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Heli Traffic 2009
Posted: 11 Aug 2009, 22:16
by JohnD
Has anyone else tried this?
I have downloaded it from Flight1 and have been 'playing' with it tonight. It is very easy to use.
I have created two simple flight plans and the take off and landings are extremely realistic. The default helicopters are used. It workd in FSX and FS9.
You can use existing helicopter landing pads or create your own. The flight plans can be direct from helipad to helipad or via waypoints that you can create.
On the downside it doesn't react with existing AI traffic or radio communications.
For me it adds another dimension to a already great virtual world!
Here is a link to the demo and video
http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=helitraffic
John
Re: Heli Traffic 2009
Posted: 11 Aug 2009, 22:26
by DaveB
Hi John
It says it can use any addon helicopters too which is cool

Tks for the HU.. definately something to consider ;-)
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Re: Heli Traffic 2009
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 10:37
by spatialpro
JohnD wrote:Has anyone else tried this?
Yes, I've been using it for a couple of months now and LOVE it. I recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in helicopters or those who operate from airfields where there are lots of helicopter movements.
Andy
Re: Heli Traffic 2009
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 10:49
by petermcleland
I bought it yesterday and am very pleased with it...no sound from the Traffic helicopters but very good hovering with real vertical take-offs and landings. I note that some helicopters are better to use than others...The main critera for me being the appearance of the spinning rotors. Rick's Sycamore is very good but the Robinson 44 from FS Chopper Fever is no good as it flies with its ground tethered rotor still visible. The program for setting things up works very well and it automatically finds all the choppers that you have available (it also found a large fixed wing aircraft and programmed that in!...looked really strange landing on the helipad at McLeland Field!!)...Easily fixed as I just unticked it

Re: Heli Traffic 2009
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 11:09
by Trev Clark
I heard that his slows up FSX quite a bit, but I forgot it was for FS9 too, I imagine on a good system it would be OK.
Re: Heli Traffic 2009
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 13:29
by petermcleland
Here is a very brief streaming clip of a helicopter taking off:-
http://www.petermcleland.com/video/HeliTraffic.wmv
Re: Heli Traffic 2009
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 13:59
by DispatchDragon
John, Trooper, Pete
Thanks for the affirmation -- I think I feel ALL the sightseeing traffic for Hawaii coming on -- Blue Hawaii and Maui Helicopters AS360s everywhere...
Leif
Re: Heli Traffic 2009
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 14:08
by Techy111
I seem to have a problem getting streaming Vids off this site now...? First its says connection error...then i try again and it just clicks twice and.....nada....
Any ideas..?
Tony
Re: Heli Traffic 2009
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 15:14
by petermcleland
Don't know Tony...I just tried it and it worked fine in Firefox...You are not missing much...It only runs for 18 seconds and shows a take-off :think:
I'll just do a Zip file for you...Standby...Here you are Tony:-
http://www.petermcleland.com/video/HeliTraffic.zip
Re: Heli Traffic 2009
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 15:42
by speedbird591
It streams fine for me, Peter. It looks really good too, I wonder if I need it?
Mmm. Probly not. We'll see.
Ian
