Hi to all guys, i made a helicopter and now i want to add realistic startup time. What i mean is not just to make it start on ctrl+e and rotor begin spinning in a second, i want to make it realistic. I want that it takes longer time for rotor to begin spinning after starter is engaged. Can anyone help me or give me some clues on how to do that ???
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Making start up sequence
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You need to be specific on which type of helicopter model you are addressing.
There are three.
The old Bell type is pretty much hard wired in the code, outside the realms of being adjusted by config file or air file entries as far as start up behaviour is concerned.
The Robinson model has a clutch and a rotor brake. If you could hold the clutch in during the start, the rotor would not turn until you released the clutch. The rotor brake on command only lasts for 5 seconds.
The EH-101 model has no clutch and the rotorbrake effect duration is also 5 seconds.
Normally, in a multi engined turbine helo like the EH-101, you would start one engine with the condition lever (mixture in FS) at ground idle. This plus a constant rotor brake "on" condition would prevent rotor rotation and some of these type helos in real life also have a clutch. In FS the condition levers work with turboprop airplanes but they are over written by the engine PID routine in FSXA helos.
The only way I know of to make the EH-101 model perform realistically on start up is to do it with the dreaded Simconnect, so the normal FSXA responses can be modified. I have not tried it as yet, but have a nasty suspicion that I will have to do it in the future.
Roy
There are three.
The old Bell type is pretty much hard wired in the code, outside the realms of being adjusted by config file or air file entries as far as start up behaviour is concerned.
The Robinson model has a clutch and a rotor brake. If you could hold the clutch in during the start, the rotor would not turn until you released the clutch. The rotor brake on command only lasts for 5 seconds.
The EH-101 model has no clutch and the rotorbrake effect duration is also 5 seconds.
Normally, in a multi engined turbine helo like the EH-101, you would start one engine with the condition lever (mixture in FS) at ground idle. This plus a constant rotor brake "on" condition would prevent rotor rotation and some of these type helos in real life also have a clutch. In FS the condition levers work with turboprop airplanes but they are over written by the engine PID routine in FSXA helos.
The only way I know of to make the EH-101 model perform realistically on start up is to do it with the dreaded Simconnect, so the normal FSXA responses can be modified. I have not tried it as yet, but have a nasty suspicion that I will have to do it in the future.
Roy