Helicopter Passenger Flights

[Andedrunkard]

Has any of the beta testers tried to do a passenger helicopter flight? will it behave in the same way?

thanks

Ande

[DanSteph]

helo are not supported in FsP...
half line of code are specifically done for aircraft, supporting hello would mean rewriting
half code...

You can anyway load one with passengers if you can allow parking brake in it's aircraft.cfg
but I'll not support any side effect you may have in reports... (flaps not set and such)

So one can perhaps fly with them but the official reply is "helo are not supported"


Dan

[Andedrunkard]

Dan,

Oh ok, thanks for your quick response. Just was thinking surely it wouldnt treat them the same... now i know.

Ande

[DanSteph]

notice I just added "DisableFlapcheck" in the "more_config.cfg"
so if someone really want to fly hello he may be able taken that he
can add parking brake to this hello...

I just tried the bell rangers, adding brake section in the aircraft.cfg have done the job:
[brakes]
parking_brake = 1 //Parking brake available
toe_brakes_scale = 600.0 //Brake scalar

I just lift off 10 meter and landed and I got a report... it work.... I got only a flap penality
(but you can disable it in more_option.cfg)

Also I bought my BELL for $200'000 wich is wrong in my opinion...

still hello aren't "officially" supported in FsP... I think many things will not
be taken in account properly in the report....

Dan



Post Edited ( 06-02-05 21:07 )

[jboweruk]

Dan you are the greatest. Just wish I could fly the helos and land 'em 100% like I can most everything else, except the DH8 with 2d only

[fruitfly]

Hi John!
Here are couple of the tips that will certainly help you controlling the helos:

http://forums.flightsim.com/dc/dcboard.p...34714&page=

[jboweruk]

I tried the 99% thing, it just made matters worse Could be cause I didn't change other settings as well though. Man when I did manage to land the Robinson on a Helo pad 3 times in a row I did feel great, but I cannot under any circumstances fly the Bell, it's like trying to balance a football on a pinhead, it just won't stay right. If you try to hover it suddenly goes backwards without warning, not in a normal hover, that I can do, it's always down near the ground when I'm trying like crazy to land it.



Post Edited ( 06-03-05 17:25 )

[bdparris]

I don't want to post a huge reply on this topic, so you can check out the forums over at the following sites for more info. They helped alot
for me. I use most choppers from the LZ's Chopper Shop ( they seem easier to fly).
Check out Hovercontrol http://www.hovercontrol.com and the VUSCG http://www.vuscg.org for some more articles on chopper flight.
Adjust your sensitivities down around half in the FS menu and the null zone smaller down to about an 1\8th. Also if using FSUIPC, adjust
your joystick\pedal\throttle sensitivities there also. Makes a big difference in collective and cyclic control.
It is hard but not impossible to transition from hover to land. Try using clear weather till you get the hang of it.

[djsebx]

Hi,

I, as beta tester, tried to fly passengers for a short flight in Rhode Island, using the Aerosot SeaHawk SH-60 and everything was fine. No
problem met, note this helo has a parking brake... and FSP is needing this. That's why Dan specified helos are not officially supported by
FSPassengers.

[JayKae]

Same here DJ but I used " AirWolf" but no problems for me