Has anyone heard of any developments with the H145 helicopter..?

There have been no progress reports or videos about the H145 which is a bit discerning.

They released the second beta a few weeks ago which improved things a lot! I think they're doing larger updates that are fewer in number, which is fine with me. I'm sure they're holding out on some things as there are more aerodynamic changes coming with SU6 and SU7. 

@Seahawk72s be sure to check your email, you should have received notification on Sep.23rd about the BETA 2 release.

There was also a recent article on FSElite (I think?) that mentions they are planning on also implementing the flight model through AirlandFS, which is very promising news. 

Edited October 14, 20214 yr by Stoopy

Screenshots of the civilian variant on their Facebook page with ‘very soon’ announced.

5 hours ago, Stoopy said:

@Seahawk72s be sure to check your email, you should have received notification on Sep.23rd about the BETA 2 release.

There was also a recent article on FSElite (I think?) that mentions they are planning on also implementing the flight model through AirlandFS, which is very promising news. 

I'm already using AirlandFS with H145 it has been offered for testing over discord. H145 profile for AirlandFS is work in progress though

Happy Friday everyone!

The team is currently finalizing the build for beta #5 which we expect to release very soon! We've uploaded a preview video to our YouTube channel showing off a few of the quality of life improvements coming to the H145 in the next public beta release and there's a ton more features not covered in the video that we'll list out in the changelog once it's been finalized!

Hope to see you all in the skies this weekend!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJFuoerVSn8&ab_channel=HypePerformanceGroup

Excellent...was going to go for a flight in the H145 tonight but will fly something else and wait for the weekend to do some helo flying!

H145 Beta 5 is now live. Check your email or go directly to H145 Download Center.

 

Here is the full changelog:

New Sounds
- Power-Split (takeoff with one engine only, or fail engine in flight)
- Passenger doors
- Rotor brake
- ELT activation
- Pax vent blower
- Snow
- Dawn
- Floating on water

New Apps
- METAR lookup app
- Documents app replaces Charts app
- EFB Connect - Streaming Web Browser / Watch youtube etc (half screen + maps or full screen)
- Flappy bird game
- LittleNavMap (run Webserver in LNM app)
- Navigraph charts
- Alarms & Timers
- Activity Log

Features:
- Added many new status indications to the tablet, including doors-open
- Added ability to configure fuel units, temperature units
- Added many new L:Vars and H:Events for home cockpit
- User may add unlimited PNG/JPG documents
- Add a Realism Level switch to disable VRS and rotor over/underspeed (advanced rotor dynamics)
- Flight Model: Add Vortex Ring State simulation
- Added the ability to do doors-off flight
- Added Synthetic Vision System (SVS)
- Tablet battery will discharge based on DC RECEPT + main aircraft battery (plugged in)
- Flight model: adjusted rotor inertia
- Flight model: Autorotation is enabled again with a new simulation
- ELT will now activate with very hard landings
- Cockpit displays are photo-sensitive reducing the need for adjusting the master brightness
- Fuel flow sensor is now optional equipment
- You may now set weight and fuel from within the cockpit

Fixes:
- Fixes for tablet wallpaper being black
- Fixes to the FND and VMS rotor gauge visuals, including the extended danger rings
- Engines will indicate IDLE until they accelerate to a suitable rpm for flight
- Fix a bug where toggling the HTAWS switch would trigger the power on sequence display for the MFDs
- Fix delayed wind speed indicator
- Updated sounds for engine fire test
- Fixes to engine sounds
- Fixed bugs in FADEC logic preventing taking engines to IDLE in flight
- Floats will now add flight model drag
- Key binding added for fill floats
- Fix default 2d/VR cameras (divergence, tilt down 2d view)
- Fix bugs with message list flashing
- Combined various functions in tablet action center
- Make it easier to activate the front cockpit light by clicking it direct
- Reduce screen bounce light and cockpit ambient light
- Fix bug allowing use of AP without relevant systems available
- Fix sound phasing between doors
- AFCS modes flash now when moving to a degraded state
- N2 and NR metrics adjusted 
- Rotor startup timing adjusted
- Fixed cockpit rear spotlight not emitting light
- Air Conditioning feature is limited to lux variant
- Fix decals on cockpit doors
- Fix rain/windshield flickering
- Fixed some metrics on NAVD page

1 hour ago, HPG said:

ELT will now activate with very hard landings

I love an aircraft that lets me know when I’ve screwed up haha

Just flew the new Beta 5. And it is excellent. As was the previous version after the U7 GOTY update for me at least.

My only problem was with AirManager Knobster input not working. This was actually not due to FS2020 update but to Windows updates from last week. They sometimes screw up touch screen settings, an easy fix, just reset input to correct screen, I have 4. All is well now.

The H145 is my absolute favorite aircraft in FS2020. 

Fantastic work on this Heli. Thanks.

H145 Beta 7 is now available!

 

We’ve been busy this past week adding rotor downwash effects (dust, dirt/sand, water and snow), doing even more performance work, adding new visual effects, added infinite key bindings, resolving an important bug with the flight model relating to your sim fps and much more. We’ve also heard your feedback and due to the aggressive icing model in the sim, we’ve added an anti-ice system to the DEFOG knob.

 

Full changelog is included below:

• Add rotor downwash effects
• Enable livery authors to select skid struct caps on/off (on by default, no user option)
• Various performance improvements for low end machines
• Fix flight model, rotor animation, N2/NR acceleration and strobe/beacon lights to not be connected to sim fps
• VNE and VY are now corrected calculated and presented on the airspeed tape
• Changes to basic weight of lux and civil variants
• Rework most built-in bindings to use H:Events
• Switch away from /Held/ bindings (Engine Up/Down) to avoid key repeat
• Slightly reduce engine starter .wav sound
• Adjust VMS WEIGHT page knob increment (100kg large, 5kg small)
• Fix for excessive engine N1 / hot starts
• Add weight stations for civil variant (3+2+3 pax + 2 crew = 10 total)
• Add MFD bounce light
• Reduce drag just a bit as both variants are very quick now
• Maximum speed aural based on IAS now
• Added a key bindings system to UserSetup to define any H145 bindings without additional software
• Added an anti-icing system to DEFOG
• Fix inverted EMER SHED BUS bindings

Happy Friday everyone! 

We have temporarily reduced the price of our H145 - Early Access Civilian, Luxury & Military Variant Bundle from $42.99 USD to $34.99 USD! 

The discount will automatically be applied at checkout. This sale is for a limited time only and is available only from our website HypePerformanceGroup.com

If you haven’t bought this, now is the time…such great fun.

Can anyone suggest an Airlandfs profile that feels pretty good for you? Thank you if you can share one.

I accidentally deleted the one I had and I can no longer find the ones that Fred and Dave made for the 145. Previously I had difficulty getting it to gently lift off the skids and it wanted to suddenly jump up several feet

Edited December 18, 20214 yr by dogmanbird

I actually haven’t gotten in to the Airlandfs option yet, I’ve been using the regular flight model.