RicK Piper's Bristol Sycamore Heli Trial.

[monirgeadah]

I am in the process of assessing what is the best frame rate freindly heil to use and what is the best way of capturing a good and true representative video clip..?? Window movie maker using payware FRAP or External HI Definition Video camera which will not impact the frame rate of the flight ,one is trying to record.???

Starting with Rick's Bristol Sycamore over Bill's RAF Woodvale with its rich autogens and AI and with all my sliders at max.right settings. using FRAP which unfortunately impact the frame rates, 10-15 FR reductions.

Rick,query, intentionaly slightly underpowered his heli ,but it is easy to fly and land, if like me, you use FSX settings at full sensitivity,full realism,no auto rudder and zero null zones .Micosoft Force FeedBack 2 Joy stick without the forcefeedback being connected.

Thank you Rick for the awesome Bristol Sycamore.Shame it has no float version .My private float heli is very usefull If you suddenly want to change it for a speed boat over a lake ,river or in the middle of the sea. it lands and take off on land and on water,unfortunately it was not designed by FSX SDK,however it still compete with the best FSX ones Allbeit with 2-4 frame rates loss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V4BmjOGgAw

Good news from YouTube site that they are very soon to cater for 1080 pixel HI Definition videos.

Monir

Hope Youtube link works OK.

Feedback would be appreciated

[DogTailRed2]

A little observation flying the Sycamore.
Could a replacement texture for the cockpit relections be made. On my system the reflections are so pronounced that when flying in sunny weather over the sea you get a strange disorientated white out effect. You start flying backwards, downwards and you loose situational awareness. Rearly weird.

[TSR2]

As clearly stated in the download this is an unfinished beta. Rick will not be doing any further work on this model.

[DaveB]

You start flying backwards

As Rick also pointed out on the release thread.. this is correctly modelled and a cause of the rotor angle. Some forward pressure on the stick is required as per the flying notes I have a number of piston engine helicopters that fly in a similar fashion.. first which springs to mind is the Alpha S-55.. the Bell47(??)floats another..

ATB

DaveB

[Garry Russell]

IRL was this a common thing with early helios not just the Sycamore ??

I can't imgaine all those models set up like that unless it was real.

This is often the case with older types....aeroplanes as well, folk expect them to fly in a certain way based on dubious dynamics of modern types.

[DogTailRed2]

No, I don't mean literally flying backwards. You are still flying forwards but the cockpit reflections merge with the sea reflections and you perceive to be either staionary, going backwards. You have to experience it for yourself but it's kindof weird.

Set winter, sunny, daytime and fly over the sea. See what happens.
I have my graphic settings set high so maybe that's why?

[Garry Russell]

HI DTR2

I wil be interesting to see if your settings do anything.

Fact remains though the model is released "as is"

[DogTailRed2]

Okay, thanks. Is there a file we can tweak ourselves in DXTbmp or similar tool?
It's a nice Helicopter anyway.

[SkippyBing]

IRL was this a common thing with early helios not just the Sycamore

It's actually common to most helicopters, the gearbox/rotorhead is set at a certain angle for various reasons, so it may be rigged for the hover, cruise or whatever. You'll almost always have to position the cycle prior to applying power and then fine tune as you start to lift off, for instance in the R22 you generally need to put the cyclic somewhere near your left knee or you'll end up with noise complaints. I can't remember what you need to do in the Squirrel but I'm fairly sure you have to put in a fair bit of aft trim in the Lynx.

[Garry Russell]

Thanks Skipy.....interesting

Garry