I cannot believe I've discovered your channel so late, genuinely the best I've found for flight simulation. You explain everything so well, if you're not already a teacher/instructor you should definitely consider becoming one!

you have a gift for explaining something naturally and succinctly. I've watched and read A LOT about helicopters and your explained some things that were like "ah ha, that makes sense now".... great video.

Great tutorial, I've been flying DCS Huey for about 100 hrs and i still watched the whole thing just to fill me in for MSFS helis, Cheers!

This is a fantastic explanation heli basics in MSFS. I've been building +flying and crashing RC helis for 10-15 years now. This video is spot on. Subscribed and thumbs up. thank you.

Just remember to deactivate the helicopter assists. They are activated by default which is incredibly stupid.

@jamesm568

Жыл бұрын

That sh*t is annoying AF.

@crook7493

Жыл бұрын

how do i turn it off

@owenlien1593

Жыл бұрын

How do you turn it off on Xbox?

@KevinKanji

Жыл бұрын

@@owenlien1593 Go to settings, assistance options, piloting assistance and you can turn off cyclic and tail rotor assistance

Man that was so awesome to listen from start to the end ... learned so much... Thanks for this. Love your voice!!!

Great video. Super well explained and thoughtfully put forward. Subbed and can’t wait for the next one.

I tried helicopters for the first time yesterday. Had absolutely no idea what I was doing lol. Thanks for the vid, I'll give it another shot.

Great videos, thank you. You have a great way of explaining things.

I couldn't even get the heli started. This helped. Thanks!

GREAT video! 🚁👏😎

This was so valuable!! Thanks PG!

perfect explanation for a newbie starting up a chopper & gaining hover time. Thx

DCS helicopters are unrivaled

@jamesgallagher2434

Жыл бұрын

I would suggest the ones in Aerofly FS 2 are as good.

@cuttheloop

Жыл бұрын

and actually fly-able XD

Thank god this will be a series. I can't land this thing at all. Just thunk against the ground every time!

Your videos are awesome

OMG.This is much needed. Thanks

Great video!

awesome explanation man. super newb here and you make it make sense.

Great video! Thanks

amazing video and explanations

I managed to take off in the NY introduction to the same chopper. It was already burning and turning.. just had to pull up on the collective and apply some foot pedal to compensate. I crashed several times and then got the hang of it. Next up I plan to do a ground start.

Very useful. Thank you!

Thank you-very helpful!

excellent and educational video, thank you

Nice tutorial. Trim definitely helps too. You should get TrackIR. Makes everything easier.

Subscribed😃

if you go into the assistance options->piloting->Tail rotor and cyclic, does the delayed collective still persist?

I remember playing Comanche 3 on a 50 lb crt monitor listening to Chocolate starfish and hotdog flavored water 🤣. Learning to fly choppers will be my weekend project

came here by random. i guess you are planing to do more of those videos? you got my subscription of course 👍🏻 i have flown helos for 2 years now in DCS, so this is not completely new to me, but the way you are explaining this feels like you are doing this for a living, arent you? :) hope you can explain how the force trim works in this things!

It's fun when the spinny bit is on top

Great video as always Pat. What controller are you using for the helicopter? Do you recommend a game pad or a joystick or something else altogether? Thanks for doing this!!

@Feintgames

Жыл бұрын

Joystick with a throttle or a hotas will make a huge difference in your muscle memory and ability to make sense of what's happening. A game pad doesn't have the ability to leave a control in place such as the collective. It always returns to center.

Thank you

Can the starter button and all the other start-up switches etc be mapped or are some hidden i.e. screen/mouse only?

Thank You, very informative, explained very easy and in a nice way. Well done.

Do you have the default assists off? They are on by default even if you have Assists turned off.

Visibly twisting rotor in response to collective and antitorque inputs is a whole other level of flight sim.

@jamesgallagher2434

Жыл бұрын

Uhm… these are standard features in DCS and Aerofly FS 2

@jamesfoxall8134

Жыл бұрын

Just like to say, I'm flying around with both helicopters now after your video's . I've also subscribed, I forgot to mention.

So easy for the tail to wag the dog but I’m loving it 👍🏻

Could you go over the best helicopter controller setups for at home? I know I have seen some out there but, just wondering if there are any other options ... under $1,000. Thanks!

really simply and straight forward. My only questions is slightly technical. With the governor on - do you have to set full throttle to allow the governor to have full range of control?

@Feintgames

Жыл бұрын

No, the governor takes over the throttle completely once activated.

Amazing video, thank you Kip.

Nice

Does G2 have VOR? How to set up VOR navigation?

nice

Crazy, improbable machines. Don't understand them and never will, I'll stick to aircraft that LIKE to stay in the air, thanks! ☺

With the helicopter, it happens to me that the stick gets stuck for a few seconds, causing me to fall. And I don't understand how to fix it, while it never happens with planes! :(

How do I start it in Xbox s? On pc I can turn with my keyboard helping but Xbox I only have controller and mouse😊

can we use HOTAS for the helicopters also when my governor is active my power is jumping all over the place even when im just sitting

@Ironing-Bored

Жыл бұрын

Check your bindings, by default on some hardware the throttle axis for fixed wing can end up controlling both throttle and collective, which will fight against the governor throttle settings

Why do my pedal inputs lag but the sensitivity are 0 ??

question, i've mapped my controls... hopefully correctly... when i click on ready to fly, rotors already spinning etc... how do i go ready to fly with a dark helicopter so that i can follow your steps... thus knowing everything is right... at the moment, when i get into heli/rotor spinning and pull collective all that ends happening is looks like engine rpm goes up, then down and then rotor rpm comes down.

@jonwilkinson7474

3 ай бұрын

spawn on a ramp not on the runway

I could not get the "propeller pitch" to work as my throttle. This is the problem I am having. The throttle does move when you use a mouse, but I want to move the throttle with my twistgrip throttle on my MaxFlightStick helicopter control collective. Nobody seems to know the answer to this. Help ne please if you know how to get the throttle to work, and what the controller assignment is called.

@gsrsin

Жыл бұрын

Power Management > Throttle Axis

"Helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission" - I almost wet myself...

Do they have sim controllers for helicopters? Not the joystick but the other thing that goes up and down?

@TriglavRC

Жыл бұрын

It’s called: collective control. And yes, there are products avalible for home sims. Though not as widely available as joysticks and steering wheels as those are very niche products and can be emulated with good HOTAS.

@Feintgames

Жыл бұрын

Yes, check out VIRPIL and Puma X.

Nice vidéo, exactly what I was looking for after 132 crashes in the first 20 seconds 🙃...but please if it's possible just speak a little bit slower, when I understand the point you are already two ideas away...just like my helicopter so far 😆!!

As a noob to flying helicopters (don't care much for planes) would have been nice for more explanation - e.g what do you mean by "crack the throttle" ? at around 6:30 in the video?

@darthvegan

6 ай бұрын

"crack the throttle" is a term meaning to increase the throttle a small amount.

How do you move your view around to see the starter button on the collective?

@airspeed_alive

Жыл бұрын

Arrow keys, and ALT + Arrow keys to translate forward, back etc

@paulmason2369

Жыл бұрын

I had the same issue. Go to cockpit views in your keyboard profile and set shortcuts for 'Translate cockpit view backwards and forwards so you can get in front of the collective and then spin around. Then save the view as a custom view. Watch this video if you need any further help. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nmGerJptm8_dfMo.html

is it original textures of asphalt or mod ?

@cuttheloop

Жыл бұрын

it's original GIGANTIC concrete

Are there any free helicopters? Or do you have to buy one to try out the new mechanics

@ToBCreations

Жыл бұрын

There are two helicopters included for free in the last update. This and a Bell 407. 🙂

@daelpixphotography

Жыл бұрын

This helicopter as well as the Bell is free with the 40th Anniversary Update :)

How the hell do you set the views to look back over to the throttle/collective to start the engine? I've tried for 2 hours and am fed up now. I am sick of the dozens of updates in MSFS, which take hours to download and then without any help files whatsoever. I'm at the stage of ditching this programme altogether!

@paulmason2369

Жыл бұрын

@Woulve 666 I know how to do custom views but I can't zoon or move the camera to face backwards. Any advice?

@JBeamGT3

Жыл бұрын

@@paulmason2369 go ahead and ditch the program, if your having this much of an issue with the camera then there’s no telling what other concepts of the sim will baffle you. Probably lots.

@sparkymarky68

Жыл бұрын

@@paulmason2369 there are several transition keys you can use in cockpit view - i use forward, backward and rotate up/down/left/right etc. That will allow you to pan the camera around the cockpit to and use the back and forward to move in or around objects. I have it set to a hat and a rocker switch. I then save the view once i get there. I am sure there are tutorials out there to show you how to do.

@paulmason2369

Жыл бұрын

@@sparkymarky68 Thanks for the advice. I've found now that there are no default keys set for forwards and backwards. Once these are set obviously it helps massively.

Great! Now do a landing video! lol

What the hell where is the beeper?

They may we'll be amazing but not if your a Xbox player using a gamepad it's an absolute nightmare

i take off for half a second then fall back to the ground and cant spool up again. even when i start with everything on. I even turned every single assist back on and still nothing

@mrdrums007

Жыл бұрын

This game is a piece of shit ok Xbox. You’d have to be a professional pilot for 10 plus years to even play or enjoy it. I just wanted to fly around my neighborhood but I can’t even start the damn thing.

@user-vx2et8hj3z

Жыл бұрын

SOunds like a mixture misallignment. Check in case you have assigned the function to any key you are not aware of.

is it just me or does my helicopter keep fishtailing to the left?

@giga9892

Жыл бұрын

same here

@planetjakebomb

Жыл бұрын

So as he mentioned at the beginning. The rotors turn in either direction. The helicopter is balanced for cruising altitude which means at lower altitudes it will have a slight rotation on the helicopter which you have to counter with the pedals until you get high enough. The same applies for the pitch of the helicopter. In some cases you will have to takeoff with the stick aiming forward as the helicopter will pitch backwards as it leaves the ground

Why couldn't they make a helicopter that can fly on unrealistic mode like they had in 2004 is that too much to ask?

@briangatt2956

Жыл бұрын

@@StringBanger Yeah I've tried that still doesn't work it's too sensitive even changed all the sensitivity for the joystick i'm going back to FPSs.

@briangatt2956

Жыл бұрын

@@StringBanger Thrustmaster 16,000

@briangatt2956

Жыл бұрын

@@StringBanger do i need pedals?

@briangatt2956

Жыл бұрын

@@StringBanger okt hanks

@cornstarch6955

Жыл бұрын

ANYONE with oscillation issues, here is the fix = "It's something of a bug people reported. Go to the main menu (end your flight (!)) and go to General Options, then Flight Model. Switch to Legacy and make sure you switch Global Preset to Realistic. Now start a flight and it should fly like on rails. End the flight and go to Main Menu, General Options Set Flight Model to Modern and start a flight. Now all should be well."

I can fly the Apache and UH-1 in DCS, fairly easily... MSFS, not so much.

It would better if it didn't feel like the helicopter was falling to the ground itself.

Try getting to the starter switch in VR … you can’t

@mickbanks68

Жыл бұрын

beter to map a button or switch on your joystick to the start switch.

@WoWSondo

Жыл бұрын

lol lean back hold right mouse lean in look to your left shut one eye bite your lip and left click and bam it starts.

I... CANNOT...fly goddamn helicopters 😆 Christ...I didn't even realize there were more assists to turn off, even with true-to- life. Whelp... I'll keep trying. Maybe learn something new from your subsequent videos! 🤞

They don't fly and they don't beat the air into submission, they're simply so noisy and ugly with the rotors spinning that the ground repels them! 😂

Planes makes sense in terms of the laws of physics, but helicopters.. I still don’t get how they work 😂 they shouldn’t

We're here for controls start up and hover not a dam history lesson

You speak to fast

@elliott7268

Жыл бұрын

*too

Really wondering why you're doin' that funky fake-cool low pitched voice......skipped the video....

@klartraum8495

11 ай бұрын

My English skills are not the best and that voice made him so difficult to understand.

@MarcelVanderWerf

11 ай бұрын

@@klartraum8495 Yes, and I don't see the purpose of doing it. I would love to hear him explain why he does this. Probably the same problem as the 'vocal fry' in young American women... they're just copying each other.