Product Information Publisher: Description: Helicopter Add-on. Download Size: 25 MB Format: Download Simulation Type: FS9 & FSX Reviewed by: AVSIM Staff Reviewer - January 16, 2008 Helicopter Background The Mil Mi-28 Havoc is Russia’s 2 seat armoured attack helicopter, with a primary role to accompany both the Mi-24 Hind, and Ka-50 Hokum. Development of the Mi-28 commenced in 1972 following the completion of the M-24 Hind, with a primary role of attacking tanks and helicopters, the transport capabilities were removed which allowed for greater agility and speed; however there is enough space to fit 3 additional people inside if a rescue mission is required. In 1996 the first official day and night prototype took flight, the Mi-28N code named “Night Havoc”. The Mi-28N utilizes a pod and boom design with tail rotor, with a powerplant of two Kilmov TV3-117VMA turbo shaft engines rated at 2,100 SHP (shaft horsepower) each. The Mi-28N attack helicopter integrates cutting edge computerized targeting technologies ready at the pilots command, and is capable of unleashing a wide variety of weapons including air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, unguided rockets, and podded guns.

The Mi-28N Havoc is ready for the battlefields of today and tomorrow, with notable technologies like main rotor blades made from composite materials able to sustain hits from 30 mm shells, engines using separators and defectors to prevent it from ingesting harmful debris like sand, and the landing gear can withstand a vertical fall of 36ft/sec. The pilots have the ability of bailing out of their wounded bird by jettisoning the wings and cockpit hatches; so this amazing machine is ready for the unexpected. In 2003, the Mi-28N become the standard Russian attack helicopter, with a total of 10 delivered by 2006, and an additional 67 to be delivered by 2015. Introduction, what do we get in this add-on? Backofficer Friendly Free. AlphaSim is offering three highly detail texture models in this package, each with their own unique realistic weathering effects shown below in the images. AlphaSim has done a great job with these models, this is the Russian Army Air force texture. This model is Rostvertol’s 3rd Production of the Mi-28 Night Havoc, this texture was featured at their 60th Anniversary air show in Berlin.

FSX Swedish Armed Forces Desert Ka-50 Alphasim Repaint. FSX Swedish Armed Forces Desert Ka-50. Have you downloaded your copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator X.

This is a fictitious winter camouflage texture, this texture might look nice flying over some harsh winter terrain or mountains. AlphaSim offers a number of features you would expect from a high quality developer, but there are a few features worth noting like the animated gun turret that moves with the pilots head, animated landing lights, faint smoke trail effect, custom ground dust effect, and the infamous HUD option in the 2D Cockpit. AlphaSim decided to remove the HUD option from the Virtual Cockpit due the impact on FPS performance; you can however, enable this option by reading the instructions supplied in the readme.txt file. One last thing to note before we move on, the FSX version also has additional features like bump mapping, self shadowing, and bloom which I was not able to observe as this review is on the FS9 version. Installation and Documentation The AlphaSim Mi-28 Havoc is a 25 megabyte zip file downloaded from the developer’s website, which extracts to an aircraft and effects directory. This Mi-28 is my third AlphaSim product review in a row, and in prior reviews I was not happy with the lack of automation requiring you to manually install the files yourself; however this time round knowing what to expect, it didn’t seem to be that big of an ordeal.