Robinson R66 landing challenge - ground effect out of control

Sim Update 7 Beta | MSFS 2024 User Interface & Activities
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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:
Mount Wedge precision landing challenge with R66:
Completely out-of-control vertical movement behaviour (ground effect?) when trying to stabilize the heli on the hill near the landing site

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
Always

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. steadily approach the landing spot

  2. try to stabilize near the hill

  3. notice the insane vertical “bounces” of the heli with absolute minimal collective input; heli is shooting into the sky and drops like a rock

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it? NO

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?

MEDIA

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Do not forget there is a 12 Knot wind pushing you around up there. It seems to catch you just as you are landing causing lots of lift.

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Thanks for bringing that up, the wind could have an influence.

To check I activated the CFD function to watch the behaviour near the hilltop.

During the approach, no/little turbulence is shown.

The uncontrolled madness is then classified as “medium / terrain turbulence” and rapidly increases when moving close to the hill, going up to 90% “extreme intensity”