Is there a good Helicopter Sim out there ??

anthony566 · 26 Aug 2014 at 16:22

HaloUK said:
Loving mine, no issues to report. Setting up the keys can be a tad confusing but there are tutorials on youtube that go in to detail.

Thanks for the feed back ... just need to find a decent priced one ....

Noxia · 26 Aug 2014 at 16:56

Paid £149.99 for mine delivered.

anthony566 · 26 Aug 2014 at 16:58

HaloUK said:
X55 Rhino, TrackIR5 and once I get it setup, VoiceAttack.

LOL so I am looking at your reply again and notice "TrackIR5" I had no idea what this is so off I went to find out .... and OMG I am so far out of touch its untrue....

I had no idea that you could get a head tracking unit for looking around this making my 3 screen setup look more and more worth while... Another thing added to the shopping list this place is costing me a fortune.

Beans on toast it is then

Noxia · 26 Aug 2014 at 17:04

There are cheaper and just as good if not better options. Checkout EDtracker for starters

anthony566 · 26 Aug 2014 at 19:19

Noxia said:
There are cheaper and just as good if not better options. Checkout EDtracker for starters

Ok will do ...

Thanks

Borsch · 26 Aug 2014 at 19:20

Track IR is absolutely incredible, amazing, fantastic, wonderful etc for flight sims. If you 're making a coice between £155 joystick and £40 joystick (MSFF2

) and the rest for track IR - second option is so much better its unreal. Track ir is one of the great inventions for gaming and really makes flying in virtual cockpit come alive, in a completely natural way too.

MarkeR · 26 Aug 2014 at 19:41

Think I'll be selling my MSFF2 pretty soon, possibly next week if the works bonus comes through for my warthog hotas

Borsch · 26 Aug 2014 at 19:54

AAAnd you'll regret it as soon as you fire up a helicopter, a WW2 bird... hell even A10 has nice Force feedback that lets you feel a stall approaching and turn hard enough to turn fast but not stall - without FF you just loose that.

Get the Hotas by all means, but dont discard the classic MSFF2 too quickly

MarkeR · 26 Aug 2014 at 20:59

Oh, one more heli flught sim I forgot to mention, which will be of particular interest to the OP!

Infact, will be of interest to us all ..

http://www.combat-helo.com/

AH-64D sim

Borsch · 26 Aug 2014 at 21:35

Watching it with interest, but with these graphics being imminent in DCS

chappers will get a new breath of life, plus Belsimtek's DCS AH-1 Cobra is confirmed in the works http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3744849/Belsimtek_AH_1. But we'll see

Noxia · 26 Aug 2014 at 21:38

I'm watching a MSFF2 on Ebay, worth a try if I can get cheap, will be getting a CH Throttle to go with it. This is the last resort before going for the CH Fighterstick Pro having been let down by Saitek. Warthog looks quite nice but I'm mainly getting it for Elite and the stick just looks way too tall to be mounted on a desk.

Borsch · 26 Aug 2014 at 21:50

CH throttle seems to be lacking in rotaries (uselful for WW2 trim), I was thinking about it myself, but now I'm thinking about x52pro throttle. Still not sure about it though, Ive got enough gaming gear as it is- with G27 knocking about as well

MarkeR · 26 Aug 2014 at 22:14

Borsch said:
Watching it with interest, but with these graphics being imminent in DCS

chappers will get a new breath of life, plus Belsimtek's DCS AH-1 Cobra is confirmed in the works http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3744849/Belsimtek_AH_1. But we'll see

Agreed mate, hopefully will be the W version, so we can use tow missiles, and a must have is 2 player mode..

The X52 throttle is a weird one, the hat switches aren't that great and I am having bother getting another couple of sims working well with it. Plus the software is a pain if you use that..

Noxia said:
I'm watching a MSFF2 on Ebay, worth a try if I can get cheap, will be getting a CH Throttle to go with it. This is the last resort before going for the CH Fighterstick Pro having been let down by Saitek. Warthog looks quite nice but I'm mainly getting it for Elite and the stick just looks way too tall to be mounted on a desk.

I was searching and trying to buy one for ages, lost about 10 bids on ebay. Eventually got one from the MM on here, from a guy who lived 5 miles away fro £25 I think it was..

Worth going to £40 max I think mate.

ncjok · 26 Aug 2014 at 22:15

If the AH-64 is your thing then no. Not until Combat Helo comes out.

I really hope it comes with some of the period synth pop music featured in this video because I want to fly around to it :cool:

anthony566 · 26 Aug 2014 at 23:51

MarkeR said:
Oh, one more heli flught sim I forgot to mention, which will be of particular interest to the OP!

Infact, will be of interest to us all ..

http://www.combat-helo.com/

AH-64D sim

Oh yes ..... This is exactly what I want

Noxia · 27 Aug 2014 at 11:50

MarkeR said:
I was searching and trying to buy one for ages, lost about 10 bids on ebay. Eventually got one from the MM on here, from a guy who lived 5 miles away fro £25 I think it was..

Worth going to £40 max I think mate.

That I believe is what one classes as a result.

ttaskmaster · 27 Aug 2014 at 12:01

IIRC, I picked up Take On from Humble for a couple of quid.
It's not the most amazing graphically, but from my limited number of hours flying a real helicopter almost two decades ago... it's bloody good fun and pretty realistic.
For that price, I don't think you can go very wrong.

colinmcr · 27 Aug 2014 at 12:52

ncjok said:
If the AH-64 is your thing then no. Not until Combat Helo comes out.

I really hope it comes with some of the period synth pop music featured in this video because I want to fly around to it

Wow never heard of this till now, gonna check it out. I remember playing Microprose Gunship, classic sims !

anthony566 · 28 Aug 2014 at 00:31

I have purchased Take On Helicopters with the hinds pack so ill be giving that a spin as well

MarkeR · 28 Aug 2014 at 09:10

anthony566 said:
I have purchased Take On Helicopters with the hinds pack so ill be giving that a spin as well

Its alright, very buggy and hasnt got any form of VRS implemented at all..

In fact the handling is very far off a true sim such as the huey, MI8, black shark etc..