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Rallymodeller said:
(BTW, if anyone has any experience in helicopter flight tuning for MSFS, I have some questions...)
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Try this first: find a major road, and chase the cars. This makes you forget about the aircraft and focus on what the result is.
Later on, find some AI shipping for the low+slow practice.
Then: follow an AI plane from taxi to after take off.
For longer flights, your -500 has a trim button on the cyclic stick.
 
Wing_Z said:
Try this first: find a major road, and chase the cars. This makes you forget about the aircraft and focus on what the result is.
Later on, find some AI shipping for the low+slow practice.
Then: follow an AI plane from taxi to after take off.
For longer flights, your -500 has a trim button on the cyclic stick.
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Control isn't the issue so much as the helicopter in question's inherent dynamic stability -- in this case the Cera Sim Mi-17V5. Feels way too "wobbly" for a big helicopter like that; almost like it has no inertia. Was just wondering if there was some way I could make it more stable, especially in transition to/from the hover.
 
Killbilly said:
Now that I've flown them a bit, I think they're worth the full price.
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They would be if I used all the failure systems, but I prefer a nice, relaxing flight where nothing ever goes wrong. I wish the dev would consider a "lite" version without the failures, but with everything else still modelled, they'd probably be priced at around the current sale price. So I'm probably going to be picking up the bundle with both versions after I get home from work today.
 
Picked this one up in the sale, and absolutely love it! Plenty to discover and explore, but loved the first flight. Not nearly as agile as an F-15, but still not a bad flyer.

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Tom Clayton said:
Oooooohh... I've been holding off on those because of the price, but now...
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Tried to get it Monday, but their payment system was acting up. I opened a ticket with JF and got a quick reply that their payment provider had been down. Bought and installed the turbine version last night and fired up the sim just long enough to get in and light the fires. I'll be getting to know her better this weekend.
 
Navy Chief said:
Would love to see this portover become available. It is what Jimmy Stewart flew them in WW2 as a Second Lieutenant.
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Sorry to correct you, NC, but Jimmy Stewart was already a Captain even before leaving the States for the ETO. Before leaving the US, he had also already become the Commanding Officer of the 703rd BS, 445th BG. After leading the 703rd BS on his first mission, he led the entire 445th BG beginning on his second mission. In January 1944, a month after he began his combat flying, Stewart was promoted to Major and served as Deputy Commander of the 2nd Bombardment Wing during “Big Week.” He was next appointed Group Operations Officer of the 453rd BG, where he assigned himself as lead pilot in the group’s missions until he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in June 1944. After attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Stewart was appointed Executive Officer of the 2nd Bombardment Wing. In this position he flew missions with the 445th, 453rd, and 389th Bomb Groups, and with units of the 20th Combat Bomb Wing. In March 1945, Stewart was promoted again to Colonel, and was appointed Chief of Staff of the entire 2nd Bombardment Wing. Because he always served in a command role, Stewart never had an assigned aircraft or crew, but flew with several different crews/aircraft over the course of the 20 missions he tallied.
 
Bomber_12th said:
Sorry to correct you, NC, but Jimmy Stewart was already a Captain even before leaving the States for the ETO. Before leaving the US, he had also already become the Commanding Officer of the 703rd BS, 445th BG. After leading the 703rd BS on his first mission, he led the entire 445th BG beginning on his second mission. In January 1944, a month after he began his combat flying, Stewart was promoted to Major and served as Deputy Commander of the 2nd Bombardment Wing during “Big Week.” He was next appointed Group Operations Officer of the 453rd BG, where he assigned himself as lead pilot in the group’s missions until he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in June 1944. After attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Stewart was appointed Executive Officer of the 2nd Bombardment Wing. In this position he flew missions with the 445th, 453rd, and 389th Bomb Groups, and with units of the 20th Combat Bomb Wing. In March 1945, Stewart was promoted again to Colonel, and was appointed Chief of Staff of the entire 2nd Bombardment Wing. Because he always served in a command role, Stewart never had an assigned aircraft or crew, but flew with several different crews/aircraft over the course of the 20 missions he tallied.
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The man was an absolute legend in every way.
 
well - since we're on a couple of my favorite subjects... ---->
there was (and arguably remains) no greater example of Americanism or self-determination than Jimmy Stewart
 
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