Taog’s Hangar, creator of the wonderful SA316B Alouette III, has released the new SA315B Lama as payware on flightsim.to I will be away from my PC for another week so I cannot test it yet, but feedback on Discord is very positive: Taog's Hangar - Community Discord As expected for a light helicopte…

This aircraft has made me buy softer springs for my WH Hotas stick. It’s a handful. There is no taking a sip from your drink while flying this. Or looking at a map to figure out how to approach a runway. Or even making a call to ATC.

[image] QBziZ: Or even making a call to ATC. haha yeah indeed! This is a different sort of ATC here. “I’m At The Controls!”

[image] QBziZ: Remember to engage the gyro servo on the top circuit breaker panel. A huge difference in stability. That breaker is for the gyro compass, nothing to do with handling.

Ok. I could have sworn it was more stable. I will test some more later. If I remember correctly there is a similar button on the Fouga, above the battery. If you don’t switch that on, the plane is very unstable.

All in all, I love this bird. Amazing little machine. However, if you try to fly this with default joystick setup, you are in for a world of hurt. Personally, for my Warthog stick, I went with -65% sensitivity on all axes. Also I finally got around to assigning the collective axes on the joystick…

I put together a quick video on the new Lama. Spoiler…It’s spectacular! [image] Taog's Hangar SA315B Lama in the Idaho Backcountry! Videos & Streams Hi All. Just a quick spin and my initial thoughts on the new Lama at McCall Municipal KMYL. https://youtu.be/xvl6Ure6170 …

I finally gave in an reverted to the easy flight model. But actually…, I did not notice that much difference. It felt pretty much the same.

V1.1 released FM UPDATES Smooth out certain behaviors of the V1.0 and listen to the feedback of real Lama pilots who kindly stepped forward after the release to give me their feelings. Here are the main changes More stable forward flight above 50knts Easier to achieve cruising speed Hover sensib…

Great update, this FM is much more pleasant than the first :wink: - I’m not a real pilot, but I have over 5000 hours of flying experience with RC helicopters and you can deduce the flight behavior to a certain extent from that - excellent work - congratulations :+1: :beers:

For those that want to know how to operate the pitch/weight computer. Image from Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama - History and technical description - Heli Archive [image] I will try to translate as best I can. [image] Turn the wheel of the computer to match up the outside temperature with the press…

Taog's Hangar SA315B Lama released

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belatu42 November 21, 2023, 8:34pm 12

I put together a quick video on the new Lama. Spoiler…It’s spectacular!