Microsoft continues to add a ton of new content to its most recent iteration of the popular Microsoft Flight Simulator, from commercial jets to updated, hyper realistic versions of France and Benelux. Some fans have specific wish-list items for the game, however, and when Microsoft does not provide, they take matters into their own hands. Such is the case for the modders adding helicopters to the game.
Microsoft Flight Simulator currently does not support travel via helicopter, and the official plan to add them into the game will not be implemented until 2022. For the mod team Hype Performance Group, known for an Icon A5 mod that improved the performance of the plane, this was simply too long a time to wait.
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The team's newest project adds the Airbus H135 helicopter to the game. While previous fan mods have added elements as inspired as giant PS5 consoles to the Microsoft Flight Simulator city skyline, because of the challenges associated with getting a helicopter to feel like it should, the Airbus H135 project is actually the first time a helicopter mod has been successfully attempted.
The mod is still a work in progress however, and while some issues do persist with the controls and performance of the H135 helicopter, it is certainly starting to look as detailed and realistic as any official Flight Simulator vehicle. With other Microsoft Flight Simulator mods including a stuck Suez Canal Ship, and with tons of official content planned for years to come, Microsoft Flight Simulator and its community will be around for a long time as Hype Performance Group continues to perfect the Airbus H135 mod.
Microsoft Flight Simulator is available now on PC and is planned for release on Xbox Series X/S in 2021.