Helicopters

[Andrew Urbanczyk 0]

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

[jt8d9a 1,881]

Free: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/39269-bell-429/

Pay: https://www.vskylabs.com/2018/06/the-vskylabs-guimbal-cabri-g2-project.html

[cagarini 4,522]

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 October 15, 2018 by Von Target

[Griphos 138]

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. 

[Pastaiolo 1,625]

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.

[leinsters 42]

Dreamfoil's 407 is simply an amazing simulation. Possibly the most rewarding flight experience.

https://store.x-plane.org/Bell-407-XP11_p_620.html

 

[Bjoern 820]

Bell 429 and the Mi-2. Both are freeware.

[manuthie 242]

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.