X-Plane.Org Forum: EC-120B Colibri v.1.24 - X-Plane.Org Forum

This is essentially a maintenance update of v1.23, which was a casualty of a recent download manager reshuffle. So nothing ground-breaking here - just a few fixes and tweaks for XP v8.60.


This is the kind of helicopter that can be depended upon to come barrelling alarmingly over the near horizon the very moment you set foot in the Aston Martin - it's crew ######-bent on discouraging you from pursuing your mission to scupper the elaborate plans of their employer's evil genius. You know the kind.

To my mind a very snazzy chopper indeed.

Based on the excellent original v7 model by Beat B, this aircraft was radically overhauled for version 8.20 and then updated again for 8.60 and will not work with previous versions of X-Plane.


- Very detailed 3D cockpit with fully animated flight controls and pilot.

- GPS pop-up display to facilitate operation of small buttons in the 3D cockpit environment

- As accurate a simulation of the Eurocopter VEMD (Vehicle and Engine Multi-function Display) as X-Plane permits.

- 3D equivalent of the transparent panel: the 'transpanel' command renders the entire cockpit shell transparent.

- Full set of LIT textures provide a realistic low-level but legible night-lighting simulation.


version history...

v1.1 Updated flight model constants.
v1.2 Further refinements in flight model realism courtesy of Brett Sumpter.
v1.21 Fixes faulty digital rotor rpm display.
v1.23 Fixes faulty magnetic compass.
v1.24 Updated to X-Plane v. 8.62: exterior lights, radar altimeter repaired. Landing gear more stable. Minor flight-model tweaks.