Helicopters

An update on the Cowan Simulation 500E review

An update on the Cowan Simulation 500E review

Nearly a year after the initial release, Nick Bates went back and has gone through the model. And boy... What a difference the updates have made.

Review: JRX Design MBB Bo 105 DBS4 for X-Plane

Review: JRX Design MBB Bo 105 DBS4 for X-Plane

After the success of the Gazelle, JRX Released the famous Bo 105 and Nick Bates, a real-world pilot with lots of hours of experience on this model tells you all about it.

Review: Cowan Simulation Bell 206B3 for X-Plane

Review: Cowan Simulation Bell 206B3 for X-Plane

The Bell 206 JetRanger has been a part of our simulation lives for years and it has been a part of several milestones in the simming world. We have been lacking a great, updated model for X-Plane. Could Cowan Simulation’s 206 be it?

Review: X-Rotors AW109E for X-Plane (updated)

Review: X-Rotors AW109E for X-Plane (updated)

X-Rotors released the AW109E Power Elite for X-Plane, which was received with mixed feelings by the community.

Review: Philip Ubben/Khamsin Studios SA-315 Lama for X-Plane

Review: Philip Ubben/Khamsin Studios SA-315 Lama for X-Plane

This little helicopter has recently been released for X-Plane after Philip Ubben’s stubbornness and willing to bring it to life. Was it worth it? Well... Read on and you may be (very) pleasantly surprised!

Review: Hype Performance Group H135 for MSFS

Review: Hype Performance Group H135 for MSFS

After numerous releases (over 20) of pre-release versions, the freeware H135 for MSFS finally reached version 1 and I had to revisit it, of course.

Review: X-Trident CH-47D for X-Plane

Review: X-Trident CH-47D for X-Plane

The mighty Chinook landed on our virtual hangars a few weeks ago and we had to, of course, review it. Who else could we get to do it than our resident CH-47 pilot, Mr. Jeff Tucker?

Review: Cowan Simulation 500E for X-Plane

Review: Cowan Simulation 500E for X-Plane

The MD500 is a very popular helicopter and known by many as a sort of a “sportscar of helicopters”. Ascending star developer Joshua Cowan released his 500E for X-Plane and real world 500 pilot, Nick Bates tells us everything we need to know about this initial release.

Review: VSKYLABS R44 for X-Plane

Review: VSKYLABS R44 for X-Plane

After the R66, VSKYLABS released the second Robinson they proposed themselves to bring into Laminar Research’s sim. After a rocky start, Nick Bates is finally ready to let us know everything about this bird.

Review: revisiting the DreamFoil Creations S300CBi for X-Plane 11

Review: revisiting the DreamFoil Creations S300CBi for X-Plane 11

Back in 2016, Joe Hudson took a look at the S300 for X-Plane 10 from DreamFoil Creations. Four years later, he decided to revisit the model as it was updated to X-Plane’s latest version.