With the recent flexhose code from wlbraggs AirCrane we have the ability to simulate realistic BambiBuckets-, Long-Lines- and Winch-actions.

See BambiBucket-branch:

There are still some issues to sort out:
-some nasty lags
-hitsground-animation
-BambiBucket needs to be simulatet filling up with water (weight!)
-wind interaction (only interaction with helicopters own speed yet)
....

New-style splash screens for Eurocopter EC-135P2 by Thorsten Renk:
https://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/mailman/message/35886862/

• Complete 3d exterior mesh

• Complete textures 3d exterior(IBF)

• Complete some liveries

• Complete paintkit

• Complete Panel Dual (New engine panel, standby AI)

• Add Helionix Avionics by "Litzi"

• Change fdm to to new H135 data

• Check fdm for real perfomance

• Add ALS Lights

• Change Lights textures (beacon and navlights)

• Check blurred rotor animation

• improve landing gear (shader-issue)

• 4-Axis-AFC-system aka Helionix Step 2 for Mouse and Joystick users:
  ATT with ForceTrimRelease done ✔️
  AutoTrim (sort of) ✔️
  GTC/GTC.H (Auto Hover) rockstable done ✔️
  Altitude Hold ✔️
  IAS Hold ✔️
  Vertical Speed Hold ✔️
  FPA-Hold ✔️
  Heading Hold ✔️
  True Heading Hold / LNAV ✔️
  TRK-Hold ✔️
  VOR Track and Hold✔️
  GS Track and Hold ✔️
  AFCAS-fly through ✔️
  CRHT-Hold ✔️
  Cyclic Beep-Trim✔️
  Go Around Mode ✔️
  Rescue/ Maria Help-Button (or how Airbus the AFCS-hat double-click push-up function is calling?)✔️
  Collective Beep-Trim aka approbiate key bindings for all upper modes
  Basic Torque-Managenement (AEO without TOP 5Min Timer)✔️
  Torque Mangement (AEO with TOP Timer; OEI with Timer)
  Fallback when Collective Axis failed ✔️

add ALS cockpit shadows and interior window reflections

94 is a more realistic FOV and comes closer to the human eye

the rotorwash has an high infuence on the hstab and tail. Actually a real EC135 will have a different body hover attitude depending on CG, power, residual thrust and wind.

See http://www.flugzeugforum.de/threads/81815-Pitch-Attitude-im-Schwebeflug-welche-Ursachen-und-Faktoren (german) for detailed explanations

Maybe YASim needs enhancement, but simulation could be done via yasim-thrusters.

Hi Heiko,
in the last flightgear version (2017.1.0), there is a nasal runtime error in ec135.nas, because yasim/gross-weight-lbs seems to be defined too late for the system. This makes the aircraft systems not working at all.
A fix is to replace (Nasal/ec135.nas, line 1040)
gross_weight_kg.setDoubleValue(gross_weight_lb.getValue() * LB2KG);
by
gross_weight_kg.setDoubleValue(gross_weight_lb.getValue() or 0 * LB2KG);
to make the nasal independent of the definition time.
Regards
D-ECHO
PS: This also applies to the ec130
PPS: Thanks for this very good helicopter!

add ALS 3d-shadow exterior

Cause: use of a deprecated shader.

Update reflection shaders to the new features of real fresnel effect.
Values of strength updated; nicer cubemap.
Now white looks like white, and reflections much more realistic.

I`m looking for information about the layout of the H135 Helionix Overhead panel layout.

I could already figure out, that the BATMASTER switch is on the 5th row on the left, but all other switches seems also changed.

So help needed: how is the new overhead panel looking?

• color of display should be inverted
• numbers should use property of instrumentation/transponder/...
• making use of transponder code of Extra500?