Modifying helicopters - remove doors

Hi All,

My thing is flying helicopters/rotor craft in FSX.

I would love to have some of the models modified so as to remove the doors. I.e the R22 and the MD 500d &e

how would I go about this?

I cant seem to find any such models on the free ware websites.

your help would be much appreciated,

Mick

You could try contacting the Creator, but I don't know how successful that may be.

Have you tried HoverControl?

Alan :pilot:

He might contact Hovercontrol, but they can't help him either. What he wants is like cutting the roof and the back off of a van to make it a pickup.

The model parts are irrepairedly tied together. You can't just 'cut' the hinges and the door will fall off. It would take making a new model. And the modeler is not going to spend 400 hours to make a different version of a helio he already finished and released to the public. Just not going to happen. Deal with it.

Chuck B

Napamule

Hi Mick,

If you really like Helicopters then get the Dodosim 206 - it offers the most realistic flight model available in FSX (thought the Hovercontrol ones are pretty good too) and a number of its variations come without doors.

The most fun helicopter flying I do is in the DCS world Huey - its absolutely wonderful. Also being able to fly the helicopter and get bullets on target adds a significant extra level of challenge. The flight model and detailed modelling are tremendous - you'll soon be grinning from ear to ear. DCS world is free with a good Mustang and a Frogfoot Russian attack plane and the Huey costs $50. You'll never regret getting it.

Cheers

Silver

CB,

I was suggesting HoverControl because, if memory serves, I recall seeing MD-5/600's without doors, as in the Military "Little Bird" variant...

Cheers!

Alan :pilot:

I have the chopper mentioned (The LittleBird) and it is a joy for ME to fly. Is it "realistic"? I can't answer that, having gone so far as to having sat in a Huey's cockpit ONCE, and in the cockpit of the Bell 47 they had out every Christmas time while I was growing up. Other than that, FSX and FS9 are the closest I've ever come to flying one. But it's a joy to fly.

Even hovers great without using the included "auto-hover gauge" :D

Hovercontrol has several MD500 types for FS9 and FSX both, several of which are of the military type without doors. Some even have a gunner sitting n the back seat, leaning out, like they showed in the movie Apocalypse Now, ready to turn loose with his '60 :)

"If I say it's safe to surf, it's safe to surf!!"

Pat☺

AN,

I suspect he doesn't want an 'Observation' helio but a 'DEVASTATION' Chopper- with no doors. The Huey comes to mind right away, of course. Then there is the Chinook - fully loaded. Then again maybe he wants something he can use to jump out off. But to pick a model and then modify it is not 'feasible', that's all I was saying. Cheers.

Chuck B

Napamule

PS: I did not forget the Piper (but was hoping you did - hehe). My whole system has been going thru vast changes the last 3 months (New OS, new video card, new printer, new hard drive, etc) And right now I am hooking up my wheel and pedals to do some car racing. CYA.

CB,

No worries... the more info the OP has at his disposal, the better!

RE: Pacer... I went ahead and pasted the Engine Info from Brian's Super Pacer, and it seems to work just fine! :D

Cheers!

Alan :pilot: