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Motion simulator for MSFS2020 Helicopter (Airbus H135)

Discussion in 'Flight Simulator 2020 - FS2020' started by Michael Mariacher, Apr 21, 2021.

  1. Michael Mariacher

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    Dear Fans,

    a short video showing motion while helicoter flying.



    Michael
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    YAW looks great, heave?
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    Heave, yes of course. But for viewers not as spectacular as YAW. But could be tweaked to have more movement. But as I try to lift up and land smooth, it's not a huge movement. But clearly to feel iwhen lift up, land or scratch the skids on taxiway.

    Michael
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    Ok though that may be the case. IMO heave is the main motion felt in co-ordinated flight, so much so that I ended up building actuators for my sim that use 800mm long ballscrews which can move up to 500mm/sec. Really made a difference in realism.
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    Do you fly in VR? IMHO in VR you do not need as much movement as with a monitor setup. VR is for beginners sometimes that weird that they barely recognize a reverse YAW.
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    Yes over many years tried most things in simulation, IMO done properly - big heave movement (when required) always trumps small.
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    Hi,
    Did you do something special to have the vertical movement (heave), I can't get this movement with the helicopters on MSFS2020, and yet the movement seems to be present with the original aircraft on my 6dof.
    Thank you in advance for your answer
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    Hi, first of all my actual settings:
    MSFS2020_DOF_1-3.jpg MSFS2020_DOF_4-6.jpg MSFS2020_TuningCenter.jpg
    The video was made with less heave but more sway and surge. I'm still not fully happy, but it works more or less OK.
    Please check tuning center settings too.

    Great seeing you also like the austrian OE- livery. :cheers

    Michael
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    Thanks Michael for your share, indeed, i think i have a problem on my tuning center, which I do not really know how to set :(, currently i have a value Max 10 and Min -10 !!
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    Hi, it's not that hard. Start the simulator, write down your actual settings, click on "Capture Max Min", then "Reset". Fly smooth and easy, take off, land. After, you see the new values, mostly like 1,234567. After I recommend change this value manual to a slighly higer, easier value. i.e. 1,5. This value you can then adopt in small numbers, i.e. from 1,5 to 1,3. Never 0,0!!!
    Or you try my settings as a start.
    Michael
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    Thanks a lot Michael for your help, I'll test it as soon as possible :thumbs.
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    Hi Michael,
    I tried with your "Max+1 and Min -1" settings on the Heave and indeed it works, but only during takeoff and landing.
    During all the rest of the flight the value in the tuning center does not move practically, do you have the same thing on your side ?
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    Hi,
    did you try to fly in severe weather? Or doing a step decent out of vertical flying? The next step would be, reduce the heave value in tuning center by +/-0,1. But be carefull. From 1 to 0,9 it increases output by ~11%, from 0,5 to 0,4 by 20%, from 0,2 to 0,1 ~100%. I would not go below 0,5. But try it out.
    Michael
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    Hi,
    Yes I tried in these conditions, I also reduced the heave value by steps of 0.1 and the takeoff and landing phases are much more reactive, but the flight phase remains without movement, the variations of the heave in the tuning center are very weak and have no effect. I have the impression that the Heave telemetry is not taken into account.
    Eric