Please use this thread to provide general feedback and impressions about this aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. For all bug reports, please create a new topic (or upvote an existing topic) in the Aircraft & Systems section of the forums. Please use the full bug report template when creating a new bug report.
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Question, has anyone figured out how to use the waterdrop system on the aircraft? Tried looking for buttons in the cockpit and key bindings to start and drop the snorkel, but no luck so far. This thing is a blast to fly, but would be amazing with the waterdrop system working!
I asked the dev in the linked topic but haven’t received an answer yet.
I don’t think it’s working at the moment. I couldn’t find any kind of mappable buttons for it and thoroughly searched the cockpit. Can’t get it to work
At this stage, and since the first instal of 2024, I have no Audio (interior or exterior) in any version of the S-64F. C&D start or Running Start both are silent.
I’m using the Game Pass, Standard Edition on PC.
It doesn’t work. I reported it as a bug but was also told MS left that feature out on purpose. Even though they advertise it in the opening video and include a “Firefighting” version.
I wish the lifting and water drop features worked in free flight as well…
I looked into it a little bit and got the same answers on Blackbird’s discord.
Then I posted a major rant about helicopters not being included in firefighting here on the forums.
How can I make this plane stop spinning to the right all the time? I set up yaw trim and longitude trim but they don’t help. When I apply pressure to left yaw to fight the right turn tendency, the plane reacts super quick and started to rotate left right away. I currently have all assists on and I use hotas 1. Is there any keybind I can do to help this? Thanks!
It seems like the assists do not function correctly/if at all for this aircraft. On Xbox with a controller it is impossible to fly and you can not get it into a stable hover to do cargo missions. Also if you skip to takeoff during a mission, the wheel chocks are still attached to the wheels somehow…
My question is if you could fly it from the 2:nd seat (pod) as you do in the real thing.
In the real thing the copilot fly the aircraft from the pod and have limited controls. He is the one who steer the aircraft when they pickup and drop the cargo.
The sim need somehow reverse the controls when flying from the pod as you sit backwards.
If we are able to do that it’s going to be much easier to do heavy lifting with it.
This is the most frustrating helicopter to fly. It constantly spins, even with assistants on, it’s impossible to get into a stable hover. 1/10. Never touching aerial construction missions again.
Thrustmaster TCA Airbus edition. Works fine for normal helicopters. My experience was similar to this YouTubers experience with aerial contruction missions - www youtube com/watch?v=VioPBbGBZj4
I’m in Xbox with full hotas t.flight kit. It works excellent for me. Hover super stable I would say it’s the easiest helicopter to hover for me.
It would be amazing if they could make the controls go reverse when changing view to the pod. I tried flying from the pod with my joystick turned 180 degrees. Not ideal have to turn it when flying.
I haven’t tried the helicopter in career mode and maybe it’s a bug that it flies different in career. Career mode have so many strange bugs happening so I wouldn’t be surprised if it flies worse.
Can Asobo look at at least giving us the ability to use the firefighting equipment on this helo? I find it rather irritating one of the biggest purpose built firefighting helicopters in this sim is basically useless to even practice hover fills or ram snorkel runs in it. I guess Blackbird has said the snorkels and water tank functionality isn’t on them, but Asobo/Microsoft. So can we get an idea when we can get functionality for at least doing basic things with the firefighting version except just bopping around looking cool? I know making missions for it will take time, but at least let us fly the thing in free flight and practice with the pond snorkel and the ram snorkel.
I think its broken now in Sim Update 1. I finally unlock the heavy cargo with heli, but i cant start the S-64F now. Before i took the exam for the heli, but now i tried again, and there is a same issue. After the ignition, the rotor start spinning slowly, but i cant handle the throttle with the collective, nothing happens…
Great helicopter, though I noticed the following on Xbox:
It would be nice the trim to be a little more responsive, seems way too slow.
The cyclic has an effect on helicopter movement when the rotor is spinning slowly.
The N1 levers have some erratic behavior on the main rotor. Sometimes the rotor is overreving, other times it stays very low or it does nothing at the same N1 rotation. This happens when starting from cold and dark as well as with the engines running.
Thanks, keep up the good work.
