Ethan West - A Talented Developer Has Passed

Ethan West, the talent behind the MD-600N projects for FSX and X-Plane, has sadly passed away last night. Hovercontrol

Nemeth Designs Holiday Daily Deals - 50% Discount - Day 6

Nemeth Designs Holiday Daily Deals - 50% off the MD Helicopters MD 500 Defender for FSX.

Nemeth Designs Holiday Daily Deals - 50% Discount - Day 4

Nemeth Designs Holiday Daily Deals - 50% off the MD Helicopters MD 902 Explorer for FSX.

MD Helicopters MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane Released

Dawson Design has released the MD Helicopters MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane. Now available at the X-Plane.org Store.

Feature List:
- Dynamic menu
-- Choose you weight, views, doors, panels, etc ..
- Three different variants:
-- Police & Law enforcement
-- HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service)
-- VIP Transport
- Different custom cabin interiors for each variant
- Police variant with exterior mission equipment.
- 20 different liveries available - Paint-kit to create your own liveries
- Detailed interior and exterior 3D models
- Many custom systems
- Custom 2D control panel
- Animated 3D rotor head, with rotor blade coning during flight.
- Animated thruster cone and vertical stabilizers
- Animated doors throughout! Animated landing gear
- Night lighting textures
- Cockpit manipulators used throughout
- Realistic startup sequence following factory checklist
- Add and remove 3D Pilots and flight crew, each affecting total weight.
- Fully animated radios and Garmin GPS
- 10 custom viewpoints
- Realistic engine and rotor sounds
- Detailed functional circuit breaker panel
- Pop-up Radio, Garmin GPS and transponder panels.
- Category A takeoff-timer
- 5 page pop-up in-cockpit checklist

MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane - User Manual Available

Aubrey has finished the user manual to the soon to be released MD Helicopters MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane.

More MD-902 for X-Plane Preview Pictures

Aubrey is putting the finishing touches on the soon to be released MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane.

More Virtual Cockpit Previews from the MD-902 for X-Plane

Aubrey has posted more virtual cockpit preview screenshots from the soon to be released MD-902 for X-Plane.

MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane - Lighting and Rotor Textures Preview

Aubrey has posted night lighting and rotor textures previews from the MD Helicopters MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane.

MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane - Avionics Preview

Aubrey has posted previews of the avionics suite from the MD Helicopters MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane.

MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane Crew and Passenger Previews

Aubrey has posted new previews of the pilots, crew and passengers from the MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane.

Nemerth Designs MD 500 Defender FDE Update Available

Scott a.k.a. nightsta1ker has released FDE update 2 to the Nemerth Designs MD 500 Defender for FSX.

 
Features:
•Fixed ballooning with full down collective, can now perform quick-stops and steep descents without needing to slow down below ETL. 
 Descent rates up to 1500 FPM.
•Improved RRPM behavior, can now perform autorotations to the ground in a normal fashion including termination to the ground with zero airspeed,
 hovering autorotations are now possible. Descent rates up to 2000 FPM.
•Torque induced yaw effect, pilot needs to apply left pedal to counter torque in the hover. Forward airspeed makes tail rotor more efficient 
 so right pedal is required at cruise.
•More sensitive control feel. The MD-500 is a very responsive helicopter, I tweaked the sensitivity so that it is more responsive to the touch.
The overall effect is that we now have a brand new helicopter. This thing flies nothing like the default Defender and is much more realistic. 
 Designed and tested by real helicopter pilots. First release got very good reviews with the HC community, 
 second release (available above) is even better in my opinion.

MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane Police Livery Previews

Aubrey has posted Police livery previews from the MD Helicopters MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane.

MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane HEMS Livery Previews

Aubrey has posted HEMS livery previews from the MD Helicopters MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane.

MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane HEMS Interior Previews

New HEMS interior previews from the MD Helicopters MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane.

More MD Helicopters MD 600N for FSX Preview Renders

More preview renders from the MD Helicopters MD 600N for FSX can be viewed here.

More MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane Interior Previews

Aubrey has posted more interior previews from the MD Helicopters MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane.

New MD 600N for X-Plane Progress Pictures

New pictures from the MD Helicopters MD 600N project for X-Plane have been posted in the X-Plane.org Forums.

New MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane Preview Pictures

New preview pictures from the MD Helicopters MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane are available.

New MD Helicopters MD 600N Project for X-Plane

A new MD Helicopters MD 600N project for X-Plane has been announced in the X-Plane.org Forums.

Cockpit Screenshots from the MD-902 for X-Plane

Cockpit Screenshots from the MD-902 Explorer for X-Plane can be viewed at the Hovercontrol Forums or at X-Plane.org.