[UPDATE v1.4 - 07.26.21] Airbus H135 Helicopter | Hype Performance Group With Developer David Amenta

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Airbus H135 v0.83 is now up on Flightsim.to! If you haven’t already, please give us a 5 star review!

• Animated torque pedals.
• Added analog compass.
• Added a number of detail elements to the cockpit.
• Added fire extinguisher.
• Added euronav control panels, keyboard outlets (inop).
• Fixed engine control panel texture.
• Upgrade lower radio, AP, systems panels between Capt and FO seats.
• Install carpet.
• Fix texture on base of cyclic.
• Add emergency annunciations / engine control panel (inop).
• Collective control animation now works on the ground with engines IDLE or OFF.
• D-HECB is now the default livery
• Switch added to overhead panel to remove the windshield in rain to prevent glitching

Download: Airbus H135 Helicopter Project » Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Airbus H135 v0.84 is now up on Flightsim.to! Leave us a 5 star review!

• Fix subtle pitch/yaw connection bug.
• Enable turning off the front and middle doors.
• Faster power up self test.
• Overhead switches fixed, textures added, all switches have an accurate label.
• You may now add a configurable png image for each livery which shows up under the standby attitude indicator. Edit /html_ui/UserImages/User1.png which is used on every livery.
• AP ALT hold is less likely to oscillate.
• Autorotation drag reduced. Less ‘nose down’ to maintain speed. More glide.
• Moved many unrealistic settings and options to the CONFIG page on the tablet
• You may now open all 6 doors individually, see the doors page
• Tablet now has AP page for AP functions
• Tablet now has SPOT Light page
• Tablet now has DOORS page
• Tablet now has LIGHTS page (duplicated from Overhead panel, for VR users)
• Removed tablet/GTN MFD Home/PFD Home, all flight planning and PFD stuff is under “Flight”
• MISC page removed, all functions are now on tablet
• Battery/Avionics switches moved to the overhead
• MISC page now has a baggage compartment “camera”
• Add a basic GPU model
• Ground Trajectory Command Hover. Hold a GPS position. Engage on AP page.
• Fixed audio arrows overlapping EFB on tablet/GTN
• Add various state triggers to Tablet CONFIG page (engines off, ready for takeoff, cold & dark, fail engines in flight)
• Add main display shrouding
• Fix EPU plug showing after engine start
• Fix EPU staying connected in the air
• Dirty footprints removed from interior carpet
• Various other textures fixed
• Add BARO softkey (activate + use knob to tune) to FND
• Fixed Minimums display on FND
• Magenta ball is behind green ball when in GTC.H. Marks the target position.
• Update documentation
• Upgrade antitorque pedals to a much higher quality version by @GBZH35
• Add an offline EFB
• Add a warning for left click on ENG switches

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Airbus H135 v0.90 is now up on Flightsim.to! Leave us a 5 star review!

• COPILOT IS BACK! Ben may be toggled on or off by clicking the seatbelt straps
• PILOT model is also available by clicking on the CAPT’s seat buckle
• EICAS messages “light up” when appearing, and the ACK button dismisses them
• Add warnings tests: LAMPS, FIRE 1 and FIRE 2
• Add a rear overhead view, add GEN 1, GEN 2 and EPU switches to rear overhead
• Add fuel prime pumps (to be used during startup only)
• New (WIP) overhead panel and textures
• Add many new EICAS messages (Battery, Starter, IDLE, FUEL PRIME, GEN DISCONNECTED, MFD/Avionics overheat)
• Add ROTOR BRAKE (engages Parking Brake, does not currently slow down rotor)
• Parking brake removed from Config page
• Flight model: Tweak yaw acceleration for smoother takeoff in Advanced mode
• Flight Model: Boost ETL
• Flight Model: Ground effect is now relative to density altitude
• Update normal procedures on offline EFB
• Change BEACON to ACOL light
• Change NAV to POS light
• CONFIG: You may now remove the middle row of seats on the table Config page
• CONFIG: Add Visible EPU toggle to hide EPU model when inapplicable
• Fix collective texture (partially anyway)
• Fix carpet/map overlap on CAPTs side
• Fix FO’s cyclic stand bracket being missing
• Make the “internal Ariel ;)” spin sideways
• Remove taxi light (not realistic)
• Removed unused buttons on the main MFDs
• Add NR HI mode for increased performance (rotor RPM will not show greater than 100% yet)
• VMS engine instruments won’t go Orange/XX anymore
• Rear tablet is now toggled by clicking directly below where it appears (the console between the seats)
• Rear doors now have clickspots (just above the doors)
• Emergency lights switch added
• Ready For Takeoff config option will now set barometric pressure to the local setting.
• Edit camera pilot view position (better for VR)
• Add thumbnail.jpg for content manager

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Hi everyone! Airbus H135 v0.91 is now up on Flightsim.to! If you haven’t already, please give us a 5 star review

• Windshield: Glitching in rain and fog is fixed
• Windshield: Rain effects are now enalbed
• High precision GTC.H. Hold position in a 0.5m box even with wind gusts up to 40kt
• Door positions are no longer synced across all H135s in multiplayer
• Sun visors installed (click overhead to toggle, or configure in the tablet)
• Pitot tubes installed
• Adjust various bolts on the top of the hull so they are visible, adjust skid cutting into hull
• New livery: Airbus H135 Norsk Luftambulanse
• Overhead panel: Add STANDBY BATTERY (activate along with main battery)
• Overhead, add other switches (power inverter, DC power outlets, fuzz burn, air conditioning)
• Added panel light to overhead
• Cockpit color is now darker
• Rear seat color adjusted
• Rotor cap is now glossy
• You may now use left click on the MFD knob when in BARO mode to set STD pressure
• You may now click the spotlight in the cockpit to toggle cabin lights
• Removed unusable switches from OH
• Disable rotor mast animation (incorrect)
• Adjust the captains seatbelt clickspot
• Fix EPU texture flickering
• Fix unmapped EPU texture
• Add collective pitch animation to main rotor
• Fix many rotor animation bugs
• Fixed texture on grills (left, right, top) on the hull
• Add Tools folder (link to paint kit, link to efbconnect, livery upgrade kit to repair “white cockpit”, user setup package)
• Reduce AP trying to restore an attitude prior to a different AP mode being selected (avoid it killing you, sorry - still more to do!)
• Restrict EPU visibility to fuel valve open or aircraft in the air
• GTN750 “map interlock” to prevent CTDs. Once you activate GTN750 you will not be able to open more maps, DMAP and NAVD pages will be black.

Download:Airbus H135 Helicopter Project » Microsoft Flight Simulator

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Airbus H135 v0.92 is now up on Flightsim.to! Please leave us a 5 star review!

PLEASE NOTE THIS RELEASE INCLUDES NEW REQUIRED PROCEDURES*

• NEW: PRIME pumps MUST be used during startup!

• NEW: XFER pumps MUST be used during flight!

• NEW: AVIO 1&2 MUST be used furing flight!

• NEW: External parts like the end plates+tailfin, wire cutters and multiple radome and skid settler options. See the paintkit for more info. These new parts are ready for repaints. Small changes have been made to increase the quality and reduce the texture size of H135 textures. For this reason, liveries will need to be updated for 0.92. The paintkit includes instructiosn and may be downloaded at: Airbus H135 Paint Kit » Microsoft Flight Simulator

• Flight Model: Adjustments to torque, power and ETL

• Flight Model: Adjusted ground contact to more accurately reflection ground interactions with various collective and cyclic settings

• Flight model: scale power with tail rotor blade pitch

• Add DOOR OPEN message back to message list

• GTC.H will now manage collective (RA / Altitude hold)

• Revert to old rotor disc blur which was causing problems for some VR users

• More AP fixes to prevent an unexpected pitch or roll when engaging

• Remove Landing Gear flight model buttons (for Honeycomb Bravo users who need to unmap these keys to fly H135)

• Adjust drag (make it easier to slow down / quick stop)

• Tablet is now usable when the battery is dead or BATT MSTER is not on (C&D)

• Rain sound effects enhanced, position adjusted

• Added a damage sound when exceeding 130 degrees (metal on metal, ouch)

• Rotor state (off, starting, ground idle, flight) no longer be synced between players in multiplayer. Each H135 should show an accurate and unique state for each player.

• Adjust night lighting: LANDING (head/hull) light is now emissive.

• NAV/POS lights are now emissive, added glass caps. Extended to be compatible with both H135 and EC135 external part configurations

• Strobe lights now alternate between right nad left sides instead of flashing on both sides at once

• Placard is now is now on when C&D, and is no longer emissive. (Edit panel.cfg if you prefer emission)

• Doors are now always closed when in menu/hangar

• New sound: EPU (sensitive to door positions)

• New sound: ambient outdoor day/night

• New sound: avionics fan

• New sound: Air Conditioning

• EPU switch removed from OH panel, click EPU or EPU cable to connect/disconnect

• Add day/night ambient sounds for when doors are open

• Backlight analog compass when powered on at night

• Added AFCS Failure. AP is unavailable. EICAS and master warning indications are present when in flight model L4

• Fuel system now more closely matches EC135 configuration with one main tank and 2 supply tanks, as well as an AUX tank. Note the AUX tank is slow to drain into MAIN

• PRIME pumps are required for C&D start

• LOW FUEL 1/2, LOW FUEL MAIN indications added and corrected

• Add CARGO SMOKE to master warnings

• Add registration name plates above MFDs (this matches what is configured in the ATC menu)

• Avionics 1 & 2 switches are now functional

• Cabin lights 1 (rear pax), 2 and 3 are spot lights

• CLICK the spot lights behind pilots to activate cockpit lights

• NVG (green) panel lighting

• Added panel brightness dimmer knob to overhead, next to INSTR LIGHT

• PITOT HTG 1 & 2 now functional

• PITOT HEAT OFF message returned to message list

• APCP (autopilot control panel, between the seats) buttons added to control flight mode, A.TRIM, BACKUP SAS, AP1, AP2. Remove all amber OFFs for BASIC flight. Disable ATRIM only for ADVANCED flight.

• MFD power buttons have green LEDs now

• Performance: fire panel no longer uses 2x screens

• TRQ values are now more accurate

• You may now use the g key (Toggle Landing Gear) to toggle GTC.H engage/disengage (when available/engaged)

• TRQ no longer rises until engine light off (the rotor will still spin too early for now)

• TRQ will balance the load to one engine when OEI

• Weight stations calculations on VMS page fixed (copilot now has weight, baggage has weight)

• Add logic such that supply tanks will flow into the center tank when high nose down attitude and XFER pumps off

• Increase the animation speed for switches, doors.

• Automatic engine start is removed, xfer pumps won’t come on automatically before flight now

• You must bring both engines into IDLE then one into FLIGHT, or use Ctrl+E to conduct a manually triggered auto start

• Adjust cockpit textures in rear cabin

• Adjust exterior textures

• Adjust external lighting caps

• Remove small engine from search light

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Airbus H135 v0.93 is now up on Flightsim.to! Please leave us a 5 star review!

• Fix APCP inverted emissive button text
• Fix doors-off text in AIRCRAFT page
• Minor flight model tweaks around torque and power
• Rotor brake is hidden by default (AIRCRAFT page to turn it on)
• Speculative “replay mode” toggle added
• Sun visor/shades will be OFF by default when starting a flight at night
• Screen brightness will be dimmer when starting a flight at night
• Removed unused knobs on overhead panel
• Removed MISC page / baggage “camera”
• Removed other pages on CAPT MFD only
• Adjusted textures for copper on rotor mast, and door handle position against the hull
• Cleaned up AIRCRAFT page visuals
• Enabled AIRCRAFT page on lower MFDs (GTNs) again
• Parts should no longer flicker when in the hangar
• Adjust TRQ so 2x69 has more power
• Adjust ICAO and other config designations to play more nicely with Volanta etc

Photo Credit: flyingPierrephoto68

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When: Friday, May 28th at 1PM EST, 6PM BST, ZULU 17:00

Flight Plan: VFR tour of the Harbor of Rio de Janeiro - flight plan available from Flightsim.to

Voice & Text Chat: The official Hype Performance Group Discord server

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This Thursday the 27th, Hype Performance Group will release the 1.0 update for our Airbus H135 helicopter.

In celebration of this release we will be holding our first ever community group flight event the following day in collaboration with one of our favorite content creators, RotorSimPilot.

Taking part of this group flight will give you the chance to meet new pilots, learn new skills from RotorSimPilot and ask our development team any questions you may have. Let’s all also take this opportunity to give our thanks to Dave for close to 4 months of non-stop communication, community interaction and development updates.

With over 200K downloads we hope we can make this one of largest and most fun events that the Microsoft Flight Simulator community has seen so far! As always, thanks for your support!

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Hi everyone! Airbus H135 v1.0 is now up on Flightsim.to! If you haven’t already, please give us a 5 star review!

In our screenshots you can see that the H135 now has an EFB that is capable of displaying a web browser or a screen capture from one of your computer’s displays.

This feature requires a bit of advanced setup and we want to walk users through the process as well as take your feedback - the files necessary to run the EFB are exclusive to our Discord members for this reason.

You can join our Discord channel at https://discord.gg/dUNDGb2Z7c

Full 1.0 changelog below:

• Fixes for SU4: Contact points were causing crashing, skids will be sunk while we work this out
• Fixes for SU4: ALT works fine again
• AFCS: Changed to represent the real H135
• AFCS: Many changes to prevent jerky control
• AFCS: ALT and HDG modes will always acquire the current reference when engaging
• FLIGHT MODE and APCP are no longer coupled. Use your preferred mode (L1-L3) and the systems will work identically.
• Added BEEP TRIM (see hotkeys)
• GTC.H will now hold heading
• Updated sounds
• Do not exceed ENG TRQ value of 130% or you will get an ENG CHIP message. Land Immediately and clear the message using FUZZ BURN.
• You may now click the interior FRONT door handles to open/close the doors (in addition to the front struts)
• Fuel gauge levels will now show RED when very low
• new messages on the message list that are yellow or red will have a GONG sound
• FND adjusted to more accurately reflect H135
• TRIM RELEASE binding added (momentary/hold switch, optional to use instaed of AUTOPILOT MASTER binding)
• Remove TORQUE and ROTOR trim - these are not realistic features and have been replaced by AFCS modes
• Remove AP page from tablet
• ALT and HDG “knobs” are now on the APCP (between the seats) (or better: use beep trim)
• OBS1 and OBS2 softkeys are now on the FND page, once the bearing has been selected
• Added ALT button and green ON emissive to APCP (use this to toggle ALT)
• Adjust VMS dial needles / ranges
• CPL/DCPL now engages/disengages NAV, not engages/disengages AP
• GTC indications on tablet changed, added to mode strip
• Tablet home page now shows BEEP TRIM positions
• Tablet home page has BEEP TRIM soft buttons for those without key bindings
• Adjust HDG/NAV tracking
• Fix a bug that caused all scroll events to be lost for MFD knobs and brightness knobs
• Track VOR/LOC with NAV mode
• Remove “strut” click points for doors (use only the handle now)
• Remove the vertical seatbelt from the F/O clickspot, so you can click the F/O’s door handle
• Add a full screen dialog to the tablet that indicates that the collective has not yet been moved, and which bindings to use
• ALT hold now has a provision for larger angles when further from the setpoint altitude
• Aircraft page will now show doors off as all open
• Remove unused airplane services
• both GTNs to FLIGHT by default now (can still go home for AP)
• Add MANY new hotkeys - see tools\KEY BINDINGS.txt
• Upgrade liveries to 8k: POLICE, NAVY, SAMU, SKY HEALTH
• Partial fix for VR Focus / zoom
• Enable 2x GTN750 (and all other maps)
• Remove collective lock
• Fix bug with NR HI during autorotation

Download: Airbus H135 Helicopter Project

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Hi everyone! Airbus H135 v1.3 is now up on Flightsim.to! If you haven’t already, please give us a 5 star review!

In our screenshots you can see that the H135 now has an EFB that is capable of displaying a web browser or a screen capture from one of your computer’s displays.

This feature requires a bit of advanced setup and we want to walk users through the process as well as take your feedback - the files necessary to run the EFB are exclusive to our Discord members for this reason.

You can join our Discord channel at https://discord.gg/dUNDGb2Z7c

Full V1.3 changelog below:

• Flight Model: Fix “yaw jitter” at high speeds (over 40kts when hand flying)
• Flight Model: Reduce yaw authority at speed
• Flight Model/AFCS: Adjust turn coordination at speed
• Flight Model: Flying backwards will now be more likely to yaw due to the uneven relative wind
• Severe MGB damage when flying inverted is back
• Placards are now on all default liveries
• Fixed EISI baro knob (now two systems)
• Add a safety disclaimer
• In multiplayer, you will now see H135 instead of EC35 for other players
• Fix text on loading screen (“flight model” etc.)
• NR HI will now work when under AP
• NR HI will disengage over 60kts (NOTE: unlike RL, it will not re-engage!)
• NR HI will now show 104% NR on PFD/VMD
• Landing gear warning should be suppressed now
• ETL (effective transitional lift) is now correctly calculated based on wind vector
• ETL is now omnidirectional (you can enter ETL when flying sideways)
• MSFS hotkeys “Increase VOR1 OBS” and “Decrease VOR1 OBS” will now work for H135 (not other aircraft, Asobo seem to have not implemented this fully). VOR1 and VOR2.
• Add a hotkey for cycle flight mode. See tools\KEY BINDINGS.txt
• Basic/initial implementation of RBS (retreating blade stall) (don’t exceed 150 kts or you will experience severe instability)
• Speed tape adjusted to show static VNE, removed yellow/green/white zones

Download now: Airbus H135 Helicopter Project

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JOIN OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/dUNDGb2Z7c

If you’re not on our Discord you’re missing out on our dev builds like this one that just went out!

Since version 1.3, this build adds:

• NEW ROTOR: AeroLynx has spent quite some time over the past weeks to rebuild the rotor and rotor animations. This work is finally ready to show, but will still need tweaking and tuning. Only the most basic effects are implemented so far.

• Rotor blades updated with new details, trim tabs, etc.

• Rotor blades bend down when powered off.

• Rotor blur in 3 stages for higher rotor rpm.

• NOTE: Liveries will need an update! Inbox liveries have been reset to the default yellow tipped rotor for now: CLI4D CORP NAVY SAMU SKYHEALTH.

• GTN750 will now be automatically loaded on the lower 2 screens if installed.

• L:TOGGLE_DOOR_OFF and L:WINDSHIELD_DISABLE will now work from UserSetup.

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Hi everyone!

Development of our H145 is is moving ahead at a great pace, but we haven’t forgotten about our H135! A new update has just been released to Flightsim.to - if you haven’t already please leave us a 5 star review

Airbus H135 v1.4 changelog:

• NEW ROTOR. Featuring: blade bending effects when at rest and under load in the air, trim tabs, updated blurred effects.
• Rotor will now spin more smoothly in flight and slowly at max speed.
• The pms50 GTN750 will now be automatically loaded on the lower 2 screens if installed.
• Flight model: RBS (retreating blade stall, experienced when overspeeding) is now only on Advanced mode
• Flight model: Increase pedal authority for Basic/Xbox flight modes
• Flight model: Fixes for stuttering/bad performance
• Flight model: Autorotation changes around looking at N2
• Flight model: reduce yaw kick at lower speeds
• Increase the size of the clock on the FND page
• Update thumbnails for default liveries
• Updates to default liveries

Photo Credit: AndreasR

Download now: Airbus H135 Helicopter Project » Microsoft Flight Simulator