OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 3.5

VERY cool helicopter!
a lot of fun to fly!
would happily send you some money for that awesome work if your on patreon or similar

This thing is great fun, Love it, Thanks....Look forward to further updates....You should submit to the X-Plane store for sale because its as good as anything there..

Haven't tried it yet, but I looked into the manual.
And what did I see?

Something that is well explained and easy to understand.

God Bless you. 

Update:
This helicopter looks extremely good and flies very smoothly.
I don't have any clue of helicopters yet
but I managed to get started with in 5 min
and even landed softly (somewhere).

This must be the best helicopter for X-Plane to start with. 

This one is going to take some time to figure out. After checking over the 700+ page manual, I know I'm in for a steep learning curve. Had to start it with engines running the first couple times, but I think I'll eventually get the hang of starting it.

There's just so much detail here, it really is payware quality. And it flies well. I haven't crashed it yet, so that's a good start.

Strange things happened when I went to look at the various liveries with Gimp. I keep getting error messages that say one of the texture files is corrupted, but only on certain liveries. I'm scratching the surface of doing a repaint for this myself as a National Guard helicopter. (you thought I'd pass up that opportunity?) My repaint has a long way to go, but it's getting there.

Until then, I'm having fun with this helicopter. It is very responsive, when I have the controls working, (not always a given. There have been a couple starts where things just don't want to cooperate.)

Like I said, payware quality through and through. Easily rating the 5 stars. (or more if they become available.)

A very impressive helicopter, well done!

Very nice flying and pretty looking helicopter, do you have plans to simulate more systems or make them interactive, because the base is so good that it almost would be a pity to not do it. That is, if you want/can. I have no experience with development but I know that is a whole lot of work (only getting all info needed is a huge task on its own) . Anyway, thank you very much for your efforts, really well done.

Ediit: I notice the display on your pictures is working, on mine not and most switches do not work,so I think I do something wrong or installation went wrong. (version 1.0, will try if V1.1 today)

Edit2: Everything now works well freeware with payware quality, again thanks, this must have been a lot of work. 

Been looking forward to this. A great stress test for my old mac pro. Congrats on its release Karl and thank you for the many hours you invested in development and the professional way you did it.

One word: WOW!

I'll admit I cheated on my first flight and spawned with the turbines running.  I've only been flying X-Plane again for a few weeks. I skipped XP11 entirely because I only flew DCS for a couple of years. When I saw the Kiowa, of course, it had to be put on the hard drive immediately. And THIS really scratches the quality of a DCS module, and even surpasses some modules in the EA.  Not only in the attention to detail. It flies like a dream, never feels "digital" despite the SAS being switched on. I can't wait to fully set up my controls and realize the full potential of this heli. And a real manual!  Finally an XP Helicopter that doesn't need to be learned from Youtube.  But you can learn it by reading the manual. The only thing I noticed is the panicked expressions on the pilots' faces from the outside. 😳  However, this may also have been due to my flying style. 😇 Thank you Karl, really great work! 

 

The quality of this is nothing short of exceptional. I have payware helicopters that are nowhere as good as this, in terms of build quality and functionality. The documentation, as well, is top quality. My congratulations to you. I had, and will continue to have, a lot of fun flying this (and learning to fly it properly!)

There are so many developers here who devote their time to creating amazing, high-quality aircraft and plugins for everyone to enjoy. I just hope one day I can learn to be one to them, so I too, may give something back.

Thank you for this amazing aircraft.

Thank tou very much for this beautifull work.

This amazing payware-quality helicopter is one of the best aircrafts I've ever had. I love all the details and how all systems work like. It is a truly amazing aircraft and in my opinion this post should be visible on main page to let more people know about existence this little bird. Can't wait when weapons will be available. Good luck with further development, guys!

It's already noted here that Kiowa is 100% payware quality and I can confirm it. Very detailed simulation of systems and 700+ pages of manual show how serious approach of modelling is. @KarlL I look forward to future updates of OH-58D. I like when I need to study the A/C before using it!

I love this heli!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just realised I hadn't left a review of this incredible helo yet.

The amount of work Karl has poured into this is truly incredible. So much attention to detail everywhere. One of the best. Thanks heaps.

Amazing depth. No I haven't read the included 700 page manual, but unlike some helis, this one is a pretty stable birdy and ideal for trying to learn some heli basics, I think, and also, if you want to get to grips with it you are gonna need to read.    I came to check it out because of the custom glass avionics work and that aspect alone makes this one a XPlane freeware treasure.  The Kiowa Warrior is an important part of the modern US Army's troop support, and now you can fly it in XPlane.  What a great looking, and fantastically detailed machine.

One of the best helicopters to control an thus manoeuvre here. Landing for me is more precise than other models in the rotorcraft section.

Very good instrumentation with lots of working details. 

Awaiting your expected update in the future. Fun to fly........thanks KarlL.

Finally a chopper that i actually genuinely enjoy! Brilliant work and a pure joy to have. Thanks a bunch!.  

Caught the helicopter bug so purchased the PumaX and basically have pretty much just tried to master the default R22 in XP12 (so I can do a part 61 PPL(H) addon)

Have more or less mastered the two part pickup and letdown,... also after a few week of casual use broke my motorcycle throttle twist habit (took awhile to get the idea that a counter clockwise increases fuel flow to the engine) 

This past wed went to my local airport to ask what helicopter traffic pattern is (since I could not find one using google)

So are helicopter traffic patterns published someplace?? The only published heli pattern I found was for Long Beach

www.longbeach.gov/globalassets/lgb/resources/pilot-information/helicopter-pilot-guide-2022

Anyway just wanted to say thanks for developing AND sharing the OH-58,... dowloaded it as a change in pace from using the default r22

Tried it in the heli pattern at my local airport and found it has lots more power and is lots more stable than the default r22 

OH-58D Kiowa Warrior - 1st flight KMYF "cubic" traffic pattern.rep
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XKJ2IG-kEh48GqNsAHMTzeTateNqedpB/view?usp=share_link

 

It's amazing!

It's just like the official xplane helicopter.

But I can't fire the gun and the rocket , can anyone tell me how to fire those weapon? 

Thank you very much!

Lots of fun to fly, simply hovering around KBOS and landing near the runway. Turn the speakers volume up, listen to the OH-58D sound mixing with the ATC, all the AI vehicles n aircrafts sound. Feel like really in the airport. Very enjoy. Thank you so... much for the amazing helicopter. 🤗😊😀

 

 

WOW!!  Don't know how I missed this one... totally brilliant and fun to fly! Great work.

Thank you! Beautiful. Perfect fly, stunning sound

I’ve only flown radio control helicopters, however this Kiowa feels JUST right.     Thank you for your strong work.  I am looking forward to learning about this helicopter.     Surprisingly, I was able to get her into a hover and fly a few circuits.       She’s my favorite helicopter in the Sim. 

I have the XP12 latest version and Love the detail of the Kiowa. Magnificent work.

Simply, I love it !

It's very accurate. Details and everything...

Thank you !