Annnnnd…announced today! Coming after the Marketplace release of the 500E:
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I would be more happy if some 3d errors and angular elements in the cockpit of the MD 500 E were fixed.
There is no need to rush to release more and more helicopters. I would like the error to be corrected. I feel like there’s a rush pace…
These faulty elements are very annoying and in front of me. I wrote to the developer and submitted a list of errors. There is no planned service package at the moment. I’m sad… I hope the developer will fix the issues. I also indicated the short skids. A version like this would be great.
Anyway, amazing helicopter, I love it.
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Read this then tell me how Cowan Simulation “rushes” things.
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I’m not sure what a bunch of conman developers have to do with Cowans lazy modelling? Funny review though… thanks for the laughs. What complete and utter con artists MScenery are!
If you’re reading this Cowansim , please for all that’s holy fix the internal doors! If i look across once more and see daylight through the gap between door and surround I’ll, well, I’ll have to stop looking at it 
Seriously, it stands out so badly I don’t want to look to my right when flying. The odd poorly made object is something i rarely give a monkeys about, but some of the internal modeling in the 500 even gets on my nerves, it’s completely unmissable.
Hope the comment above about you not planning any patch/SP for the M500 isn’t true… there is clearly work to be done on many aspects of this bird still, yet all I see is you rapidly bringing another heli to the sim. As much as I want to support you I can’t in any way justify spending yet more cash on another expensive product before the last one is properly finished. That just stinks of a cash grab.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the actual flying experience of the M500, it’s easily my favourite MSFS heli to fly, but the lack of polish for a premium product is unacceptable. I’m not going to splash any more cash in your direction for products that imo are only 75% complete.
Now I’m off to fly it and try not to get distracted by the doors… 
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Clearly, you don’t understand development if you think Cowan is “lazy”.
It’s been stated many times that things aren’t implemented or finished because Asobo still has work to do on their end.
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I’d love to know what Asobo need to do to enable Cowan to fix the 3D modeling. Links appreciated.
So, you’re saying your only gripe is textures?
I just think it’s completely uncalled for to name-call developers who have pedigree, when you’ve got ones like MSCENERY at the forefront.
You’re just being nitpicky. It’ll get fixed. Relax.
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I love this heli and it’s diference in FM to 206 or 407.
Read about fixes here in the topic, but I am going to trust the developer and wait for their fix if it is really needed.
Cheers 
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You’re right. I see it that way too.
I note that the cockpit of the Bell 206 B3 JetRanger helicopter also needs to be repaired. I don’t plan to buy the AS 350 B3 helicopter. I’ll see if the helicopters released so far get any fixes. I love the Cowan helicopters, but the quality needs to be improved because there are a lot of bugs in the cockpit. This is unacceptable for high-end models.
I sent these errors for correction:
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That was about as good as it gets for flightsim related parody. The “BUTT” switch… 
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I understand your hesitancy to buy the AS350 on release, at least as far as this particular aspect. Most of the Cowan models have been thrifty on the polygon count. This is generally good for VR users, who are a focus for XP heli developers…but that’s a smaller and well-understood market. If it’s really important to you, the obvious suggestion would be to send your input about the modeling to Cowan directly. Josh is a really nice guy (although I’ve seen him read through stuff too quickly and have a mea culpa moment later) so I think he would be receptive to your feedback if you prefaced it politely.
But…counterpoint: Did you have any of Cowan’s releases for XP? From what I understand, he is a self-taught developer so he learns and iterates improvements across the entire lineup. He’s been good about that. I think he has also contracted some other dev(s) to help with the MSFS releases, so that might explain the need to raise capital with more products. Plenty of other people will be paying for the Squirrel when it’s out. I will say that I think the 500 flies much better than the 206, so that was a definite improvement between releases, and I hope for the same with the AS350. There was the issue with 500 cruising in a slip but the simple fix above cured the issue for me.
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Respect, that’s what I call a thorough pre-flight check
This is not specific to this helicopter, but I have the problem that the in-game animation of the cyclic does not match the real input on my stick at all (the in-game cyclic hardly moves at all, especially in roll). I have noticed that with several of the helicopters: the 407, all cowansim ones, and the HPG H145 have this issue. The Cabri and Flyinside ones show proper cyclic animations. What could cause this issue? I have no curves dead-zones etc set up (that I know of at least…) I’m in VR btw. Anybody else see this issue?
Are you talking about the animation of the cyclic in the model?
Yes. The in-model cyclic hardly moves, especially in roll.
Yes, I noticed that too. But that does not seem to be related to axes. That’s set in the model/animation.
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I spoke with Josh. He is a very nice person, helpful and responds quickly. I have a lot of respect.
I pointed out the mistakes to him several times. I asked for the repair. The answer I got was that it won’t be releasing any more patches in the near future, only later. I was disappointed by the answer. Bell 206, MD 500E also need repair. There is also a problem with the MD 500 E sound package, and the paint kit is also incorrect. There is still a lot to do with the machines, as many of you have written.
The problem is that I also reported the errors on the Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter and then it released the MD 500 E helicopter with the same errors. Why can’t you wait an extra month with the release and do it in good quality?. I do not understand.
I don’t want another helicopter. I’m waiting for a fix.
We’ll see what happens. I hope you read the forums too.
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You probably need to settle down a little my guy. I remember you calling Cockspur lazy because their marketplace release was stuck in the backlog. People can point out obvious jagged textures in a cockpit, and it can be valid. The cockpit is the #1 place 3D modelers should spend time on.
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You are absolutely right. Everything is in sight. This work is not finished as already written.
A big problem is that the helicopters are not beta tested before release.
I’ll give you an example. FLYSIMWARE’S C414AW CHANCELLOR aircraft has been under development and repair for 6 months. It was released after 3 months of testing. I think it takes time to release a good quality product.
Cowan brings the third helicopter in 3 months. This is problematic. It must be perfected first, then the new helicopter can be released. I’m not repeating myself, I already wrote…
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Who cares how fast someone releases a product? You do know things can be fixed as time goes on, right?
If you don’t think it’ll be “good”, don’t buy it.
I’ll happily buy all of Cowan Sim’s products, because so far, they’re the only ones worth it.
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