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Post by besttry on Aug 26, 2020 3:41:29 GMT
I am fortunate to have helicopter control hardware that is more realistic than the average. My cyclic is about 25-27 inches down to the floor. I would think that would give me much more control for stability. And I would find having a long cyclic would make it easier to fly the Cabri. I have to really struggle to keep the Cabri G2 in control. My X-Plane Control Sensitivity is set to: Control Response: 40%, Stability Augmentation: 40% I would appreciate some feedback on what your personal Control Sensitivities are set to when flying the Cabri G2. I am wondering what would be the most realistic settings one should set the Sensitivity Controls to for the most authentic flight experience. Anyone is welcome to comment  Thanks ... BestTry |
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Post by VSL-Admin on Aug 26, 2020 21:34:29 GMT
I am fortunate to have helicopter control hardware that is more realistic than the average. My cyclic is about 25-27 inches down to the floor. I would think that would give me much more control for stability. And I would find having a long cyclic would make it easier to fly the Cabri. I have to really struggle to keep the Cabri G2 in control. My X-Plane Control Sensitivity is set to: Control Response: 40%, Stability Augmentation: 40% I would appreciate some feedback on what your personal Control Sensitivities are set to when flying the Cabri G2. I am wondering what would be the most realistic settings one should set the Sensitivity Controls to for the most authentic flight experience. Anyone is welcome to comment Thanks ... BestTry Hi there! For most realism I recommend to set all the bars (control response and stability augmentation) to zero percent (0%). Most importantly is the control response bars on the left side, which may increase your pilot workload if it is higher than 0%. The reason is that when it is with high values (such as 40%), you have quite of a higher travel of the cyclic for a given input around the center. This travel takes time (even if it is fractions of seconds), and it will result in minor lags between your brain and the actual control (the virtual cyclic in the sim). It may induce a situation in which you are chancing the helicopter rather than being on top of things. The stability augmentation is also recommended to be set to 0%. Higher values will "feel" more stable, and will in fact reduce the pilot workload, although it is not needed as the VSKYLABS G2 was designed to be flown with both of these on 0%. Regarding the struggle...I don't have information regarding your experience with flying helicopters (real life and/or X-Plane). If you are making your first steps, this struggle is a natural aspect and it will be amazingly improved as you will gain more practice and experience. Let me know if you have further questions or need further assistance!  |
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Post by besttry on Aug 27, 2020 3:02:46 GMT
Thank you for taking the time and effort for the detailed response. I took your advice and set the controls to zero percent as I understand you are suggesting. The Cabri G2 behaves much more to my liking now. I have not been flying on the sim for awhile and I am rusty. Nevertheless, with the values you suggested the machine felt much better and I was able to land on a building top with some effort but my replay looked good.
I think when I first purchased the Cabri from SkyLabs, I think I remember somewhere the suggestion of setting the controls to zero percent. But I did not do that because coming from and flying other helicopter aircraft, those settings seemed to make those helis more unstable. But in the Cabri’s case, now that I have these settings, I would say you are absolutely correct. Zero percent for both setting is the best. I guess having designed the heli for these settings, as you mentioned, one should fly at the designed control sensitivities.
I also recalibrated my controls changing the center of the roll on the cyclic so that there would be less travel to the left while is flight, if that makes sense.
My experience is flying helis for a couple of years on the sim. I much prefer helis, because I can land just about anywhere and enjoy the scenery much closer to the turf. My thanks to you and VSKYLABS for the Cabri G2 heli and the detailed, informative and interesting response you provided.
…. BestTry
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