I fly that all the time!! I have MSFS 2004 (FS9) and FSX. The chopper was made for FS9 so I had doubts it would transfer to FSX but it did -- but the gauges in the cockpit are "dead" in FSX.
I posted a video on youtube of me "flying" it around Kauai:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16BtJG6ZWEs
It's not a very good video -- it was when I was just learning to fly and just learning to take videos of my FS flying.
I'd love to get the Robin's Nest scenery for it. Can you have Vanity post where those of us who have MSFS can download it?
James, if you're going to get MSFS for the helicopter, best to get the FS9 (Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight) because that's the program the heli works best in. And be prepared to spend the next year of your life dedicated to learning to fly helicopters in MSFS, plus brace yourself for the outlay of money for an upgraded computer to handle all the graphics, plus all the equipment of a double-stick joystick, for example, the Saitek X52 (so you can "operate" the cyclic and collective separately), and then pedals for your feet.
I fell in love with flight simming ONLY because I wanted to go to Hawaii and "fly a helicopter" like T.C. Before we went, my spouse suggested I get MSFS so I could learn at least a little of what I was going to be doing if I were in a helicopter. And just last month I DID fly a Robinson 22 in Hawaii! I couldn't hover at all, but I did fly it (with an instructor pilot in the cockpit with me) for about a half an hour -- about 25 miles down the coast and back. It was the COOLEST thing I've ever done in my life.
Video of my attempting to hover (failed miserably but I didn't crash the heli) on Webshots at:
http://rides.webshots.com/album/558837604mWBDhn
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P.S. I found the download. You have to "join" the site, but it's free to join. If anyone else wants it, it's here (go to nearly the bottom of the page):
http://www.surclaro.com/downloads_c29_390_titleA.html
P.P.S. Well, I downloaded it and installed it. I just can't figure out how to use it! Maybe Vanity can help me with this. Usually with add-on scenery for FS9, there are README files or some kind of instructions. I didn't find them with this download. I really want to "find" Robin's Nest, but I have not been able to do so. Please ask Vanity to send me some kind of message so we can email directly with each other so I can figure this out.
I did do a "fly-by" -- but I didn't find Robin's Nest. I just flew T.C.'s heli:
http://rides.webshots.com/video/3048788 ... 1870pqQhUv
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