Flying the F-35....

[Helmut_AUT]

Hi Guys

Sorry for the likely basic question but my search came up empty: How do you transition the F35 from Hover mode to normal flight? When I hit "Auto Hover" the engine nozzle turns down, I can lift off vertical and it flys a bit like a helo.

But when I keep adding speed, the nozzle never retracts for normal flight. No action menu or key to be found either?

[Daniel]

So there's an Auto Hover option but no Auto Hover Off?

[beacon]

Yes, there is. Just turn off Auto-Hover again.

[TCEd]

Check out this video on the F-35B;

[Helmut_AUT]

Okay, I got it now: Turning off Auto Hover does not configure the plane for normal flight, this happens when you get over a certain speed. Same for the Osprey.

[easty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5sbDWnGT_k&fmt=22 < in High quality
One of my vids showing a proper stovl take off..

Just nose down and get speed up to switch back to conventional flight.. soon as there is enough air flow over the wings for lift it will transition back..

to make it really real BIS need to dump all your fuel if you do a vertical takeoff with a full loadout.. there's a reason it's a STOVL aircraft not a VTOL.

[4 IN 1]

so out of all the things that BI did right or wrong, V/STOL system is the one that they did correctly(sort of), rgr?

[TCEd]

easty, to make your video work on the post, remove everything but the ID code after the equal sign and before the & sign, the code for your video is O5sbDWnGT_k

If you put that on the page, then highlight it and click the YouTube button, which will put the code around the ID, it will play on your post.

Great video btw....

[Amuro]

[YOUTUBE]O5sbDWnGT_k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5sbDWnGT_k&fmt=22 < in High quality
One of my vids showing a proper stovl take off..

Just nose down and get speed up to switch back to conventional flight.. soon as there is enough air flow over the wings for lift it will transition back..

to make it really real BIS need to dump all your fuel if you do a vertical takeoff with a full loadout.. there's a reason it's a STOVL aircraft not a VTOL.

That's a very nice video! One question though, how does the game simulate the HMDS (Helmet Mounted Display System) of the F-35? Did you turn the HMDS off in your video?

[MehMan]

It doesn't, but it can be modded in. It was done in ArmA.