User Guide
Adjusting Realism and Difficulty
If you selected CASUAL settings during installation, the flight settings will be simple.
You can set more realistic options in the Options Menu. See the
Install Guide
for
details.
See Options Menu in the
Install Guide
for details on each option.
1. Open the
OPTIONS menu (press q (in-flight) or aO (otherwise)).
2. Select
CUSTOM. The REALISM options have let you control enemy skill, co-
pilot/gunner involvement and flight dynamics. The
FLIGHT MODEL options let you
set various flight dynamic options.
3. Press
ACCEPT until you back out to the main screen.
4. Select
ACCEPT again to close the option screen.
Autopilot and Coordinated Flight Functions
You can also utilize several in-flight functions to make flying easier.
Autopilot. Automatically steers you to your next waypoint. (You can adjust speed
and altitude while autopiloting.)
Hover Hold. Maintains a hover at your current altitude.
Force Trim. Maintains current cyclic position, allowing “hands-off” forward flight.
Autopilot
The game has an autopilot feature that will continue to fly the helicopter without
your assistance. This is useful when you’re traveling between waypoints and don’t
want to continually adjust the flight controls. You can adjust altitude and speed
while in autopilot mode.
You have several autopilot settings. Press A multiple times to cycle through them.
A
(1x) Autopilot on a straight course (AP1 appears in the upper right corner of the IHADSS) In the
Black Hawk, this is an indicator light (see Black Hawk Analog Cockpit, p. 2.54. The Kiowa
displays the current autopilot setting in the VSD.
This takes you on a straight course that follows your current heading at the
current altitude and speed settings.
A
(2x) Fly toward next waypoint (AP2 appears in the upper right corner of the IHADSS) In the Black
Hawk, this is an indicator light (see Black Hawk Analog Cockpit, p. 2.54. The Kiowa
displays the current autopilot setting in the VSD.
The second time you press the autopilot key, you fly toward your next
programmed waypoint.
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