This updated version 2.5 no longer resembles the early versions that deservedly received poor reviews. CeraSim has done quite a lot to improve this add on.
Cockpit textures while still not perfect do now have much improved textures. They also worked out a lot of the bugs reported by early purchasers and leave us now with a much nicer helicopter and flight model.
The exterior didn't need much work and still looks fantastic.
This v2.5 MI17 is mostly a fun beast to fly. It definitely takes practice and i believe the flight model needs more work as it is still too easily blown around by relatively light winds. I find it to be overly challenging to fly when winds exceed 6kts making it feel like I'm flying a paper plane. Maybe that's accurate? I don't know but it sure seems unlikely that a helicopter of this size is so easily blown around by such minor winds? That said we do now have a much improved MI17 albeit still sometimes challenging to maintain stable flight when winds start kicking up.
Almost there Cera, Clean up some more textures and stabilize the flight model, then a 5th star.
just awful, there is more wrong with this than right including but not limited to inop switches and systems (you can click them but they are labelled inop and do nothing), overly sensitive flight model, no way to trim, massively over priced for what you get. this is to name but a few.
The textures are well reproduced and most of the cockpit switches can be operated. Autopilot doesn't seem to be working.
However, there are bugs such as turning on some of the switches and making them inoperable after that, and the hatch remaining open.
FM is a little sensitive and hovering near the ground is unstable. In particular, the pitching feels excessive. Also, the rudder is not very effective.
I set the sensitivity of the controller to about 20% for roll, about 40% for pitch, and raised the rudder considerably. Since it is a 20t helicopter, I hope that it will be updated to an FM that is a little slower and has more inertia.
Also, sometimes the roll pitch changes abruptly in the air, as if it had hit something, so this also needs to be fixed.
It would be nice if the external flight sound had a little more bass.
Thank you to MSFS for releasing this precious Russian helicopter.
Thank you for the model. I really liked the Mi-17. I enjoyed flying the Mi-17. I liked how the hub of the main propeller, the steering propeller was designed, I liked the spin of the propeller when starting the engines, I liked the dynamics of the flight.
Thank you again!
I saw some comments that left 2 stars, somehow they disappeared? ...
But this is a solid aircraft, could be perfect with a few updates, the FM feels a bit too light :)
Poor cockpit textures, many switches do not work. Spins wildly on the ground and flips with the slightest touch of the cyclic. So something not right with the flight model. Buy with caution.