This update contains over 40 changes and fixes to make the helicopter work perfectly in X-Plane 11.20. This update also adds basic VR compatibility, which will be expanded later on as X-Plane’s native VR continues to be developed.
You can download the update through your x-plane.org store account!
The original post can be viewed here, and the change list is below.
Version 1.02
VR (Still testing)
– Added hotspots for all seats
– Added cyclic and collective manipulators
– Added external manipulators for Caps, Battery Compartment, GPU, Doors and Rotor ties
– Improved some manipulators axis to give an intuitive and natural movement- Changed knob manipulators to made possible to spin them with touch controllers
****** SmartMenu still not working on VR! It’s not possible to draw or interact with plugins on VR at moment, we need to wait for further VR updates from Laminar ******
Graphics
– Improved basket objects so they work correctly with fog
– Fixed missing shadow for Ext_5 object- Airspeed gauge now can go above 140kts (max 165kts)
– Climb going past 4000ft is also fixed- Added missing nav light ball mesh on right side
– Removed vent windows prefill, it was causing artifacts
Engine:– Refined turbine TRQ, MGT and NG values
– FADEC now modulate the fuel in order to keep MGT below max during startup
Flight model:
– New airfoils for Main and Tail Rotor
– Improved vertical fin incidence angle & airfoil
– Improved horizontal stabilizer incidence angle & airfoil, this results in a higher fwd cyclic requirement on cruise like real helicopter
– Fixed MR lateral cant angle- MR Flap hinge is now set to correct position acordingly to maintenance manual
– Plugin tweak for below ETL taxing, helicopter should maintain the altitude at very low airspeeds
– Plugin driven TFE (Transverse Flow Effect)- Improved TR min/max pitches for more realistic pedal hover and flight conditions
– Corrected MR blade chord size incorrectly set based on feet unit- Added MR blade twist
– Repositioned all flight elements arms with precision acordingly to maintenance manual
– Adjusted aft and fwd CG limits
SmartMenu:
– Added Flight-Model enhancements (ETL, TFE and Landing Gear friction)
– Added failures enhancements now it’s possible to disable them (Hotstart, Transmission overtorque, Tail rotor contact with tail boom)
– Added option to remove doors
– Removed interaction distance limit
– Improved multi-display handling, might fix the non clickable menu when running X-Plane on 2nd monitor
HeliSAS:
– Controls now transition from normal to stabilized, no more abrupt changes when turning on/off
* SAS light will flash during transition to warn pilot, during this time avoid enabling any SAS feature like heading hold or vertical speed hold
* Transition time is available on global.cfg file, default = 5 seconds
– Improved PID values from vertical speed hold- Increased altitude hold authority- HeliSAS now disables if a hydraulic failure is identified- Frahm damper dynamics are now disabled for hydraulic failure
Others:
– Garmin power is now automatically set to ON during aircraft load with engines running
– Fixed ON/OFF commands acting as a toggle
Sound:
– Increased gain and added blade slap volume slider back