DCS Mi-8: Hover Tutorial
Channel: vsTerminus
Date: 2020-04-20

Let's look at how to hover in the Mi-8. It's all about keeping yourself one step ahead of the helicopter and correcting *before* you see the effects of your own inputs.

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00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Quirks & Features: Forward-tilted rotor disc
02:37 - Concepts: Translating Tendency
05:12 - Concepts: Weathercocking
10:41 - Visual: Cyclic Inputs
13:30 - Concepts: Ground Effect
16:00 - Concepts: Light On Wheels 
17:45 - Concepts: Dynamic Rollover
21:24 - Hovering without AP
29:20 - Hovering with AP

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My Hardware: 
- Saitek X-56 (2016) 
- Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals (The plastic ones) 
- NaturalPoint TrackIR 5 
- Blue Yeti 

Relevant Mods: 
- Mi-8 Black English Cockpit by Devrim: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/1053263/ 
- Unofficial RoughMet Patch: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3303667/ 
- Ace Combat Erusean 3rd RGR Livery: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3305247/ 

Flight Manuals: 
- Chuck's Guide: https://www.mudspike.com/chucks-guides-dcs-mi-8mtv2/ 
- Official Flight Manual: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/documentation/magnificent_eight_flight_manual/