Our friend Tailboom tipped us on the following:First ... have a look at this..... http://www.hut.fi/~apankkon/fsim/screenshot2.jpgAntti from Finland has programmed new gauges and has a Dauphin (and other helo's apparently) flying on autopilot !!Sounds like a very interesting development folks !!!Thanks Craig ! :-) :-outta Francois :-wave________________________Francois A. "Navman" DumasAssociate Editor &Forums AdministratorAVSIM Online!email: [email protected]________________________

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CANT FREAKIN' WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(I like helicopters)

Oh! forgot to ask...............WHEN!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????HIHIHIHIHIHI!!!!

Lookin good!!,lookin good!!.

Couple of weeks I would guess, he is still testing a number of things, but the basics work..... flying on autopiot and coming to a hover all automatically..... so I am told ;-) :-outta Francois :-wave[table border=0 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0][tr][td valign=bottom" align="center]"At home in the wild"[/td][td valign=bottom" align="center][link:avsim.com/alaska/alaska_051.htm|Don's Alaskan Bush Charters]"Beavers Lead the Way"[/td][td valign=bottom" align="center][link:www.avsim.com/vfr_center/mainpages/vfr_flights_main_page.htm]VFR Flight Center]"Looking Good Outside"[/td][/tr][tr][td valign=top" align="center]http://avsim.com/hangar/air/bfu/logo70.gif[/td][td valign="top" align="left" colspan=2]http://www.fssupport.com/images/moose2.gif[/td][tr][/table]________________________Francois A. "Navman" DumasAssociate Editor &Forums AdministratorAVSIM Online![/bemail: [email protected]________________________

Looks really great. Must be quite a piece of programming.Do you know if he is looking for beta testors? I would be more than happy to help out.Regards,James Webbhttp://members.cox.net/mpower/sig.jpg

cannnnnnntttttttt waiiiiiiittt:)

I don't know James, don't have his email either.... should be on flightsim I guess ;-) :-outta Francois :-wave[table border=0 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0][tr][td valign=bottom" align="center]"At home in the wild"[/td][td valign=bottom" align="center][link:avsim.com/alaska/alaska_051.htm|Don's Alaskan Bush Charters]"Beavers Lead the Way"[/td][td valign=bottom" align="center][link:www.avsim.com/vfr_center/mainpages/vfr_flights_main_page.htm]VFR Flight Center]"Looking Good Outside"[/td][/tr][tr][td valign=top" align="center]http://avsim.com/hangar/air/bfu/logo70.gif[/td][td valign="top" align="left" colspan=2]http://www.fssupport.com/images/moose2.gif[/td][tr][/table]________________________Francois A. "Navman" DumasAssociate Editor &Forums AdministratorAVSIM Online![/bemail: [email protected]________________________

autopilot?hmm, have to ask...a 'copter can't have autopilot for real, can it?! (must be impossible!)but you can tweak it in flight sim then, I guess, right?I have thought of that myself, for example give a 'copter an air-file from a fixed ving, put in gauges for autopilot, and there you have it...//Leif "Still_Hovering" Almberg

Helos ( High end ones do have an autopilt - much like a fixed wing - but has the advantage of a HOVER HOLD MODERichard GreenVATUSA4Events and VA Director

Autopilot for a helo - that kinda takes the fun/skill out of it doesnt it???

Well, when you're busy doing other things, low vis stormy night, that kinda thing...Autopilot comes in handy I bet.:-sun1

>Autopilot for a helo - that kinda takes the fun/skill out of >it doesnt it??? Hi Terry,A few years back, while in South Africa, I was in an AS 365 N2 (Dauphin) practicing ILS approaches into Lanseria airport, north of Johannesburg. I can only tell you that it was great fun and that the sophistication of autopilots in rotary-winged aircraft is something else. There's nothing quite like flying an ILS approach in a helicopter, totally hands-off and then coming to a hover above the runway.;-)Jerome

It comes in rather handy when you've just flown fo 1.5hrs to an offshore platform in Pi$$y weather and you feel like you're arms going to fall off!!!

Can anyone provide any additional information or an update?D. Smith