A2A SIMULATIONS - 3D LIGHTS REDUX FS2004
Couldn't agree more - this addon improves the appearance of your sim.
HD - EUROCOPTER AS 350 B3 ECUREUIL
I sooo wanted to love this aircraft. I'm a big fan of helicopters, and I am particularly interested in aerial firefighting. However, I have been disappointed on several issues. Some of the external textures are blurry, the instruments in the VC are fairly low resolution, and I can't seem to work the water drop feature (although I am very willing to admit this might be my problem - I'll keep trying). There is also a sound issue - visit the forums for extra info. There are some things I like - the water snorkel is good, and the external model overall is nice. I re-saved the textures as DXT3 (without MIPS) and this has improved the loading times and blurriness. If you are confident with tweaking your aircraft config, changing panel viewpoints and adjusting your sound format, it is possible to improve things a little. However, there are better helicopters out there, both pay- and free-ware. If you really, really must have an AS-350 equipped for firefighting or heli-ski work, then take a look. But if you're happy with any small utility helicopter, I'd check out the Nemeth Brothers EC120B Colibri, which has a nice VC and is available here at Simmarket.