Today we’re taking the newest Local Legend, the Bell 47J Ranger by IniBuilds up for a short low level trip around St Barths.
The Bell 47 is probably one of the most iconic helicopters ever build. It was the first helicopter certified for civilian use and among other things, still holds a world distance record for piston helicopters, that was set in 1952, of 1,217 miles (1,959 km). Most will probably be familiar with versions like the 47D or 47G, with the tubework tail boom and the "soap bubble" canopy. But it's great to see the lesser known 47J in the sim. The J is probably most famous for being the first helicopter to carry a President, Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957. It also can be seen in the 1965 James Bond movie Thunderball.
I'm usually more interested in fixed wing aircraft, but it's still nice to have a helicopter as a Local Legend, it adds to the variety. IniBuilds did a great job with it, the visual model is stunning, down to the tinniest details, the sounds are good and it's quite a lot of fun to fly. I think it isn't as good as Taog's Lama or Alouette, but for 10-15 Dollars it's an absolute steal.
Overall, it's fun to fly. For the most part it's quite easy, but if you're not careful it can sink quite rapidly if you drop the collective too fast and it takes some time to recover from the dive.
For this flight I choose St Barthelemy. Superspud released a very nice freeware enhancement scenery, that adds a ton of detail to the island, including the yacht we takeoff from in the beginning of the video.
I hope you'll enjoy this video! I'm by no means a helicopter expert, but I'm slowly getting the hang of it and enjoy them more and more =)
The St Barths enhancement by Superspud is available here:
de.flightsim.to/file/23536/tf...
Hardware used:
Ryzen 7 5800X
32GB RAM
RTX 3080
00:00 Intro
00:46 Features
01:12 Startup
02:34 Takeoff
03:12 External Takeoff view
03:54 Low Level Flying around the boats and rocks
08:03 Flyby view from a boat
08:37 Flyby view from the shore
08:50 Exploring St Barths
11:58 Flyby view from the hilltop at the end of the runway
12:45 Landing
13:37 External Landing view
14:36 Ground view of Landing
15:30 Shutdown
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