Comments on: Review: Wilco Tiltrotor (FSX Version) http://www.simflight.com/2008/12/15/review-wilco-tiltrotor-fsx-version/ Flight Simulation News, Reviews, Forums Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:12:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Gubbins http://www.simflight.com/2008/12/15/review-wilco-tiltrotor-fsx-version/#comment-5801 David Gubbins Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:00:09 +0000 http://simflight.com/?p=2771#comment-5801 I have real problems with this plane. However it does look and fly fantastically well. I found it made a total mess of my FSMap installation, so I deinstalled FSMap from this aircraft. I then found the tilt rotor system had a mind of its own. The visual model had the rotors set for forward flight when I had set them to vertical, and the model was hovering with the rotors tilited forward! Most disheartening. Even worse it seems to be causing my machine to crash. I don't know how but after I de-installed all was well again. Such a shame as this is a great add-on, so much better than the Alphasim V-22. I would love to use but it is currently in the hangar awaiting a patch! I do run a 64 bit vista machine - so I guess I only have myself to blame. thanks for the attention I have real problems with this plane.
However it does look and fly fantastically well.
I found it made a total mess of my FSMap installation, so I deinstalled FSMap from this aircraft. I then found the tilt rotor system had a mind of its own. The visual model had the rotors set for forward flight when I had set them to vertical, and the model was hovering with the rotors tilited forward! Most disheartening.
Even worse it seems to be causing my machine to crash. I don’t know how but after I de-installed all was well again.
Such a shame as this is a great add-on, so much better than the Alphasim V-22. I would love to use but it is currently in the hangar awaiting a patch!
I do run a 64 bit vista machine – so I guess I only have myself to blame.

thanks for the attention

]]> By: Bernardo Lopez http://www.simflight.com/2008/12/15/review-wilco-tiltrotor-fsx-version/#comment-5743 Bernardo Lopez Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:52:57 +0000 http://simflight.com/?p=2771#comment-5743 NOt only is full of incompatibilities with FSX!!!! IFR isn't possible with Tilt Rotor. I have contacyted wilco support and worked together with one of theire supporters until he quit on me; After having got a dissatisfying answer form Wilco Tech. support That the gauges used in Tilt are Stock, Well...Why don't they work as in many other payware and Freeware FSX addons?????...I'm sorry to write here,But I have got tired of trying to contact Wilco again...They don't respond(?)!.I'm running Vista 32 so I shouldn't have any problems with compatibility. This addon is really a rippoff ( Wilcos' refund policy) NOt only is full of incompatibilities with FSX!!!! IFR isn’t possible with Tilt Rotor. I have contacyted wilco support and worked together with one of theire supporters until he quit on me; After having got a dissatisfying answer form Wilco Tech. support That the gauges used in Tilt are Stock, Well…Why don’t they work as in many other payware and Freeware FSX addons?????…I’m sorry to write here,But I have got tired of trying to contact Wilco again…They don’t respond(?)!.I’m running Vista 32 so I shouldn’t have any problems with compatibility.

This addon is really a rippoff ( Wilcos’ refund policy)

]]> By: steve_1979 http://www.simflight.com/2008/12/15/review-wilco-tiltrotor-fsx-version/#comment-5353 steve_1979 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:17:48 +0000 http://simflight.com/?p=2771#comment-5353 This plane is a framerate killer! I have two other add on planes (Flight 1's SF260 and Skysim's Hawk) and neither have any affect on the frame rate but Wilco's Tilt Rotor is almost unplayable. This plane is a framerate killer! I have two other add on planes (Flight 1′s SF260 and Skysim’s Hawk) and neither have any affect on the frame rate but Wilco’s Tilt Rotor is almost unplayable.

]]> By: É um avião? um helicóptero? Não, é um… | Airsim.net - simFlight PT - Flight Simulator - Simulação Aérea http://www.simflight.com/2008/12/15/review-wilco-tiltrotor-fsx-version/#comment-3115 É um avião? um helicóptero? Não, é um… | Airsim.net - simFlight PT - Flight Simulator - Simulação Aérea Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:05:58 +0000 http://simflight.com/?p=2771#comment-3115 [...] dos heli nem dos asa fixa, ou será que a ambos os grupos?. Aqui fica uma apontamento para um review bem como a página da Wilco onde pode adquirir este estranha [...] [...] dos heli nem dos asa fixa, ou será que a ambos os grupos?. Aqui fica uma apontamento para um review bem como a página da Wilco onde pode adquirir este estranha [...]

]]> By: Eagleskinner http://www.simflight.com/2008/12/15/review-wilco-tiltrotor-fsx-version/#comment-3062 Eagleskinner Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:04:20 +0000 http://simflight.com/?p=2771#comment-3062 Sorry for the delay in replying... holidays and 1800 spam mails in my in-box... Pierre, I am sorry to hear about your problems - especially as I should be the one with the real problems (I use Vista 64 bit and it says "not guaranteed to work with 64 bit" for the tiltrotor) I can't say that I had take-off problems at all - there is plenty of power surplus when I pull power. Of course the lever is nearly in your armpit on vertical takeoff, but once you overcome the mass, it does pop up well for me. As I write elsewhere too, I am a bit concerned that I could actually hover this out of ground effect at 20000 feet and even land on top of Mt. Everest with it, but that in no way reduces the fun factor for the average simmer. Starting engines is another thing too... do you have props (power) at minimum while the engine spools up. I know there isn't a detailed manual with this plane (Bell are keeping very tight... :( ) so start procedures are rather hit and miss without the correct checklists. But I will stick with “good hovering” and “excellent ground handling” - I do have real-world heli control experience to compare to. Sorry for the delay in replying… holidays and 1800 spam mails in my in-box…
Pierre, I am sorry to hear about your problems – especially as I should be the one with the real problems (I use Vista 64 bit and it says “not guaranteed to work with 64 bit” for the tiltrotor)
I can’t say that I had take-off problems at all – there is plenty of power surplus when I pull power. Of course the lever is nearly in your armpit on vertical takeoff, but once you overcome the mass, it does pop up well for me.
As I write elsewhere too, I am a bit concerned that I could actually hover this out of ground effect at 20000 feet and even land on top of Mt. Everest with it, but that in no way reduces the fun factor for the average simmer.
Starting engines is another thing too… do you have props (power) at minimum while the engine spools up. I know there isn’t a detailed manual with this plane (Bell are keeping very tight… :( ) so start procedures are rather hit and miss without the correct checklists.
But I will stick with “good hovering” and “excellent ground handling” – I do have real-world heli control experience to compare to.

]]> By: Pierre Fauteux http://www.simflight.com/2008/12/15/review-wilco-tiltrotor-fsx-version/#comment-2969 Pierre Fauteux Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:31:17 +0000 http://simflight.com/?p=2771#comment-2969 Hi Chris, I wonder: did'nt you get a hard time taking off VTOL? For my part, I can't "unglue" that bird until I reached almost full power, even if I have reduce the payload and passengers to zero. An helo is far easier to take off. And, did'nt you have a rough time when you started the second rotor while the nacelles are at VTOL position? For my part, the bird goes up suddendly to around 100 feet and then crashes when the engines are spooling down. Considering my first comment, I'm surprised that it goes up so fast just after starting the engines. So much for "good hovering" and "excellent ground handling"! But the bird is nevertheless very funning to fly: I especially like the unique feeling of diving to a runway at 2500 feet/minute without getting much airspeed! Ciao! PF Hi Chris,

I wonder: did’nt you get a hard time taking off VTOL? For my part, I can’t “unglue” that bird until I reached almost full power, even if I have reduce the payload and passengers to zero. An helo is far easier to take off.

And, did’nt you have a rough time when you started the second rotor while the nacelles are at VTOL position? For my part, the bird goes up suddendly to around 100 feet and then crashes when the engines are spooling down. Considering my first comment, I’m surprised that it goes up so fast just after starting the engines.

So much for “good hovering” and “excellent ground handling”!

But the bird is nevertheless very funning to fly: I especially like the unique feeling of diving to a runway at 2500 feet/minute without getting much airspeed!

Ciao!

PF

]]> By: TimL http://www.simflight.com/2008/12/15/review-wilco-tiltrotor-fsx-version/#comment-2961 TimL Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:41:53 +0000 http://simflight.com/?p=2771#comment-2961 Nice review Eagleskinner! This is a great bird to have in the hangar. WILCO has done a great job bringing another tilt rotor to FSX & FS9. Nice review Eagleskinner! This is a great bird to have in the hangar. WILCO has done a great job bringing another tilt rotor to FSX & FS9.

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