This is one addon that u need if u like the jet ranger- absolutely brilliant and its as real as it gets and makes the FS ranger very interesting.:D :D :-wave

It's a great addition, highly reccommended! Any idea how to either move the pit to other Bell 206 add-ons or add-on better skins to the Dodo pit?KAUS/KCLL Semper Fi

Have had a quick go at putting diff texture folder in but did'nt show them - appeared blank. Someone said watch this space at the DODO forum at hovercontrol. Will keep looking at site;-)

Glad you guys are enjoying it.For anyone that hasn't come across it. The Dodosim realstart 206 adds full startup/shutdown, hotstart meltdown, vortex ringstate, contact breakers, warning and test circuits and a load of other features to FS9. All based on our realworld trainer coding. Details at www.dodosim.com.Be warned, you wil need to stick to the checklist numbers exactly.To use it in something like Owen Hewitts 206, you basically add the new model into the realstart file and copy the contact points over.An easy solution is on its way, as Bursco said, it will be on our forums soon.Mark

Even BetterWe are about to release a brand new model INCLUDING Owen's 206 !!!Steve

New version released with Owen's models. Check out the website.www.dodosim.comSteve

THe new version is even more brilliant than the orig.Thanks again. What is the new product that is being talked about at the forum?:D :D :DIf its anything like this one then can't wait

The success of the Realstart 206 packaged as 3 complete aircraft helped us make up our minds to do a complete "in-house" aircraft.It had to be something we could get really excited about, be turbine powered, even more systems and innovations packaged with killer visuals.So we decided it had to be a..........secret!But only for a little while, we reckon it's goimg to blow your socks off (it worries me how much I like teasing you guys)

very cheeky:) :) :) :D

>>So we decided it had to be a..........secret!>But only for a little while, we reckon it's goimg to blow your>socks off (it worries me how much I like teasing you guys)Hello Guys. I tried to upload this message a while ago but was kicked off so I hope it doesn't show up twice. This and Hovercontrol, maybe isn't my day. :)Your software looks great and surely will slow down the "arcade" pilots. I just can't imagine the time and knowledge required to add this dimension to helicopter flying even though I haven't purchased it yet. On your web site I saw something that you may well have fixed already and I apologize if it's old news. The cutaway engine you have in the HTML doc there is a flow through turbine engine. The Bell 206 has an Allison Model T63-A-700 series Gas Turbine Engine. They are "reverse flow" turbines and you can see a bit about them at:http://www.avonaero.com/allison.htmand a bit more at:http://www.letu.edu/opencms/opencms/_Acade...e-reference.pdfThe airflow is through the compressor, the diffuse scroll, discharge tubes into the combustion chamber at the rear of the engine. Once the N1 turbines are above 12% depending on OAT, the gas is added with the ignitor and moves the air forward, spinning up the N2 turbine and out the exhaust stacks, hopefully with no hot start. I also read that you have been able to show the engine cooling down when motoring just the starter with the throttle closed. That's great.I love the OH-58. For 25 years I flew them, Cobras and last, OH-58D's in Desert Storm. Then I flew tourists over the Grand Canyon at Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters for a year in 1996. They never gave me any trouble, they're just a great aircraft. I tried to write a message in your forum at Hovercontrol but it said I didn't have permission. Don't know why, I was logged in under my user name warrior_pilot.Again, I apologize it this is old news. But with the quality of your software I think you would want someone telling you this if it is still incorrect.PS Sorry the drawing is so crude.Take Care guys, great job,Bob Smithwarrior_pilotHC779WAhttp://xs45.xs.to/pics/05360/engine02.jpg

Your point is a good one and we did consider it when writing the instructions. Our aim was to explain the difference between N1,N2,Nr,TOT etc in a simple way that a beginner could grasp. To quote our manual "The first step is to understand the basic principles behind a turboshaft engine, we will keep things very simple to begin with."The diagram I drew at that point is a schematic of the components and theory at it's most basic. It just happens to look like a through-flow engine because that is the most basic type of engine.We don't really have the scope in the manual to explain the workings of a given engine, but we did need to explain the theory and terms because it all works and fails just as it should and you have to know what you are doing. Only very seasoned pilots will ever notice some of the subtlety -obscure TOT parameters, charge/timing relationships etc. and explaining all that would take up a whole book.So the short answer is that we didn't draw an engine at all, but thanks to you, we will make sure our diagrams are clearly labelled in future :-)Thanks for bringing it to our attention.