Man these how to videos are the best! Keep em coming!! So good to hear advice from an experienced aviator, and the way you teach is very clear and understandable. Well done, keep it up!
These videos are great. While there are a-lot of great videos put out by UA-camrs who may be “pros” in DCS. I always like watching a real life pilot fly and give his .2 cents. Would you say some choppers are easier to fly then others? And could you make a video in the AH-64 Apache of at all possible? That would be interesting to see and hear what you have to say about it.
You’ve got to armpit that collective when you need the extra power to pull pitch. Just ask the desk jockey officers who usually fly desks. What’s the worst that will happen? Lol
UA-cam algorithm got me watching your landing video, and now i'm subscribed! I really like the attention to detail/realism while you manage to still keep the explanations simple. I'm only flying in videogames (so far), mainly huey/loach/cobra in "rising storm 2 vietnam", but everything you've said so far seems to hold true in those games. A good tip you mentioned was looking in front to see sideways drift and looking to the side to see backwards/forwards drift, up until now i've landed diagonally or while turning around the landing zone and pray i don't hit the tail-rotor on anything. I've already been taught autorotation and recovering tail/tail-rotor loss by several videogames, but i would still love to see a video on this! One thing i struggle with is landing in a way that doesn't get me shot down that much, as in a limited size map with 2-3 enemy players with RPGs you pretty much can't do a terrain flight decel and slam it down because the movement is too predictable. I've tried J-hook landings but that almost always ends up with me hovering above some other place that is not a suitable landing zone, or spectating my fireball lol
I'm looking forward to my setup arriving soon and I'm stoked to have found your channel. Many thanks and a request for more from Australia my friend 👍 essential zombie survival info imo lol but anyway, choppers are just the coolest thing ever 😎
Looks smooth! I need to get that smooth with my huey maneuvering Got some Arma 3 AFM and DCS low level flight and threading on my channel but the expertise in this is next level
Hey brother great video! I’m hooked to the channel! I’m brand new to DCS World thanks to you lol quick question, what gear are you using for the collective? I already have a joystick. Thank you and keep the videos coming!
Hi I have a question about the UH-60L, do you trim your cyclic and pedals in real life and/or do you trim both in DCS? Obviously you have a lot of real life experience so you make it look easy but I was curious. Thanks!
I’ve not been using trim in DCS because I honestly have been struggling to make it work the way I wand, IRL, I use trim all the time. There are a lot of different techniques with using trim to one’s advantage. Sometimes I set the cyclic where I want and let the helicopter do the work. And other times, such as instrument flight, I’ll set the trim to wings level and pitch for the airspeed I want. Then I will just push against the trim to turn. Or you can use the trim beeper to establish standard rate turns, etc.
@@SnakPakFlight Thank you for the input! I have played around a little bit with it. From what I understand there isn't a way you can individually trim your yaw/pedals but you can trim all axes at once.
I don't understand where the lift is coming from during a Level Acceleration Takeoff. Is the rotor starting to act like an airfoil and is that lift generated on one side only?
Great question. The rotor blades on a helicopter ARE airfoils. They are the wings. When you increase collective, it increases the pitch of all of the blades. This is what generates lift. The cyclic control changes the blade pitch in different spots of the rotor disc as needed to move in the desired direction. With the level acceleration takeoff, you've already generated enough lift to get off the ground. Then you just start slowly moving forward and building airspeed. As far as the side creating the lift... At a hover, the rotor disk is generating lift equally on all portions. But in forward flight, the advancing side (right side for rotors that spin counter-clockwise), is generating more lift because it is pushing into the wind. The retreating side is less efficient. If you get fast enough, eventually the retreating portion will stall "Retreating Blade Stall". I'll have much more coming soon that will explain this better.
Yeah I'm not too familiar with the apache. But the black hawk has the FPS button. As long as that is on, the heading should hold as you increase/decrease collective. At higher airspeeds, it coordinates your turns for you. @@warthy4889
Man these how to videos are the best!
Keep em coming!!
So good to hear advice from an experienced aviator, and the way you teach is very clear and understandable. Well done, keep it up!
More to come!
Love your videos! Would love to see you do some missions. IE Search and Rescue, transport, medevac.
Glad I found ya on here Sir! Thanks for being a down to earth instructor during my time in the 60 course.
Instant subscriber! Snack Pack, thank you, great vids and now, I’m flying a Blackhawk too, albeit in DCS😅
These videos are great. While there are a-lot of great videos put out by UA-camrs who may be “pros” in DCS. I always like watching a real life pilot fly and give his .2 cents.
Would you say some choppers are easier to fly then others?
And could you make a video in the AH-64 Apache of at all possible? That would be interesting to see and hear what you have to say about it.
Cool video. Brings back some good memories. Flew the hawk for about 12 yrs in the army.
You’ve got to armpit that collective when you need the extra power to pull pitch. Just ask the desk jockey officers who usually fly desks. What’s the worst that will happen? Lol
UA-cam algorithm got me watching your landing video, and now i'm subscribed!
I really like the attention to detail/realism while you manage to still keep the explanations simple.
I'm only flying in videogames (so far), mainly huey/loach/cobra in "rising storm 2 vietnam", but everything you've said so far seems to hold true in those games.
A good tip you mentioned was looking in front to see sideways drift and looking to the side to see backwards/forwards drift, up until now i've landed diagonally or while turning around the landing zone and pray i don't hit the tail-rotor on anything.
I've already been taught autorotation and recovering tail/tail-rotor loss by several videogames, but i would still love to see a video on this!
One thing i struggle with is landing in a way that doesn't get me shot down that much, as in a limited size map with 2-3 enemy players with RPGs you pretty much can't do a terrain flight decel and slam it down because the movement is too predictable. I've tried J-hook landings but that almost always ends up with me hovering above some other place that is not a suitable landing zone, or spectating my fireball lol
This is gem in DCS and UA-cam. Keep up great work sir.
Very good content, you're indubitably a master of the UH-60. Would be interesting to see you fly other helicopters as well.
Check out my channel. I have a series on the Bell 407 just starting up.
I'm looking forward to my setup arriving soon and I'm stoked to have found your channel. Many thanks and a request for more from Australia my friend 👍 essential zombie survival info imo lol but anyway, choppers are just the coolest thing ever 😎
Thanks mate. Once again, brilliant video.
Looks smooth! I need to get that smooth with my huey maneuvering
Got some Arma 3 AFM and DCS low level flight and threading on my channel but the expertise in this is next level
Thank You and Happy Thanksgiving or pudding day to you and yours Sir.
Nice videos you're putting out! How about one explaining the force trimmer and the use of pedals?
Planning on it!
Hey brother great video! I’m hooked to the channel! I’m brand new to DCS World thanks to you lol quick question, what gear are you using for the collective? I already have a joystick. Thank you and keep the videos coming!
Just a Logitech throttle quadrant. It was super cheap. I binded one lever to the collective and the other two to the power control levers.
Would love to see you do some vtol vr content
Excellent video, thank you. What do you think about the flight model of this mod? Is it accurate enough compared to a real thing?
Hi I have a question about the UH-60L, do you trim your cyclic and pedals in real life and/or do you trim both in DCS? Obviously you have a lot of real life experience so you make it look easy but I was curious. Thanks!
I’ve not been using trim in DCS because I honestly have been struggling to make it work the way I wand, IRL, I use trim all the time. There are a lot of different techniques with using trim to one’s advantage. Sometimes I set the cyclic where I want and let the helicopter do the work. And other times, such as instrument flight, I’ll set the trim to wings level and pitch for the airspeed I want. Then I will just push against the trim to turn. Or you can use the trim beeper to establish standard rate turns, etc.
@@SnakPakFlight Thank you for the input! I have played around a little bit with it. From what I understand there isn't a way you can individually trim your yaw/pedals but you can trim all axes at once.
I don't understand where the lift is coming from during a Level Acceleration Takeoff. Is the rotor starting to act like an airfoil and is that lift generated on one side only?
Great question. The rotor blades on a helicopter ARE airfoils. They are the wings. When you increase collective, it increases the pitch of all of the blades. This is what generates lift. The cyclic control changes the blade pitch in different spots of the rotor disc as needed to move in the desired direction. With the level acceleration takeoff, you've already generated enough lift to get off the ground. Then you just start slowly moving forward and building airspeed.
As far as the side creating the lift...
At a hover, the rotor disk is generating lift equally on all portions. But in forward flight, the advancing side (right side for rotors that spin counter-clockwise), is generating more lift because it is pushing into the wind. The retreating side is less efficient. If you get fast enough, eventually the retreating portion will stall "Retreating Blade Stall". I'll have much more coming soon that will explain this better.
Boss
I’m surprised that you don’t have to put much rudder on take off to counter the torque, feels unnatural. Is it accurate?
The black hawk is more advanced than a cheaper helicopter. It does a lot of the work for you. So yes, it is very accurate.
@@SnakPakFlight i was just wondering why we had that on the apache but not the black hawk. thanks for the reply !
Yeah I'm not too familiar with the apache. But the black hawk has the FPS button. As long as that is on, the heading should hold as you increase/decrease collective. At higher airspeeds, it coordinates your turns for you.
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