Merlin - Royal Navy Helicopter sim reviewed at MiGMan's Flight Sim Museum

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Merlin - Helicopter sim
Manual

Here is the entire manual in a printer-friendly layout.

Objective

Your task is to approach the frigate, avoiding the other Merlin helicopters, and touchdown safely on the landing deck. You start airborne, with the frigate nearby. You have a time limit of two minutes to complete the task.

Missions

Easy: Ship is stationary and there are no crosswinds.
Medium: Ship is moving but there are no crosswinds.
Hard: The ship is moving and there are crosswinds.

Controls

Cyclic controls forward speed and roll angle
Collective controls up and down movement
Tail rotor turns led or right when hovering

You may use either keyboard or joysticks or a combination of the two. Press space to select.

To calibrate your joystick press J when on the controls screen. Centre joystick(s) and press fire. Deflect each joystick to all four corners i.e. Onward lee, fonward right, rearward led, rearward right. Press the joystick fire button to finish calibration.

	JOYSTICK	KEYBOARD
Down/acell.	DOWN	Q / up arrow
UP/Decel.	UP	A / down arrow
Turn Left	Left	Z / left arrow
Turn Right	Right	X / right arrow

Ctrl + Q = exit to DOS
SPACE BAR = Change view
Alt + any arrow key = fine control
Esc. = Quit

Merlin - helicopter sim developed by DID for the Royal Navy

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