AW139 Changelog – X-Rotors

AW139 5.00*

New model designed from scratch, a highly detailed modern version with long nose and windowed doors
New cabin and panels, with only a bare 20% of reycled components from the previous versions
New main and tail rotors with frame-rate agnostic animations and new highly detailed landing gears
New 4K textures and UV maps, with doubled level of detail for fuseleage, gears and rotors
New Primus Epic displays (version 3.0) at high resolution*
Overhauled flight model with even more precise behaviour, performance and weights
Force Trim switch off by default, this is to avoid frequent complains about the cyclic not moving
Fixed a bug causing engine ignition to fail in certain situations
Added co-pilot FMS
Added manual

^{* To be confirmed}

AW139 4.01 (Current)

Improved model, fuseleage and interiors have being ported to Blender and overhauled
Improved flight model, now experimental with new turbine models and rotor-driven hydraulics
Improved cockpit, flight controls have now night lighting and fully animated switches
Improved textures, cabin and panels got new lights, materials and normal maps
Improved cyclic trim, now with a new trim reset command very useful in ATT mode
Improved rotor animations, now spinning flawlessly, with linear regression on port side
Improved callouts, LDP and TDP are now triggered by CAT A and ENGINE IDLE is less sensitive
Fixed a bug causing almost every autopilot mode to be unresponsive and messy
Fixed a bug causing rotor brake to be always engaged at launch
Fixed a bug causing the collective to be inverted in VR
Fixed a bug preventing the CAS messages to be seen on Windows
Fixed a bug preventing the CAS messages to activate and deactivate panel lights
Fixed a bug preventing the product license to be verified at startup on some configurations
Fixed a bug preventing the main rotor’s NR to be correctly working on MFD
Fixed a bug causing the collective trim switch to invert CLTV/YAW TRIM functions
Added a hide yoke function
Added AviTab™ cockpit integration* in HD with custom mount, landing camera and glowing light
Updated plane maker panel, now with a 2048 x 2048 texture and room for more HD instruments
Updated ATT mode (CWS), new code and autopilot constants ensure precision and steadiness
Updated lights, exterior and cockpit emitters are now HDR and lights control has been rewritten
Updated pilot, the same guy of the AW109 is there to do amazing things
Updated interactions, useless animations and manipulators are now gone forever
Updated meshes, vertices and faces have been heavily optimized and deduplicated
Updated textures, fuseleage got new engine grids and clearer window glasses
Updated pilot view, now higher and regressed as in reality
Updated PLA, both levers have lights and are in flight position by default
Updated PFD, consistently with the other metrics, barometric pressure is now HPA
Updated sounds for flip switches and knobs, landing gear sound is being reduced at 4″
Updated installer security and speed, now powered by Amazon S3

^{* Get the AviTab™ plugin on https://github.com/fpw/avitab/releases/}

AW139 4.00 RC7

Fixed cyclic responsiveness when ATT mode is on
Removed 30° bank limit when ATT mode is on
Added animated air vents, pilot side
Minor functional and visual refinements
Windows installer upgraded to 64 bits
Fixed the «parsing URL» installer’s bug

AW139 4.00 RC6

Dynamic CAS crew alert system reproduced with 85 warning, caution and advisory messages
Warning and caution lights on panel now follow a CAS event
Warning and caution acknowledge is now also possible with CAS RST button on collective
CAS messages can now be scrolled with CCD inner rotary knob
Added MAP zoom function to CCD outer rotary knob when LH is selected, works also in HSI MAP mode
Fixed a bug causing persistent FT after aircraft unload
Added proper nose wheel lock functionality to GEAR panel
Blade flapping sound during flares, nose pitches and tight bank degrees on turns
MFD and PFD selection with LH and RH button on CCD panel is now evident on screen
Fixed ATT mode, pitch and roll ≤ 30° are kept until FT REL is pressed and cyclic is moved
ATT pitch and roll can be fine tuned with cyclic hat switch when FD STBY is on
Fixed occasional bugs on certain autopilot FD modes
Minor functional and visual refinements
Refined fuel management
Fixed the «exceeded activations» installer’s bug

AW139 4.00 RC5

Installer for Windows, Mac and Linux with serial autentication and encrypted file archive
Fixed battery issue which was still causing failed re-starts under certain conditions
Fixed generators issue causing battery mischarge and consequent quick draining
Fixed incorrect electrical consumption for every single system on board
Electrical hydraulic pump now off by default and with reduced pressure, as in reality
Added electrical hydraulic pump sound
Fixed hydraulic sources with refined values and display indicators
Added hydraulic Shut-Off-Valve (SOV) switch functionality on the interseat panel
Fixed misbehaviour of DH labels MIN and MIN + 100 ft on attitude sphere
The LOW HT AWG switch on the MISC panel now inhibits all low height aural warnings
Added landing gear aural warning < 150 ft with gear up, mutable by LOW HT AWG switch
Added decision height aural warning, mutable by LOW HT AWG switch
Fixed tricky collective raising in VR
Better sound behaviour at start-ups and shut-downs
Better engine response at higher altitudes
Better rotor spooling-up speed
Fixed minor 3D details on fuseleage and interiors
Added blinking caution and warning lights with HDR spills

AW139 4.00 RC4.1

Fixed rotors still moving when rotor brake caliper is at maximum pressure, an X-Plane issue bypass
Fixed PMS issue still occourring after a power-off, now each engine starts, idles and restarts as expected
Fixed over-TQ and rotor-high issue when switching from IDLE to FLT mode on PMS
Fixed scaled shadows on cabin and panel, as X-Plane shaders won’t stop changing
Fixed wrong electrical values on MFD
Fixed rotor brake lever sound missing

AW139 4.00 RC4

Rewritten SAS and ATT logic based upon AP1/2, FT and CPL activation, a huge fix but the most desired one by real pilots
Rewritten autopilot FD modes from scratch so that they obey to the real logic, also added custom toggle commands
Fixed excess of power (HP) and aircraft weights values, now real AW139 pilots should feel at home a lot better
Fixed unrealistic display values and arrows behavior for NG, ITT, TQ and PI along with range warnings
Fixed continuous input to trimming switches both on cyclic and collective, keep each hat switch pressed to increase or decrease values
Fixed rotor brake’s caliper effectiveness, now it is proportional to the action on the lever and won’t turn the helicopter anymore
Added a retractable spotlight to the belly, it can be switched on and pointed in any direction by using the rightside hat switch on the collective
Enlarged cabin sound sphere, now VR pilots should not get outer sounds when attempting to lean their heads towards the window
Fixed seats headrests issue on custom liveries showing both closed and open configurations, now they have the hole opened
Fixed livery template UV map misplacements on tail boom, stabilizer, belly and added nose logo area, now authors can paint it just right
Unified N2 102% commands into a single toggle, this is to help out the serious simmers with their hardware
Making the old user guide available as a separate download, looking forward to write a much simpler procedural sheet
Added cyclic and collective manipulators, this allow a greater usability for VR pilots with touchpads and mouse pilots as well
Fixed invisible pedestals on custom liveries higher that 00 (default), fixed the livery template as well
Fixed both fuel pumps needed to start one engine, now each engine is correctly related to its fuel pump
Digital wind indicator back in place, now compensating the wind direction with the heading
Fixed SAS REL and FD STBY buttons on cyclic, now they work as expected
Fixed tires appearing raised from the ground
Fixed minor details on cabin and external meshes
Fixed nose glass transparency issue
Raised avionics fans volume just right

AW139 4.00 RC3

Fixed pedals still moving when CLTV/YAW trim is ON, now they stay in position unless CLTV/YAW REL (collective) is being pressed
Fixed cyclic trim up and down function, now it trims pitch when FT is ON and IAS mode (FD) is OFF, otherwise it modifies IAS reference
Fixed cyclic trim left and right function, now it trims roll when FT is ON and HDG mode (FD) is OFF, otherwise it modifies HDG reference
Fixed engine power, fuel consumption and weights parameters
Fixed Sagem® map display showing along with every user custom livery, now the instrument is finally gone (until version 4.1)
Fixed parking brake lever sound, now it’s there
Refined rotor spooling up time, now closer to reality
Fixed reversed CCD (Cursor Control Device) left and right function when LH (MFD) is selected, up and down function are fictional
Updated livery template with a convenient UV map layer and instruction note, now it’s easier to identify parts of the fuseleage
Updated custom livery folder logic, now additional liveries must be tied to sequential numbers (04, 05, …); this was done to prevent the off-shore external objects showing along with every custom livery, as they will show up only with the default off-shore liveries (Default 00 to 03)

AW139 4.00 RC2

Fixed the marching ants issue affecting many textures on some graphic cards due to wrong UV maps
Fixed internal glass opacity, as reported too dark by many pilots using VR headsets
Fixed collective trim up and down function when CLTV/YAW trim is ON, the hat switch trims collective, otherwise it changes the reference target value if a FD collective mode is engaged (ie. VS or ALT reference)
Fixed rotor brake strenght, now it’s a lot less brutal
Fixed vents sound when battery is off