Heliocopter

[SuperMonkey]

hey is anyone PRO with heliocopter? if you are can anyone PM me or teach me how to Hover with it so i can do some of the missions!
if u can help or teach me PM me and ill most likely tells u a time ill be on FSX thanks!

[Boikat]

The only answer to that is "Practice, practice, practice,..." until you're tired of helicopters.  Then practice some more.  

Also, there's an add-on from a group called "Hovercontrol" (I think that's the name of the group and the DL, and their website), that makes hovering a lot easier.

[SuperMonkey]

i been praticin helicopter for about a month but i still can't hover and the "hovercontorll does it work with all heliocopter on FSX ACC?
(tried googling it didn't find anything

[Meck]

Are you using a Joystick or Keyboard? Flying a chopper with the keyboard is very hard if not impossible(I know what I'm talking about - I failed nearly one year); I now own a gamepad and since that flying a helo is (nearly) as simple as a fixed-wing (needs some practice anyhow)!  ;)

[ozzy72]

http://members.shaw.ca/hoversafe/Hoversafe.htm

[Opa]

Check out the Hovercontrol website:

http://hovercontrol.com/

This site deals exclusivly with all things realting to Helicopters and they have some excellent Tutorials available. Many very knowledgable simmers frequent their forums also.

Good luck!

[SuperMonkey]

[quote]Are you using a Joystick or Keyboard? Flying a chopper with the keyboard is very hard if not impossible(I know what I'm talking about - I failed nearly one year); I now own a gamepad and since that flying a helo is (nearly) as simple as a fixed-wing (needs some practice anyhow)!

[SuperMonkey]

[quote][quote]Are you using a Joystick or Keyboard? Flying a chopper with the keyboard is very hard if not impossible(I know what I'm talking about - I failed nearly one year); I now own a gamepad and since that flying a helo is (nearly) as simple as a fixed-wing (needs some practice anyhow)!

[SuperMonkey]

when i go to flying school there is only FS2000 and FS2002 and im running FSX which 1 do i download so i can pratice more helicopter

[Meck]

Well as far as I understand there are no lessons for FSX...  :-/

[SuperMonkey]

well there is at hoversafe i jus dont know which 1 to download lol

[Meck]

If we are talking about the same page (here), then there are no lessons for FSX - just FS98, FS2000 and FS2002!

:-?

[jieitai]

Set all your joystick axes to maximum sensitivity, and drop the null zones down to zero. The trick with helicopters is small, slight movements, and constant adjustment of the throttle.

When you want to move the helicopter forward, you tilt the nose down, but you have to increase the throttle to keep from descending. When you want to slow down, you tilt the nose up, but you have to decrease the throttle to keep from climbing.

When you hover, you slow down until you hit 0knts (which can be tricky, sometimes you don't level off in time and you start flying backwards). But then the chopper has a tendency to fall, so you have to put about 80% or more throttle to keep it steady, and you have to make tiny corrections to keep in a hover.

http://www.simteevee.com/watch.php?mdid ... a+Choppers

That's me

[SuperMonkey]

all NULL ZONE to 0? and all senctive to max?

[jieitai]

Yep, and keep a close eye on your vertical speed indicator. There should be some FSX tutorials using the Robinson R22, two if I remember correctly.

That's really all the instruction I can give, I just kinda....do it--don't really know how to explain it, lol.