Thank you for this. I was getting really frustrated because even though I was a decent Huey pilot, I just could not get the hang of the auto pilot or challenging landings. Part of it was not understanding the microswitch logic and the benefits of binding the Microswitch ON key. By watching your video and downloading your Hind mission to practice, in just one hour I went from really struggling to being able to easily hover, transition from speed to a vertical landing, and master the yaw autopilot assist. I swear I had watched tons of other videos and nothing clicked until watching yours. I'm subscribed and looking forward to any other content you put out!
Thanks man! I just ran out of time to produce videos at the minimum standard I would like to have them, but that topic was important enough to take the effort. Never wanted to upload just for the sake of uploading, but to help or sometimes entertain.
I went back to the Hind (and DCS in general) after a more than half year break and this really helped me because the Hind made me crazy with the Auto-Pedals. I knew there was some option but rather than trying various settings I found this video! Thanks!
Cool video. The auto pedal move was something I recently turned off (because I was wondering what it did) changed the helo game really for me. Still you do a very good job in explaining. Best regards 😊
I think setting the microswitch logic to "enable/disable by presence/absence of pedals movement" can give the best and most realistic results. Also I think you need to set the trim pedals to "trim by microswitch (Y)" . You don't need to press any Y or other microswitch button it will be pressed for you when you adjust pedals. The microswitches just switches the AP from Heading Hold to SAS only afaik. Ofc you need the channel ON and also you will find limits depending on the situation either AP has no authority anymore or the SPUU25 is stopping you from over torquing the tail rotor. But that is realistic and I would say correct.
Nope. I've tested that up and down. Insert the settings like you mentioned and fly a left hand turn, assited by pedal input, with ap channel on. Have a look at the H box in the control indicator. You will see the bar sticks to the right and is therefor fighting you in the turn. Check the box for auto pedal move also and you are in a world of trouble pretty fast. I agree, that the options you mention sound like the best and most realistic, but they just don't work. Also there are some logic arguments that tell me to stay away from that. How do the microswitches activate if I do not move the pedals in that setting? The steps for a coordinated turn are getting stick and pedals into position and once you are in position they don't move, untol you exit the turn. That is absence of pedal movement > no microswitch pushed. That's why I reccomend what I did. But thank you for your input.
Zeal I do you have old pedals? In my experience, some people like “enable/disable by pedal movement” if they have jittery old pedals because the pedals being still is never activated, and thus the Microswitch is simulated as always pressed. This doesn’t interfere with turns and gives the feeling of greater control. As Nazradu said, in coordinated turn your pedals are still, so you have pedals without a jittery axis it will enable heading hold at that time with that setting. However, if you hold trim while turning I can see how that would work for you, as when Microswitch is set to trim it is always pressed when you trim.
@@AeriaGloria Yes I have some custom build rudder pedals, although mechanically they are awesome (full metal and very solid) the sensors are "home made" HALL Effect sensors and I never managed to get them "flawless" so maybe you are right. If I will have time I will simply add microswitches to them :D
Thanks for the vid this was helpful. Say you’re juking and diving all over, say trying to evade or flying between and around trees for an extended period, are you holding the micro switch button throughout?
I think---- It is trying to compensate for yaw while on the ground initially. I'll be honest: I turn Yaw AP off while in takeoff and landing mode and just make sure she is in a good trim. But I have the Microswitch programmed on my HOTAS-now that I understand it, I will start using it more!!!!!
Yes but you also need to press the micro controller and release. When you have the auto pedal movement disabled it will not fight you as hard as the Ka-50 but still work against you if you don't do it like this
It seems like autopilot has a ton less authority than it used it, is that correct? Also thanks for the amazing video, it really cleared everything up and this configuration seems to be the most straightforward.
It only has full authority if you go for auto pedals. That soft heading hold without auto pedals has a very narrow field of authority and can be overruled easy with enough pedal input
@@nazradu I would also recommend you try bind both a toggle on/off and an on hold. I find that having a toggle means you have a lot more control, i just toggle microswitch on when aiming or doing a long turn, it helps a ton.
Thank you for this. I was getting really frustrated because even though I was a decent Huey pilot, I just could not get the hang of the auto pilot or challenging landings. Part of it was not understanding the microswitch logic and the benefits of binding the Microswitch ON key. By watching your video and downloading your Hind mission to practice, in just one hour I went from really struggling to being able to easily hover, transition from speed to a vertical landing, and master the yaw autopilot assist. I swear I had watched tons of other videos and nothing clicked until watching yours. I'm subscribed and looking forward to any other content you put out!
Omg a new upload! Your Hind series back in the day helped me understand it and get into DCS helicopters more. Highly underrated channel.
Thanks man! I just ran out of time to produce videos at the minimum standard I would like to have them, but that topic was important enough to take the effort. Never wanted to upload just for the sake of uploading, but to help or sometimes entertain.
Very helpful! When the changes came, i stopped using the heading hold AP channel, now I understand what's going on again. Thank you!
Thanks man! It took me around two hours to find out what works and why or why not. XD
I went back to the Hind (and DCS in general) after a more than half year break and this really helped me because the Hind made me crazy with the Auto-Pedals. I knew there was some option but rather than trying various settings I found this video! Thanks!
Glad I could help and thank you for the feedback!
Cool video. The auto pedal move was something I recently turned off (because I was wondering what it did) changed the helo game really for me. Still you do a very good job in explaining. Best regards 😊
Thank you mate! I like your content too. Maybe we can fly together at some point if timezones are not to far apart. You guys have a Discord?
I think setting the microswitch logic to "enable/disable by presence/absence of pedals movement" can give the best and most realistic results. Also I think you need to set the trim pedals to "trim by microswitch (Y)" . You don't need to press any Y or other microswitch button it will be pressed for you when you adjust pedals. The microswitches just switches the AP from Heading Hold to SAS only afaik. Ofc you need the channel ON and also you will find limits depending on the situation either AP has no authority anymore or the SPUU25 is stopping you from over torquing the tail rotor. But that is realistic and I would say correct.
Nope. I've tested that up and down. Insert the settings like you mentioned and fly a left hand turn, assited by pedal input, with ap channel on. Have a look at the H box in the control indicator. You will see the bar sticks to the right and is therefor fighting you in the turn. Check the box for auto pedal move also and you are in a world of trouble pretty fast. I agree, that the options you mention sound like the best and most realistic, but they just don't work. Also there are some logic arguments that tell me to stay away from that. How do the microswitches activate if I do not move the pedals in that setting? The steps for a coordinated turn are getting stick and pedals into position and once you are in position they don't move, untol you exit the turn. That is absence of pedal movement > no microswitch pushed.
That's why I reccomend what I did. But thank you for your input.
Zeal I do you have old pedals? In my experience, some people like “enable/disable by pedal movement” if they have jittery old pedals because the pedals being still is never activated, and thus the Microswitch is simulated as always pressed. This doesn’t interfere with turns and gives the feeling of greater control.
As Nazradu said, in coordinated turn your pedals are still, so you have pedals without a jittery axis it will enable heading hold at that time with that setting.
However, if you hold trim while turning I can see how that would work for you, as when Microswitch is set to trim it is always pressed when you trim.
@@AeriaGloria Yes I have some custom build rudder pedals, although mechanically they are awesome (full metal and very solid) the sensors are "home made" HALL Effect sensors and I never managed to get them "flawless" so maybe you are right. If I will have time I will simply add microswitches to them :D
Thanks for the vid this was helpful. Say you’re juking and diving all over, say trying to evade or flying between and around trees for an extended period, are you holding the micro switch button throughout?
@@SmokinKipper Let me put it that way. I turn micro switch off, only when I want to go in a straight line.
I think---- It is trying to compensate for yaw while on the ground initially. I'll be honest: I turn Yaw AP off while in takeoff and landing mode and just make sure she is in a good trim. But I have the Microswitch programmed on my HOTAS-now that I understand it, I will start using it more!!!!!
so basically its like how you would fly the ka50.. hold trim, point to a heading and when ur satisfied, let go of trim?
Yes but you also need to press the micro controller and release. When you have the auto pedal movement disabled it will not fight you as hard as the Ka-50 but still work against you if you don't do it like this
It seems like autopilot has a ton less authority than it used it, is that correct? Also thanks for the amazing video, it really cleared everything up and this configuration seems to be the most straightforward.
It only has full authority if you go for auto pedals. That soft heading hold without auto pedals has a very narrow field of authority and can be overruled easy with enough pedal input
@@nazradu I would also recommend you try bind both a toggle on/off and an on hold. I find that having a toggle means you have a lot more control, i just toggle microswitch on when aiming or doing a long turn, it helps a ton.
@@kiubekpl5863 I have button on my hotas that provides that functio already