It is this simplicity, and the stunning scenery of Arma 3 (in this case – Altis), that just make flying simple “ass and trash” missions so enjoyable. Go fly there – drop off those people, pick up this thing, take it there. In IDAP Helicopter Pilot you will have a short day with a few tasks to accomplish that are admittedly basic.
If you choose, you can map auto-hover controls to your stick to make things a bit easier, and I like to map the sling-load controls as well so that I can just use buttons to control all of the sling-load functions. The EH-302 has a nice enough looking cockpit, feels weighty, and seems to get the feel of inertia right. Then, normal and well adjusted people can pull on their collective, which can be mapped to your HOTAS, and fly off into the sunset. Getting up and running is as simple as climbing in, using the context menu to turn on the lights and start the engine. What really makes A3 helicopters shine is the low altitude scenery, the atmospheric effects, and the ability to get in and out of your helicopter and interact with all of the normal A3 features. They don’t have the most intricate damage models, but the flight model is OK and feels believable enough. We’ve been over this a few times before, so I’ll spare you the gory details – but I find A3 helicopters to be fantastically fun to fly. The mission, by user “sunsetbeachparty925”, is a simple, but fun single player helicopter mission using the EH-302 (the same helicopter as the CH-49 Mohawk) to emulate a “day in the life” of a IDAP (International Development & Aid Project) humanitarian aid pilot. Don’t get me wrong – I love that stuff too! – but it does require carving out a time commitment that I sometimes can’t manage.Īs I was scrolling through the A3 Steam Workshop recently, I found an older mission that had been uploaded in early 2018 – IDAP Helicopter Pilot.
#AIRPLANE CONTROLS ARMA 3 SIMULATOR#
A3 is not a perfect helicopter simulator – but it is a great helicopter playground and GAME! And these days, when my time is at a premium, I’ve found myself tilting toward mixing in some great, short, gaming moments into my simulator time instead of spending a large fraction of my time entering INS coordinates into a CDU.
I’m a huge Arma 3 helicopter fan, with a play history back through the Armed Assault and Take On Helicopters days.
#AIRPLANE CONTROLS ARMA 3 FREE#
Without question, the Arma 3 Steam Workshop is an absolute mess, but the content within comes from all types of players and designers, all nationalities, and all skill levels, so it should be expected to be a bit of a free for all. A recurring habit of mine is to shelve Arma 3 for a few months at a time, then, return and revisit the chaotic Arma 3 Steam Workshop and spend an hour browsing through the newest entries that have been uploaded trying to spy something shiny that grabs my attention.
Similarly true for my simulator preferences as well as real life. Long ago I came to recognize that I am a simple man – with simple tastes. Sometimes a simple, straight-forward, and entertaining helicopter mission is just what the doctor ordered…
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