I was having problems with OBS when I recorded this, so I used ShadowPlay. Unfortunately it did not capture my cursor. I hope you will still be able to follow along without it, but feel free to ask if anything wasn't clear.
Perfect! I was wondering why my Huey was always drifting when level and the ball centered. I just got into rotary wing recently and find it the most challenging but probably the most rewarding thing I have done in DCS. I love the Huey but you have piqued my interest in the Mi-8 as well. Thank you for an excellent helicopter tutorial series.
The huey was my first chopper in DCS. I absolutely love it. I own several helicopters and pretty sure I have tried all of them and I have to say if you love flying the huey and the mission profiles that come with it you will love the Mi-8..I really thought I'd love the gunships more (and I do enjoy them) but these helicopters do that and so much more I have really grown to appreciate them. edit: annnd just realized my input is 4 years late haha
Drift as measured by the Doppler and sideslip as indicated by the ball are two different things. If you have a crosswind of any significance, you need to correct for it by adjusting your heading slightly upwind so your track (your course across the ground) is directly towards your destination. You cannot correct for a crosswind by adjusting your bank angle without then inducing sideslip.
You bet. Good question. My understanding (something I've learned since making this video) is that what the real world pilots do is center the ball and then adjust their heading a few degrees right to account for the tail rotor drift. If you jump into the navigator's seat you can use the doppler drift gauge (next to the doppler nav panel) to see how many degrees left you are drifting, and then you just adjust your course that many degrees to the right to cancel it out. Pretty cool. Thanks for the question!
