Peter Duniho wrote in message ...
"John Stewart StewartWeb.org" John@NOSPAM wrote in message
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FS2004 has made a big difference in how helicopters are operated. Get a
book on FS for instructions on how to fly. For example, you tip forward
as
if you are going to run into the ground in order to gain speed. Quite a
flip from other planes.

Which other planes? None I know of.

Not to imply that controlling a helicopter is anything near the same as
controlling an airplane but, the "push forward on the stick to go faster" is
one of the few ways that helicopters and airplanes are the same.

Well if you want to KEEP flying your plane instead of flying a field, then
keeping the nose down is generally not a good idea... ;o)

Whereas with a helicopter, if you push the nose down and keep it just slightly
tipped downwards, while making careful increases to the collective, you should
be able to increase speed AND keep your altitude roughly the same.

A good tip I was given was to face into the wind on takeoffs and landings in
helicopters.

If you don't have rudder pedals, then keep the "Realism" slider quite low, or
you most often find yourself spinning rapidly on the spot. Pedals are needed
to keep making the fine adjustments required for flying helos.

And yes - slow, careful, gentle movements are needed.

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