Hughes OH-6 / 500

OH-6A / H500C ↗MSFS 2024 · Aircraft · Released

500E for MSFS ↗MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · Aircraft · ReleasedThe developer describes an MSFS 2020 product compatible with MSFS 2024; a separately tailored native 2024 edition remains a future update.

500E for X-Plane ↗X-Plane 11 · X-Plane 12 · Aircraft · Released

The two supplied aircraft have different pilot positions

Taog’s manual places the command seat on the right in the military OH-6A and on the left in the civilian H500C. It describes the four-bladed rotor and differing engine installations. These are earlier family configurations than the later MD500E described in several pilot accounts.

Light controls and working configurations

The OH-6A and H500C are separately selectable aircraft in Taog's package, with different skid and float choices. The manual describes electric actuators for cyclic trim and controls without hydraulic boost. Mission attachments add their documented weights at specified loading stations.

Cowan documents separate collective and throttle controls

The MSFS manual requires separate collective and twist-throttle axes, naming COLLECTIVE AXIS and SET HELICOPTER THROTTLE AXIS. It distinguishes the collective’s engine-RPM beep switch from the cyclic trim controls. The starter is a toggle that must be cycled off before another start.

The searchlight shares a simulator lighting assignment

Cowan connects the searchlight to landing light number two. The manual warns that the general on/off binding can switch all landing lights together and recommends the individual cockpit switches for separate control. Aim uses the landing-light directional commands, with HOME restoring its starting position.

Starting and cockpit equipment can be configured

The X-Plane 12 guide offers automatic starter-button holding and a complete automated start. AviTab supplies maps and PDF viewing when installed, while an installed Reality XP GTN750 can replace the standard GPS units through the configuration menu.

The VR seating position can be saved

Clipboard arrows adjust the pilot’s view in six directions. Save Position writes the chosen position to the aircraft’s VR configuration, and the guide requires an aircraft reload to apply it. Cyclic trim uses the ordinary X-Plane 12 trim commands.