love these tutorial vids. Do real Hueys need to be trimmed with cyclic slightly back and anti-torque slight left or is this just a feature of the Huey mod in DCS?
I wish I could give you an honest answer as I've never flown a Huey in real life. I usually just trim for cyclic because as you gain speed the torque of the rotor isn't much of a factor worth trimming.
Kopihucky Found a really nice story written by one of the developers of the DCS Huey where he actually gets to fly a little bit in a real Huey and thus make a little comparison between real and sim. Thought you might like the read if you havn't read it yet :-) forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=80711&d=1367647835
from my experience in the marine corp as a mechanic on these helis i can tell you that in a hover back left is the primary angle of attack to obtain an angle this is the natural hovering position for most novembers... i am highly surprised how real these are detailed and modeled on dcs
Saitek X-45. Thanks.. I was kicking myself for not going into enough detail.
This helped man! Still to this day, 10 years later. Thank you!!!!
I just got this Module and this video was a help. Nice landing at the end. The ground effect is immediately noticable, but this module makes me happy. I mainly buy the ones I can spend time learning new things.
Very nice, thanks mate, great intro to all the basics.
Cool, thanks. This was a good vid to watch for a beginner.
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Very helpful! Thanks for an awesome tutorial!
Thank you very much.
Sick, gonna go steal a Huey now
Let me know when and I’ll be lookout. Lol
The effect you were trying to convey is TRANSLATIONAL lift and is a critical piece of the puzzle.
In hover you're weight hangs 90 degrees to the rotor so the rotor is doing all of the work to keep the craft aloft. As you TRANSLATE forward, gravity is only able to pull some of your weight straight down thus your rotor is no longer dead lifting all of your weight. Since the rotor is producing LIFT for a dead lift which is no longer needed in your new forward translation, you naturally begin to climb. Now that you're in forward flight, you need to reduce collective to maintain level flight because you're simply not as heavy due to translational lift.
In reverse it gets a little weird. As you slow you need to reduce collective to avoid climbing but the craft will hit a point were its slow enough to be carrying to its full weight again which will be almost a hover. Since you didn't need as much collective in forward flight your transition from forward flight to hover causes the craft to have to lift all of its weight again and you suddenly begin to sink, so you must add collective back to level out the hover.
The other thing to know is Helicopter blades are a rotor WING like an airplane's fixed wing, its not a jet. It produces LIFT with down wash as a side effect. There is no Thrust. But even an airplanes propeller PULLS the airplane through the air. LIFT is the reason and airplane propeller has the tapered shape. Neither the airplane propeller nor the helicopter blades "PUSH" you anywhere.
thanks.. i did most of these tutorials while drunk so i was bound to forget a few items.
nice thank you, don't forget during turns " foot kicks the ball"
thanks for the video helped a lot
one thing missing, Fortunate Son
I remember in elementary back during the Vietnam war a dean of students was in the military and during lunch they came in hot and skidded about a hundred ft to a stop than we all went outside for an assembly.
Sure mate.. we all had to start somewhere
Almost like using a huge backhoe,you use bo ty h hands and feet to operate it
You did fine at least you kept control nice one.
I would like to try this
I wanna get this right did you just start by saying “im eating a tuna sandwich and today im gonna show you how to fly a HU-1”
Great video! I really like how you break it all down.
What kind of stick are you using?
It is hard to fly...just like backing a 28ft truck... only much more arm/leg correction difficulties.very difficult!
Love these tutorial vids.
Do real Hueys need to be trimmed with cyclic slightly back and anti-torque slight left or is this just a feature of the Huey mod in DCS?
I wish I could give you an honest answer as I've never flown a Huey in real life. I usually just trim for cyclic because as you gain speed the torque of the rotor isn't much of a factor worth trimming.
Kopihucky Found a really nice story written by one of the developers of the DCS Huey where he actually gets to fly a little bit in a real Huey and thus make a little comparison between real and sim. Thought you might like the read if you havn't read it yet :-)
forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=80711&d=1367647835
Benny Kleykens Thank you very much...
from my experience in the marine corp as a mechanic on these helis i can tell you that in a hover back left is the primary angle of attack to obtain an angle this is the natural hovering position for most novembers... i am highly surprised how real these are detailed and modeled on dcs
This layout is a bit different to the UH-1C i fly but still same
Im a huey pilot
I think is this helicopter sim
Ground effect...much different than a airplane.
Dam This Is Amazing!!!!
Where can I Get This Program?
It's called dcs the sim is free but the huey is $60 but there is a sale for 4 different helis including the huey which is $50
yes sir I like to see how you start and the bell 222 helicopter OK
and fly
Very difficult to fly!!
You should make some campaign vids or something. If you'd say i gues and i think a bit less you're nice to listen to.
jimenez de Costa The ummm's could should go too :p
+intermarer No lie.. hard to on the fly
+jimenez de Costa thanks
+Josh Roark What are you thanking me for mate?
@@jimenezdecosta8478 im the one who did the vid.. im thanking you for positive criticism
In fact...helos are not easy to fly!
If you wanna hit the nsa switch just say " Allah" !