Phoenix V2 beta

[Ashley Davis]

there's a weird wobble when you do a nose dive and then a collective and cyclic 'pop' stop. It's like the dampers have gone on a real model, a forward backward oscillation.

[Ashley Davis]

put the heli in forward flight and let go of the sticks, it should track pretty straight, possibly either pitch up very slightly or down very slightly. Mine tries to do a loop, it's pitching up at a ridiculous rate.

[Ashley Davis]

When flying inverted it does exactly the opposite and tries to pitch down badly.

[Ashley Davis]

40% expo on the rudder and it's finally starting to funnel in controllable way.....still not right.

[ghettotige]

Must be using Sab 3d Blades, for that pitch effect Ash, LOL

[raptorheli2]

crack is very fast cyclic movements and it sounds like heli is shaking to bits while flying. i'm currently doing crack rolls fairly controlled but i'm doing them with a trex 700/synergy n9 instead of my 80 quid sim....NOT impressed.

i've emailed phoenix about this a few times. they obviously either.

A. can't fix it
B. won't fix it

so this leaves me with option C............buy the next sim out and i may even go back to G4.

cheers

[Ashley Davis]

cyclics full throw (or full cyclic flip/roll rate) is coming in too early. Again more expo required to get this a bit more linear and progressive. Right now you don't have to move the stick very far and it's flipping/rolling at full rate. So the last 1/4 stick movement seems to be unused.

[ghettotige]

It would be nice to see pheonix crack, but since its more about the ability to fly the machine in a controlled way while shaking the stick I think you can live with the way pheonix handles crack.

[ghettotige]

Ashley mate, when you finished tweaking can I have your settings so I can have a try and see feel the difference.

[raptorheli2]

It would be nice to see pheonix crack, but since its more about the ability to fly the machine in a controlled way while shaking the stick I think you can live with the way pheonix handles crack.

not true, the cyclics are too slow so it's useless for practicing it. it doesn't even try to crack so it's just like doing a normal roll.

cheers

[Ashley Davis]

Mike, sure, I'm still fiddling with it. The one I'm struggling to dial out at the moment is the pitching up and also the heli just flying all over the place in a climb. Working on it.

[ChrisB]

Thanks for flagging this up Ash and everyone else who has posted their valued comments.

I think i will leave my current working version on my computers.

[Tim Procter]

I think i will leave my current working version on my computers.

As I will too Chris..

[waveydavey]

So wish I had

[ghettotige]

Ok just installed it and have had a little play with it.
Like the user freindly transmitter setup, so far have only tried the trex 700 and it feels fine to me.

In fact I cant believe how realistic it is for example I was flying it for 2 mins and 55 secs and went into a chaos tried to reverse it and then planted it into the ground, just like the real thing...........................



Those that know me know that I spend 90% of my flight time on pheonix, needless to say I love it........... For example I bought 16 gallons of fuel just after the clubman earlier this year and I still have 8 gallons left in other words not much flying considering I fly 90's and had to break in an avant and a 700 this summer (bad weather work etc) and yet I am able to pull off some fairly exceptable 3d flying,
What I am trying to say is pheonix works, put the time in and your flying will not fail to improve and that includes cracking a heli....

Its no substitute for the real thing but it makes it a lot cheaper to learn new moves.