If you’ve been following Taog’s Hangar for any length of time, you know how they operate. No flashy announcements, no hype train, no countdown timers. Just quiet, steady work — and then one day it appears. So when they posted a full livery reveal on Discord this week, the community took notice. That’s not something they do unless things are close.
The AS365 Dauphin has been in development since October 2024. That’s a long runway, but it’s entirely in keeping with how Taog builds things. The Alouette III, the Lama, the Huey — none of them were rushed, and none of them disappointed. The Dauphin is shaping up to be their most ambitious project yet.Here’s what we actually know. The 3D models are done. The sounds are done. Animations, done. What’s left is systems work, testing, and documentation — which, frankly, is the part that separates a good add-on from a great one, so nobody should be complaining about the wait. The main holdup has been the HH-65 Dolphin variant. The US Coast Guard version turned out to be significantly more different from the standard AS365 than the team expected, and they refused to cut corners. That’s either reassuring or slightly maddening, depending on your patience levels.What’s in the package is genuinely exciting. Night vision goggles are confirmed — a feature almost no MSFS add-on has attempted. Career Mode integration is in. Two distinct cockpit variants, one analog Dauphin, one modern Dolphin. And it’s MSFS 2024 exclusive, Marketplace only.
For European simmers especially, this one hits different. The Dauphin is everywhere in real life — SAMU, Gendarmerie, offshore platforms, mountain rescue. Finally getting a proper sim version feels overdue.The liveries just dropped. The wait is almost over.