Meet Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama
The Lama was developed for demanding high-altitude work. Its exposed structure, compact cabin and single turbine retain the visual simplicity of the Alouette II, while the powerplant and other components came from the larger Alouette III lineage.
It became associated with mountain transport and external loads. The simulator catalogue includes developers with different stability options and sling-load features, so those features remain implementation-specific. The real aircraft's reputation does not prove how an individual add-on behaves.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
SA315B Lama
Taog's Hangar
Sling loads and selectable flight models
Taog provides regular and beginner flight-model choices for the Lama. The water-bucket system changes the carried payload as it fills and empties, and the guide identifies the simulator binding used for pickup and release. These options belong to this package; they should not be assumed to describe another developer's Lama.
Taog's Hangar · Download manual ↗Archived Lama flight manual · PDF p.19; Flight models
SA315B Lama
Philip Ubben / Khamsin
Separate simulator builds and stored stability settings
Ubben's Lama has separate X-Plane 11 and 12 versions, with its own stored artificial-stability settings and sling-load support. The update history also tracks changes to load indications. These are features of this developer's Lama and should remain separate from the flight-model choices in Taog's MSFS package.
Philip Ubben / Khamsin / X-Plane.org store · Lama XP12 ↗SA315B v2.5 July2025 · Features; v2.4-v2.5 history
Manuals & resources
Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Manual
Download manualTaog's Hangar Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manualsMicrosoft / aircraft developers Taog aircraft manualsTaog's Hangar X-Plane aircraft and avionics manualsLaminar ResearchAircraft background
Aérospatiale SA 315B LamaWikipedia contributors · Research background · Wikipedia revision 1365020353 · retrieved 2026-09-12Resource
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