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Agreed! I'll tell you that even the multi-million dollar full-motion, perfect cockpit replica simulators we have for training in the Army are harder to fly than the real aircraft. There's just only so much you can simulate.

Thanks for the kind words. I have lots of videos up and more on the way!

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I'm still in. Almost done with my service obligation. FYI, Warrant officers don't "enlist." You will be appointed. Usually, as a junior warrant, you'll fly about once a week. This is of course unless you deploy. In that case, you'll fly much much more. Some places like Honduras will grant a lot more flight time. It all depends on where you end up. But in a Combat Aviation Brigade, probably about once a week. After a couple years, you should make your way to becoming a pilot in command. After that, you'll fly a lot more. Then soon after that, you can pick a warrant officer track like maintenance test pilot or instructor pilot. That's where you really rack up hours. I'm an instructor pilot and I fly everyday.

@@SnakPakFlight thank you, sir. And I apologize for my mistake, I didn’t know about the enlisting vs appointing aspect. I’m not just trying to build hours, btw, I only ask about the flight hours because I love flying and want to fly as much as I can. I had heard a rumor that some pilots only flew a couple hours a month. Flying is everything to me (I already have a commercial pilot license and an FAA-certified flight instructor certificate) and I was worried that if I were lucky enough to get appointed, I would be unlucky enough to not fly. I really appreciate your input.

@@murphinator5586 haha no need to apologize. Yeah man, if you're a CFI already, you have a good chance of getting in. Just know that you have a 10-year service obligation which begins AFTER you finish flight school so make sure it's something you really want to do. The flying part is really dependent on where you are stationed, but if you find yourself in a situation where you don't fly much, it won't last long.

@@SnakPakFlight thank you. I appreciate it. The commitment isn’t a big deal to me. This country has given me a lot and I’d love to give back. Even though it’s an appointing process, I still just go to a recruiter, right? And if you are an instructor, if I get accepted, maybe I’ll see you around haha

@@murphinator5586 Yes, you have to go to a recruiter and start a Warrant Officer Flight Training packet. If you read the following website very thoroughly, it will explain exactly how the process works. recruiting.army.mil/ISO/AWOR/153A/

Well I'm a CFI so probably not for free, lol. Would you be interested in subscribing to a server like that?

Real thing is much more responsive

With pedals

Not sure how fast you're going but you may be experiencing retreating blade stall

Huh?

@@SnakPakFlight It's a joke. It was supposed to be a joke. Not funny joke. Have a good day! :)

@@SnakPakFlight Ps. My friend flew Cessna once and somebody told him: gear up after takeoff... and he couldn't find a lever. Never mind :)

@@user-hp1mt9du6t Lmao

@@SnakPakFlight Glad to hear that! 😁

That’s Foreflight. It’s pricey. I use it for real life flying and figured out how to trick the app into thinking I’m really flying when in MSFS.

@@SnakPakFlight Ahh I knew it reminded me of something haha! Thanks for the reply! Take care!

Cool! I’ll check it out

Glad you enjoyed the show! I fly GA too! Just got my airplane CFI cert.

@@SnakPakFlight You're a good pilot. Good luck with your CFI!

Nah. Thrustmaster sent me their hotas warthog. Love it.

@@SnakPakFlight the warthog is a great flight stick... to fly "fly by wire" aircrafts, but if you want a good joystick to simulate force trim helicopters (or even older jets like the flankers, mig 29 and Harriers), the warthog is not very good, because the centering force is a spring, even a 20+ years old joystick like the sidewinder 2 because of the force feedback can be better than the warthog to fly helos, force feedback is a game changer to fly helicopters becouse it can properly simulate the force trim. Just for the case that you don't know force feedback, is basically a electric engine in the stick that simulate the force trim effect, allowing you to trim your helicopter with realism and precision. It's just a tip tho, if you're happy with the warthog I'm happy too and thrustmaster either lol

@@Joshua-by4dc Lol, I am very familiar with force feedback. I've got over 1000 hours in a black hawk with a 4-axis trim system. I guess doing it in real life is enough for me, so when I sim, the warthog does what I need it to!

Only one I bought was the H145. Very impressive. It was my trainer heli IRL and it's very comparable.

Not sure which helicopter you're flying, but this is a natural phenomenon if you apply too much torque. The engine can't keep up with the amount of rotor blade pitch you are demanding from the collective. If that happens, your rotor will droop because of the increased drag on the rotor system. Keep in mind that you need enough engine to support the lift you want from the rotor system. Since drag is a byproduct of lift, every engine will have a limit somewhere. Of course, it could be that you just need to reverse the axis on your collective input. When you increase collective just a little bit, does the helicopter take off? Does the rotor immediately drop? If that's the case, you may have the hotas coupled to throttle AND collective. These are two different things. Most helicopters have an automatic throttle gizmo of some sort, so you shouldn't even need to have any control inputs coupled to it to be able to do normal flying. If you want to be able to manually control the throttle, say for runups or simulated engine outs, then use a different axis.

@SnakPakFlight 'Hello and thank you for your reply. I fly on the Bell 222B cowansim, The problem was indeed a gas and collective coupling. Now it's much better.

@@piccolizei Sweet! Glad it's working! Happy flying!

Haha, thanks dude! I need to get back into making videos like this.

Yeah, that's an oldie but a goodie. I've seen the images. Looks good. But I think this one is higher res

@@SnakPakFlight yea for sure, the one I’m flying rn in P3D is actually pretty fun and has better cockpit textures and a better startup thingy (Not sure if it’s accurate to the irl thing)