If, like me, you'd love to fly helicopters in FSX but every time you attempt to hover you balance for about 5 seconds before over-controlling and skittering away sideways into a hedge, then this is the answer to our prayers.
Yes I know we should make the effort to do it like proper pilots, but some of us just want to fly around and pretend we are good. If you just want help in keeping your helicopter stable in the hover, this gauge provides all the info you need, but also has an Auto Hover function which will keep you rock steady at the selected height. You will still be able to move, yaw etc, but only slowly.
First, go get the gauge here... http://www.flusi.info/tools.html
Scroll down till you see Hover Gauge (FS9) ...don't worry, it works perfectly well in FSX too.
Drop the as532_hover.gau file into your main FSX Gauges folder and make the following alterations to your Huey panel.cfg
[Window Titles]
Window00=Main
Window01=State
Window02=Hover
//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window00]
file=Panel_2D.bmp
size_mm=800, 600
BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0
visible=0
ident=Main
//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window01]
size_mm=722, 733
windowsize_ratio=0.600
position=4
BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0
visible=1
ident=9797
gauge00=UH1_systems!Statem, 0, 0, 722, 733
//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window02]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=202,146
window_size_ratio=1.000
position=0
visible=0
ident=270
window_size= 0.400, 0.400
window_pos= 0.600, 0.600
gauge00=as532_hover!hover, 0,0,201,145,defAlt 10
[Vcockpit01]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=256,256
visible=1
pixel_size=256,256
texture=$Hueypan
gauge00=UH1_systems!Misc, 0, 0, 1, 1
gauge01=UH1_systems!Anim, 0, 0, 1, 1
gauge02=UH1_systems!Xponder1, 0, 4, 135, 50
gauge03=UH1_systems!Xponder2, 0, 63, 135, 50
gauge04=UH1_systems!EVI, 0, 145, 142, 92
gauge05=ASC!MAIN, 0,0, 10, 10, 0
gauge06=HueyFCA!Main, 0, 0, 1, 1
[Default View]
X=0
Y=0
SIZE_X=8192
SIZE_Y=6143
[Color]
Day=255,255,255
Night=255,255,255
Luminous=150,150,101
//Luminous=255,0,0
Press shift+3 and the gauge pops up as shown here:
To engage the auto hover, just click on the cover of the HVR button, then click on it again to activate. The height of the hover can be adjusted with the + and - buttons, and if you are ready to land, match the two pitch ribbon indicators on the left and click on HVR again to disengage it.
Be aware that you have to be travelling at 10 knots or under for the HVR to engage.
The only conflict I have come across in the Huey is that while HVR is engaged, you can only open the pilots door. No matter which combination of Shift+E+ ( number), only the pilot's door will operate. So, if you want to auto-hover with the big sliding doors open, then get them opened before pressing HVR
Here is the Auto Hover in action. The Huey has been hovering there for the last ten minutes. I am not touching the joystick or throttle at all. In fact, I am in the kitchen making a cup of tea.
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