DCS Gazelle - VRS recovery - Vuichard maneuver Tutorial

[@ruger2275]

Very good information. Thank you

[@ImpendingJoker]

Finally someone that gets that not every situation is VRS. This is a good example of VRS entry and recovery however, at mgw you are still closer to a descent with power than VRS, the biggest difference is the speed of entry. DWP is fast where you don't have enough power to arrest the descent due to the inertia of the helicopter, and it can look very close to VRS but recovery is not the same. During DWP you have to push over and put translational lift on the rotor system to increase the lift because you have run out of power and inertial velocity is still hurtling you towards the ground, so you have to be disciplined and keep your descent rate low, especially when you're heavy or when in hot and high conditions. Don't set up all your missions in DCS with max fuel and max weapons, because for one this is not realistic, and two, when it is hot it greatly reduces aircraft performance the same with high altitude. Just because the Apache can carry 16 Hellfires, doesn't mean you should try to take that many on every single mission. I carry a max of 8 Hellfires with rockets most of the time and about 50% fuel, this will give you about an hour of flight time and allow the helicopter to have plenty of power for hover entry.

[@armapirx]

Thank you for the comment! I have another video about avoiding VRS. The helicopter videos are the most difficult to make, because I try to present very complex topic in a short and usable manner. Helicopter aerodynamics are well explained elsewhere in full detail and I feel simply repeating for an hour, what I learnt there, would be pointless. Here I wanted to show, how to apply all that knowledge in practice, for I believe learning can be fun and rewarding, as opposed to stereotypical, dull RTFM.