The Sikorsky S-76A is an intermediate class twin engine commercial multi-purpose helicopter powered by two turboshaft engines.
Introduced in 1977, the S-76 series was originally built for the rigorous demands of the offshore oil & gas transportation, it is widely used for other purposes, such as Executive transport, SAR, Airline and Helicopter Emergency Medical/Air Ambulance Services. The S-76 helicopter was designed to serve the off-shore oil market and meet its requirements to carry 12 passengers and a crew of 2 on a 400 nautical mile radius mission. The S-76 carried technologies developed for the UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopter. Among the features are: titanium and composite main rotor blades, a bearingless composite tail rotor, bifilar vibration absorbers, and a simplified main rotor transmission.
Nemeth Designs S-76A comes with two cabin configurations and optional F1 GTN750/G600* support
Features:
8 authentic paint themes.
Detailed exterior and interior models
PBR material support
Custom snow effects on fuselage
Hundreds of custom animations on the exterior and interior models
Night cockpit lighting
Functioning AFCS
Fully clickable dynamic virtual cockpit
3D animated instruments
Based on original blueprints, documentations
PDF manual
Support for multiple platforms**
* Flight1 GTN750 and Flight1 G500/600 series are not included in this package.
** MS Flight Simulator X with Acceleration, MS Flight Simulator X Steam Edition, Lockheed Martin Prepar3D v4.x
Requirements
OS: Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later
Processor: 2.0 Ghz or higher (single core)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX®9 compliant video card or greater, 256 MB video RAM or higher, Shader Model 1.1 or higher (Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required)
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 2 GB available space
Flight Simulator X with Acceleratio Expansion Pack
Flight Simulator X Steam Edition
Lockeed Martin Prepar3D v4.x
The review knocking this for having no auto pilot despite the store description clearly saying it does is accurate. The only place that mentions the simple auto pilot is the flight manual where it says the A\P is ONLY for P3. NOT FSX or Steam! so that was very annoying! other than that I really like this helicopter! It flies so smoothly. Very easy to control and a real joy to fly. looks great too! The audio is a bit understated but i guess i can just turn the volume up.
runs great on my Win 10 i7 3.3ghz 16GB Ram. Intel UHD 630 integrated GPU
I have to say I am disappointed.
Description says "Functioning AFCS" - only when you purchase and find in the manual it says "Unlike the real one, the AFCS system (7.-8.) in this addon has a very limited functionality". Why not tell potential buyers this? Somewhat holds a heading, not so much pitch in AP1. The Altitude hold that is supposed to work as the SAS/ATT button in manual - does not- limits pitch movement but still drifts up and down. Manual says it can "auto hover to a certain degree" - it does laterally, but again not in pitch. All of this really frustrates me - had I known this I would not have purchased - the range on this makes it suitable for longer helo flights - without a functioning AFCS it is no where near enjoyable.
Other items I don't like:
-Limited night usefulness - landing light has some use at low altitude, once you are close to or on ground lights up almost zero. Taxi Lights light up interior cockpit seat / area but nothing outside the aircraft.
-Cockpit night lighting somewhat bright, confusing light switches that seem to mostly all do the same thing.
-No actual support forums - both Nemeth website and one stated here take you to unused or spam domains.
I will give a plus for F1 GTN and G600 integration. Cockpit is generally fair to good, some areas fairly crisp, others a little rough. Exterior is very good.