Will SImFly one day support helicopters?

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In the short term, we are not planning to work on this, but after the user marketplace, if there is big demand, we may also add helicopters! Just for the sake of it, which are the models you like the best?

Here are the helicopters suggested in the forum so far! Vote for your favorite!


  • R44 - Robinson R44

    :helicopter: The R44 is a single-engined helicopter with a semi-rigid two-bladed main rotor, a two-bladed tail rotor and a skid landing gear

    :helicopter: The Robinson R44 is a four-place, piston helicopter. The R44 is based on the two-place Robinson R22

    :helicopter: It has an enclosed cabin with two rows of side-by-side seating for a pilot and three passengers

    :helicopter: Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 6-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 245 hp (183 kW)


  • R66 - Robinson R66

    :helicopter: The Robinson R66 is a helicopter designed and built by Robinson Helicopter Company. It has five seats, a separate cargo compartment and is powered by a Rolls-Royce RR300 turboshaft engine

    :helicopter: At the heart of the Robinson R66 Turbine is the Rolls-Royce RR300 turboshaft engine, which delivers 270 shaft horsepower

    :helicopter: Single-engine turbine helicopter (first Robinson turbine model)

    :helicopter: The R66 received both type and production certificates from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on October 25, 2010


  • AW109 - AgustaWestland AW109

    :helicopter: The AgustaWestland AW109, originally the Agusta A109, is a lightweight, twin-engine, eight-seat multi-purpose helicopter designed and initially produced by the Italian rotorcraft manufacturer Agusta

    :helicopter: It was the first all-Italian helicopter to be mass-produced

    :helicopter: Twin-engine helicopter available in multiple variants (Power, Grand, GrandNew, etc.)

    :helicopter: The A109 was renamed the AW109 as a consequence of the July 2000 merger of Finmeccanica and GKN plc’s respective helicopter subsidiaries Agusta and Westland Helicopters


  • H135 - Airbus H135

    :helicopter: The Airbus Helicopters H135, formerly Eurocopter EC135, is a twin-engine civil light utility helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters

    :helicopter: It is capable of flight under instrument flight rules (IFR) and is outfitted with a digital automatic flight control system (AFCS)

    :helicopter: First flying in February 1994, it entered service in 1996

    :helicopter: Backed by experience and a long heritage, over 1,560 twin-engine H135s have been delivered and are in service in more than 63 countries
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I’d absolutely love to see helicopters added in the future :raising_hands:

Not only the aircraft themselves, but even the possibility of having helipads to buy and operate from would be amazing. It would open up a whole new way to fly — short hops, VIP transport, remote locations, city operations, etc.

I really think this could add a lot of depth and variety to SimFly :sparkles:

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