Adrian Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 History The BK-117 was a joint development between MBB (Germany) and Kawasaki (Japan) during the 80s and 90s. The Bk-117 has been very successful as a medevac helicopter thanks to its exceptional performances, generous cargo space and smooth flight model. After the merge of MBB and Aerospatiale in 1992, the BK-117 became part of the Eurocopter line-up. The BK-117 evolved into what is known today as the EC-145 BK-177 model from ND Art & Technology This model is not new, as it was initially released in 2009. However, it has been updated to work perfectly with X-Plane 10 and it is 64 bit compatible. Where to get it: BK-177 X-Plane.org Store Download size: 68Mb Price: $29.95 X-Plane requirement: X-Plane 10. 32 or 64 bit. Updated store# Includes: Two versions of the BK-117: Regular model and BK-117 with Weather Radar Radome PDF flight manual 7 paint schemes First Impressions When you load the BK-117, the first thing you see is a unique menu where you can decide which doors to open and close. Door controls can also be assigned to buttons. By default the Bk-117 comes loaded with a pilot, 2 paramedics and 1 (badly hurt) patient: You can adjust the number of occupants in the BK-177 using the Weight and Balance menu of X-Plane. Cockpit The cockpit is a full 3D cockpit. Instruments are well modeled and easy to read: The Bk-117 includes many systems such as autopilot, stability augmentation, and engine controls. A default GPS 430 is installed. It also comes with a Medivac G20T handheld GPS. The G20T will only give you the distance to a target coordinate. Overall the cockpit is very well made and easy to navigate: Dark and cold start-up The Bk-117 does support a dark and cold start-up. Nils from ND Art & Technology has published a video about the start-up procedure: Exterior and flight Model: Everything is modeled in detail: The frame, doors, Main rotor, and blades. You'd be highly unlikely to find any defect in this model. Details on the rotors: The Bk-117 is fairly easy to control. As long as you own a decent joystick you should be able to master the Bk-177 very quickly. The aircraft is very forgiving thanks to the Stability Augmentation system implemented by the designers. Thanks to the autopilot you can use the Bk-117 for longer flights such as search and rescue missions. The Sperry helicopter autopilot is fully simulated in the systems plugin. SAS Control and Sperry Autopilot: Additional Paint schemes: Conclusion: Hard to believe this model is four years old already. It still looks like a brand new release . ND Art & Technology's BK-117 is a pleasure to fly. It has everything you would look for in a payware model: Detailed graphics, systems to mimic the real aircraft, and great flight model. On top of all that, the Bk-117 is easy on your computer. I was able to maintain a frame rate of over 55fps during all my tests. Highly recommended for anyone who is interested in learning to fly a chopper. MadMckMax 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacky75 Posted April 24, 2014 Report Share Posted April 24, 2014 in despite of no dreamsounds, it remains my beloved chopper of all :-) -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbLFU5WBZq0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Douglas Culver Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 I had this chopper several years ago before I went to Microsoft Gold. I have missed it every since. Microsoft doesn't have anything remotely close. Nemeth Designs is coming out with the BK117 this Fall. I might try X-Plane 10 in the future just to be able to fly the BK117 from ND developers once again. Doug Culver Watertown, Wi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BK117Pilot Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 Hey , i can't Start Up the Engine in the Virtual Cockpit. I use Xplane on Mac OSX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted October 4, 2016 Report Share Posted October 4, 2016 8 hours ago, Guest BK117Pilot said: Hey , i can't Start Up the Engine in the Virtual Cockpit. I use Xplane on Mac OSX Sorry can't help you with that as I haven't graced the BK117 cockpit for ages... you will need to go to the support page for the aircraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerHeiko Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Hi there, the BK117 is a modell from X Plane 10. I would be interested in if it also works with XPlane 11 in the actual version? Kind regards Heiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 The BK117 is now just too old and without updates for too long 😢, Yes I tried the BK117 not long ago and it is not flying correctly in X-Plane11... and yes I miss it badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woasnix Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Thanks for this challenging product! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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