Mi-8 Hip: Takeoff, Flight & Landing Tutorial | DCS WORLD

[@mrkumqaut5603]

12:55 To put that in perspective, you can fly from Kobuleti to Sochi and back without refueling, and still have some fuel left when you land.

[@Croc212]

YUS! Hip finally getting some love.

[@ryu1940]

Very cool! I’ve never seen a rolling take off in the Hip so thank you for sharing. I’m definitely going to give it a shot.

[@Stahlwollvieh]

My explanation in the video regarding the Vuichard recovery method may not have been the most eloquent, but there is a vid showing it better than I could ever explain it. Imho any helo pilot, virtual or not, as well as anyone interested in aero-/fluid-dynamics should watch this one, and if it's for the pretty sight alone: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpvIg4Z6qN5gpKc

[@Tamburello_1994]

You can use the REAR VIEW MIRRORS to judge where the rear wheels are on landing, Cap.

[@grimreapers]

thx

[@Tamburello_1994]

@@grimreapers Also, you can set the altitude warning bug to a very low setting as to give you an audio cue when you are close to ground level.

[@sterlingarcher4989]

With landing, confidence is the key - ride that -5 sink rate hard. Consider running landings and tight turns into the landing site.

[@shirl5554]

Thanks guys... so helpful as always and very much appreciated

[@Snowy57]

These are so helpful. Thanks!

[@SimJunky-jn2cw]

Hello Cap! I'm sure you covered this, I must have missed it. Are the troops interactive when you carry them? As in, can I give them instructions on what to do after they deploy?

[@grimreapers]

yes BUT you have to program from inside the mission editor when u make the mission, it's not an easy thing to do.

[@glennet9613]

Thanks, another good video, particularly the fan trick, I’ve been trying to work out why it suddenly starts wallowing all over the place and a female voice keeps shouting at me.

[@Aynareth]

Nice Videos, really like your tutorials! Maybe a dumb Question, but how can I enable the Overlay in the top right?

[@grimreapers]

I think it's RCtrl+Return

[@Aynareth]

@@grimreapers rctrl and enter ist the indicator on the left. Or are there settings on the right?

[@Aynareth]

Arg! Found the Problem, the Indicator is there, but it`s´displayed on my third Monitor, wich is for the MFDS. I Have to figure out a way to get it to my main screen.

[@Evergreen64]

How do you turn on the control position indicator? Both the right one and left one on screen?

[@grimreapers]

I can't remember sorry :( Try RCtrl+Return

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I just got this bird. Wonderful. But I kept crashing on landing, and now I know why. VRS is a mother in this monster. Once you get into ground effect you're fine, you can hover to your hearts content. But out of ground effect you better be moving in some direction. And chopping off your own tail is easier than it is NOT chopping off your own tail. I only have the Huey, Apache and Gazelle that own. Flying Russian aircraft is a unique set of skills.

[@nateweter4012]

I’m having a lot of trouble with landing. Thanks for the tip on ground effect. For the life of me, I can’t seem to land this bird. I do fine with the Huey and gazelle, the hind is a little tougher but THIS… I’m having a really hard time landing on anything other than a runway on a roll, like an aircraft. I seem to always be able to circle and burn off altitude and speed but in that last 15-10 meters, I come down way too fast, even if I stay out of VRS. I need to figure out how to get into ground effect efficiently so I can setup my decent circle and actually land on the spots I want to.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

@@nateweter4012 You nailed it. That's where I was getting jacked up. You must keep forward movement past 5 kph while you're descending. Once you feel/see the rumble of entering ground effect, you can then hover and slowly land. You CANNOT come in hot, rear back to kill forward momentum and drop straight down. You have to choose your landing spot at least a half mile in advance and begin the process. And NO quick moves. It's so easy to chop off your own tail

[@ricardobornman1698]

When are you guys having a chopper fight?

[@grimreapers]

ooo good idea

[@9k111]

you pronounce it MEE-8 not M I 8 And thanks for the excellent tutorial

[@divineakwei5457]

Can u play this game with only the laptop

[@antoniomadalinmihalache6206]

Why no cold start

[@grimreapers]

It's just in a mixed up order

[@Airmanf7]

Making me dizzy about half way through!

[@solitude731]

I was liking this aircraft a lot until I found out that you can chop your own tail off. Not exactly an aircraft I would want to fly over a hot LZ.

[@Stahlwollvieh]

Meh, any combat aircraft has its limitations, and so do pilots. GLOC is terribly dangerous if you manhandle your stick at high speeds and low altitude in a fixed-wing, some aircraft like the Viggen or the Su-27 will even quite happily rip themselves to shreds. The Ka-50 will smash its rotor blades into one another if you overspeed, the Huey will set its engines on fire or lose its rotor blades. Everything needs to be flown within certain parameters. This really only happens in the Mi-8 if you fly at high speeds and pull it into a very harsh turn (I did actually need 2 attempts to manage to rip my tail off on purpose when I tried to for the video). Fly like a reasonable person and she'll treat you well.

[@solitude731]

​@@Stahlwollvieh That's good to know. What type of helicopter would you say has the best characteristics for aggressive changes in speed at low altitudes?

[@Stahlwollvieh]

@@solitude731 The Gazelle, but I wouldn't use that to brag as I don't really trust any flightmodel that doesn't actually VRS. :P Although it does make some sense considering its low top speed (maybe 50-70% of an Mi-8 or Ka-50) and light weight. After that... I would probably say Mi-8 > Ka-50 > Huey, but take that with a grain of salt as it also depends on the specific maneuvers performed and it's pretty much just a guesstimation regarding how easy I personally find it to break them by accident.

[@wojtek5987]

Messed up on the title a bit...

[@colsaber]

thought we would get start up first

[@grimreapers]

yeh they are appearing in a mixed up order