Hi Everyone!Andr

This looks like fun. I cannot find this machine at Avsim though?Jim Enfout

I found it at Simviation. Maybe it just hasn't gotten here yet.-Lindy :-wave

I found it over at simviation.com, but what i really would like to know is, what scenery is it? this meigs looks totally different to mine..Keep that ventilator above your head turning!Ballistero

>I found it over at simviation.com, but what i really would >like to know is, what scenery is it? this meigs looks >totally different to mine.. >>Keep that ventilator above your head turning! >>Ballistero Sorry, I didn't realise it wasn't available at AVSIM! I believe the official site is at:http://www.js-design.tkThe Meigs scenery is actually really well done. It's made by Colin McGlothlin. I cannot remember exactly where I downloaded it, I know it wasn't here. I have his e-mail address, so if you don't find it you can always send him a message asking him where you can download it:[email protected] the new helicopter!;)Jerome

Just one point and NOT a nit pick - but the panel is reversed.... helo pilots fly from the right hand sidehttp://www.psd.avsim.net/images/sigs/rgsig.jpg

>Just one point and NOT a nit pick - but the panel is >reversed.... helo pilots fly from the right hand side Actually that depends what type of helicopter you're flying. In the very early days of rotorcraft development, helicopters had a distinct difference in altitude between the left and right sides. In a hover, the left side of the aircraft would be considerably lower than the right side. It was thus determined that the right side should be the pilot's seat. In cases where the rotor system turned in the opposite direction, the effect was reversed, and seating hence too. In general technical reasons determine where the pilot sits. If you look at the Robinson R22 for instance, it flies inclined on the left due to the rotation of its blades. On top of this, the fuel tank is also on the left side. With this particular aircraft, the pilot has to be on the right side to equilibrate the system. On a larger helicopter, this effect is rather minor, but on a light one such as a R22, it is so important, that the helicopter could not fly properly otherwise. Another reason that the pilot position is on the right is due to the fact that the pilot needs his right hand to fly the A/C. Since the collective doesn't need the attention that the cyclic needs, it's only natural to put the pilot on the right hand side, thus leaving the left hand free to tune radios and perform other tasks.;)Jerome

Yup, I tried it. Like the visual model but....Default 206 dynamics...another one for the recycle bin.

That model is correct. The pilot in command in a MD helicopter sits in the left seat. Same is true is a hughes 269 and 300C model, but in the 300cb model the pilot is switched again to the right seat. There is really no standard, but in general most of the md 500 and now 600 series pic is from the left seat.

>Yup, I tried it. Like the visual model but....Default 206 >dynamics...another one for the recycle bin. Hi Alex,Unless you've flown both of these helicopters in real life, how would you know just how different they feel? Flying real life helicopters is so very different to what FS2002 has to offer anyway, that I don't think the flight dynamics here justify what you refer to as "another one for the recycle bin".;)Jerome

>Hi Alex,>Unless you've flown both of these helicopters in real life, how >would >you know just how different they feel? Flying real life >helicopters >is so very different to what FS2002 has to offer >anyway, that I don't >think the flight dynamics here justify what >you refer to as "another >one for the recycle bin".Hi Jerome. Understand where your coming from, but this is what I do...When it feels, smells, and looks like the default Bell dynamics, I gather that it is. I think the 206 dynamics are nice...But if I wanted to fly the 206 dynamics I'd fly the Bell, not just a different model with attached dynamics. I don't want things to be spot on...As I don't know what spot on would be. I just want variety in the way the things feel. Can't stand every chopper having the same speed, fuel capacity, and feel. I don't use the exterior view to much, so I'd rather have the thing fly differently than look differently. Different models are pretty to look at, but different dynamics offer a challenge. I'm still figuring out how to land without constantly going back and forth on the updated FD i downloaded for the Hughes 500. That's my two cents on models with the attached Bell 206 dynamics. :)