Aussie Group Flights Team: Helicopter Workshop

This is a workshop to assist pilots to start flying helicopters in MSFS.

Workshop Outline:

The Cabri G2 default MSFS helicopter will be used throughout the workshop.

  • Set Controls up for flying helicopters
  • Starting the helicopter
  • Cover the Basics of flying a helicopter
  • Learning how to hover and rudder control
  • Slow hover while sight seeing over Macau casino district
  • Short medium speed flight over sea following the worlds longest sea crossing bridge (34miles)
  • Introducing trim and using trim reset for landings
  • Landings and shutting down

In addition there will be a 45 minutes tour of Hong Kong with plenty of practice landings thrown in.

Details to follow. Hope you can join us.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION IS FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION USE ONLY.

Regards, Paul

ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …

Group Flight: 2023-12-14T20:00:00Z

PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.

Route: Macao Intl(VMMC) Hong Kong Intl(VHHH) Sek Kong(VHSK) Kai Tak Intl(VHHX)

Take off from Macao Intl(VMMC)
Track 257 deg to WP1 1.6nm
Track 341 deg to Grand Lisboa 3.1nm
Track 074 deg to Hong Kong Intl(VHHH) 22nm
Full Stop landing at Hong Kong Intl(VHHH)
Take off from Hong Kong Intl(VHHH)
Follow the Custom waypoints to Sek Kong(VHSK) 
Full Stop Landing at Sek Kong(VHSK) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Sek Kong(VHSK)
Follow the Custom waypoints to Kai Tak Intl(VHHX)
Full Stop Landing at Kai Tak Intl(VHHX).

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 1,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details

Macao Intl(VMMC)
Elev: 20’
RW 16/34 Asphalt

Hong Kong Intl(VHHH)
Elev: 28’
RW 07C/25C Asphalt
RW 07R/25L Asphalt

Sek Kong(VHSK)
Elev: 45’
RW 11/29 Asphalt

Kai Tak Intl(VHHX)
Elev: 15’
RW 13/31 Asphalt

Aircraft: Cabri G2

IMPORTANT: In the interest of keeping it REAL, please refrain from selecting inappropriate aircraft, like airliners. Unless it is appropriate for the event. This only detracts from the immersion of the flight.

Seeing Aircraft Correctly: You need to do two things to ensure you can see the other pilots in the event and see them in the aircraft they selected.

Select the same server: To do this, proceed as follows:

From the Welcome Screen, click on your Username (top right)
From the list of servers, under Servers, select South East Asia.

Turn off Generic Planes: To do this, proceed as follows:

From the Welcome Screen, click on OPTIONS
Click on GENERAL
With TRAFFIC selected, scroll down to the last option and set USE GENERIC PLANE MODELS to OFF

Turning off Crash/Damage:

Select Options/Assistance
Expand Failure & Damage
Disable Crash Damage
Disable Aircraft Stress Damage
Disable Engine Stress Damage
Accept the changes

Voice Room: My personal Discord server is used for voice comms. If you haven’t already joined my server, click on the below link to request access. I will set you up as a Member so you can access the server. Ensure you do this prior to the flight, as latecomers will need to wait for the next event.

Link to join the Voice Room: Aussie Group Flights Team - On-line Flying

Note: this link is only valid for 7 days from posting.

Weather/Time: We will set the time to 8am. This will allow us to fly in daylight and choose REAL weather so that the winds are correct.

From the World Map view, click on Flight Conditions (upper right of screen)
Click on All Players, Live Traffic, Custom
Under Weather and Time, select Live Weather and move the time slide bar to show 8:00am. 
Click Close and Fly from the World Map view.

We can start departing from 20:00z. There will be no need for official radio calls. Lets just have some fun taking in the scenery and the social aspects of the event.

Turning on Points of Interest

Select Options/Assistance
Expand POI
Set Landmark Markers to ON
Set City Markers to ON
Set Airport Markers to ON
Accept the changes

Turning on Name Tags (This will assist you in following the group if you get disoriented):

Select Options/GeneralTraffic
Set Show Traffic Nameplates to On
Accept the settings

Still confused, check out the multiplayer video tutorial from SimHangar Flight Simulation: MSFS | MULTIPLAYER | How To Guide | Everything You Need To Know | Fly in events coming soon. - YouTube

Let me know if there’s anything else that I’ve missed that you need to know.,

Regards, Paul

Flight plans to support the event …

Little NavMap: VFR Macao Intl (VMMC) to Kai Tak Intl Airport (VHHX).lnmpln (6.6 KB)

MSFS: VFR Macao Intl (VMMC) to Kai Tak Intl Airport (VHHX).pln (10.9 KB)

Print this flight card out for your easy reference during the flight (Note: only available up to the date of the flight): Dropbox - Flight Card_2.pdf - Simplify your life

Event reminder …