I think fs 2k choppers work in cfs2 and there are many of them on the D/L boards. Of course you are stuck with the default dp file unless you get a dp editor and build a custom one for it.

Hey Guys check out the fs 2002 choppers too theres some great looking models and if you sus out the technique for patching gmax models "fs2k2cfs2" you can get that realy neat auto gyro little nell as seen on that 007 film, its ai flyable and the rotor works.
On the subject of AI choppers, some chaps have managed a fix for cfs1 where the air file is modified to be a slow flying jet with realy big flaps ,you get a short take off and landing not unlike a helecopter.
I have been experamenting with this in cfs2, so far not satisfactory! would love to hear if any one else has made any progress along these lines
Happy landings....

Huhm cheers for the tip Hagar,I m downloading from the fox four site as I type,I enjoyed the korea campagne for cfs1. Doug gave me a couple of tips when I was messing with plane macros is library objects,  they did some weird things when not heading north!!
Your comment regarding gmax models duely noted I must check it out Ive tested the auto gyro in quick combat and it seems ok although I had to alter the textures as the chrome parts appeared transparent.
Theres also a Zodiac rib and the kevlacat sport fishing boat both in the fs2002 misc pages I think,and both gmax models or at least models start with bytes that spell riff , which I grabbed for use as ships for a smugglar type campagne Im working on (Hence my interest in ai choppers) they seem to work ok in test missions.
I must check it out further.
Do you know what sort of problems gmax models cause when used as ai craft ?

It's better to stick with FS 98 and FS 2000 helicopters. You can use FS 2002 choppers, but if the landing gear is retractable you will end up having visual problems. Choppers like the Alouette III or BK-117 should work without any problems.

Regards,
Stratobat

Cheers Stratobat Your S-61 looks great.
Hagar yes I had look at your S-51 and I notice theres two models in the model file, ones had the suffix "bum" added they re both tweeked riffs.
The issue with fs2000 choppers is the rotor not showing up.
Here's a Boeing MV-22 Ive set down on an oil rig.The rig is from a scenery macro compiled as a library object and called from a ship model so its locatable in mission builder and sinkable, unfortunatly the vissibilty range is not that good at the moment but Ive thought of a work around.

Happy landings all

Got it ;Cheers

Youve a right to be!
                         its very good.
As to fs 2002 helecopters that do display AI controled in missions .Ive been trial and erroring it and so far after several crashes Ive found  the Sikorski S61 like the one Stratobat shows in his pic works well, I have the bristow repaint,but I think the model is basicaly the same. The tail rotor dosnt spin but that's hardly visible unless you get really close.Im on the lookout for others.
Those that do cause system crashes when placed in cfs2 missions under ai control are the fs2k2 default bell206 jet ranger, that splendid looking MV22 I pictured above and, sadly Bjorn Buchner's Hughes 500D interestingly they are ok placed as static objects.
Cheers all

Excellent. I'm not going to argue with Martin Wright. I would point out that the rotors on my S-51 AI Only drone are fully animated. This was configured from the outset as a conventional fixed wing prop. It was exported from FSDS2 as a CFS2 model. It uses a light aircraft AIR file & Aircraft.cfg. Apart from the visual model it bears no relationship to a helo at all.



I think the same could be said for any CFS2 helo created with Gmax or FSDS2 & using fixed wing flight dynamics. The animation problem might be explained by the manual conversion from a FS2002 Gmax model for CFS2, nothing to do with the AIR file or Aircraft.cfg.

Right. I do appreciate the problems. There aren't too many Gmax or FSDS2 helos around designed specifically for CFS2. My knowledge goes back to the days of CFS1 when I created an AI Only helo for some campaigns. The rotors did not display at all but we considered this acceptable at the time. Theoretically, I could have fixed it by SCASM editing the MDL.

When someone suggested tweaking the FS2002 default Bell 206B for use as AI traffic I gave it the AIR file & CFG of the default Cessna 182 to prove that it would work. This proved much easier & far more successful than I expected. The animated rotors worked perfectly.

Coming almost full circle I used the same principle when creating the S-51 for the Fox Four campaigns. I never liked manually editing MDL files so decided to use my experience with FSDS2 to modify an existing FS5 source file, the only one I could find, with full CFS2 features. This was ideal as we much prefer using our own stuff where possible. I'm sure the same thing could be done in Gmax providing the source file is available & that the MDL is exported via MiddleMan using the CFS2 option. If it has retracting gear the gear animation of an existing Gmax source file would also need a small tweak.

PS. I just checked out Martin's AI Props tweak. If the Readme is correct this was originally intended for FSDS1 aircraft. In this case it would work just as well with FS2000 helos which don't need editing to work in CFS2.