All fine now. As I suspected the headset has stopped switching automatically, so you need to set the device manually before loading the game. All working perfectly again. And with a spanking new VKB gunfighter joystick to boot. One happy teddy 
Posts by CaptChaos
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No sound? Huh... Did you press Q?
Seems to be the headset, it has started doing funny things with the sound. Not AFS2 - I will get to grips with it tonight.
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No sound? Huh... Did you press Q?
Seems to be the headset, it has started doing funny things with the sound. Not AFS2 - I will get to grips with it tonight.
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Yes Jan, that fixes the video, but no sound.
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I haven't use AFS2 for a few weeks. I loaded it up today and nothing but a blank screen. Not good
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I'm a real helicopter pilot and I have just spent an hour trying to land there and didn't manage it once yet. Kudos to you that have landed it.
OK just managed to land it. The problem is there is zero space to run on so you have to get it spot on for the approach. I would never attempt such a steep approach in an R22, that is an AS350/355 helipad. A lot of fun so long as your real little body is not at risk.
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I agree. I fly it in VR and it is spot on to the real aircraft. I want something bigger too.
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I have been away for a few weeks, the real world has been intruding on my fun.
I was totally blown away by the accuracy of the R22, I have a couple of hundred hours in the real thing, what are the plans for additional helicopters? Anybody have any ideas?
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AS355, twin squirrel, would be better.
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I've been away with other things on, Real Life TM
. Happy as hell to come back and find this up and running. Awesome job. Onwards and upwards. Thank you very much for this.
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Someone posted the first picture in a group on facebook with a link to here. I thought that looks very 3d. Awesome job.
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I love AFS2, and expecially since the addition of the R22. For me traffic would be top of my list of things I would like to see, one day I'm sure we will get lots of what we want, I guess we will just have to be patient.
I never thought to put real ATC on in the background, brilliant idea.
Keep up the good work chaps.
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I have the same ones Majick, best buy over the headset itself.
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I was just doing some admin and came across this checklist I used to use when flying the R22. Feel free to use it. This is a quick phone pic, if needed I can do a better quality scan.
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If that were true, why do airline pilots do their first real world flight on a new type with passengers on board? (trained in simulator before)
From hour experience simulating is a very effective training. I bet you that I could hover a real helicopter now, after many hours of simulator training. I just don't have that kind of money to prove it
You rather miss the point. A level D simulator is as real as the real thing. This is a game. A very good game but a game non the less.
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44 years a helicopter engineer and 1500+ hours flying helicopters and I agree totally, a sim doesn't help you one bit, Instructors push you so far but you learn far more on your own and by your mistakes, when a trip scares you half to death it tends to stick in the memory more
Ain't that the truth. After my lesson on vortex ring, I went out the next day on a solo flight. I had become obsessed with VRS and went around 4 times as I was convinced I would enter it. I will never forget the sweaty horrible feeling of that flight.
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There's a lot of wind turbines in the Netherlands download. Especially out to sea. They spin, and they're scary to land on.
I'd not thought to try that. OK off to do it.
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I'm sure larrylynx is current or former AAC. Probably the best trained and educated pilots I've met.
I think he will agree with me, though, you don't learn to fly helicopters by reading, otherwise I would have been the worlds best helicopter pilot having read Chickenhawk a dozen times. The only way is to just keep trying. The downside to learning in a sim is you get no feedback from an instructor. Dual flying would be a great way for those that can already fly to help those learning. -
I forgot how many minor pedal adjustments you make when flying until I flew today and consciously thought about it. I get how a non pilot would think it is tiresome. I compare it to driving a car on the highway, you don't think where the car has to be, you just do it. Same with flying a helicopter, you think it and it happens.
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I have no idea what the previous post means, but you can't fly a helicopter with a keyboard.
