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Meet the aircraft
The Bo 105 first flew on 16 February 1967. Airbus's anniversary account describes its titanium rigid, hingeless rotor head and glass-fibre-reinforced blades, alongside the helicopter's long service in utility and emergency roles.
Aircraft background
Airbus Helicopters · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
YouTube Ed Whisenant Aviation
How To Startup & Takeoff in the Bo 105 Red Bull Helicopter Aaron Fitzgerald Stunt Pilot Cockpit View
Pilot Aaron Fitzgerald demonstrates startup and takeoff in a display helicopter.
Real Bo 105; Red Bull display aircraft
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YouTube AEROCOR · 29 min ·
BO-105 introduction and extended engine start procedures
AEROCOR introduces the BO-105 and explains its pre-start checks and engine start.
Real aircraft · MBB Bo 105
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Meet MBB Bo 105
The Bo 105 first flew on 16 February 1967. Airbus's anniversary account describes its titanium rigid, hingeless rotor head and glass-fibre-reinforced blades, alongside the helicopter's long service in utility and emergency roles.
History & design
The first flight of the Bölkow rotor
The BO105 first flew at Ottobrunn on 16 February 1967. Its titanium hingeless rotor head and glass-fibre-reinforced blades removed the conventional flapping and lead-lag hinges, establishing a rotor architecture that influenced later Airbus helicopters.
Airbus Helicopters · The BO105 celebrates its 50th birthday ↗Airbus historical account, February 2017
From delivery to a worldwide working fleet
Deliveries began in 1970. Airbus’ 2017 anniversary account records roughly 1,400 aircraft sold for rescue, police, military, passenger and cargo work. Those are historical totals from that anniversary, not a current fleet count.
Airbus Helicopters · The BO105 celebrates its 50th birthday ↗Airbus historical account, February 2017
Systems & details
Rotor design and agility are connected
Airbus links the reduced number of moving rotor-head parts to lower maintenance requirements and credits the rotor system with the BO105’s agility. The account identifies the H135 and H145 as later beneficiaries of this development. It describes the airframe’s design heritage, without assigning a specific joystick-force value.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
Compare simulator versions →MSFS 2024MBB Bo 105
Stratoware / Miltech Simulations · Released
MBB Bo 105
Stratoware / Miltech Simulations · Released
X-Plane 12Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 DBS-4
JRX · Released
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 DBS-4
JRX · Released
MSFS 2024MBB Bo105
Stratoware · Released
MBB Bo105
Stratoware · Released
Manuals & resources
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Developer documentation
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 DBS-4 — product listingMesserschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 DBS-4 · X-Plane 12
Product listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
store.x-plane.org · Read the source ↗MBB Bo105 — product listingMBB Bo105 · MSFS 2024
Product listing captured 2026-09-30; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
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Aircraft background
The BO105 celebrates its 50th birthdayAirbus Helicopters · Aircraft background; checked 2026-09-14Product
MBB Bo 105Stratoware / Miltech Simulations · Official catalogue reviewed 15 September 2026 Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 DBS-4 -JRXDesign-Bo105store.x-plane.org · Product listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue MBB Bo 105 MSFS24 by Stratoware x Miltech Simulations | Contrail ShopContrail · Product listing captured 2026-09-30; edition scope from the reviewed catalogueBuilt-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261022-v1 · 3 profile choices
JRX MBB Bo105 DBS-4 (XP12)
JRX · Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
JRX MBB Bo105 DBS-4 (XP12): Boosted cyclic controls motivate supported centering and damping.
Miltech / Stratoware Bo 105
Miltech Simulations · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2024
Miltech / Stratoware Bo 105: Boosted cyclic controls motivate supported centering and damping.
MBB Bo 105
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2024
MBB Bo 105: Boosted cyclic controls motivate supported centering and damping.
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