Helicopter bugs, helicopter mission bug summary, collection

[Helihun6378]

Unfortunately, there are a lot of serious bugs affecting helicopters and missions. I have collected some important issues. The development team is not working on bugs affecting helicopters at all. Please start intensive repair work by the team. Thank you on behalf of everyone!

Agricultural Mission Bugs:

Career mod / helicopter agricultural mission not playable / chemical refueling truck inaccessible due to obstacles

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Description of the issue: Career mod / helicopter agricultural mission not playable / chemical refueling truck inaccessible due to obstacles The chemical refueling truck is not accessible. You cannot land on the car with a helicopter. The vehicle is always under a tree or right next to a house or tree. If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue: Default R66, Default H125 [PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experie…

Helicopter agricultural mission field problems

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Description of the issue: Most fields selected by the algorithm are just way too small to be realistically/economically be sprayed by helicopter. This may be due to the inability to refill once the spray tank runs out, see Helicopter agricultural mission ends when out of spray instead of refilling Way too often fields have trees, houses, even big hills in the middle Seem to prefer picking fields with powerlines across or right next to them The blue field boundary markings do…

Helicopter agricultural mission ends when out of spray instead of refilling

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Description of the issue: If during an agricultural mission the helicopter runs out of spray (fertilizer, whatever it is), the mission ends and you’ll have to return to the airport. Instead, you should be able to refill using the refill truck, that’s what it is for, right, RE-fill. [PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue? Yes FREQUENCY OF ISSUE How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time o…

Sling Load Helicopter Mission Bugs:

Career helicopter hook missions deliveries - still giving unrealistic/impossible drop-off targets (Due to Steep Terrain and Tree-Covered Areas)

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Description of the issue: As of SU4 (beta release-candidate version) the helicopter hook missions still give unrealistic and (nearly?) impossible dropoff locations 50% of the time. Of course it’s supposed to be a challenge, but the current state is absolutely unrealistic. FREQUENCY OF ISSUE How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)? 30-50% of the heli cargo hook missions REPRODUCTION STEPS Please list clear steps you too…

General Helicopter Bugs:

The Dreaded Helicopter Ground Effect Bug is Back in the Needles Challenge

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Description of the issue: The helicopter ground effect bug (Helicopters jump in and out of ground effect when near raised platforms, the CFD is not calculating the drop) where the helicopter is shot up in the air hundreds of feet when crossing the edge of an elevated platform, is back in the Needles landing challenge. It is not experienced in career mode or in free flight, not even at the Needles under the same conditions as in the challenge. But it is still very, very conce…

Helicopter rotor washout / Intense dust effect, snow effect kills FPS during takeoff and landing (-15 FPS)

3 tags are required - add them in the tag section next to the title above: One for iteration (msfs-2020 or msfs-2024): 2024 One for platform (ms-store, steam, xbox, or xcloud): ms-store One for aircraft (start typing in your aircraft name in the tag section and pick correct option): Helicopter ISSUE DESCRIPTION Description of the issue: Helicopter rotor downwash / dust effect, snow effect kills FPS during takeoff and landing (-30 FPS) In dusty, snowy environments, the dust and snow effect i…

The dust-snow effect created by the helicopter rotor does not work properly. The effect is continuous even after landing, it does not disappear

The dust-snow effect created by the helicopter rotor does not work properly. The effect is continuous even after landing, it does not disappear. ISSUE DESCRIPTION A serious problem is that the dust-snow effect effect is constantly present, while the helicopter has already landed and is parked on the ground with the engine running, or is waiting for takeoff in a grassy, rocky, or dirt area. The effect can only appear!!!, if the pitch angle of the rotor blades exceeds 0 degrees in the positive …

Helicopter problems:

H125

H125 Cargo Mirror Way Too Big

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Description of the issue: The bigger (IRL likely movable, heated) cargo mirror is unrealistically big, obscuring the pilot’s view unnecessarily. If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue: H125 [PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue? Yes FREQUENCY OF ISSUE Always REPRODUCTION STEPS Start a flight with the H125 Cargo version Look at the helicopter YOUR SETTINGS What peripherals are you using,…

H125 helicopter SAR -HOIST mission: SAR Hoist Rope Not Disappearing After Cabin Door Closure

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Description of the issue: Mission Type: SAR Hoist / Rescue Issue Type: Visual / Animation Bug During SAR hoist missions using the H125 helicopter, after the missing or injured person is successfully hoisted into the cabin, the hoist rope does not retract or disappear correctly. Once the cabin door is closed, a section of the rope remains visibly hanging from the hoist assembly, even though the rescue subject is already inside the aircraft. If applicable, which aircraft is …

Bell UH 1

SAR-HOIST mission / Incorrect Door and Missing Hoist During Hoist Rescue Operation on the Microsoft UH1 Helicopter

SAR-HOIST mission / Incorrect Door and Missing Hoist During Hoist Rescue Operation on the Microsoft UH1 Helicopter ISSUE DESCRIPTION Description of the issue: After the helicopter arrives at the rescue location and initiates the hoist procedure to pick up the injured person, the pilot-side front door opens instead of the rear cabin door where the hoist operator is located. Because the correct rear door does not open, the hoist operator cannot deploy the hoist out of the helicopter side. As a…

Huey Heat Blur in wrong location

ISSUE DESCRIPTION Exhaust heat blur shows on left front of fuselage instead of from the exhaust pipe. FREQUENCY OF ISSUE always REPRODUCTION STEPS start any flight with the Huey YOUR SETTINGS If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub. No mods, clean community folder What peripherals are you using, if relevant: [PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it? no. …