On Saturday 30 December 2006 04:57, Greg Olah wrote: > Søren Christensen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm pretty new to flightgear. > > > > I would like to fly the Eurocopter bo105, but I don't know how to control > > the collective / the elevation of the main rotor. > > > > I haven't found instructions on flying helicopter, does anyone have a > > link? > > > > Thanks > > > > /severino > > I can tell you from experience in real helicopters and FlightGear...the > best way to fly simulator helicopters is with a joystick, and rudder > pedals. Anti-torque (rudder) pedals are pretty much a _MUST_ in a hover > or low-velocity forward flight in FlightGear (as in real helicopters). > When you lift the collective, you NEED some way to counteract the main > rotor system's torque. Usually, once you get the bird through what's > called translational lift, you'll require less anti-torque pedal. I > should mention, this is true for the common single rotor system - > anti-torque isn't an issue in multi-main rotor systems like tandem or > coaxial. > > I've tried to hover in Flightgear and MSFS without the anti-torque > pedals and it is way too unstable (like a heli). BTW, setting > auto-coordination ON won't help. You require A LOT of pedal to > compensate for the high torque output in a hover - so much more than in > forward flight, that you'll still see torque effect with the > auto-coordination ON. > > Hope this helps a little :-)
Not a litte -- a great deal actually. Yes, hovering is difficult. I have a Logitech gamepad and then numeric keypad, but pressing "0" and "Enter" isn't very accurate. Do you (or any one else) have a link or name for a good joystick with rudder-pedals. I've seen lots of joysticks, but haven't yet found joystick with rudder-pedals. Best regards and happy new year /severino -- Søren Christensen, sognepræst Hvam-Hvilsom pastorat Hvamvej 95, Gl. Hvam, 9620 Aalestrup. --- Telefon 98 64 80 11 E-post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Web: www.hvam-hvilsom.dk www.diakoniensdag.dk --- www.wycliffe.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
