Heli loosing altitude over oil rig platform?

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It’s happening consistently so I know it’s not a one off. When approaching a platform on an oil rig everything is going fine but as soon as the heli is over the platform it gets “sucked” down hard on to the platform. I expect that it would ballon up due to the sudden ground effect but the opposite keeps happening. I am not lowering the collective when this happens and need to add more and quick. I just don’t understand the physics behind this. Any heli pilots here that can explain what is happening? Is it a bug in the msfs physics? I did not notice this until my landings started getting better and I’m trying to improve them even more.

Thanks, LouP

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Well…What helicopter are you flying?

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Cowansim Bell 206L3, Cowansim R66, and the new Inibuilds Westland. All three behaved the same. I was landing into the wind (per the windsock) on the oil rigs in the North Sea sold by Aerosoft.

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It is this issue: [Helicopter] Abrupt induced yaw when flying over edge of elevated helipad

Something with the Asobo heli flight model. The Fly Inside choppers do not do this.

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That topic says the problem has been resolved as of SU15. If so, why am I still experiencing an issue? Are updates required from the developers?

LouP

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It says that, but it hasn’t really – as the problem was worse before, so it is IMPROVED but not fixed IMO. Look at the last post:

“There is still a noticeable transition” ← I think this is what you are describing.

The higher above SEA LEVEL that the new surface / ledge is, the worse the effect. It is totally weird.