DCS UH-1 Huey

[jomni]

UH-1Y Venom.  Well I guess it's not called a Huey anymore.  Hehehe.

[Jarhead0331]

^Huey on steroids.

[Yskonyn]

That's a totally different aircraft.
It's like saying the Boeing 737-200 is the same as the 737-700NG. :D

The DCS module is UH-1H. The plain old workhorse of the 70's. Nothing more, nothing less.

[jomni]

Thanks for the clarification.  No sale for me then.  I just don't like things that don't fit the era of the main DCS world.

[Staggerwing]

So I'm guessing you are going to take a pass on DCS: Farman M.F.7 as well then?

[Nefaro]

Geez... DCS just seems to be all over the place regarding time period. 

I'd like to see a DCS Apache sim as I've really enjoyed the Black Shark despite a couple difficulties.  An AH-64 would be easier to learn, although I dunno if they'd bother doing it since it's a two-seater. 

I believe the F-18 was also high on a forum poll awhile back.  I'd probably rather have an F-16 but either would do.   I had some OS technical issues last time I tried playing a Falcon 4 mod so that's probably only gonna get worse in the future.  :-[

[Huw the Poo]

I'd love to see the F-18 given the DCS treatment.  F-15 would be good too.

[Yskonyn]

F-15C has been confirmed and will be the next module by ED.
F/A-18A is also confirmed and will follow. Work is in progress.
Talk has been about the AH-1A, but nothing concrete yet. Just that ED is planning on doing one.

Then we have Various 3rd party dev groups who are making modules (of which the Huey was one too).

Keep the designators in mind; C variant of the F15, so no Strike Eagle; A variant of the Hornet, so not a Super Hornet and the A variant of the Apache, not the D.

This is all due to needing information to create a high fidelity sim, but many systems are still secret regarding specs and therefore not available for modeling accurately.

[Huw the Poo]

F-15C has been confirmed and will be the next module by ED.
F/A-18A is also confirmed and will follow. Work is in progress.

Splendid!  Not that I've even learned the Black Shark yet, but still, that's great news!  I haven't flown an F-15 since the Commodore 64 game Strike Eagle. :)

[Jarhead0331]

I'd like to see a DCS Apache sim as I've really enjoyed the Black Shark despite a couple difficulties.  An AH-64 would be easier to learn, although I dunno if they'd bother doing it since it's a two-seater. 

What makes you think an Apache would be "easier" to learn.  I believe it would in fact be harder to learn because it is a much more complex aircraft in terms of avionics, weapons systems and controls.  The KA50 is archaic in comparison, and that is why I found the learning curve much more manageable. 

[JudgeDredd]

^I don't know if it's a "standard" thing in all choppers - but the trim on the KA-50 always buggered me about. I've watched some amazing videos of someone flying it a few feet off the ground and doing pirouettes...climbing, diving - showing incredible control.

I struggled to get it from A-B without having to constantly correct the flight path the KA-50 wanted to take.

I don't know if the Apache (or any other helicopter) would be easier in this regard - but I did find the KA-50 to be a fighter

Of course - there is the other train of thought which is I was just crap

[Cougar_DK]

Hi JD,

This video did the trick for me. The trim and ap are connected.... Crazy russians, but I'm getting there, learning to control her. And the Right Control+Enter really helps visulazing the trim position.

[Nefaro]

I'd like to see a DCS Apache sim as I've really enjoyed the Black Shark despite a couple difficulties.  An AH-64 would be easier to learn, although I dunno if they'd bother doing it since it's a two-seater. 

What makes you think an Apache would be "easier" to learn.  I believe it would in fact be harder to learn because it is a much more complex aircraft in terms of avionics, weapons systems and controls.  The KA50 is archaic in comparison, and that is why I found the learning curve much more manageable.

The cockpit would be easier to learn since it wouldn't be in cyrillic and I'm more familiar with US cockpit instruments in general.  While the Ka-50 isn't overly elaborate, I still find the learning curve higher just because it's Russian.

[Nefaro]

^I don't know if it's a "standard" thing in all choppers - but the trim on the KA-50 always buggered me about. I've watched some amazing videos of someone flying it a few feet off the ground and doing pirouettes...climbing, diving - showing incredible control.

I struggled to get it from A-B without having to constantly correct the flight path the KA-50 wanted to take.

I don't know if the Apache (or any other helicopter) would be easier in this regard - but I did find the KA-50 to be a fighter

Of course - there is the other train of thought which is I was just crap

I was told (by someone here?) that the Trim in Black Shark gets thrown off if you have any Deadzone set for your joystick. 

I had some dead zone set for mine (in-game) and every time I tried to use the trimmer it would go nuts and pull me all over the place.  The deadzone thing explains why it would always oversteer.

I hope they've fixed that by now, but I've not yet revisited BS2 since picking up A-10C.

[MikeGER]

yourstruly in a Huey giving the good news to a group of RPG guys in the wood testing a selfmade S&D mission ... to learns the trigger-zones 'n stuff...   

No thats not DCS World ;D ... better, its the analysing tool  Tacview  to study (could be taken literally) your flights!

the more i learn about DCS world, its possibilities, the community tools aggregating around it... 8)  the more i love it!  :) 

can you believe there is an Android app in the making by a user, that turns your Android tablet into a dashboard with the main instruments
(DCS export the raw data, and somehow they will get streamed over wifi network to the tablet for to place it under your LCD)