Not long after releasing their Hot Air Balloon, Hype Performance Group has updated their Airbus H145 to version 1.0, adding brand new features to both the Base Pack and the Action Pack expansion. “After over 18 months of development, we are very pleased with the breadth of the product and overall fidelity, as well as the built-in activities and functions”, said the Lead Developer in the official update announcement on their Discord.

The update adds two new variants to the Action Pack (Offshore and Cargo), four new liveries, additional missions, and variant-related features such as a functional cargo hook. The base package gets several bug fixes and the Hype Radio. The complete feature list follows down below:

Offshore Utility & Coast Guard

• Functional hoist with multiple interactive animations, mechanical system management and the ability drop and collect the crew
• High Intensity Search Light with steering, dim, zoom, filters and more (TRAKKA800)
• 3D Crew: 2 pilots, hoist operator, hoist crew, and 2 optional engineers
• 4 new liveries of popular worldwide coast guard and offshore utility operators
• Helionix integration as well as a friendly user interface added to the tablet to operate the new capabilities
• Switches and panels have been added to the Overhead Panel and Center Console to allow new capabilities
• New weight elements (Hoist) have dynamic impact on the flight model
• New dedicated sounds
• More options: Short Skids/Long Skids, Emergency Floats, Skid skis for cold climate

Civilian Cargo

• External Cargo Hook with loads and the ability to move objects around in MSFS
• High Intensity Search Light with steering, dim, zoom, filters and more (TRAKKA800)
• 3D Crew: 2 pilots, load observer, 2 civilians
• 2 new cargo liveries
• Helionix integration as well as a friendly user interface added to the tablet to operate the new capabilities
• Switches and panels have been added to the Overhead Panel and Center Console to allow new capabilities
• New weight elements (External load) have dynamic impact on the flight model
• More new options: Short Skids/Long Skids, Emergency Floats, Skid skis for cold climate

Military Cargo

• External Cargo Hook with loads and the ability to move objects around in MSFS
• 3D Crew: 2 military pilots, load observer, 2 troops
• 2 new military cargo liveries
• Helionix integration as well as a friendly user interface added to the tablet to operate the new capabilities
• Switches and key bindings for cargo hook cable cutting electrical system and activation
• New weight elements (External load) have dynamic impact on the flight model

The base pack and expansion are available on Hype Performance Group’s website (on sale) for $42.99 and $35.00, respectively.

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