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Postby IAHM-COL » Sun May 24, 2020 1:40 pm

bomber wrote:I set hover mode to 5kts max forward back, left right, up down... this can be changed but it was a starting figure


Can I propose 30 to 35 KTS max. It feels sluggish at five. Like really get me the feeling of go-nowhere.
Like hover you can go places too. Like taxiing to a rwy threshold. stuff like that.
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Re: Avatar Scorpion

Postby bomber » Sun May 24, 2020 1:55 pm

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   <!-- Pitch Adjust -->
               
      <scheduled_gain>
         <input>T4T/one</input>
         <table>
            <independentVar>fcs/elevator-cmd-norm</independentVar>
            <tableData>
               -1.0    -5
               -0.05   0
               0.05   0
               1.0      5
            </tableData>
         </table>


IN THE HOVER CHANNEL - IMPORTANT

If you edit the flight control system.xml .... changing the 5 value to what you want will adjust the U forward and backward speed... There's similar for sideways W and updown W velocities
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Re: Avatar Scorpion

Postby IAHM-COL » Sun May 24, 2020 1:56 pm

@Bomber

I just tested the silent branch

https://github.com/FGMEMBERS-NONGPL/AH-1/pull/1/files

I wonder if you approved this changes so I finish the merging?

The only difference should be that no errors pop up in FG2020.2. The rest of the craft seems behaving well.


Let me know
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Re: Avatar Scorpion

Postby bomber » Sun May 24, 2020 2:01 pm

I guess the failure to perform autorotation is the only disappointment.... 5kts or 35kts I'm not fussed... this value should possibly be adjusted by the pilot using a variable pot to meet the occasion... it wouldn't be difficult to do
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Postby IAHM-COL » Sun May 24, 2020 2:03 pm

but the autorotation is related to the rotor issue giving segfaults, correct? can it be simulated elsewhere?
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Re: Avatar Scorpion

Postby bomber » Sun May 24, 2020 2:19 pm

It's possible it could be fooled.... I'll have a look after work.
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Re: Avatar Scorpion

Postby bomber » Sun May 24, 2020 5:43 pm

As for the silent changes... yeh go for it.
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Re: Avatar Scorpion

Postby bomber » Sun May 24, 2020 7:59 pm

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AYVRb ... 3CI9MG0tSu

3 updated files for you... you now have a variable pot to control the range of hover vector velocities between 5kts and 35kts... keys i and o
max upward and downwards is 0.5 of the value... and watch out because it'll have a max height at which point it'll run out of roll dampening.

had to update the hud to take this into account and also the flight control system

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Postby IAHM-COL » Sun May 24, 2020 11:30 pm

sweet deal. thanks
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Postby IAHM-COL » Sun May 24, 2020 11:31 pm

Quick question. What this scorpio's ceiling? I was doing some mountain hoping and couldn't clear a peak. Like it would not dare go that high. (not real big mountain, but needed like a 4Kft high to pass over)
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