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Meet the aircraft
The UH-1 brought turbine power to US military helicopter service and became the foundation of a large Huey family. Its cabin, sliding side doors and utility layout supported troop transport, medical evacuation and many other roles. The Iroquois name covers a development history with different engines, fuselage lengths and equipment.
Aircraft background
Wikipedia contributors · Read more ↗An introduction to a preserved gunship
Schiff joined museum pilot Pat Rodgers to fly a Huey whose earlier service was still visible in patched bullet holes and preserved markings. The start brought enough shaking to make small instruments difficult to read, before the helicopter settled down. Even inside the cockpit, the familiar sound of the rotor remained part of the experience.
AOPA Pilot · February 2014. Instruction with Pat Rodgers in restored UH-1B N832M at the Wings and Rotors Air Museum; a short-body Huey, not the later UH-1H.
AOPA Pilot · Read more ↗The tablet controls comfort and damage options
Taog’s documented options include adjustable instrument-panel shaking and a main-gearbox damage simulation. The tablet can repair simulated damage or disable that feature. These choices change the package’s visual feedback and consequences of misuse.
UH-1H / B205A-1 · Taog's Hangar · MSFS 2020
Taog's Hangar · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
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Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" Helicopter || Cockpit View & Controls Explained
A crew chief explains the Huey's cockpit layout and controls.
Real aircraft · Bell UH-1 Huey
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Meet Bell UH-1 Huey
The UH-1 brought turbine power to US military helicopter service and became the foundation of a large Huey family. Its cabin, sliding side doors and utility layout supported troop transport, medical evacuation and many other roles.
The Iroquois name covers a development history with different engines, fuselage lengths and equipment. The simulator catalogue includes independently developed aircraft as well as a themed first-party package. Each product has its own systems documentation.
Bell UH-1 Huey
Aircraft type designators
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History & design
A restored aircraft retains evidence of earlier service
N832M’s restoration preserved graffiti found inside its tail boom. Schiff also describes signatures and a memorial plaque associated with Navy Seawolves, showing how one surviving Huey carries several layers of remembrance.
AOPA Pilot · The Bell UH-1B Huey: a flying symbol ↗Restored UH-1B as described in 2014
Development milestones
First flight: 20 October 1956 (XH-40)
Wikipedia contributors · Bell UH-1 Iroquois ↗Bell UH-1 Iroquois · family/variant named by the source · Wikipedia revision 1371762250
Pilot accounts
An introduction to a preserved gunship
Schiff joined museum pilot Pat Rodgers to fly a Huey whose earlier service was still visible in patched bullet holes and preserved markings. The start brought enough shaking to make small instruments difficult to read, before the helicopter settled down. Even inside the cockpit, the familiar sound of the rotor remained part of the experience.
Hovering in a crosswind was still a challenge for Schiff, whose helicopter time had been spread over decades, but he found himself doing better than expected. The aircraft’s stable feel and its response during the supervised flight left him delighted. Rodgers’s wider work taking the preserved helicopter to veterans’ events gave the outing another dimension: learning the machine also meant meeting people for whom its sound and appearance carried much older memories.
AOPA Pilot · February 2014. Instruction with Pat Rodgers in restored UH-1B N832M at the Wings and Rotors Air Museum; a short-body Huey, not the later UH-1H.
Read the full account · AOPA Pilot ↗A Huey connection that continues into police work
Perriguey arrived in Vietnam after training on other helicopters and took the opportunity to join a UH-1 squadron. He had wanted to fly the Huey, and the transition happened in-country. His recollections include a support mission in which his gunship collected the people on the ground because no other helicopter was there to take them out.
Years later, his military background helped make him one of the command pilots for the Los Angeles Police Department’s surplus Huey, used with specialist police teams. In the interview he still named the aircraft as a personal favourite because of that earlier experience. Other parts of his police career involved different helicopter types; they are not reassigned to the Huey simply because it was the aircraft he remembered most affectionately.
AVweb interview · November 2000. Marine Corps Huey service in Vietnam followed by an LAPD military-surplus Huey assignment; exact variants and registrations are not specified.
Read the full account · AVweb ↗Remembering the unit as much as the helicopter
Peterson first learned helicopter work through crew-chief training before later becoming a pilot. After flight school in Texas and Alabama, he arrived in Vietnam to fly Hueys carrying troops on scouting and assault missions. The museum’s summary of his oral history describes both that work and the path that brought him into the cockpit.
Looking back, Peterson placed particular value on the closeness of his unit. His later career took him through other Army assignments and a return to active service, yet the camaraderie of Vietnam remained a high point in his memory. He also stayed involved with veterans after retirement. The published page is an edited account of his interview.
Pritzker Military Museum & Library oral-history summary · interview recorded April 2018. Army Huey service with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam from March 1970; variant unspecified.
Read the full account · Pritzker Military Museum & Library ↗In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
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UH-1H Huey (free Stranger Things package)
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MSFS 2020UH-1H / B205A-1
Taog's Hangar · Released
UH-1H / B205A-1
Taog's Hangar · Released
X-Plane 12UH-1 XP12/11
Nimbus · Released
UH-1 XP12/11
Nimbus · Released
Aircraft specifications
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| Specification | Published value |
|---|---|
| Length | 57 ft 9 + 5 ⁄ 8 in (17.618 m) with rotors |
| Height | 14 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (4.407 m) (tail rotor turning) |
| Empty weight | 5,210 lb (2,363 kg) |
| Gross weight | 9,039 lb (4,100 kg) (mission weight) |
| Max takeoff weight | 9,500 lb (4,309 kg) |
| Powerplant | 1 × Lycoming T53-L-13 turboshaft , 1,400 shp (1,000 kW) (limited to 1,100 shp (820 kW) by transmission) |
| Main rotor diameter | 48 ft 0 in (14.63 m) |
| Main rotor area | 1,809.56 sq ft (168.114 m² ) |
| Maximum speed | 127 mph (204 km/h, 110 kn) (at maximum takeoff weight; also Vne at this weight) |
| Cruise speed | 127 mph (204 km/h, 110 kn) (at 5,700 ft (1,700 m) at maximum takeoff weight) |
| Range | 318 mi (511 km, 276 nmi) (with maximum fuel, no reserves, at sea level) |
| Service ceiling | 12,600 ft (3,800 m) (at maximum takeoff weight) |
| Rate of climb | 1,600 ft/min (8.1 m/s) at sea level (at maximum takeoff weight) |
Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
The tablet controls comfort and damage optionsUH-1H / B205A-1 · Taog's Hangar · MSFS 2020
Taog’s documented options include adjustable instrument-panel shaking and a main-gearbox damage simulation. The tablet can repair simulated damage or disable that feature. These choices change the package’s visual feedback and consequences of misuse.
UH-1H/B205A-1 manual v1.0.6 · PDF pp.15,20–21
Taog's Hangar · Read the source ↗Read the simulation notes beside the real-system descriptionUH-1H / B205A-1 · Taog's Hangar · MSFS 2020
Taog's v1.0.6 manual explains the Huey's hydraulic assistance and magnetic/spring force-trim devices, then explicitly marks hydraulic-control and force-trim support as not simulated in that documented release. The limitation applies to the v1.0.6 Taog release; the first-party Huey has separate documentation.
UH-1H/B205A-1 manual v1.0.6 · PDF p.27; HYD CONT and FORCE TRIM rows
Taog's Hangar · Read the source ↗Optional GPS integration has its own requirementsUH-1H / B205A-1 · Taog's Hangar · MSFS 2020
The guide describes PMS50 GTN750/650 integration through a separate download and the included WTT compatibility module. It also notes that the Tablet GPS option is then unavailable because it is incompatible with WTT in this documented setup.
UH-1H/B205A-1 manual v1.0.6 · PDF p.22
Taog's Hangar · Read the source ↗Pilot account
An introduction to a preserved gunshipAOPA Pilot · February 2014. Instruction with Pat Rodgers in restored UH-1B N832M at the Wings and Rotors Air Museum; a short-body Huey, not the later UH-1H.
Schiff joined museum pilot Pat Rodgers to fly a Huey whose earlier service was still visible in patched bullet holes and preserved markings. The start brought enough shaking to make small instruments difficult to read, before the helicopter settled down. Even inside the cockpit, the familiar sound of the rotor remained part of the experience.
Barry Schiff
AOPA Pilot · Read the source ↗A Huey connection that continues into police workAVweb interview · November 2000. Marine Corps Huey service in Vietnam followed by an LAPD military-surplus Huey assignment; exact variants and registrations are not specified.
Perriguey arrived in Vietnam after training on other helicopters and took the opportunity to join a UH-1 squadron. He had wanted to fly the Huey, and the transition happened in-country. His recollections include a support mission in which his gunship collected the people on the ground because no other helicopter was there to take them out.
Charles Perriguey
AVweb · Read the source ↗Developer documentation
UH-1 XP12/11 — product listingUH-1 XP12/11 · X-Plane 12
Product listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
Nimbus · Read the source ↗Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Manual
Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manualsMicrosoft / aircraft developers Download manualTaog's Hangar Taog aircraft manualsTaog's HangarAircraft background
Bell UH-1 IroquoisWikipedia contributors · Research background · Wikipedia revision 1371762250 · retrieved 2026-09-12Resource
XB1 and UH1H free additionsMicrosoftProduct
UH-1H / B205A-1 HueyTaog’s Hangar · Official developer / designated store catalogue · checked 2026-09-12 store.x-plane.orgNimbus · Product listing captured 2026-09-24; edition scope from the reviewed catalogueType designator
ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsInternational Civil Aviation Organization · Public search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03Built-in force-feedback profiles
Read the documentary basis, editable starting settings and remaining questions for the aircraft you fly. Each explanation refers to the exact profile revision shown.
Catalogue programme-20261022-v1 · 3 profile choices
Nimbus UH-1 Huey
Nimbus · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
Nimbus UH-1 Huey: The configured cyclic spring is a selected approximation; Taog's not-simulated hydraulic and force-trim controls do not command hardware resistance.
Taog's Hangar UH-1H / B205 Huey
Taog's Hangar · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Taog's Hangar UH-1H / B205 Huey: The configured cyclic spring is a selected approximation; Taog's not-simulated hydraulic and force-trim controls do not command hardware resistance.
Bell UH-1 Huey
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2024 · MSFS 2020
Bell UH-1 Huey: The configured cyclic spring is a selected approximation; Taog's not-simulated hydraulic and force-trim controls do not command hardware resistance.
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