Jump to content
Sign in to follow this  
Quackarov55

Helicopters

Recommended Posts

Hello,

 

I am a P3D player, but I own a copy of X-Plane 11 and want to get into Helos.  I asked in the P3D forums and they told me to come to the blue team.  What sort of helicopters do you guys recommend?  I really dont use X-Plane a lot so if you have any essential addons I should get on top of that it would be really helpful.

 

Thanks,

Andrew


sig_ProudSupporter.jpgCPilot.jpg

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

And there's also the Bell 412 by X-Trident, payware, and a few excellent freeware offers too.

Check the Mi-2 at the .org - it was recently updated to XP11, and it's very good !

And, btw, welcome to the admirable world of rotary wing in X-Plane, and look fwd into the 11.30 update where their flight dynamics will

get even further fine tunning!

Edited by Von Target
  • Like 1

Main Simulation Rig:

Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti, 1 TB & 500 GB M.2 nvme drives, Win11.

Glider pilot since October 1980...

Avid simmer since 1992...

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Dreamfoil's 407 is excellent. I’m enjoying the Cabri G2. And vSkyLabs has a wonderful autogyro called the Cricket. Much better than anything in FSX/P3D. 

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

What are your helicopter piloting skills like?

I would say the Dreamfoil 407 is the most difficult, the Bell 412 the middle one and the Cabri g2 the easiest of the payware ones.

  • Like 1

Chock 1.1: "The only thing that whines louder than a jet engine is a flight simmer."

 

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Whatever Addon you get - make sure you have at least a decent joystick. For the longest time I had a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro and thought it was basically impossible to fly helicopters halfway decent with just a joystick. Movement was always very jerky and unprecise. Last week I bought a VKBSim Gladiator and while I think in terms of ergonomics the Logitech felt better in terms of precision there is absolutely no contest. While I still would love rudder pedals and something this, I was very surprised to see how smooth and precise helicopter flying became even with just a regular joystick.

  • Like 1

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
Sign in to follow this  

  • Tom Allensworth,
    Founder of AVSIM Online


  • Flight Simulation's Premier Resource!

    AVSIM is a free service to the flight simulation community. AVSIM is staffed completely by volunteers and all funds donated to AVSIM go directly back to supporting the community. Your donation here helps to pay our bandwidth costs, emergency funding, and other general costs that crop up from time to time. Thank you for your support!

    Click here for more information and to see all donations year to date.
×
×
  • Create New...