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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being best), how do you rate the Flight Model and Aircraft Systems?
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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being best), how do you rate the Interior and Exterior Graphics?
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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being best), how do you rate the Audio and Aircraft Sounds?
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On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being best), how do you rate your Overall Enjoyment of this aircraft?
My first few flights in the R66 have been surprisingly satisfying. Iâm still working out hardware settings, but I just had a very pleasant VR experience with the new Robinson.
I was tempering my expectations for default aircraft in the new sim, but there is a surprising amount of depth in the flight model. Torque is requiring pedal input to maintain heading consistent with my experience in the real thing. I was most happy about cruising at neutral pedal position and even requiring right pedal input during decel/descent.
With the spray variant at ~90% useful load you need a hefty amount of left pedal to pickup into a hover. Yaw movement with helicopters in VR has been smoothed out and I had a ton of fun doing quick return to target reversals at the end of a nearby field.
After some hiccups, which lets all be honest, were more than expected, MSFS2024 is off to a good start impressing me with the updated performance and features.
Im 20 Hour in on my helicopter license in a Robinson 44. And i feel the flightmodel is really good in the R66 compared to real life.
you really need to disable all the default curves on the joystick and remove all helps also for it to be acurate.
One thing is that you need alot of more right pedal when you drop the collective fast or doing auto rotation, so thats not really accurate. But still ok.
On Behalf of my friend who actually flies R44 and R66, the Ground effect is too strong. Itâs too strong in general for all helicopters and for each model the effect isnât different. He say the effect is felt at the distance of the diameter of your rotor blades 5-10-20 meters below your airframe. Currently it all feels the same regardless of the diameter of your rotor blades, and is too strong vs IRL. Approaching a building top as example, the effect blows you upwards with too much force.
I actually like the R66 seems to handle nicely (with all heli assists off). One very minor UI annoyance is that it does not show up if you search for it on the âAll Aircraftâ filter on the aircraft selection screen, other helicopters do. It only shows up under âHelicoptersâ. I initially thought I didnât have it installed because of this.
The torque isnât as âinstantâ on the R66 as it is on the R44. The hard left yaw when you drop the collective or cut the throttle on the R22/R44 isnât as pronounced with the turbine in the R66.
Naturally I cannot select the Helicopters category without suffering a crash (gee do I feel like a beta tester).
And Naturally typing â66â under the All category lists ⊠well ⊠no R66. Same for R.
In fact methodically scrolling through the entire collection of aircraft doesnât (always) list the R66.
Once in a while I am lucky and find it. Most of the time I am not. Currently on hour #4 trying to just fly the R66. Come on devs, this is turning into an embarrassing joke (parts of 2024 are really great, parts of it is just plain shockingly stupid).