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Postby FsNovice » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:16 am

I've finally managed to land this helicopter but then i have another problem. If I shut off the engines i can never get it take off again when i restart the engine. Anyone know what to do?
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Re: Bell JetRanger

Postby wji » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:34 am

Roger that . . . it's wierd Here's what I do:

It seems the problem is the wings (rotary wings) feather -- or at least have the effect of being feathered.

I set the sim to 4X (so things happen quicker) and increase the pitch using CTRL+F3 and CTRL+F4

For some reason, CTRL+F4 by itself will not get the job done. Try it.

P.S. As I recall, there was a helo landing lesson in one incarnation of FS where it was required to land with the wing feathered -- CTRL+F1

P.P.S.  I've flown FS helos since they were introduced in FS98 and am getting pretty good at it  :-)
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Re: Bell JetRanger

Postby FsNovice » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:39 pm

I set the sim to 4X (so things happen quicker) and increase the pitch using CTRL+F3 and CTRL+F4

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P.S It works great now with the time compression and things.
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Re: Bell JetRanger

Postby dave3cu » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:39 pm

During\after startup bring up the collective (shift+4 or collective SimIcon).

Check the twist grip throttle.
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Re: Bell JetRanger

Postby FsNovice » Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:05 pm

Thanks, that's all useful stuff as i now got it working.
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Re: Bell JetRanger

Postby Tom. » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:01 pm

Yeah as in any helicopter you need to wait for the rpm to get up before you can takeoff
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