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Today we celebrate the first flight of the Robinson R44. The Robinson R44 is a four-seat light helicopter produced by Robinson Helicopter Company since 1992. Based on the company's two-seat Robinson R22, the R44 features hydraulically assisted flight controls. It was first flown on 31 March 1990 and received FAA certification in December 1992, with the first delivery in February 1993. The R44 has been the world's best-selling general aviation (GA) helicopter every year since 1999. It is one of the most-produced GA aircraft of the 21st century, with 5,941 deliveries from 2001 to 2020. In 1997, a Robinson R44, piloted by Jennifer Murray, became the first helicopter to circumnavigation the world by a woman, covering a distance of 36,000 miles in 97 days. As of 2014, an R44 holds the piston speed record of 227 km/h. R44 Helicopter Training 9.8 Hours: Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the two people recently killed when their R44 crashed in Rowlett, USA. If you're an FSX user and helicopter fan, then why not check out the Just Flight model in the store: Just Flight - Flying Club Robinson R44 - FlightSim.Com Store The file library contains countless liveries for the Just FlightR44, so make sure you check them out. See R44 files in our library
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/images/notams/notams21/robi0915.jpgIntroductionThis project is a community build from RSP (Rotor Sim Pilot) withthe flight model provided by Fred Naar of AirlandFS. Please be respectful that this is an ALPHA release product, acommunity project and approx 5% complete. A full roadmap of comingfeatures and modifications can be found within the guide provided aspart of the download. About the Robinson R44 Raven II HelicopterThe four-seat Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter is a highperforming, reliable machine that is easy to maintain. R44s have atwo-bladed rotor system, T-bar cyclic and the latest in Robinsontechnology including streamlined instrument panels and crashworthybladder fuel tanks. The R44’s aerodynamic fuselage optimizes airspeed and fueleconomy. Hydraulic controls eliminate feedback forces and provideresponsive handling. A low tail-rotor tip speed, newly designedmuffler and large cambered tail reduce flyover noise. Raven II helicopters are powered by Lycoming’s IO-540 fuel injectedengine. The IO-540 delivers better altitude performance, increasedpayload and eliminates the need for carburetor heat. Source
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/images/notams/notams21/vsky0222/vsky0222.jpgBy concept, all three VSKYLABS Robinson projects (R22/R44/R66) weredeveloped side by side in a tremendous effort and coordination. TheR66 was the first to reach v1.0 milestone, followed eight months laterby the R44 v1.0 release which was an important stage in thedevelopment of several important aspects of the VSKYLABS R22. The R44v1.0 was also an important milestone in the preparations of the 2ndVSKYLABS R66 variant (planned with the classic analog cockpit anwithin the project development scheduled road-map). However, during development, it got clear that the R22 developmenteffort must be shifted down in priorities, for various (good)reasons... /images/notams/notams21/vsky0222/vskylabs-r44-r66.jpgAmong the reasons is the fact that the R22 helicopter appearance inthe flight-sim world (and in X-Plane) got a bit "flooded"...and therewas no good reason to add an additional R22, for sure not before theR66 and R44 helicopters, which were "needed" in X-Plane with a widerand deeper simulation scope... Developing and updating add-on aircraft/helicopters is a *huge*effort that takes months and years to complete. So while the VSKYLABSR22 development was shifted down in priorities (while going up in"quantity"), the R22 development resources were channeled to otherfascinating VSKYLABS projects (including other helis and gyros), andallowed to execute several important existing projects updates,earlier. At the present, the VSKYLABS R66, R44 and the Cabri G2 are coveringthe major target categories for mainstream, popular training andgeneral aviation helicopters simulation. So with the several existingR22's out there, there is no severe *void* left with thisdecision. In the light of the above, shifting the R22 down in priorities is agood call in several aspects. At the present, the VSKYLABS Robinson R22 Project is servingin-house for various testing and development purposes. It is stillconsidered as an active-development project but it is on a lowerpriority and it will be released when time is right. The exact timeframe for this has not been set yet. Source
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/images/notams/notams20/vsky1109.jpgThe update was already injected into the project (via the STMAAutoupdater). Stores version was updated to the latest build aswell. Update v1.1 is mostly addressing some INTERACTION aspects withregards to 2D/VR usage. Here are the highlights: A new, dual-setup (InHg/MB) Altimeter was installed in thecockpit. It features large-size digits for better VR operations aswell. This Altimeter was developed as part of VSKYLABS VR-relatedoptimizations and will be implemented soon in all relevant VSKYLABSprojects! The single GNS 530 configuration was replaced with a single KX155(COM1/NAV1) and a single GNS 430 (COM2/NAV2). The KX155 was selectedas it has a large-size digit display which is better than the ones inthe G530/G430 for VR operations. In addition, all radios/GPSdials/knobs sensitivities were refined for VR touch-controllersoperations. Another useful interactive function that was added to this updateis the "Hide Yoke" feature, allowing to hide/show the cyclic (via abutton assignment or interaction with the base of the cyclic verticalbar). Although being a non-issue in most VR operations, it may beuseful for 2D/on screen operations, as it allows a clear view of thepanel and switches. The full update history log of the project is available in theproject's page at the VSKYLABS web site. The development road-map of the VSKYLABS Robinson projects is veryexciting! Stay tuned for more! Source VSKYLABS F-19 Stealth Fighter News VSKYLABS Updates R44 And R66 Helicopters
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/images/notams/notams20/vsky1103.jpgThe VSKYLABS Robinson R44 and R66 Projects - News Flash! During the past few days, both the VSKYLABS Robinson R44 and R66Projects were updated with various planned features/improvements. As planned, once the R44 hit version v1.0, the developmentroad-maps of the projects has been merged, to allow an efficienton-going development, bug fixes and features enhancementsprocess. Several pending updates for the R66 were in 'hold' status upuntil now. Latest updates for both projects included a change in therotor-braking system so that it would be possible to easily assign therotor-brake handle to a key/button in X-Plane. In addition to that,the rotor-brake system braking-power was tuned in both helicopters toallow a more realistic maximum braking power during the shutdownprocess. The updates included also improvement in cyclic roll-inputanimation and interaction, with the addition of a hand-grip axis sothat the cyclic will move more realistically in the roll axis. Additional minor fixes to collective-head switches animations weremade to both projects. Both projects are now on the development road-map tracks, andfuture updates will include additional variants with fixed UtilityFloats, cross-panel implementation, on-going tuning and bug fixes andmuch more!,/p> Source VSKYLABS R44 Released VSKYLABS Update On F-19 Stealth Fighter
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/images/notams/notams20/vsky1025.jpgThe VSKYLABS Robinson R44 Raven II Project v1.0 wasjust released for X-Plane 11. A Robinson Helicopter high-endsimulation, an ultimate VR experience, constantly evolvingproject... Source VSKYLABS Update On F-19 Stealth Fighter VSKYLABS Icon-A5 Project for X-Plane 11 News VSKYLABS Previews XF-85 Flying Over The Mojave Desert
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/images/notams/notams20/vsky0720.jpgThe VSKYLABS Robinson R44 is under development frommid-2019. Development has initiated for all VSKYLABS Robinson family(22/44/66) at the same point in time, with a development strategy thatis taking into consideration that the Robinsons are sharing varioussimilar components (just like in real world). The VSKYLABS RobinsonR44 Project for X-Plane 11...Coming Soon.Source
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/images/notams/notams20/vsky0122.jpgOK..."it's alive"...for quite some time...here is a short video tobegin with (apologize for the low quality of the video...). Flight dynamics model-to-systems integration is about to getcompleted, and the VSL R66 is about to start flying extensively (byreal world experienced pilots), to get it into a robust, flawless R66simulation throughout the entire flight envelope and systemsoperation. In addition, it is now the point in which extensive VR tests arehaving a *GO* here at the 'labs...hopefully a first inflight video ofcockpit view in VR will be posted by the end of the week. As noted before, the VSKYLABS R66 has reached a point in whichit is the most comprehensive VSKYLABS project up to date, making useof X-Plane's characteristics and features very deep and thoroughly,with all of the R66 on-board systems being simulated andaddressed. Very exciting. A few words regarding the R22 and the R44: projects development ispushing hard for both. All three projects are complex and there are norelease schedules yet for the R22 and R44 (need to say...althoughseems as a *fast* progress...it is a result of weeks of preparations,followed by months of continuous development effort which will lastdeeper into 2020). The R66 will be released as No.1 (release schedule is set for theR66, but it will be officially announced when time comes). In addition there will be a built-in pause between releases, whentime comes, to allow optimal project and users support for eachproject, especially during the first weeks out in the open. This willreduce the strain and will shorten some of the processes involved inthe R44 and R22 future releases. Source
