Hey all,
I don’t suppose there is a real world EC135 pilot in the room?
The left anti-torque authority seems way underpowered in all phases of flight, right works reasonably well, but you can’t get the thing to respond left unless you really bury your boot in it.
At low speed and hover this makes it a really hard one to handle. I have some difficulty believing this is realistic behavior. Also, does it have no trim on this axis? I’ve tried everything and I find myself having to keep an awful lot of left foot on it. I know to expect to be working the pedals with all heli’s this one just seems rather dead in this axis.
I don’t have this trouble with other rotorcraft in MSFS2024, its really this one.
You are not alone in your observations.
Fortunately, the default 407 from the same developer gives one hope that the 135 may be one or two updates away from being a helicopter addon that can be enjoyed.
NOTE: It does have “rudder” authority, but it feels more like the addon amplifys weathervaning x3. I only flew this addon once because of the “tail rotor” contol difficulty near ground effect and low airspeeds. It might fly as expected in zero winds however. I’m sticking with the 407 for default choices for now though.
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It’s been quite a few years since I flew the T1 so my memory will cloud my judgement. I flew T1 for around 3000 hours before T"2, P2 and P2i etc.
However, my recollection is that the T1 was quite lively in yaw, particularly nervous when hovering out of wind. After flying a 10 hour police night shift on a gusty night you’d know about it in the legs, knees and ankles.
The T2 or P2 would in my opinion be a better choice with their feet off heading stability control.
The sim aircraft is a fair start, but there’s room for a lot of development in fuselage shape and textures, sounds, flight model and systems.
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The 407 when released didnt even have a left rudder!
And after having patched that… nothing else has changed with the 407, its still horrible! Even in 2024!
And the ec135 has the same FM!
These two doesnt have anything close to any sort or real fm!
And with nemeth track record it will never improve!
Since I replied to the original post, I took up the 407 again. Something has changed in the last month. Control inputs have become digitally responsive as oppossed to smooth. It is no longer as controllable as it was for the brief period I actually enjoyed it.
The yaw effects everyone complained about now affect small “normal” cyclic inputs as well.
Indeed, the EC135 flight model and the 407 now behave similarly - the 407 is slightly less enjoyable, but still controllable. I must not like AFCS helicopters. I just don’t like flying the EC135, or the Hype H145/H160 helicopters though.