We'd like to pass on this announcement of the SimWings Community Support Project. The project is still in the works, but has already gathered quite a bit of support. It's essentially a scholarship type of thing, only going to promising flightsim enthusiasts. Read the announcement and then check out their site for more info.
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Helicopters Page 1. Other 3 helicopter were ordered and in the year 2000 3 more were bought with advanced electronics. This Aegean Hawk mainly is for the FSX, but in case you want to fly it on your FS2004, we have included the needed files. The package is complete. It contains model with Virtual Cockpit, new Panel, Sounds, rework Flight. B-2A Stealth Spirit for FS2004 and FSX. The Northrop B2 A is a highly-sophisticated strategic bomber with unlimited range using in-flight refueling. Even without refueling, the aircraft has a mission range of over 6,000 nautical miles.
February 24, 2020, 4:42 pm
New from CentralSim is FSX and Prepar3D v4 scenery of TJBQ Rafael Hernandez International Airport - Aguadilla in Puerto Rico. This is a busy joint military and civilian airport; Puerto Rico's second busiest in terms of passenger movement. The scenery features photoreal ground and buildings, airport objects, dynamic lighting and more.
February 21, 2020, 2:46 pm
After months of previews, VSKYLABS has released their Robinson R66 Project for X-Plane. This big turbine helicopter takes advantage of the new 'experimental flight model' in X-Plane 11.40+ and offers features like autorotation, comprehensive systems, VR, advanced panel and much more.
February 21, 2020, 10:45 am
FSoftware is now running their Presidents Week Sale at the FlightSim.Com Store. For a limited time save 30% on all their products. They are a flight simulator scenery development company focusing on creating realistic add-ons for FSX and Prepar3D. Most of their scenery covers airports in Europe but also includes exotic locations like Easter Island.
February 20, 2020, 10:58 am![]()
Simworks Studios announces their Presidents Day Sale, with most of their products now 25% off this week only. SimWorks Studios is a developer of high quality flight simulation add-ons, aimed at creating not just a simulation, but the experience! Their specialty is military aircraft and aircraft carriers to fly them from.
February 19, 2020, 5:13 pm
Drzewiecki Design announces a redesigned EPKK Krakow X v3 for FSX and Prepar3D. It features a highly detailed version of John Paul II International Airport. Version 3 adds EPKC airport, the Polish Aviation Museum, the whol Krakow Old Town area and major upgrades to EPKK itself.
February 18, 2020, 6:47 pm
Coming in March, Rolling Cumulus announces Grass And Dirt Airfields. You have come to the right place to participate in a great Bush Flying Adventure! You will be flying in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Angola and Mozambique. You are in for many hours of fun VFR flying.
February 18, 2020, 1:01 pm
In a recent Facebook post, developers Skyline Simulations have mentioned that they are looking to expand their Beta Team for P3D and FSX products so they can resolve 100% all the compatibility and performance issues.
February 18, 2020, 11:58 am
Today is Presidents Day in the U.S. and at the FlightSim.Com Store we have a number of sales going on. Here's your chance to save on some great flight simulator add-ons. Some of these sales are only for a couple of days so don't delay if you spot something new for your hangar.
February 17, 2020, 5:51 pm
Scenery developer UK2000 Scenery has issued a v1.01 update for their Luton 2020 HD add-on scenery for FSX and Prepar3D. It includes a number of fixes.
February 17, 2020, 9:45 am
Rolling Cumulus announces their Valentines Sale. Even though it's a couple of days after the actual holiday, you still have time to save a big 50% on Rolling Cumulus products at the FlightSim.Com Store. Rolling Cumulus specializes in adventure software for FSX and Prepar3D. Bush pilots will thrill to flying through the jungles of South America. Or perhaps you'd enjoy being a Dash-8 captain or flying to desert oil fields...
February 16, 2020, 11:48 am
In honor of the U.S. Presidents Day holiday, Aerosoft announces the 'American Airports and Sceneries Sale'. For four days only save on some of their best scenery for FSX, Prepar3D, X-Plane and Aerofly FS 2. Visit cities like Anchorage, Dallas/Fort Worth, Aspen and more.
February 16, 2020, 10:30 am
Announcing the Drzewiecki Design Annual Valentines Sale. Ending earlier than everyone else, today is the last day to save 30% on a wide variety of scenery for FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane. Drzewiecki has scenery for American cities like Seattle, Washington, Chicago, Miami and New York, and European destinations like Moscow, Warsaw and Tallinn plus lots of scenery for Poland.
February 16, 2020, 9:50 am
New from AFS-Design for FSX: Steam Edition is Boeing Collection - British Airways. This collection includes the 747, 767 and 787 airlines all in British Airways livery. All have a fully function 3D cockpit with multi-function displays, FMC, upper panel, HUD and more.
February 15, 2020, 5:55 pm
Flysimware has released a major update of their Falcon 50 business jet for FSX and Prepar3D. There are actually a series of updates with the latest being 1.9G. The changelog covers all the new features and fixes.
February 14, 2020, 6:04 pm
FSX doesn't only allow users to fly fixed-wing aircraft; they can also download and install helicopter and rotorcraft expansions too. Most people buy Microsoft Flight Simulator X in order to pilot large, commercial aircraft and civil jets, however there is also a market and niche group for helicopter add-ons.
Image shows a Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft in FSX. While not technically a 'helicopter', this does fall under the rotorcraft section.
In this section, there are many well known and popular helicopters from manufacturers such as Bell, Eurocopter, Hughes and Boeing. Featured in this section are a range of civilian passenger helicopters, as well as military and combat choppers such as the well known Apache attack helicopter which has been used in many desert combat operations around the world.
There are also many helicopter missions available to compliment the add-on packages, which are viewable here.
Installing these downloads is just as easy as any of the other aircraft or packages on the website and most of the files come with detailed installation instructions and 'readme' documents inside. If you are having a hard time, there are many tutorials on our forum which will explain in detail the procedure - users can also create a new topic specific to their own problem.
Helicopters are much harder to fly in any flight simulator package, and in real life for that matter - there is a lot more going on in the cockpit of a helicopter compared to that of a fixed wing aircraft. As well as controlling pitch, rotor angle and engine speed - pilots also have to control many of the other systems that go with it.
Many users complain that 'helicopters are impossible to fly in FSX', but they really haven't given them a chance. Users must be patient, persistent and once they get used to the different method of flying, they are usually very happy and include rotorcraft flight into their daily 'flight simmin' routine.
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