Flying Black shark

[Mike thompson 1]

I recently bought Black shark, looks fabulous, every switch works! Unfortunately I cannot fly the bloody game to save my life! I have been buying and flying since the first game ever came out, I think it was F17 on a floppy disc; my hard drive was 50 meg, so every game had to have a boot disc. Man, I cannot get the hang of this game.

[JediMaster 451]

I take it you're using the advanced flight model and not the easy one. While normally it's best to start with the hard one in most sims, in this one it's not at all. Get the hang of things with the easy one first, even though it's IMO overly easy (you can fly nose pointed right at the ground and not lose altitude), and then switch to the hard one once you've mastered it.

 

I think it took me at least 3 hrs in Black Shark before I could take off with the hard FM and not flip, roll, or otherwise crash it. I'm still a bit iffy on landings and find it easiest to come to a hover (ie using hover hold) first and then lower myself slowly and correct positioning. Forget those rolling landings, I always wind up being slightly crabbed/crosswind and rolling over when the wheels touch down. I've lost count how many tires I've flattened, even when landing straight down!

 

Use those training missions until you can recite the lines Wags says by heart. Sure it will get tedious, but they really do help you "get into the groove" of handling the thing.

[Mike thompson 1]

I take it you're using the advanced flight model and not the easy one. While normally it's best to start with the hard one in most sims, in this one it's not at all. Get the hang of things with the easy one first, even though it's IMO overly easy (you can fly nose pointed right at the ground and not lose altitude), and then switch to the hard one once you've mastered it.

 

I think it took me at least 3 hrs in Black Shark before I could take off with the hard FM and not flip, roll, or otherwise crash it. I'm still a bit iffy on landings and find it easiest to come to a hover (ie using hover hold) first and then lower myself slowly and correct positioning. Forget those rolling landings, I always wind up being slightly crabbed/crosswind and rolling over when the wheels touch down. I've lost count how many tires I've flattened, even when landing straight down!

 

Use those training missions until you can recite the lines Wags says by heart. Sure it will get tedious, but they really do help you "get into the groove" of handling the thing.

OK thanks, i'll do as you suggest, otherwise I will never get into battle. I currently use the slider on my Saitek X52 for the collective,is this the best method? If not what would you suggest.

[JediMaster 451]

Yeah, that's your best bet if you don't have a full throttle to use for it. I know someone with a Saitek Evo and he uses the slider for it just fine in BS.

[shotdown 8]

Yeah, that's your best bet if you don't have a full throttle to use for it. I know someone with a Saitek Evo and he uses the slider for it just fine in BS.

 

 

Actually X-52 has throttle (unless we are talking about a broken Joystick)