having flown a 500, this FM is unrealistically unstable. the 500 is KNOWN for its stability, this is now how it should fly in my opinion.

Very well described tork, collective throttle and Cycstick. With this mod, i tend to do a left hand loop down when landing, avoiding slowing down using the Cystick and colective. Plus in the cruise and on landing. Small tweak lowing the throttle from flight no more than 1/4 turn keeping an eye on the VS indicatore also creates a smooth cruise no lifting of the nose and on landing 10-20 foot from the floor ( just below builing hight) reduce throttle and collective, with yaw peddle in small increamebt(1/8 of a turn) to smooth landing and eliminate ground effect. But also remember to fly you helicopter down to the gound from height using cycstick thsn trayinto hover down.

Finally I can hover, take off and land in one piece. 😊

Excellent suggestions! I'm still finding take off and landing a little squirrely, but my tendency to use the collective, as I do in other DCS choppers, was causing me to swing wildly out of control. Now that I resist that, and only use the collective when I absolutely have to, I can fly the thing much better. I've eased off on using the collective as part of a 180 turn, for example, after a gun or rocket run. I take it more gently and deal with altitude by pointing the nose downwards rather than easing off on the collective. I had noticed the wild torque swings but I assumed that was a symptom rather than a cause of the uncontrollability. It works much better now, cheers.

Why is that Magnum P.I. up there? Get down here , MAgnum!

I read a comment on a different video that explained the problem exactly. It's like there is one point of lift above the helicopter and it's attached to the rotor by a string. When you move the stick that point of lift moves and drags the string along.

Hey I got it off the ground and flew around for a few minutes before smashing it finally! Thanks!

I loaded version 1.2 which truly helped the flight model, but I can't use weapons. As DCS is starting, I get a Msg telling me the weapons will be denied. Any ideas for correcting this?

Although accuracy is always preferred, I do love how challenging this helicopter is.

Good video - it would be a good idea to help Tobson & Eightball to correct the inaccuracies in the flight model, for everyone's benefit.

Despite some problems with the flight model, I really enjoy the challenge so far, and I believe it's a blast to fly on a good setup.

I am not a helicopter pilot, but I used to work at an airport and knew a few pilots that flew the Hughes 500C and they would often mention that the tail had a tendency to swing left and right. When the 500D came out with a more pointy nose, it would swing up and down.

I set the collective saturation to about 70 which limits the total torque. Really smoothed things out. Cyclic I have no curve, but I matched the cyclic movement to the saturation in both axes. Very little saturation was needed. WW Orion HOTAS with no extension. I basically reversed my throttles to become a collective. I do agree to raise the collective smoothly and fly as smooth as possible while anticipating what it is you want to do. Violent over controlling and over torquing will decrease your enjoyment exponentially. Stay on the anti torque pedals-they’re not a rudder. Power on requires one pedal movement and off requires another. The thing flies great at 80 speed with torque at the 6 o’clock position. There is trim which when cruising comes in handy. You must zero out your trim-use the controls overlay as a tool. Nice video. Underbar. Danke.

No AI comms, no manual, torque sensitive. But otherwise a good fun mod to fly.

I certainly don't want to offend anyone, but there are 2 fundamental things that strongly influence the discussion and why we should be very open to other opinions, even very different ones. The first is that with all the different flight controls that are used, whether $20 joysticks, $300 HOTAS or $1500 helicopter controls, there are very different impressions and therefore different approaches to solutions, all of which are very individual but not wrong. However, I myself am of the opinion that semi-professional flight controls probably achieve the most realistic result. The second thing is, and I speak from the experience of a flight instructor who has taught several players here in DCS, is that the understanding of what it means to fly helicopters often has little to do with the specific helicopter characteristics. The helicopter domain below 100 feet and slower than 50 knots is avoided as much as possible by many people who come from a fixed wing flying background and the surprise is great when they see what it's all about and how relatively easy it is to learn if you focus on it and know what the procedures should be. I think the discussion and the exchange of different opinions is great and important, but we should not ignore or devalue opinions, nor should we overestimate opinions. For example, I know some RL pilots who find DCS quite difficult and come to some opinions that I find hard to understand. And I myself have often been wrong in life.

Thanks, thought it was just me. Almost all helo mods have this light feeling. The uh-1 module nails the feeling of weight. The uh-60 mod is pretty good too. I'll bet they get a ton of feedback and it improves fast!

In version 1.2 of the flight model, many things have been fixed, and the OH-6 flies great now. Still some fine tuning needed, but now it is really funny, and I set back my collective to 100% 😎

If you think this has a lot of buttons and switches then don't go anywhere near the Mil Mi-24.

What is the VN Asset Pack for and how to use it?

These results are very similar to a lot of problems you get on R/C helis if you haven't set up the gyro properly. Yaw on throttle change, drifting heading, etc. I reckon I could handle it. :P

Da bin ja froh, nicht der einzige zu sein, der ein "bisschen" Schwierigkeiten mit diesem Schraubflügler hat. :) Wo flattern Sie da eigentlich genau herum, Herr G.? Ist das noch Kaukasus oder schon Normandie? Oder gar Kola?

With the tail rotor on the left this helicopter should not require the right peddle and left cyclic for straight flight, it should naturally sit left skid low in straight and level flight. The flight model is taken from the wrong helicopter

Just tried the 1.2 and I now can hover (barely) and take off but landing is a different story and I yet have to bring her back in one piece because as soon as I enter the translational lift this thing just spins out of control and crashes. Kudos to the developers 🙂

I agreed with some other posters that this thing is almost unflyable unless you have the right settings in your cyclic and pedals. I could take off and fly away but yet I cannot bring her back in one piece. The module in MSFS is soo much easier to handle IMO.

Flight is not an issue, but hovering and landing are.