The MBB Bo 105 is cleared for takeoff in MSFS2024!
Stratoware × Miltech Simulations are thrilled to announce the release of Bo105, scheduled for Friday, May 22nd for MSFS2024.
🚁13 variants: Medical, Military ATGM, Aerobatic with smoke system, Broadcast with functional FLIR, Police with searchlight, Mountain Rescue with hoist, Floats, Snow Shoes, Tall Skids, Sling (Mission Hub compatible), and more 
🎨50+ liveries across the fleet - shoutout to HUES for their help with liveries! 
🗻Teufelsgraben, Germany scenery included 
🔈Immersive sound pack by Echo 19, crafted from real-world recordings of N8809W
Expect media previews starting this weekend


Source:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cebv5jkKq/

Edited May 13May 13 by History

Maybe this will be enough to keep me off the digital aeronautics mil mi-2 for a few days? Im having a blast with that one. Too bad that they're releasing it nearly 2 weeks from today instead of today or tomorrow 

This is welcome news! I have been looking forward to this release for a while now. 

Very cool, looking forward to this one.

I’m definitely a helophile. But after the Seahawks suboptimal flight model, I’m gonna wait and see what the word on this one is. 

I am hopeful that the different studio making this, and their stated focus on the physics will make this one pay off  

I already have it in X-Plane, so no rush with this one. 

3 hours ago, UrgentSiesta said:

I’m definitely a helophile. But after the Seahawks suboptimal flight model, I’m gonna wait and see what the word on this one is. 

I am hopeful that the different studio making this, and their stated focus on the physics will make this one pay off  

I already have it in X-Plane, so no rush with this one. 

What is wrong with the seahawk? Can you elaborate 

8 hours ago, xender said:

What is wrong with the seahawk? Can you elaborate 

Tho the FM has improved since release…

When you bank an aircraft, it should immediately start turning.

MilTech’s doesn’t

I didn’t get any further than that the last flight.

Switched over to the Delta Sims MH-60 and it seems quite a bit more natural. Also in keeping with other heavily SAS/AFCD helos.

It doesn’t seem like MilTech have quite gotten the hang of blending a helo that flies like a helo with SAS.

Seems like they started with SAS and are trying to bolt on a helo FM.

Large gaps seem to be the unfortunate result.

Edited May 14May 14 by UrgentSiesta

Must be getting ready to release!

(Original official trailer)

Not sure I can spare 2.5 hrs for this one, but MC is primarily a helo simmer and it seems the dev is on stream, too 👍

Hopefully Belatu42 will be along with his take on it sooner rather than later 🤙

Oh, so exciting!!! 😁

Released! 🙂

New trailer:

FWIW, I’m sure Jorg slapped his forehead when he heard the AI pronounce “Boelkow” 😂

Also, it’s hard to believe they spent all that time on such a beautiful model and can’t seem to figure out how to implement a proper rotor coning effect 🙁

Hopefully they’ll add it in soon.

On a happy note, Belatu42 seems quite enamored with the physics, including a good (but not perfect) auto rotation ability 😁👍:

Between recent releases for DCS, FSW, FSR, BS, et al, my addon budget is blown for awhile. And I’ve got an oldy but goody version in XP, anyway…

But, this famous old bird is highly attractive, so I’ll put it on the “someday” list. 👍

Purchased about an hour ago, and one short flight so far. Beautiful bird, seems to work very well, flies smooth within MSFS 2024, nicely detailed with great sounds and fun to fly thus far.

@UrgentSiesta As far as I am aware, there IS a rotor cone implemented in a proper helo manner. If you watch the preview stream that Matthew Crawford did about a week ago with Dan from Miltech along in the stream, that very topic is discussed and demonstrated.

@UrgentSiesta As far as I am aware, there IS a rotor cone implemented in a proper helo manner. If you watch the preview stream that Matthew Crawford did about a week ago with Dan from Miltech along in the stream, that very topic is discussed and demonstrated.

Well that’s good to hear!

My comment was based on the just released trailer where it’s clearly sub-optimal in many of the cuts.

But, videos take awhile to make, so perhaps this was before they had sorted it out.

thanks for the clarification, and so glad it’s a great helo for you to enjoy! 👍

Edited May 22May 22 by UrgentSiesta

Not that I'm all too much into the rotor coning thing since it has zilch to do with what I'm interested in within the helo cockpit but I do enjoy that we've progressed to the point where proper visual representation of rotor coning is now something of a topic in the community. And maybe I'm just having too much fun finding out that "coning" is now a word that, for whatever reason, I find some undeniable degree of juvenile pleasure in using.

But anyway... yes there does seem to be blade flex, droop and (here it comes again!) coning in this helo. In addition to a dang great flight model. Being a card-carrying AARP member, I can unfortunately relate to the flex and, um... droop. As far as the coning, perhaps it could be improved in a follow-on update (if even needed) or otherwise addressed through the application of certain herbal supplements or medicated lotions. Or so I've been told... 😉

Anyway here are the rotor blades at rest, at idle and with just enough collective pulled to get the machine light on the skids....

Do windshield wipers actually wipe the rain?

3 hours ago, Stoopy said:

Not that I'm all too much into the rotor coning thing since it has zilch to do with what I'm interested in within the helo cockpit but I do enjoy that we've progressed to the point where proper visual representation of rotor coning is now something of a topic in the community. And maybe I'm just having too much fun finding out that "coning" is now a word that, for whatever reason, I find some undeniable degree of juvenile pleasure in using.

But anyway... yes there does seem to be blade flex, droop and (here it comes again!) coning in this helo. In addition to a dang great flight model. Being a card-carrying AARP member, I can unfortunately relate to the flex and, um... droop. As far as the coning, perhaps it could be improved in a follow-on update (if even needed) or otherwise addressed through the application of certain herbal supplements or medicated lotions. Or so I've been told... 😉

Anyway here are the rotor blades at rest, at idle and with just enough collective pulled to get the machine light on the skids....

My man!!! 🤙

🙏

Oh… eta: coning for me is like wing flex. It’s become de rigueur.

When I don’t see it (such as on the WT 747s and Citation X), it makes me wonder what other (lazy, IMHO) shortcuts the dev has taken.

It doesn’t need to be perfect to IRL or fluidly dynamic, but it sure as heck needs to be present to some degree

And TBH, after spending so much time in DCS helos, I more or less expect full articulation of the blades and rotor disk, too.

For e.g., would anyone accept a 787 taxi-ing around where the wingtips are flexed up 25 FEET like they are in flight…?

Same thing for me. 😎🤙

Edited May 24May 24 by UrgentSiesta