AirlandFS is a physics library that simulates helicopter behaviors by applying rigid body physics to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 . Originally released for FSX and Prepar3D as Helicopter Total Realism (HTR) it is currently used by flight schools, military training centers as well as thousands of Flight Simmers around the world.

Current Helicopters featuring AirlandFS

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THIS NEW VERSION NEEDS TO FIND THE COMMUNITY FOLDER, THE EASIEST WAY IS TO PLACE AIRLANDFS IN THE COMMUNITY FOLDER.

IN ORDER TO AUTOMATICALLY LOAD THE PROFILE WHEN AN HELICOPTER IS LOADED THE PROFILE MUST BE NAMED airlandFS_XXX.cfg where XXX is the helicopter ATC name (i.e. airlandFS_R44.cfg)

I suggest developers to put such profiles in the same folder where all the other cfgs are so they will update when you update them

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AirlandSim

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Compatibility	Sim Update 9
Category	Helicopters
Initial Release	October 02, 2021
Last Updated	March 05, 2022
Rating	4.44/5.0 — Superb!
Status	Not Downloaded yet

Version	Launched	Compatibility
Sim Update 9	Apr 26, 2022
Sim Update 8	Feb 28, 2022
Sim Update 7	Nov 18, 2021
Sim Update 6	Oct 19, 2021
Sim Update 5	Jul 27, 2021
Sim Update 4	May 26, 2021
Sim Update 3	Feb 25, 2021
World Update 3	Jan 28, 2021
Sim Update 2	Dec 23, 2020
World Update 2	Nov 25, 2020

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zhdun

28 day(s) ago

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Please don't take my post as an offense, I am just being honest. I really appreciate the attempt, but this is not working well at all. Its not realistic in many aspects, at least at 100% realism it behaves extremely unrealistic. 50% realism comes much closer to reality though there are also some issues and it freaks out completely sometimes. I tried all helicopters that are available here with different profiles, none of them convinced me. I have PPL license for more then 20 years and I have also had opportunities to fly helicopters. R-44 quite often with a friend of mine who owns such a toy. The real thing is far off to what i have experienced with the R-44 and airlandFS. I didn't had my hands on EC135 or EC125 but those also seem to be quite wrong. This is probably related more to the flight model provided by the sim, which was obviously not designed for helicopters. I guess i will wait until asobo comes up with their flight model update for helicopters. I can't give you any rating yet.

PS_ it also seems to have an impact on performance in VR. I have noticed that it stutters with airlandFS where i have no performance issues without airlandFS enabled.

AirlandSim 21 day(s) ago

Well both rotorsimpilot and myself have R44 real world flying experience too (he has over 500 hours and I have around 30) there's only so much you can do in a sim, and I believe we pushed it to the limit.... most of our users understand and appreciate this...

I am not personally confident the MSFS native flight model will be much more realistic considering they have to also please casual gamers, expecially Xbox ones but who knows.

Given your expectations, I would suggest you spend some money and take real lessons, no simulator can give you the same feelings...

WhiteHawk77 18 day(s) ago

You are absolutely correct when it comes to setting the slider to 50% being more accurate to the real thing, the FlyInside Bell 47 that also has a external flight model has the same issue where 100% is far more unstable than the real thing, there's even been helicopter pilots complaining about it on their forum with suggestions of where to lower it to and very similar results work with AirLandFS. Helicopters are unstable, but they are not THAT unstable. I'm not a pilot so I'm sure some will attack me on this, but I'll take the fact if they were this unstable the wouldn't be allowed to fly as it would be too dangerous, plus several pilots that are not involved in the project with time in the Bell 47 saying it's not right and just looking at how these helicopters move and footage of the pilots inputs it makes it quite obvious the 100% setting is not right. Seems to me that these external flight models for helicopters are set so the range could include far more unstable aircraft than these helicopters but the right setting for them is far lower. I'd also like to add that I have a Virpil WarBRD flight stick base with 200mm extension and many years flight sim experience, my hand and eye coordination are if not the best, pretty good, so this isn't a issue of skill or equipment quality.

Newbies500

28 day(s) ago

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Hi there- After following the instructions in the pdf and following all published steps, my content manager in FS2020 wont allow me to download and hence use this program. Please help?!

zhdun 28 day(s) ago

its not installed in the sim itself. Its an external software that is started separately. It connects to MS from the outside.

Newbies500 26 day(s) ago

Thanks, have it working now although not in the community folder.

alladin 19 day(s) ago

Would you please let me in on how you did? Because I cannot solve the problem myself.

ltjackson

1 month(s) ago

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Where can one go or how may one acquire previous versions of AirlandFS for MSFS?

geloxo

1 month(s) ago

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Hi. When I press ESC to go to the MSFS config menus (to adjust any setting for instance) the Airland profile is unloaded so when you go back to the cockpit the helicopter falls from the sky. Can this be avoided someway?

davimov

1 month(s) ago

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Love the flight physics but as soon i fly forward the helicopter is not under control anymore. Dont have any solution.

Nokeel 1 month(s) ago

Hi!

Try disable all assists, so none interferes strangely with your own manoeuvers, and be advised that helis quickly reach overspeed, you need to be careful and monitor your speed at all times.

Hope this helps

davimov 28 day(s) ago

Thank you. The solution was not to fly with H145 as they don´t have a updated config file. H125 works perfect.

jca2982

2 month(s) ago

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I'm having an issue where on loading a second flight with the app running, the sim crashes, and any attempt to load a flight with the helicopter that crashed with it results in more CTDs until I re-install the helicopter fresh, then the cycle repeats

AirlandSim 2 month(s) ago

Very strange, first time reported, are you sure it is not an issue with MSFS or your PC ?

jca2982 2 month(s) ago

Not sure, honestly. To be sure, do we install Airland inside our community folder or outside it? I always ran it outside the community folder prior to this release where I read somewhere it was supposed to be inside.

Gflo156

2 month(s) ago

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Great application - has transformed Msfs from only really having the Bell 47 as a realistic flight model to the great Rsp, and Huey freeware options (as well as the payware H145) too. Please take the time to follow the instructions, much of the negative reviews on here seem to stem from it being setup incorrectly.

steve40

2 month(s) ago

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1) There is no menu icon showing for the "About Airland" menu entry.

2) the "About Airland" text does not fit in the app window and there is no way to scroll down to read the full text, nor can I resize the window to make the text fit.

I am using Windows 11 and my monitor is set to 1920x1080. Changing the windows compatibility mode or DPI scaling settings made no difference.

ArchieForster

2 month(s) ago

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Hi Fred, any ideas as to why airlandFS wont start, even when i select run as administrator. I've been using the product for ages and its always been so good, cant work out why my PC wont load it now.

jerzpilot 2 month(s) ago

same here will not load

Just reverted to prior version 1.3 and now working

38group

2 month(s) ago

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All but three of my profiles have suddenly vanished,they were there last night,tonight only three remain.......................................

sin

3 month(s) ago

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v.1.5 Where did the governor settings go? WindBugMultiplier ?

I use R44

AirlandSim 2 month(s) ago

governor can be implemented as a control by the single developers, this is why it was removed from the interface, we are adding governor in the next R44 release.

I removed windbug multiplier as since SU7 they fixed the bug so it was no longer need...

sin 2 month(s) ago

Thanks! your app is much needed!

VADUKE89

3 month(s) ago

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Does Not Work. At All!

rotorsimpilot 3 month(s) ago

which helicopter are you trying to use? It has been tested with the 44 and 125 and others I believe and works incredibly well - jump on here for support https://discord.gg/m7xCqA5hb2

HCG 2 month(s) ago

works excellent for me!

SlowPoke

3 month(s) ago

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Still can't get mine to take off. All my assistance options are already off, but I toggled them on and back off again just to be sure. Still no take off.

rotorsimpilot 3 month(s) ago

which helicopter are you trying to use? for help try our discord https://discord.gg/m7xCqA5hb2

SlowPoke 3 month(s) ago

https://flightsim.to/file/24881/uh-1h-huey-iroquois-wip

Bulldoza

3 month(s) ago

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Fred should I put other profiles in the "profile folder" below "Fred's folder" or inside Fred's folder?

rotorsimpilot 3 month(s) ago

put in profiles (not in freds folder)

xINTENSORx

3 month(s) ago

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Can I use this with the HPG H145?

AirlandSim 3 month(s) ago

yes it is supported as external flight model

Chp0x0 3 month(s) ago

What does it mean external model? For me, AirlandFS is not loading H145 config ;(

AirlandSim 2 month(s) ago

you need to load the profile manually by using the load profile button on AirlandFS, it is a design choice.

CaptHawkeye

3 month(s) ago

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Is this only in Community for the Profile cfg files? I'd rather just use Addons Linker for that if that's the case.

coldnebo

3 month(s) ago

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I notice that the new R44 isn't autoloading the profile on start... checking the docs, it says that AirlandFS has to match the atc_name in aircraft.cfg, however this appears to be outdated SDK info? Currently the R44 only has atc_type ="$$:Helicopter"

atc_model ="$$:Robinson R44", If I'm reading this right, I'd need to set the atc_model="R44" and the profile name to airlandfs_R44.cfg to get this to work, no?

AirlandSim 3 month(s) ago

yes there's an issue with ATC type names, it will be solved in the next release of AirlandFS that will also support this type of names

coldnebo 2 month(s) ago

excellent! thanks!

zyzyx3

3 month(s) ago

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None of the profiles are in the unzipped folder, so it doesn't work.

AirlandSim 3 month(s) ago

you should be able to load and find the profiles in the single helicopter downloads, please read each helicopter instructions. After you manage to fly it please review your rating, as negative comments might affect the willingness of the developers community to freely contribute hours of work for your enjoyment....

vampir0104

3 month(s) ago

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Brilliant, however the governor seems to be doing nothing when selected on as my RPM is completely unregulated on or off. What am I doing wrong?

AirlandSim 3 month(s) ago

Governor support will be available in release 1.5 due these days, thanks

vampir0104 28 day(s) ago

Great! Thank you!

rickjones

3 month(s) ago

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AirlandFS/R44 The R44 refuses to lift off the ground...?

rotorsimpilot 3 month(s) ago

hope on here for 44 support https://discord.gg/m7xCqA5hb2

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Version 1.5 Beta March 05, 2022

1. Fixed an issue with stabilizers code that affected high speed and wind behaviors
2. Support for loading profiles with special characters for ATC, just save the config as airlandfs.cfg in the Aircraft folder to be loaded automatically
3. Support for governor on/off and manual power management
Version 1.4 Beta October 30, 2021

Ground physics support
Aircraft automatic load fixes
please read updated readme 1.4 file
Updated wind strength
Version 1.3 Beta October 08, 2021

Unzip to your Community Folder in order to automatically find helicopter profiles and launch after launching MSFS

Helicopter profiles are now saved in each helicopter folder with the format AirlandFS_XXX.cfg where XXX is the ATC Name of the helicopter.

If you want to customize your profiles, copy such profile in the profiles folder and do changes there , it will be loaded automatically as long as you do not change the profile name.
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