21st May 2015
Author: Thierry Goulard
AV-8B Harrier Turbine
Scale turbine jet
12th May 2015
SAB Goblin 570
Performance electric helicopter
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
28th April 2015
Author: Thierry Goulard
Mig-33 SuperFulcrum Turbine
Scale turbine jet
20th April 2015
Cierva C30
Scale glow autogyro
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
13th April 2015
Version 5.0.w
New features, improvements and fixes:
& & & New Heads Up Display (HUD) widget with customisable display options
& & & New GPS Map Widget
& & & New quadcopter/drone GPS physics with Return Home, Smart Mode and Position Hold functions
& & & LED light objects added to Phoenix Builder
& & & Support for Autogyro models
& & & Ambient sound now works on flying sites
& & & Can now enable wind on various training modes
& & & New options in Create Multiplayer Session to limit model size to default
& & & New Advanced section in Multiplayer menu lets you hide smoke/mute sounds of other models
& & & Head-driven tail rotors now stop correctly with main rotor
& & & Option to reset Start Menu tiles to defaults
& & & BA-609 tilt-rotor engines rotate more smoothly
& & & Fixed an issue with helicopter models still emitting smoke after engine cut
& & & Fixed an issue with tail wheel moving when program is paused
& This update is now available from your Phoenix 5.0 Launcher.&If you have an earlier version then please update to version 5.0 now from our&&page.
30th March 2015
SAB Goblin 630
Electric performance helicopter
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
18th March 2015
Electric flybarless helicopter
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
24th February 2015
Blade 200 SRX
Micro-electric flybarless helicopter
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
20th February 2015
Chicago Union Station
Photographic panoramic flying site
Created by: Darknrgy, Richie and Jess &
& This site is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
9th February 2015
E-Flite Carbon-Z Yak 543X
Electric aerobatic airplane
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
2nd February 2015
Author: Thierry Goulard
Mig-31 Turbine
Scale turbine jet
8th January 2015
Author: Thierry Goulard
F-5E Turbine
Scale turbine jet
16th December 2014
E-Flite Carbon-Z Cub
Electric airplane
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
9th December 2014
Author: Thierry Goulard
B-52H Stratofortress turbine
Scale turbine model
25th November 2014
The following models are now available to download from the System & Downloads menu:
Author: William Pekala
Edgewood Flyers - Long Island
Photographic panoramic flying site
Author: Thierry Goulard
FA-22 Raptor Turbine
Scale turbine jet
18th November 2014
Version 5.0.v
This update has been released to replace known issues with the 5.0.t - 5.0.u versions released yesterday. These were due to some server problems which have now been resolved.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused by these problems.
& This update is now available from your Phoenix 5.0 Launcher.&If you have an earlier version then please update to version 5.0 now from our&&page.
4th November 2014
Version 5.0.s
New features, improvements and fixes:
& & & Major improvements in online stability
& & & Fixed an issue with Gasser sound effects
& This update is now available from your Phoenix 5.0 Launcher.&If you have an earlier version then please update to version 5.0 now from our&&page.
4th November 2014
The following models are now available to download from the &Models & User-Made& section:
Author: Thierry Goulard
Su-37 Terminator turbine
Scale turbine jet
Dassault Rafale-M turbine
Scale turbine jet
Author: Christopher Lim
Graupner Yak-55
Electric indoor foamy
27th October 2014
Hangar-9 &Inverza 62
Aerobatic airplane
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
13th October 2014
The following models are now available to download from the &Models & User-Made& section:
Author: Thierry Goulard
A-7 Corsair turbine
Scale turbine jet
Dassault Mirage IVP turbine
Scale turbine jet
Dassault Mirage F-1 turbine
Scale turbine jet
Saab-35 Draken turbine
Scale turbine jet
Author: Christopher Lim
Hisky HCP-100
Micro-electric flybarless helicopter
13th October 2014
ParkZone Artizan
Electric aerobatic airplane
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
6th October 2014
KDS Agile 5.5
Electric performance helicopter
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
19th September 2014
Author: Thierry Goulard
The following models are now available to download from the &Models & User-Made& section:
Dassault Mirage-2000 turbine
Scale turbine jet with 3 colour schemes
F-14A Tomcat turbine
Scale turbine jet with 3 colour schemes
F-15C Eagle turbine
Scale turbine jet with 2 colour schemes
15th September 2014
Author: John Keenleyside
Eurofighter Typhoon
Scale turbine model
15th September 2014
Whams Field
Photographic panoramic flying site
Original photography by: Alec Barber
& This flying site is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
15th August 2014
Author: John Keenleyside
The following models are now available to download from the &Models & User-Made& section:
Great Lakes Bi-Plane
Scale electric airplane
Junkers Ju 87
Scale glow airplane
P-21 Pilatus
Scale electric airplane
Piper Commanche
Scale glow airplane
17th July 2014
Author: Thierry Goulard
The following models are now available to download from the &Models & User-Made& section:
Dassault Mirage F-1
Scale electric ducted-fan jet
F-14 Tomcat
Scale electric ducted-fan jet
Mig-31 Foxhound
Scale electric ducted-fan jet
SU-27 Flanker
Scale electric ducted-fan jet
Scale turbine jet
14th July 2014
Version 5.0.r
New features, improvements and fixes:
& & & Tilt-rotor models now fully editable
& & & Added Trim attribute under Model & Controls section
& & & Fixed some issues with biplane models taking off/landing
& & & Fixed an issue with Multiplayer crashing after an extended period of time
& & & New session host can now kick/ban users after original host quits
& & & InfinityScape sites will now cache after first load for much faster subsequent loading times
& & & Added &FPV& camera mode on 3D flying sites
& & & Improved quadcopter physics
Phoenix Builder 1.0.l included:
& & & Fixed some issues with publishing projects with certain filenames
& & & Many improvements to the .obj loader
& & & Fixed an issue with the Create Plane tool not showing correctly
& & & Added &Normalise UVs& tool
& & & Fixed issue on Scheme projects not being able to change a texture
& This update should now be available from your Phoenix V5 launcher if you have V5.0a or above installed.
14th July 2014
New V5 User-guides available
German, Spanish, French and Italian
& These updates should now be available from the &Downloads& menu if you have V5 installed under the &User Guides& section.
7th July 2014
Photographic panoramic flying site
Created by: Martin Zoubek &
& This site is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
11th June 2014
DJI Phantom V1
Electric quadcopter
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
9th June 2014
Phoenix Builder tutorial videos
The following tutorial videos are now available to watch:
& & & Basic flying site tutorial
& & & Basic airplane tutorial
& & & Basic helicopter tutorial
& These videos are now available from our
27th May 2014
Thunder Tiger Raptor E700
3D/Aerobatic electric helicopter
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
21st May 2014
Scale glow tilt-rotor
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
20th May 2014
Version 5.0.q
New features, improvements and fixes:
& & & Support for Tilt-Rotor models (coming soon)
& & & Flight Info panel now shows flap angle
& & & Models hovering over water now create ripples
& & & Fixed some issues with Laser Combat rendering
& & & Improved AI pilots' behaviour during competition modes
& & & Blade MCPX model no longer sinks into 3D sites
& & & Fixed an issue with tail-rotor failures
& & & Added extra attributes for gear: Friction and Stiffness
Phoenix Builder 1.0.k included:
& & & Added &Show/Hide Normals& view option
& & & Added &Combine Geometry& tool
& & & Fixed an issue when exporting geometry normals and material properties
& & & Added &Measure& Tool
& & & Added &Tilt-Rotor& objects
& This update should now be available from your Phoenix V5 launcher if you have V5.0a or above installed.
12th May 2014
MLV&Krumbach
Photographic panoramic flying site
Created by: Otto Heinlein&&
& This site is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
6th May 2014
Thunder-Tiger MiniTitan V2
Performance electric helicopter
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
23rd April 2014
Hirobo Quark SG
Electric helicopter
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
17th April 2014
Version 5.0.p
New features, improvements and fixes:
& & & Major performance optimisations and improvements
& & & New updated V5 User Guide (English only currently)
& & & Improved text input for non-English keyboard layouts
& & & Fixed an issue with loading user-made schemes
& & & Fixed an issue with the Scale Wizard and non-metric units
& & & Gliders can now be used with Spot Landing & Landing Training modes
& & & GeeBee Z model now more steerable on runway
& & & Improved SAFE simulation and model setups
& & & On-screen battery display when fuel-time is enabled
& & & Blade flap/flutter sound now recedes with distance
& & & Fixed an issue with hand-launched models on multiplayer mode
Phoenix Builder 1.0.j included:
& & & Warning when no light-source is created in flying site
& & & Outliner auto-scrolls when items are dragged above/below the outliner's bounds
& & & Fixed an issue with finding the Phoenix installation folder
& & & Fixed an issue with the &import variant& tool
& This update should now be available from your Phoenix V5 launcher if you have V5.0a or above installed.
7th April 2014
Scale glow airplane
& This model is now available from your&system & downloads&menu if you have&version 5.0 or above&installed.
31st March 2014
Version 5.0.n
New features, improvements and fixes:
& & & Re-added Scale Wizard under the Model & Edit menu
& & & Buddy flight characteristics improved&
& & & Now shows selected model and flying site on the Title Bar
& & & Favourites toolbar now scrollable when many favourites are added
& & & Folding props now visually fold when still
& & & Multiplayer:
& & & && Smoother background resource loading when users change models
& & & && &No Collision& option now fully effective
& & & && Chat message window does not lag when much text is present
Phoenix Builder 1.0.i included:
& & & First Person camera mode selectable from panel options
& & & Fixed some issues with Skyline objects not visible
& & & Clipped camera zoom levels
& & & Mouse tooltips now work when changing toolbars&
& & & Wind direction can now be rotated&
& & & Can now use water brush in top-down mode&
& & & Disable Node now works properly on Skyline, Area and Heightmap nodes
& & & Fixed issue with node selection on the Outliner after some operations (e.g. renaming)
& & & Improved the .obj loader to handle some rare cases
& This update should now be available from your Phoenix V5 launcher if you have V5.0a or above installed.
13th March 2014
Multiplex Funcopter V2
Electric trainer helicopter
& This model is now available from your system & downloads menu if you have version 5.0 or above installed.
12th March 2014
Kasama Srimok .90
Performance nitro helicopter
& This model is now available from your system & downloads menu if you have Version 5&installed.
11th March 2014
Version 5.0.m
New features, improvements and fixes:
& & & Colour option now functions on flight recorder
& & & Model smoke tuned
& & & Smoother rotor and prop blur effects
& & & Flying Site & Change menu can be closed using dialog's close (&X&) button
& & & Can now hold down scroll buttons to scroll a list
& & & Tuned water physics
& & & Helicopter gear state shows correctly on Flight Information panel
& & & Fixed an issue in multiplayer mode when user selects a model not installed
& & & More detailed display for model's functions including controls, expo and electronics modules
& & & Eurofighter Typhoon EDF now has correct canard elevators
& & & Option for model reset on pilot collision
& & & Fixed an issue with small helicopters on 3D terrains
& This update should now be available from your Phoenix V5 launcher if you have V5.0a or above installed.
5th March 2014
Version 5.0.l
New features, improvements and fixes:
& & & Fixed an issue with corrupted textures on models on a small number of graphics-cards
& & & Flight info panel now shows Gear State correctly
& & & Nested combo-boxes easier to read under the Model & Edit screen
& & & Per-model Engine Volume and Pitch Tuning attributes re-added to all models
& & & Advanced Governor mode and settings re-added to helicopter models
& & & Software Low Rates now function correctly
& & & Blade 350 QX physical size corrected
& This update is now available from your Phoenix Launcher.
5th March 2014
David Payne F-18
Scale turbine jet
Scale turbine and ducted-fan jet
Cessna 182
Scale glow airplane
Scale turbine and glow helicopter
Bell Jetranger
Scale Glow he
Huey UH-1H
Scale glow helicopter
Scale glow helicopter
& These models are now available from your System & Downloads menu.
3rd March 2014
Version 5.0.k
New features, improvements and fixes:
& & & Improved handling of electric and scale airplane models
& & & Fixed an issue with favourites with a model not yet installed
& & & Testing sites exported from Phoenix Builder now show in Flying Site & Change menu
& & & Fixed a graphical issue with water after resolution change
& & & Collective now effects smoke correctly
& & & Cut Engine now functions correctly
PLEASE NOTE: This update will backup and then delete any Airplane variants you may have created in Version 5.&
This is because version 5.0.k makes major changes to parameters in many airplane models, and so your current airplane variants would not function as expected. You can find your previous variants in your&Documents & PhoenixRC & Variants_backup&folder, but please do not use these except for reference. This does not affect your helicopter variants.
1st March 2014
Version 5.0.j
New features, improvements and fixes:
& & & Optimised program performance and compatibility with lower-end graphics hardware
& & & Improved parts breaking on impact
& & & Several UI improvements
& & & Several models tuned
& This update should now be available from your Phoenix V5 launcher if you have V5.0a or above installed.
28th February 2014
Version 5.0.i
New features, improvements and fixes:
& & & Fixed some issues with training modes
& & & Improved readability of nested Model & Edit attributes
& & & Improved handling when selecting an invalid training/competition mode
& & & Fixed an issue with the Wind Compass direction display
& & & Re-added model reset when pilot crashes into themselves
& & & Folding props no longer break on ground impact (when stopped)
& & & Tutorial video commentary plays fully
& & & Fixed an issue with edited InfinityScape sites not loading
& & & Fixed an issue with helicopter not pirouetting after tail-rotor strike
& & & More model parameters tuned
& This update should now be available from your Phoenix V5 launcher if you have V5.0a or above installed.
26th February 2014
Version 5.0.h
New features, improvements and fixes:
& & & Many airplane model parameters tweaked
& & & Fixed an issue with knife-edge lift on helicopter models
& & & Fixed an issue with model behaviour after a crash
PLEASE NOTE: This update will backup and then delete any Airplane variants you may have created in Version 5.&
This is because version 5.0.h makes major changes to parameters in many airplane models, and so your current airplane variants would not function as expected. You can find your previous variants in your&Documents & PhoenixRC & Variants_backup&folder, but please do not use these except for reference. This does not affect your helicopter variants.
17th February 2014
9th December 2013
Version 4.0.q
New features, improvements and fixes:
& Several graphical optimisations
& Improved support for rare issues with Windows 8 and USB devices
& This update is now available from your&system & check for updates&menu if you have&version 4.0 or above&installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our&&page.
31st October 2013
SBach 32 Thunderbolt
Performance/aerobatic airplane
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
8th October 2013
Multiplex Funcub
Electric high-wing trainer
& This model is now available from your&system & check for updates&menu if you have&version 4.0 or above&installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our&&page.
1st August 2013
MC-Wehringen
Photographic panoramic flying site
Created by: Otto Heinlein
& This flying site is now available from your&system & check for updates&menu if you have&version 4.0 or above&installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our&&page.
7th May 2013
Augsburg Sportshall
Photographic panoramic flying site
Created by: Otto Heinlein
& This flying site is now available from your&system & check for updates&menu if you have&version 4.0 or above&installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our&&page.
30th April 2013
Thunder Tiger Raptor .90 G4
3D/Aerobatic performance helicopter
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
15th April 2013
Blade Nano CP-X
Micro electric helicopter
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
2nd April 2013
HobbyZone Firebird Stratos
Twin electric trainer airplane
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
18th February 2013
David Payne F-18 Turbine Hornet
Scale turbine jet
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
5th February 2013
Hangar 9 Pawnee 33%
Large-scale airplane
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
15th January 2013
MFC Gersthofen (v2)
Photographic panoramic flying site
Created by: Otto Heinlein
& This flying site is now available from your&system & check for updates&menu if you have&version 4.0 or above&installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our&&page.
2nd January 2013
Blade 300-X
Performance electric helicopter
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
10th December 2012
Hype RC &U Can Fly&
High-wing electric trainer airplane
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
27th November 2012
Blade 500X
Performance electric helicopter
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
27th November 2012
Neussass Sportshall
Photographic panoramic flying site
Created by: Otto Heinlein
& This flying site is now available from your&system & check for updates&menu if you have&version 4.0 or above&installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our&&page.
22nd November 2012
Blade 130-X
Performance electric helicopter
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
19th November 2012
SAB Goblin 700
Performance electric helicopter
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
5th November 2012
Hangar 9 Sukhoi 3.1m
Performance aerobatic airplane
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
23rd October 2012
E-Flite Grasshopper
Electric scale airplane
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
8th October 2012
Rave ENV 90 Nitro
Performance glow helicopter
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
24th September 2012
Eli Field R/C Park
Photographic panoramic flying site
& This flying site is now available from your&system & check for updates&menu if you have&version 4.0 or above&installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our&&page.
10th September 2012
Electric quadcopter
In both &Plus& and &Cross& configurations
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
3rd September 2012
Genderkingen Airport (2 versions)
Photographic panoramic flying site
Created by: Otto Heinlein
& This flying site is now available from the Unofficial section of your&system & check for updates&menu if you have&version 4.0 or above&installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our&&page.
27th August 2012
Blade 450-X
Electric flybarless helicopter
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
20th August 2012
Version 4.0.l
New features, improvements and fixes:
&& &&&Error/Warning tone no longer repeats
& & &&Resolved rare issue with buddies on program exit
& & &&Fixed an issue with some drivers and shaders
& & &&Some E-Flite helicopters renamed
& & &&Fixed some issues when failing to join a multiplayer session
& & &&Fixed an issue with pressing ALT+GR disabling text box input
& & &&Removed some trasparent sections on &P.A. Addiction& and &Mini Ultimate& models
& & &&Improved &Seaking& floats so tail no longer sinks and breaks on water landing
& & &&&HobbyZone SuperCub LP& model moved to &Trainer& section
& & &&&Multiplex MiniMag& model physics tuned
& & &&Fixed an issue with reflections at edges of screen
& & &&Fixed some issues with shadowing and ripples on water
& & &&Fixed an issue with mipmapping
& This update is now available from your&system & check for updates&menu if you have&version 4.0 or above&installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our&&page.
20th August 2012
Century Radikal G-30
Flybarless Gasser Helicopter
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
6th August 2012
E-Flite Apprentice 15e
Electric high-wing trainer airplane
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our
23rd July 2012
M.A. Whiplash 90 Nitro
Performance flybarless helicopter
& This model is now available from your system & check for updates menu if you have version 4.0 or above installed. If you have an earlier version then please update to version 4.0 now from our}