robert31178

I quoted myself like a dumbass. Sorry. Moderators? Little help please?

I am the Training Petty Officer at the USCG station where I currently servet. Talking to the Training Officer of AirSta Astoria, a Jayhawk pilot, I learned that the policy for two pilots is in place because you can't reach everything from one seat in that particular helicopter. That's one of the main reasons for two pilots; in the H-65 Dolphin you are allowed to, as air crews, go with one pilot, a flight mech, and a swimmer if that's what's available or if you need to save the weight for picking up an extra survivor. Not ideal but within policy. On the -60's they usually run the PIC ( Pilot In Command) as the left seat, and he/she pretty much does the duties of the co-pilot and leaves just the flying up to the right seat, or pilot at controls. This might be because of how they fly approaches to boats for hoists. The USCG does this on cutters too, you have a Deck officer in charge of overseeing the bridge crew including the Conning Officer, who just drives the ship. Same idea in our heli's. Not sure how this translates into how the Army runs stuff, but that's what I know about -60 ops in the USCG. I also know that in the Army in Vietnam the co-pilot sat left, pilot sat right......but reading a book about the Seawolves I saw that on their Hueys they sat left seat and flew because of how the instrument panel was in the Huey. Apparently on the right side it went way out to the door almost, on the left it was about a foot shorter, offering better vis. Lastly, in Hugh Mills' book "Low Level Hell" he talks about his "gunsight" in the OH-6. His a/c was configured for a mini gun on the left side of the a/c angled downwards a little, and then he sat front right, crew chief aft right...this countered the weight. On take off he would hover over a rice paddy and squeeze a burst off, then make a mark in grease pencil on the bubble to use as a rudimentary gunsight since the little bird had none. It irritates me when I hear someone complain about how hokey the pencil mark is on the MELB. It was absolutely like that at some point!!

I personally would prefer singles, especially if you are releasing one, then another, the updates...if they are in a pack that gets crazy, plus it'll be easier for squads using modpacks, as in if they are only using one of the mods they only have to update one of the mods. ~S

I heard an unsubstantiated rumor that the fix for fastroping was that y'all simply made AGM compatible with the latest ACE3 asnd we can go back to fastroping if we run both latest ACE3 & AGM. Can you confirm or deny this? Thank you!! ~Rob

Hi!! I have been downloading and following this one since your first release. Absolutely loving it!! My only complaint is the flares, aside from that this thing is already perfect as far as using it as a transport. I can drop this baby into anywhere! I love the camera too, especially whatever function it is that made it so I didn't have to chase my view with the mouse like I do in the RHS Apache. The locking function is way useful. I like that it seats 3 people on the bench. It's very maneuverable, more so than the the stocker. Just a real easy heli to fly, gives me an extra boost of confidence whenever I run this one. Excellent job!! ~S

Not to call you out buuuuuuut...... http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/pearl-harbor-blog/our-ch-53d-sea-stallion Also, just to clarify, as these are completed they are going to be released...I think I read that somewhere in here? Any truth to that or did I make that up in my head being hopeful? ~S

Hi there! I have been following along as best as I could. Any word on roughly when the CH-53 might be completed? I am hot for this one!! ~S

I tried to log onto your TS but the password is invalid. Please update so I can come chat!! ~S

I have a favor. I do nothing in Arma3 but fly helicopters, and I have flown every single one available on Armaholics. I have noticed with the stock helicopters and most of the modded ones that there is an exaggerated yaw. I use CH pedals and the second I engage the anti torque form the detents the heli sort of "snap yaws". I know in real helicopters that the pedals, like the rest of the controls, are very sensitive to movement, it would be nice if the yaw had the same response feel as the other two flight controls. Any way you could make this happen for the CH-53? I have been chomping at the bit for this one, would hate to be disappointed by another over exaggerated pedal controlled helicopter. Thank you!!