MSFS Cowansim MD500E at Hooper Heliport | Real Helicopter Pilot Plays Microsoft Flight Simulator
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- čas přidán 7. 02. 2023
- First impressions of the Cowansim MD500E for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Pro-Flight Trainer Puma controls. HP Reverb G2 VR headset.
The MD500 series of helicopters is my all time favorite. This model for MSFS is nothing short of spectacular! Solid modeling, beautiful texturing and an absolutely sublime flight model! Great job @CowanSimulation !
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The 500E will climb at 1,770 fpm at its design gross weight at sea level on a ISA standard day. The 530F will climb over 2,000fpm at design gross weight @ sea level on ISA standard day.
Great info! Thanks for looking it up!
Yeah, the 500E is a bit overpowered in the sim right now. Hopefully the turbine modeling for helicopters improves in the next updates
Awesome video and great tips. Tried this heli for the first time yesterday and its a lot of fun!
Thanks! Helicopters are the most fun of all the crazy flying machines!
Best description of helicopter flight that I have seen. Thanks for sharing your expertise!
Thanks for the feedback! I’m glad you found it useful
Great flying and perfect landing. A joy to watch. I will practice with your flying tips.
Thanks! I will add more to the How to Helisim series also, as time permits! I have a whole syllabus written out of 5-10 minute lessons building up to a full circuit. Then maybe on to a private check ride…
Very professional video with great advise. Huge impact on my helicopter flying.
Thanks for the feedback!
Love this heli. Trying to watch but the muzak intrudes. Glad i persisted though, very good explanations. Thanks.
Thanks for the feedback! I've gotten better at audio...some of my earlier videos don't have the best sound quality.
Keep them coming!
Thanks for the encouragement :)
great heli, thanks for the video.
Thanks for the feedback! Check out the updated version in this vid!
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great review and flying tips
Thanks for the feedback! I’m glad you found it helpful
Great vid! Can’t wait to see this added to Xbox
Should be soon!
I have a bad habit of pre-applying rudder pedal to the amount that I'm familiar with in each helicopter before raising the collective during takeoff. Looks like I have a weekend project of practicing the correct way to do it. Thanks for the instruction!
Anticipating the input ahead of time is what it’s all about. Rather than aiming for a position with the pedals, try to move them with the collective at a linked rate
Good News: The MD500E got an update today, will try it soon but would be interesting what you think of the changes.
The new update makes it a little more refined. It keeps getting better
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Excelente.
Thanks! The Cowansim 500E is still one of the best helis for MSFS!
I always thought it takes special skills to fly a helicopter in (any) flight simulator. And indeed, different skills are required. BUT. The main reason why the vast majority of sim pilots suck at helicopters has nothing to do with skill. It has to do with hardware. The core issue is the centering spring in joysticks and pedals. As soon as I tried my friend's Puma X (although he uses DCS only), I could easily and consistently perform tight spot landings, without bouncing up and down, moving left and right. Dedicated controls are a must if you are serious about helicopters. Sure, it is not impossible to fly them using a conventional joystick and pedals but it takes a lot of practice and patience, and might suggest that flying a helicopter is that hard when it is in fact not that hard. Different than a fixed wing, possibly even requires more focus but with proper hardware, it is so much easier than with your average centering joystick.
I completely agree! A good controls setup like the Pro Flight Trainer Puma and VR make things much more like the real thing. Which for me, makes it easier to treat the sim like a different helicopter…but you can use what you have and make it work if you’re determined
Excellent video !!! Which Joystick are you using in your FS ?
I use a Pro-Flight Trainer Puma
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this is truly an unbelievable addon. absolutely a blast to fly and super challenging. Feels so real compared to anything in MSFS that has proceeded it
This is one of my favorites in MSFS!
I love the sound.😅
@@Belatu42 same...well the 500 and the vertigo lol
Thank you for the good video! I'm still having a hard time transitioning from cruise to slow descent and landing.🤔
Keep practicing! The approaches are a balancing act of energy management with the collective. You initially have to reduce collective a lot to initiate descent, then as you start slowing below 40kts you start slowly pulling collective and power pedal back in anticipating the power required for hover as you exit ETL.
Awsome vid mate! What vr headset are you using?
Thanks! I’m running a HP Reverb G2 headset
@@Belatu42 thanks for the reply! Oh yeah how is it for visual quality? I have the pro flight trainer puma x controls with the oculus quest 2 but my vr quality is not the best.
The G2 is a great headset but you need to have a fairly high end rig to get good performance. FPS makes a big difference in helisimming
Thank you for your thoughts on this and the 206('s)! Can you share your joystick curves from MSFS? I don't have a Puma, but I have a VKB stick with a long shaft. I believe the Puma has less travel overall but should be similar otherwise.
No curves. 1:1 with the Puma
Good video with some excellent insights. Which of the currently available helicopters would you recommend for someone who’s just starting out with them.
Thanks for the feedback! I would start out with the default Cabri G2 and Bell 407. The Cowansim products are excellent when you’re ready to add more variety.
@@Belatu42 Thanks for the reply. I wasn't sure if there was a big difference between default and third party aircraft in terms of flight model and controllability.
The Cabri G2 is really good. It’s a great light trainer to learn the basics on. The B407 is much better since the last update. They are just as good as the Cowansim products in terms of flight modeling. The FlyInside B206 & B47 are okay, but feel slightly disconnected to me. The freeware R44 40th Anniversary version is good as well.
Great video :) Does the cyclic have a centre position or is it totally free across its whole range? I've taken the centre-return out of mine but not sure it's really like that?
There isn't a spring loaded center position in a real heli cyclic, if that's what you mean. It pushes against you more or less depending on what regime of flight you are in.
@@Belatu42 Thats what I meant, thanks. I guess the only way in a sim is with force-feedback but thats pretty rare, I'll keep it as it is - it feels pretty good :)
I can't get passed the left skid low behavior of all of the CowanSim products in the cruise right now. In X-Plane for example, you can fly at speed pretty much level in roll, and it's very obvious what pedal state you need. Here, you end up flying sideways regardless because there's an odd sensation due to hanging left like that. Minor for pattern work, general flight sim tom-foolery, but it becomes a nuisance when you try and use it to actually do something, in neofly for example. The default 407 is significantly worse and flues like hot garbage, so I commend Cowansim for their work. In the hover, they all make sense, and transition really well. Also, the lack of VRS and RBS is important for me as a simmer, because it allows me to be sure I'm not making any ridiculous errors. Something that when I first started with the dodosim back in the day became blatantly apparent when I first started flying in sims way back when.
I really do love these helos. I just wish we had the best of all the worlds. The Dynamics in the cruise and the input delay of the FI (which feels to me the most like what I'm used to from X-Plane and DCS), and the behavior in HIGE you get with these Cowansim helos.
I fear that Asobo/MS are uninterested in improving the flight model. So Cowansim's decision to go native may appeal to a lot of people but it makes me concerned that things either may not improve, or will cause the devs a major headache to work around and try and improve themselves. I think for me, as not a pilot, the FI helo has the most natural feeling flight model, coming from DCS/X-Plane. But then I hop in this or the A-Star and my opinion flips. The Cowan 206 was a bit of a let down for me but these two birds made up for it 10 fold.
Long comment just to say, great video, I agree with most of what you said, (and I guess I should, seeing as how you're an actual pilot, and I'm just some pleb online) and I sincerely hope that things improve for these native birds.
Good observations! Yeah, the cruise behavior needs work. It’s not that bad though, you have to ignore the slip indicator and rely on the sight picture and it cruises level. The FI helis have a control lag/delay that just isn’t realistic to me with my setup.
It’s only been 6 months since helicopters have been officially supported in MSFS and XP12 just released. The future looks promising!
Could you give some insights on your flight hardware and what adjustments in the sim you have done? Did you adjust the curves of the controls?
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I have a 4th generation Puma that is upgraded from a Black Lynx. No curves, full linear.
VR is almost as important as controls. You also need to have smooth performance in the sim. You won’t be able to pick up on the small attitude changes fast enough for fine control if it’s stuttering. No special adjustments, just turn your graphics/traffic settings down until it’s smooth.
Hey I was wondering how you recorded your flight while in VR? Especially the outside chase view!! Thanks!
I use Nvidia shadowplay to record the VR view live while I’m flying. The cockpit views with less movement, and the outside views are recorded with shadowplay also, using the replay tool in the MSFS experimental options
Nice Helo
It’s one of my favorites!
curious... i'm sure in heli's pilot/captain sits on the right ?
but seeing you in left seat ?
The H369 or MD500 series is one of the few helicopters where the PIC sits on the left, but yes, typically in helicopters the PIC sits on the right.
Can you show how to configure the MD500E to a nice Logitech 3D Pro joystick? Im almost setup but not quite sure...(mapping etc)
czcams.com/video/NP2xYhY7d7E/video.html SimHangar has a great video on helicopter control setup. I don’t think the flight model bug fix is necessary any more though
Can you find VRS ...I forget the acrynim ...or the tailfan failure issue?
I think you are referring to LTE or loss of tail rotor effectiveness. I have not tested for VRS, LTE or RBS. I will discuss in future videos as I get deeper into the new helis
is there a weight and balance setting to make the helicopter more stable on air? thanks!! :-)
There is not a specific weight and balance setting that will make it more stable. Changing the weight changes the cg, but generally a heavier helicopter is more stable.
I wonder if the cockpit also looks too big to you in VR. For me the instrument panel and pedals look weirdly far away like if I would not reach them and when I look down the seat looks quite big. As if the 3D Model would be 25% or so too big. I thought it might be the world scaling setting but changing it does not make it look more correct and in other aircrafts I don't have that feeling
I don’t have that issue in VR. Everything looks correct to scale in my HP Reverb G2. What headset are you using?
@@Belatu42 Valve Index. I'll have another look at the settings and other aircrafts again then, thanks.
CH Pedals you are using are self centering? Real anti torque pedals don't self center, correct ? I'm using G29 pedals throttle and clutch for anti torque. Its challenging to hold the left pedal in the correct position when landing. as they are spring loaded. Is this what you are doing with the CH Pedals ?
I use my CH pedals for fixed wing. I fly helicopters with a Pro-Flight Trainer Puma that does not have spring centering pedals. Before I had my PFT Puma though, I did use the CH pedals, but I cut off the heel cups so I could rest my feet on the floor. That way I could control them with my ankles and not my whole leg. The G29 pedals would be challenging, because they are not on the same axis like real aircraft pedals. When you push in left, it takes out right and vice versa. The CH Pro or Thrustmaster TFRP are the least expensive option out there, but Virpil VPC WarBRD would be a better option. The pro-flight-trainer.com/ is the best option for a full set of helicopter controls, but they are a bit more expensive.
On the Cowansim Bell 206 I've noticed a wrong tendency of rotor rpm decreasing and torque increasing when pitching up and the reverse when pitching down. Does this have the same issue?
Do you mean applying collective pitch? Or pitching nose up with the cyclic? Rotor rpm may dip slightly when adding collective pitch, but the governor will respond with engine power to maintain the rpm. The added power increases the torque. As you pull up on the collective, torque increases. As you lower collective, torque decreases
@@Belatu42 the dynamic he mentions occurs in changes of pitch axis, such as during a quick stop. I also have wondered if this is realistic.
I can’t replicate what you’re describing in the Cowansim 206. When the governor is on it maintains rotor rpm in the green arc no matter what pitch changes I make with the cyclic. The torque changes accordingly as the governor changes engine rpm to meet demand.
The dynamics change back and forth quite a bit during a quick stop.
@@Belatu42 I should qualify that I noticed this on the 500E. Before the update it happened every quick stop. Now it happens inconsistently.
I wonder what your controller settings are cuz my Cowan 500 is like a bucking bronco in the skies....help?
1:1 no curves with the PFT Puma. What system and controls are you using?
@@Belatu42 logiteck 3dpro and thrustmaster one hotas for xbox😮
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Leave the anti-torque (tail rotor) assist on if you don’t have pedals. It’s not very realistic with a joystick twist control
What about that wall near the tail?
The spawn point for that parking spot at Hooper is pretty close, huh? I always take care not to slide backwards when I lift off from there…
what is ETL?
Effective Translational Lift