NEW HPG H160 - Tutorial 1: Let's get you up in the air. Autopilot from scratch!

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This is a look the autopilot system on the H160 - its a starter from scratch and is designed for those new to the heli, helping folk get up in the air as quick as possible, enjoying all those views - and then giving you a chance to take contol and learn to fly.
00:00 Intro
03:17 Take off to show Autopilot Options
04:35 Holding the Altitiude using ALT
06:00 Coming out of ALT and returning automatically to level flight
6:50 Beep trim options - Cyclic - for enabling movement in HOVER mode
9:00 Collective beep trim - increasing altitude in ALT mode
11:00 Radio Altitude (Height above ground) hold, and tracking
13:00 Using ALT-A to preset an altitude
18:30 Groundspeed hold GTC - taxiing at slow speed - using beep trims
22:45 Using the IAS (Airspeed) options, Heading, and
27:00 Lowering Radio Height at 70knots (max climb potential) to track landscape.
30:00 Explanation of Track versus Heading, NAV and GPS modes, and the power supplied in hover mode (Hi or Low).
32:00 Bringing the aircraft to a stable state using autopilot, so you can practice free flight - including the importance of TRIM RELEASE.
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[@nickonline99]

Finished the video and learnt more in 30 minutes than countless other youtube videos. Really appreciate your support.

[@theflyingdoctor]

Tha is so much. Take care

[@JDRichard]

Great video and I find that using the auto pilot works wonderfully when trying to land in heavy winds on an oil rig

[@theflyingdoctor]

Great point!

[@lionheart8001]

Very clearly explained , one of the best H160 AP tutorial after searching all over... my compliments 😀

[@theflyingdoctor]

Much appreciated

[@vweber01]

thank you very much your tutorials are very helpful. so i will become a much better helisim pilot

[@baomao7243]

“Keep the geek alive.” Amen.

[@Ray-um3if]

Hi, great video,as always, you have got the sound balance working perfectly now 👍Your voice is nice and loud and the intro music is not too loud. Brilliant.🍻

[@theflyingdoctor]

Good to know!

[@Rickk69er]

thanks for making this video was have so many probs landing this is the bests video out ther keep up the good work learned so much

[@custom.0860]

Excellent tutorial , thank you.

[@baomao7243]

Brilliant overview. Refined description of A/P modes as well as smoothly entering/exiting them. SUPER helpful. Thank you.

[@nazgul9709]

Great info 🤘

[@jep1103]

Nice vid, well explained

[@nickonline99]

Only part way through the video, but clear that you are a great coach and tutor, so already subscribed to the channel. Thanks so much for taking the time as for me, I'm new to H160 without having the H145, so lots to learn! Cheers

[@theflyingdoctor]

Thanks again.

[@facethefaceandmore44]

Great video, thank you. I found the ground speed hold directional stability during a strong crosswind to be dodgy to the point of unuseable. I also found that re-engaging radar height hold like yours to want to reset to a previously stored value in memory. Still, super impressive coding considering how expensive real world helicopter autopilot software costs and the complexity of calculations required. Good FPS too. Very glad I bought the H160. Next stop, following a flight plan.

[@tk64681]

This would be the only help I’d buy if it were available on xbox

[@EC-MJU]

Thank you very much for the tutorial, I really liked it. Is it possible that you could give us some advice about the Joysticks you use?

[@theflyingdoctor]

Ill do a peripherals and setup tutorial next

[@EC-MJU]

Perfect, thank you very much.@@theflyingdoctor

[@OZ1967]

Good video, thank you. Does the real chopper have that iPad for controlling automatic pilot or is there another way? Cheers

[@theflyingdoctor]

No - the ipad is to enable all pc users to use the AP. The AP controls are on the centre console, and managed through buttons on the cyclic and the collective. However, you can model all of these controls, or many of them, to your own sick and throttle system. I am not sure about the H160 but pilots flying with reference to tablets for navigation etc is very common.

[@OZ1967]

@@theflyingdoctor Thank you for the reply , any chance on a future tutorial setting up the peripherals and Simulating AP as in RL flight? Cheers.

[@baomao7243]

@@theflyingdoctor Since you were describing using autopilot to traverse (“clear”) rising terrain, did you mean to fly Vx, and not Vy, as stated? (Vx is best angle out speed, which is used to generate max vertical climb per unit distance fwd, i.e., clear obstacles when fwd distance is limited, usually short field takeoffs).

[@tomshackell]

@@baomao7243Yes I had the same thought 🙂