[simpits-tech] Helicopter in FS2004

[Matt Bailey]

On Friday 24 October 2003 04:05 am, you wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Matt Bailey wrote:
> > 	I remember when I first started flying helos in X-Plane (back in 5.3x) I
> > was like "GOOD GRIEF this is hard, I'll never learn it! How does anyone
> > fly these things?!?!" After a number of sessions of what seemed like no
> > progress, I was eventually fairly comfortable with them. Then version
> > 5.6x came along and the things were even more unstable! "Ahhhh no way!"
> > But before long I was flying them ok again. Of course, that's not to say
> > I'm a competent helo sim pilot by any means. :) I can get them off the
> > ground, travel in the general direction of where I want to go (with the
> > helo pointed more or less the direction I happen to be going) and get
> > them back on the ground within a few feet of a specified point without
> > cracking the runway pavement. :)
> > 	Any time I try another sim that has helicopters I find them ridiculously
> > easy. There's just no comparison. In X-Plane there is NO hands-off. I've
> > heard an R/C helicopter pilot mention this about the models, said when
> > flying R/C helicopters there is no "relaxing" like with the planes,
> > you're on your toes 100% of the time.
>
> I'd agree 100% with that, and having flown the real thing too - x-plane is
> easy!  ;)
>
> It does seem impossible at first, but try try and try again. Practice is
> the key.
>
> Roy.

	Yikes! Never been up in a real helo. Getting my rotorcraft license is 
something I'd like to do though, after finishing up college and getting 
things settled down (paying loans, finding flying job, etc).

	-Matt Bailey