My 2nd Flight

[Sonic04GT]

Originally Posted by OLS

I used to play Jane's Longbow all the time, so the concept of collective and cyclic plus rudder pedals is
without a doubt in my head and secure. But strapping in to the real thing and not crashing on takeoff is a lot
different I am sure.

Oh I've played my fair share of flight sims. I got into the cockpit and was all over the damn place. They say learning how to hover is like learning how to ride a unicycle on a basketball hahaha

Having a familiarization with the controls definitely helps, but making them do what you want is the hard part lol

[OLS]

Originally Posted by Sonic04GT

They say learning how to hover is like learning how to ride a unicycle on a basketball hahaha

I believe it. Every input in one seems to require a change in every other input. It's like shooting a bird
with a multi-shot camera when you are fully zoomed in. The camera shoots until your mempry card is full,
so that's no problem. But you are fully zoomed in, AND there is enough lag in your viewfinder that everytime
you try to move the camera to keep the bird centered, you end up WAY over-correcting and then there is no
bird in the field of view, so you try to correct for that and it just keeps getting worse. The only
way to get it back is to stop shooting and re-frame. Of course in a chopper, you can't just 'stop shooting'
because you are piloting a completely unstable aircraft. You can't just glide your way out of it.

[Sonic04GT]

Originally Posted by OLS

I believe it. Every input in one seems to require a change in every other input. It's like shooting a bird
with a multi-shot camera when you are fully zoomed in. The camera shoots until your mempry card is full,
so that's no problem. But you are fully zoomed in, AND there is enough lag in your viewfinder that everytime
you try to move the camera to keep the bird centered, you end up WAY over-correcting and then there is no
bird in the field of view, so you try to correct for that and it just keeps getting worse. The only
way to get it back is to stop shooting and re-frame. Of course in a chopper, you can't just 'stop shooting'
because you are piloting a completely unstable aircraft. You can't just glide your way out of it.

Haha nice analogy