FSX Boeing CH-47D Chinook U.S. Armed Forces V2
This comprehensive update brings newly refined repaint textures, plus the original model created by Mark Adams and Tom Woods. No extra files are required, and it has been carefully compressed to preserve performance without sacrificing visual clarity.
- Type
- Complete with Base Model
- Download hits
- 28.9K
- Compatibility
- Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX) including Steam Edition & Prepar3D (P3D)
- Filename
- CH-47x.zip
- File size
- 13.64 MB
- Virus Scan
- Scanned 20 days ago (clean)
- Access to file
- Free (Freeware)
- Content Rating
- Everyone
Rated 5 out of 5 stars by 26 PRO members.
This comprehensive update brings newly refined repaint textures, plus the original model created by Mark Adams and Tom Woods. No extra files are required, and it has been carefully compressed to preserve performance without sacrificing visual clarity.
Overview of Enhancements
With this upgrade, all included liveries feature authentic unit markings and a more accurate olive drab coloration. In addition, pilots in the cockpit now display the correct insignia. Visitors will find two United States Army rotorcraft wearing the identifiers of the 1st Cavalry, 2nd Battalion, 227th Air Regiment, representing a currently active group involved in both materials transport and emergency medical evacuation. Meanwhile, the U.S. Marine Corps versions incorporate details from the 3rd Marine Air Wing, reflecting accurate historical and operational usage.
Contributors and Credits
This freeware package stems from the original rotorcraft by Mark Adams and Tom Woods, with thanks owed to Delizisis Thanasis and Delizisis Panagiots for allowing their texture designs to be used as a painting reference. Mike Lanza was instrumental in compiling the upgrade and ensuring cohesive texture integration.
Technical Background
The CH-47 lineage has long served as a robust medium-to-heavy-lift platform designed to handle troop movement, artillery deployment, cargo transport, and support operations. Its versatile architecture allows it to perform medical evacuation missions, aircraft recovery, parachute training, and even disaster relief. Over one thousand airframes remain operational worldwide, with 163 employed in both Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Boeing has delivered more than 480 of these D-variant airframes to the U.S. Army and National Guard while also making them available to international operators—from Canada to Japan—and licensed production is handled by Agusta (Italy) and Kawasaki (Japan). Throughout many global theaters, this helicopter’s reliability has been well established.
Installation Notes
After downloading, simply extract the contents into your main Microsoft Flight Simulator X directory. Confirm any file replacements if prompted. If you have an existing Hellenic Army Aviation version, you can rename and relocate texture folders manually before editing your aircraft.cfg accordingly.
Key Features
- Complete set of high-quality exterior textures with correct military markings.
- Higher performance due to optimized and compressed texture files.
- Authentic coloration for various branches such as U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps.
- Realistic pilot insignia matching each unit’s specific designations.
- Accurate historical backdrop reflecting real deployments and usage.
By implementing this upgraded set, flight simulation enthusiasts will experience a more precise representation of a well-known military rotorcraft. As always, both Mark Adams and Tom Woods remain the original airframe creators, while the texture work has been refined to deliver an authentic and seamless experience for any virtual pilot.
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Editorial
Despite not always being a massive fan of flying helicopters – due to my propensity for crashing them with stunning accuracy and regularity – I was always looking forward to being able to fly a Chinook helicopter. As one of the most popular names in aviation, this is a helicopter that has performed admirably for decades as a keystone in military aviation all across the world.
The definition of a solid, durable troop transport the Chinook is one of the most important aircraft around, and being able to fly around in one in FSX was a truly enjoyable experience I’d love to play over again and again.
Helicopter Skills and Model Quality
Usually, I’d find that my helicopter skills would take too long to form with any given aircraft and I’d give up in frustration. With this, though, I felt as if I’d been flying it for years! The intentions of each and every button press I made ensured that the aircraft responded how I thought it would. This makes life easier for those who want to fly around in a Chinook but don’t really have the time to learn how to fly helicopters expertly – it seems to be an incredibly forging aircraft to take to the skies in!
The excellent quality of the textures used was one of the first things that struck me upon loading up FSX. It all stands out as far more impressive than the usual textures in –game and can really make sure that you have an aircraft that looks just as it should up against its real-life counterpart. Although this was originally just an update for the files released by Mark Adams & Tom Woods the first time around, this includes everything in the one package so if you want to fly HD texture Chinooks that fly as good as they actually look this is well worth checking out.
The Real-life Chinook
Over 1,000 of these monsters are available in the world at any given time, and this means they are one of the most commonly created modern aircraft. It’s been a big part of military aviation and troop transport for years and has a big history in aviation as a huge part of the development curve that helicopters started to take. It helped to move helicopters away from the rather dainty style they had taken on until then, allowing them to become something a bit more sturdy in term of what they could carry or use.
The Chinook is a hugely versatile helicopter and this is part of the reason why I loved it so much; it’s got class and style absolutely pouring out of it! The overall performance of the aircraft is incredibly impressive, and it all fits together nicely in this mod. Nothing is left out or behind to make away for better gimmicks or poor extras; this concentrates on being real and giving Chinook fans the chance to fly something as close to the real thing as you will perhaps be likely to find for a flight simulator like FSX.
Adam McEnroe
Adam McEnroe is a flight sim enthusiast who has been simming since the days of FS95. Adam writes all of the download section editorials after testing each of the files. Adam has extensive knowledge using various flight simulator packages and thoroughly tests the files before writing about them. Adam also like to fly real-world aircraft in his spare time and is training for his PPL.
Should you wish, you can contact Adam via email at adam@flyawaysimulation.com.
Installation Instructions
Most of the freeware add-on aircraft and scenery packages in our file library come with easy installation instructions which you can read above in the file description. For further installation help, please see our Flight School for our full range of tutorials or view the README file contained within the download. If in doubt, you may also ask a question or view existing answers in our dedicated Q&A forum.
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How do you control the rotor speed, on my download the nose keeps rising.
Great add-on. While the virtual cockpit is a little dated it still flies great.
Great job! Very easy to fly and very realistic. Good textures in all views, except virtual cockpit, it doesn't work for me. Also, I think the sound could be a bit more realistic, but except that, I enjoy a lot flying it. I seriously recomend it!
Sorry, but Neenjahdude must have a problem with his particular PC - this is a very easy download, and an easy copter to fly - full marks!!