[MSFS2024] Robinson R66

[SacredHorse5047]

Managed to capture my problem on your advice thank you. yes its that high pitch noise which ke eps going on .i notice a yellow light and a red on the panel too.

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[belatu42]

That is the low rotor rpm horn. You need to be at full throttle to let the governor take control.

Power is your collective setting, rpm is your engine percent. Watch your tachometer (upper right gauge) and you can see that you are in the lower end of the arc and that is why the horn is going off.

The governor is off by default, which it shouldn’t be, because there is not a switch in the cockpit to turn it on. You have to set a key bind or button to turn it on as a work-around.

edit: search for ‘governor’ in the controller settings. It’s best to set a bind to ‘governor on’ and ‘governor off’. This way you know for sure what state it is in, rather than assigning ‘governor toggle’.

The yellow light on the panel is the ‘low rotor rpm’ warning. The red light is ‘main rotor gearbox over pressure’. You’re pulling too much collective.

vote for the bug here:

[MSFS2024] R66 Governor Off by Default

The governor is off by default in the Carenado/Asobo R66. There isn’t switch in the cockpit, and it must be bound to a button to turn it on. In the real helicopter, there isn’t a switch and it is on all of the time by default, unless there is a failure and you pull the fuse. For the sim, the governor should be on by default. ISSUE DESCRIPTION Description of the issue: R66 governor should be on by default If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue: default R66 [PC Only] Did y…

[SacredHorse5047]

Thank you belatu42 for you help and guildance regarding this matter and learnt alot on capturing videos too for the first time ever, with the help of Game Changer. 3rd time i’ve flew the R66 and liked it. I’ll get used to it. Very windy morning here in Manchester UK. thumps up. Regards .

[Obisky3881]

It only affects the pitch axis; it’s a continuous micro-movement that increases with speed. The weather has no impact on my problem, and neither does terrain.
At zero and slow speeds, there are few visible effects, but above about 50 kts, the pitch axis starts to vibrate, and the vibrations increase with speed.

This is most probably due to the flight model of msfs2024 - this problem was not present on msfs 2020 and is not present on 2020 helicopters (not converted for msfs 2024).
I don’t have any problems with aircraft either.

I tried flying on screen and not VR, the vibration effect is present but not at all annoying, on the contrary it gives a realistic effect.

The turbulence that sometimes affects my yaw axis doesn’t bother me.

Thanks for your answers.

[Gergo0106]

My question is, what should I assign the throttle control to so I can control it with a game controller?

[belatu42]

You really only use the throttle during startup and if there is a governor failure. Set it to whatever is an out of the way axis on your controller. After startup, roll the throttle up to max and make sure the governor is on. Then don’t touch it to fly.

The collective is what you use to control pitch of the main blades for normal flight maneuvers. Most people assign their joystick throttle to ‘collective’