Hi!
In MSFS 2024 Bell 206 showing as fixed wing airplane and i can’t bind joystick cyclic and trims for helicoper.
I Changed category in aircraft.cfg from “airplane” to “helicopter” and now it works.
Yes, but ity would break MSFS 2020 versions if we did that. Easier to simply bind Aileron/Elevator and Throttle 1/Prop 1 as well as Rudder.
RotorRick
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But then can’t use trims.
Maybe add choose of version when installing or option in heli manager.
Hi, has there been any update on this? I just bought the 206 and I cannot bind collective or cyclic axis. The suggestion was to bind Aileron/Elevator and Throttle 1/Prop 1, but as the original poster said then trims can’t be bound. Even if they could, I find it disappointing that I just paid money for a helicopter that doesn’t bind to helicopter controls. I’m not looking for permanent workaround. It should work correctly. Thanks!
Edit: I am on MSFS 24.
You can easily bind to regular trim rather than helicopter trim. Remember this is a legacy MSFS2020 aircraft, and we are at the mercy of how MS and Asobo do things. If we change it to helicopter in the source, than it wont work in 2020. The 2024 specific versions will work as you’d like.
The bindings have zero effect on flight characteristics. in fact, the Bell 206 doesn’t have force trim of any kind.
RotorRick
Fair enough, I’ll create a new profile just for this helicopter then. Thanks
So, I have bindings as helicopter from other helis that work here: collective, throttle, cycling. I have set the governor as u say in the manual and works. But trim doesn’t work, nor as my helo commands neither as elevator/aileron trim.
What is the situation with trim in 24? Is it going to be updated?
The Bell 206 does not have any force trim. We added it as a convenience for folks with heavy springs in their joysticks. In 2024, it appears that you must use the aileron/elevator bindings in order to use trim as helicopter bindings disable airplane controls and vice versa.
Upcoming updates will be 2024 specific and alleviate these kinds of issues.
RotorRick
Kay, but how come every single other ported 2020 helicopter I’ve used, mostly Taog’s and two Cowan just use helicopter bindings?
Finally was taught how to fly helicopters properly recently, I’d bought the 206 a long time ago, had no clue what I was doing and it got shelved pretty quick. If a simple update fixes this, how come it hasn’t happened after an entire year? I have a ton of bindings, at least 20-30 different bindings that would take a lot of time to set up fresh for the 206, that I use the same or copies with small variations for the native Taog 500c and Miltech MH60, but also the Taog’s Huey, Lama, and Alouette and Cowan R22 and R66, all 2020 ports.
Sorry to be overly negative, but this doesn’t seem like a major inconvenience and that kind of lack of support makes me hesitate to buy any other flyinside products. Not trying to be derogatory, just saying it how it is. Every time I’ve thought about rebinding my setup for the 206, I simply haven’t felt like it and flown one of those 7 others that work instead. In fact, if this wasn’t an issue there’s a good chance I would’ve bought the JetExec also.
Hello. I’d like to add some details to help, regarding MSFS 2024, specifically concerning modifying the “Aircraft.cfg” file to change the line “Category =” from “airplane” to “helicopter.” This allows helicopter settings to be included in the controls. So it’s a good idea if you have problems with the controls parameters of the 206, (not the B47G, and I don’t know for other helis from Flyinside). This works, but it creates an issue with the external camera (You’re retrieving a view that’s located in the helicopter’s engine, which isn’t very useful…), so you’ll also need to modify the external camera views yourself unless you use an add-on like Chaseplane that make it for you. Additionally, for the trims, the parameters I use that work are: “Decrease rotor lateral trim” to point the nose to the left; “Increase rotor lateral trim” to point the nose to the right; “Decrease rotor longitudinal trim” to lower the nose; and “Increase rotor longitudinal trim” to raise the nose. These parameters are for MSFS 2024 and do not work with MSFS (2020). I tried configuring the B47G the same way, and everything works except that the trims don’t respond regardless of the setting used (Airplane, Helicopter, or other). Can you confirm that there are no trims at all on the B47G?