Application for Groundhog
Hello
So far, I was "active" on the ED forum. Molevitch asked me to join your group because some Mi-8 pilots are needed. He saw my videos how I landed the Huey at Caen and thought I might be qualified to join here
- call sign: Groundhog
- your age (must be over 18 years old): 42
- your type of internet connection and speed: calbe, 30/2 MBit
- your timezone: UTC+1 (Switzerland), currently +2 due to DST
- your availability during the week: in general evenings 9pm or 9:30pm except Monday/Tuesday. Thursday/Friday prefered. Sometimes Sat/Sun 2pm or later
- your approximate number of flight hours already spent on DCS: around 200h, over 120h with the Huey and over 40h with the Mi-8 (and counting), a few hours with the Gazelle and hardly any experience with the Ka-50.
- your knowledge level with the integrated DCS Mission Editor: basic knowledge (triggers), no lua script experience
- your preferred chopper (you can love them all!): While the Huey was my favourite for a long time, I start to prefer the Mi-8. For combat missions, the Huey still seems my 1st choice (slick) because it's easier to land it quick. For attacking, the hip might be the better choice, but I sometimes I mess up with the correct weapon settings.
- your expectations w.r.t BSD.
Actually, I don't have many expectations. I've been an offline player for ages and I was fine with that. Lately, I joined a mixed jet/chopper group to get some online experience (my DCS online experience is still low). The missions are more dynamic and radio communication can be interesting. The advantage of online seems that you pay more attention because there's no "ok, let's restart the mission". Well, easily said, my expectations are to fly the Huey or the Mi-8 with some other fellow members. It's a nice change, but I also still want to fly offline. Both modes have its advantages.
Enough written - just in case you want to check out how I fly the Hip and the Huey: