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Postby Charl » Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:16 am

Played with Helitranz the other day.
Toward the end of the clip, I enjoy the way the pilot isn't satisfied with his approach, and adjusts it 30mm anti-clockwise just before touchdown.
Wish I could do that in my flightsim...

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Postby Ian Warren » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:17 am

You were up for flight cool.gif , as for your 30mm adjustment you can with rudder pedals but it would be hard to measure , i found the Aerosoft Huey prity close
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Postby HamiltonWest » Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:17 am

Nice video charl smile.gif
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Postby chopper_nut » Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:15 pm

When you become one with the machine you dont even think about little adjustments like that, they sort of just happen by themselves.
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Postby Ian Warren » Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:32 pm

I like that " When you become one with the Machine " cool.gif
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Postby Charl » Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:50 pm

Very much so... I watched our pilot when he approached, and you could see he wasn't consciously doing stuff, merely adjusting the mechanical extensions of his mind:
Cyclic, collective, yaw - although of course there are different levels of skill.

There's a great clip somewhere, where the guy pops the top off a bottle with the skid.
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Postby chopper_nut » Sat Mar 02, 2013 5:23 pm

Yeh I've seen that video, theres a few of them. I reckon it takes about 100 hours in each machine to start to get to that point. I'm just getting there now in the R44.
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