Can you fly a helicopter with a

[tcco94]

Saitek X52 Flight Stick...

Ive tried but my heli went wild on the tutorial... :-/

Any help

Thanks

[Boikat]

Check your "realism" setting.  Start low, and also make sure your stick is calibrated.

[tcco94]

[quote]Check your "realism" setting.

[ptrkrsh]

I have used an x52 for almost 2 years and have never had any issues with helis. All functions on the stick work properly and other than a touchy rudder ( easily fixed by setting sensitivities and dead zones) I would not go back to anything else.

[Boikat]

[quote][quote]Check your "realism" setting.

[tcco94]

I have used an x52 for almost 2 years and have never had any issues with helis. All functions on the stick work properly and other than a touchy rudder ( easily fixed by setting sensitivities and dead zones) I would not go back to anything else.

Well to both of you how far down would I turn the sensitivites and which ones..

Thanks

[Alejandro Rhodes]

I can't fly these thing.. is too difficult

[an-225]

I can't fly these thing.. is too difficult

I highly recommend Alphasim's helicopters. Quite easy to learn on, especially their Pavelow (Pavelows don't really hover actually, they move forward at 1-2 knots..like the Hind).  ;)

[Anxyous]

There's a Bell 430 in the FSX heli section on this site.

I learned to fly helis in that thing

[AMDDDA]

I used the alphasim Havok heli, I forgot the 'model', but it was like a MIG or MI

[tcco94]

What about the flight simulator original heli's are those good?

Or if you led me to a link of which helicopter your using


Thanks  ;)

[Ravang]

I started off flying the R-22, then moved up to the Bell 204. I used to teach people to fly choppers in FSX using multiplayer, but do to the lack of interest I stopped.  

[ptrkrsh]

I have used an x52 for almost 2 years and have never had any issues with helis. All functions on the stick work properly and other than a touchy rudder ( easily fixed by setting sensitivities and dead zones) I would not go back to anything else.

Well to both of you how far down would I turn the sensitivites and which ones..

Thanks

It is all a matter of preference. I personally only increased the dead zone on the rudder axis in the saitek control panel and decreased the rudder sensitivity to about half its normal value in the fsx control options.

[Bob70]

I'm just learning to fly copters also.

[tcco94]

Okay well I tried the defualt bell on fsx and the takeoff was bad  ;D I couldent get very high in the air but once I did, I was just crusing around and the helicopter was going slower than a turtle so I tried to land it but I failed.