CH47F Sling Loading Tutorial - Chinook External Cargo Hook - DCS in 3 Or Less

[@4RunAmok]

You don't need to mess with hook selection or arming and disarming it at ALL to attach the cargo. It's all handled by the automatic hook bound by the cargo selection in the All Cargos menu. But apparently it's needed to select which hook the Cyclic Release button interacts with.

[@GotSpaceGame]

True. It's best practice to be able to release quickly if things start to get borked though. Also the switches are important, especially if you're having trouble dropping cargo so I wanted to show where they are and give an idea of their use.

[@chadvader974]

Is this with CTLD

[@GotSpaceGame]

@@chadvader974 All vanilla

[@subseauk]

Hi, where is the BOB commands? What can he do? Thanks

[@4RunAmok]

\DCSWorld\Mods\aircraft\CH-47F\Doc In there you will find the Chinook Early Access Guide by ED. Page 135.

[@GotSpaceGame]

Bob is the Chinook's equivalent of an AI autopilot (confusing name as a lot of helicopters also have a bob-up button for holding position) It's marked as work in progress for now and it's pretty limited, but it can hold a decent hover, fly forwards and backwards and make yaw turns at low speeds, and kinda hold a cruise at higher speeds. It's a simple engage/disengage button (I put it in the kerbind list at the end of this vid) and then you control speed and yaw with the cyclic controls

[@GotSpaceGame]

It's mentioned in the manual but the info is VERY sparse.

[@Maxcism]

Why isnt the smoke getting pushed away while hovering over it in this realistic simulation ?

[@AntonyStrus]

As explained in paragraph 2 of the video description: "It's also worth noting that the Chinook is in the very first stages of early access."

[@GotSpaceGame]

@@Maxcism yeah ... The core sim engine is pretty old so stuff like that gets added as-and-when. Rotor wash only started to blow the grass around this year, and it was a couple of updates from then until jetwash did the same thing. For me, cosmetic stuff like that is nice to have but I'm more interested in seeing realistic flight, system and AI modelling.... Plus things like the dynamic campaign and full world map which are pretty exciting.

[@johnprinos]

That 'external cargo indicator' is a bit of a cheat, isn't it? The verbal directions should be enough.

[@paradoxicalcat7173]

It's a cheat the same way VR is a cheat while disabling padlock because it is unrealistic. The real cheat with VR was the fact objects are scaled differently, making them more visible. ;) It's why I can't take PvP aerial combat seriously. VR users are cheating.