FSX / P3D

FSX Enstrom 280FX Package

Enstrom 280FX helicopter package brings a detailed light turbine rotorcraft to FSX Acceleration with eight native models, smooth animations, and a fully modeled virtual cockpit. Specular and normal mapping sharpen the exterior, while custom avionics include Garmin radios and GPS, an Apollo comm, and a Davtron chronometer, plus reflective textures and a paintkit.

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A white and red helicopter with registration N4098S flies above a coastline, with blue water and sandy terrain visible below.

A helicopter cockpit view shows analog flight instruments and a coastline with patchwork fields beneath a partly cloudy blue sky.

Enstrom 280FX Package. A high quality Enstrom 280FX for FSX Acceleration. Features include FSX native models with animations, specular and normal mapping, custom avionics and much more. Tested in Windows Vista and Windows 7 under DX9/DX10 with no issues. By Brandon Filer/George A. Arana.

Enstrom 280FX in flight.

Description
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For the first time in the history of Microsoft Flight Simulator, a developer has created and released an Enstrom helicopter add-on. Eagle Rotorcraft Simulations is proud to be the first developer to give the flight simulation community a high quality Enstrom 280FX for FSX Acceleration. Features include FSX native models with animations, specular and normal mapping, custom avionics and much more. Tested in Windows Vista and Windows 7 under DX9/DX10 with no issues. FS2004 version to be produced and released separately.

Features
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8 models with virtual cockpit designed in 3DS Max and gmax
8 high quality reflective textures
paintkit

specific features including
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Animations
Specular maps
Normal maps

Custom avionics including
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Apollo SL40 (Don Kuhn)
Davtron M308 chronometer (Pierre Fasseaux)
Garmin GTX330, GNS430 and GMA430 (Don Kuhn)
Radio CD player (Robert Clark)

Installation
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To make installing the Enstrom 280FX as quick and easy as possible, we have included an installer exe file which you can use to go through the installation process. Simply run the exe file from the download and follow each step of the installation that the exe presents to you.
When you reach the step in the installation dialog that lets you browse for a directory, ensure that the correct FSX main directory (folder) is listed. If not, click “Browse,” locate the directory, and proceed to the next step.

Credits
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Alan/Keith/Jon Devins: Original 3DS Max model, textures
George A.Arana: 3DS Max/gmax conversion, textures, FS9/FSX conversion
Brandon Filer: Additional modeling, textures, documentation, and configuration tweaks
Brian McIntyre: Textures and paintkit
Don Kuhn: Garmin avionics
Pierre Fasseaux: Davtron Chronometer
Robert Clark: Radio CD player
Gerd R. Nehr: Apollo SL40 comm radio
Gary Mills: Photo reference material

View from the cockpit of Enstrom 280FX in flight.

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ers280fxfsx.zip

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How to install this mod

FSX / P3D add-on

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Place files per the readme

Most FSX add-ons go into one of: SimObjects\Airplanes\, Addon Scenery\, Effects\, or Gauges\.
Always read the included readme

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What’s inside this archive

The archive ers280fxfsx.zip has 7 files and directories contained within it.

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Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
280FX_FSX.png	04.28.11	2.70 MB
280FX_FSX_VC.png	04.28.11	2.04 MB
ers280fxinstall.exe	04.28.11	59.35 MB
FSX_280FX_manual.pdf	04.28.11	729.18 kB
FSX_280FX_Readme.txt	04.28.11	2.92 kB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B