X-Rotors has recently released an updated version of their AgustaWestland AW139 for X-Plane 11. This latest version, 5.00, comes with a lot of new features and improvements.

The helicopter has undergone a major overhaul, with a completely new model built from scratch. It now boasts a new cabin, panels, and landing gear, as well as a new main and tail rotor. The helicopter has also received new textures and liveries that give it a fresh visual look within the simulator. Additionally, it has a steerable winch, wire-cutters, inlet filter, and floats.

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Other new features include a new audio panel and FMS screen, among others. Overall, the new version has an impressive changelog that can be found below:

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New model rebuilt from zero, the most modern version with long nose and windowed pilots doors

New cabin, panels, landing gear with only 10% of reycled components from the previous versions

New main and tail rotor, with new frame-rate agnostic animations at low and high speed

New Epic Primus™ Phase 7 replica in full XGA resolution, with functional PFD and MFD

New 4-axis Flight Director with all collective and pitch modes

New CLTV/YAW trim function, with yaw heading hold, lateral ball trim, wing-level

New textures, new liveries, custom tail numbers and .psd template

New custom beacon and strobe lights, now they blink at the real frequency

New functional audio panel, with manageable volumes for all audio sources or master HDPH mode

New winch, wire-cutters, inlet filter and floats, all manageable from inside the cockpit and auto-saved

New cosmetic FMS screen with standard X-Plane functions in XGA resolution

Overhauled flight model, with better handling behaviour and performances

Improved HOV (auto-hover) heading stability, low speed handling and overall performances

Added FT REL dual command, which now controls also CLTV/TRIM REL

Added quick reference guide

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The newly updated version of the AW139 is now available on the X-Rotors Shop for approximately $43.40.

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