Power lines in game act like real ones.

147 views...i take it no one else has hit the wires yet.

Did that just a hour or so ago on our server - cannot see the cables for the rain sometimes (either that or age is interfering with sight )..........and not for the first time either

well hell ST... you showed the screen in 3 threads, lol... but it is nice... I think we all have done that, now go try and fly under a bridge.

As you've said before not everyone visits every forum ....and it was only 2 threads whatchoo talk'n about Willis?

Well, just wait until you experience mountains and stuff

Good stuff, ST! When I was flying helos in the Army we had two "mantras":
1) All roads have wires
2) Cross all wires at the pole

#2 is easier said than done flying at night using the PNVS or NVGs! I can't wait to get my hands on this sim... waiting for the box version.

I did that on purpose to see if I got caught lol

My first misty and early morning flight without nvg was a bit optimistic...

Reminds me of how they tried to keep aircraft away in WW1 and WW2 with wires and ballons.
Now its just horizontal instead of vertical, but just as deadly.

well I wish I could hit the cables but I am still learning how to get off the ground, taking my time to learn everything.

Oh, I've caused more than my share of blackouts for the poor people living around the airfield.

I've only crashed once from hitting powerlines, I was hovering and settled into them.

Rider06, if you flew helos in the military, I'd sure like to hear your take on this sim after you've tried it out.

you read my mind Vocatx

Rider...
tell us how the flight model and cockpit workload in DCSBS seem to you.

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I haven't hit them yet ... but YES ... there are some really neat features in this sim.

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Oh yes, I was repositioning for a new angle on a 2S6 keeping low, went under some powerlines and heard what sounded like a tank taking a shot, kaboom, there was a small wobble in the controls but otherwise no detectable damage. Just clipped them

So collisions don't always result in loss of gunship.

vocatx and AV8R... I haven't purchased the sim yet as I'm waiting for the "box" version, but I have been reading a lot of the boards and watching a lot of YouTube videos... here's my "take" on what I've seen so far: In a word, amazing. My experience base is the AH-64A & D and from what I can tell from a workload standpoint, the KA50 seems to be a very high workload. Obviously, it will be a higher workload because it is single pilot. Lots of "switchology" to make it do what you need it to - but that is true of all older technology. The AH-64D was light years ahead of the 64A when it came to this.

I have been watching the posts on "trimming" with some amusement. The trimming seems to be accurately modeled, as both the AH-64A & D had the stability augmentation system which required frequent trimming, and when I went through flight school I suffered some of the same frustrations until I learned to understand the system, and why it did what it did. After a few hours, it was like second nature.

I'll be happy to report back once the game hits store shelves and I've gotten my grubby little paws on it. I am truly looking forward to this sim! From everything I can tell, ED has done a fantastic job!