VERSION: BETA 1.2.8

**IMPORTANT PLEASE READ BEFORE DOWNLOADING THIS PRODUCT**

1. YOU WILL NEED TO BE RUNNING AIRLAND FS to Fly this Helicopter - download the latest version from flightsim.to
2. There is an installation video linked to this download
3. You are downloading a product that is 25% complete at BETA release stage. 75% of this helicopter will not function. Please do not report this as an issue - we already know and are working on it!
4. If you have ANY Control Issues please create a NEW DEFAULT PROFILE for your JOYSTICK & CONTROLS
5. As only 25% of the helicopter is functional our procedures for start and shutdown etc are SIMPLIFIED
6. Please read the manual before requesting new features or asking a question - it really helps the community
7. For HELP & SUPPORT go to the RSP DISCORD - we are unable to provide support on the review section of Flightsim.to
8. Clicking DOWNLOAD assumes you have read this and accept that MSFS2020 does not support helicopters and that this is a BETA product only 25% complete.
9. Now we have all that out of the way - get those doors off, floats on and HAVE SOME FUN!

Introduction

This project is a community build from RSP (Rotor Sim Pilot) with the flight model provided by Fred Naar of AirlandFS.

Please be respectful that this is an BETA release product, a community project and approx 8% complete. A full roadmap of coming features and modifications can be found within the guide provided as part of the download.
Thank you to all of the team who have spent their spare unpaid time to
build. Please encourage and be thankful if you enjoy this product. This product is not affiliated to Robinson Helicopters or any other brands that may be mentioned.
The product has not been created to annoy you and will not be for
everyone. Lifetime free refunds are available for anybody who does not enjoy flying this model. Simply uninstall and maybe come back when we are further on in the journey.
We want to get you up into the virtual skies as soon as possible so please take a moment to read the following guide as installation will be different from other freeware
products.
The product is being designed by pilots, R44 owners and operators, developers, simmers, modellers and amazing people, let us know if you want to be
involved

About the Robinson R44 Raven II Helicopter

The four-seat Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter is a high performing, reliable machine that is easy to maintain. R44s have a two-bladed rotor system, T-bar cyclic and the latest in Robinson technology including streamlined instrument panels and crashworthy bladder fuel tanks.
The R44's aerodynamic fuselage optimizes airspeed and fuel
economy. Hydraulic controls eliminate feedback forces and provide responsive handling. A low tail-rotor tip speed, newly designed muffler and large cambered tail reduce flyover noise.
Raven II helicopters are powered by Lycoming's IO-540 fuel injected
engine. The IO-540 delivers better altitude performance, increased payload and eliminates the need for carburetor heat.

Is this project dead? I know Rotor Sim Pilot said that someone else will take over but there were no updates ever since (almost half a year now).

1 years ago

Jigsaw407

Please update the camera.cfg file, all the hat views, and CTRL view keys, are set for the back seat...

SpYdR

I love so much this helicopter, you can't imagine. My favorite one and with the sound pack, WOUAH, like a real one. Thanks a lot.

AVCORP

Excellent addon that has earned it's place on the must-have list.

JustAGlitch

@ rotorsimpilot,

Don't forget to update the version number in the manifest.json file.

Here it shows version number 1.2.8, but shows 0.1.0 in the manifest.

Excellent heli...thank you.

2 years ago

lawlegge

I have all the helicopters for msfs and this by far is the best handling, most fun to fly one of thr bunch. My go to for sure. I love exploring and getting super close to points of interest that yoy simply can't do with an airplane.

donnelly177

Good job

YusufWardana

This is my go to rotor at the moment. It's small, agile and running at 90% on FS, great fun for those "hand brake" turns! Convincing flight model without too much rudder kick when transitioning from stationary. Thank you guys!

Pagey69

Very nice model and flies in a very convincing way! Thank you so much, keep up this and your other works!

adler58

A great mod, lots of fun. In the manual it suggests using the easiest setting on Airland FS, is this necessary? I'd prefer to use it on the harder setting if possible.

jrodshibuya

Very nice little helicopter. The few issues are rather small and certainly to be expected when in Beta. Some payware is released with more problems than this has. If don't want to use the 750 has the option to remove by clicking the side of the compass, a great feature to give users flexibility! Radios are a bid difficult to use, not sure if it's also a problem for actual R44 pilots which would make these issues realistic. 😊

JeffreyC

Love it! Excellent flight model, very well done!

camaro_five0

Its a ton of fun!! If you don't have rudder pedals and use your joystick instead it is super sensitive on that axis. Just dial the settings a little bit and its good to go.

As of right now I'm pretty excited for helo's in MSFS. Besides just being the best kind of aircraft its a great way to admire what they've done with the scenery. Hopefully it will also be an incentive to make areas more detailed and "helicopter worthy" For me the thing that is most lacking is just the nuance of helicopter flight physics. Overall it doesn't feel anything like other helo sims, but more specifically I don't notice any ground effect, its just as easy to hover next to the ground as it is mid-air and I don't notice any transition zone where you'd expect it to be. I do like how you get rotation as you add/take out collective which is a good start, haha. But I guess its just up from here.

Thanks a bunch!!

embark2008

I have got in love with helicopters thanks to your superaddon!! Works perfect, it's beautiful, very detailed, created with pasion, and ultrarealistic!! Thank you all guys. I made some captures at the sunny Costa del Sol, hope you like them. Cheers 😊

Socorrista22198

Student pilot w/ no real time flying an r44. It feels great though! I'd love to know how accurate models the aerodynamics for transverse flow, VRS, and settling with power. On occasion when flying 60-70 knots AirlandFS displays a message that I'm flying sideways and to use pedals, however visually it doesn't appear that I'm flying sideways. That's the only confusing thing I'm encountering. Great work!

itsleeowen

Can't fly because I can't throttle up the engine. Anyone else know how to get the throttle axis to work? I've tried the usual "propeller axis" that normally controls the throttle on helicopters (but it also doesn't work on the bell 407), and I tried the "helicopter engine throttle set axis" and nothing works. I don't do Discord so I can't talk to the developer there.

5 months ago

same problem

12 days ago

kittyhawk

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TonyTheFlyer

just stumbled upon this project, but noticed it hasn't been updated in over a year. So am I correct in assuming it's dead at this point?

6 months ago

Yep, it is dead

3 months ago

jpen828

dresoccer4

How do you turn off the red low rpm light? Thank you

8 months ago

paoloval

I can´t get any helicopter to work in my MSFS2020. Either the heli will not appear in the hanger or even worse, MSFS freezes while loading whrn the Daherr is seen taking off from SFO.

Do I have to run AirlandFS before lauching?

10 months ago

rva1945

Is there a way to trim this heli? I want to be able to trim the heli and give my hand a break.... I have try elevator trim, and rotor trim and it has no effect on the controls.

11 months ago

ponny2oo2

wishlisted til flying native on msfs helicopter physics, good luck!

vlam94

can you update this for SU11 so we dont need to use airlands app

I hope there will be updates, cuz his youtube is gone and he didn't got on twitter for some time...

FlyingCossack

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bilyaswakili75

My GPS doesn't work

Read the description..

75% of the aircraft will not function due to it being in beta.

KillsMySkills

xaropinho

Today I flew a real helicopter for the first time in my life. I was lucky that the school I went to let me start in the R44. The instructor seemed almost surprised at how much I knew about the helicopter without having seen it before. I got to do the startup checklist and could manage most things on the list thanks to the RSP R44. I got to be in control for some turns and also tried to slow down and speed up the heli while compensating with collective to maintain altitude.

Then it came to the ultimate test: hovering. The instructor let me take control of the pedals first and i managed to hold and rotate the helicopter as he asked. Then he gave me the cyclic and let go.

The helicopter was stable, I could not believe that he actually let go of the controls but I was holding a stable hover on my first try. He finally gave me control of the collective and asked me to set the helicopter down on the ground after which I got to pick it up myself and once again I managed to hold it stable while going into a hover.

Finally the instructor asked if I wanted to taxi the helicopter back to the hangar (something I think not everyone is allowed to do since there are more objects nearby) it went well but I was off the spot he pointed out by about a meter or two but overall I am very proud of my first lesson.

I could never have done what I did if it wasn’t for all the training I did on the R44 in flight simulator. Thank you so much for making this mod, it is my favourite helicopter to fly in the game and clearly very close to the real thing!

With what controls did you train? Maxflightstick R44?

Oeleboele

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240Snusn

my pilot faints when I fly in a straight line due to g-force excess, the screen turns red and then black. HEEEELP ME

Yes this is a common problem with this helicopter. The advice is to disable g-effects in the menu and some have blamed this on Asobo. However this doesn't happen at all with other helicopters such as the Bell 47 or Cabri G2, so I suspect its more of an addon issue. Hopefully it will be addressed at some point in the future.

White_Wolf

matheuslopesbraz

There is talk of ongoing development over on the discord channel, but no indication of when an update might be released. Hopefully before November.

Hey mate, just wondering which sound pack you are refering to? Is is the one included in the download?? I installed FS Realistic which has added some cool sounds to my experience

roket52

I remembered the TV series M.A.S.H. A wonderful model!

SVolk

Paint kit?

See RSP Discord

SebStep91

cieloazulfsart

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