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Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: Naytch on July 14, 2005, 05:27:46 AM
I'm looking for a realistic chopper sim. Does anyone know one with stuff like; realistic torque effect, ground effect and any other effect I haven't heard about, accurate throttle-collective-pedal use and basically I just want the most realistic chopper sim u guys can think of. It doesn't need to have combat in it, but combat would be preferable.
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: takeda on July 14, 2005, 06:03:53 AM
The Enemy Engaged series, Apache-Havoc and Comanche-Hokum still seems to have a sizeable community and should be extremely cheap off the bargain bin.

Can't say much about how much realism you'll find there, tho I can recall something about ground effect from when I played A-H back when it came out.

You have a review here:
http://www.frugalsworld.com/reviews/ah-revisited1.shtml
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: Naytch on July 14, 2005, 06:17:59 AM
Cool, thanks! Looks good :aok
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: CavemanJ on July 14, 2005, 07:11:02 AM
There are good helo sims these days?  I haven't seen any that really interested me since LongBow2
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: Gh0stFT on July 14, 2005, 07:18:01 AM
chopper sims are rare, the one i like to play around (non combat) are
with FS2004. I grab the small Heli and fly around the newyork buildings
its really fun :) U have to play with pedals & throttle alot.
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: stantond on July 14, 2005, 08:04:33 AM
X-Plane flight simulator used to have some pretty good rotary aircraft.   It has been awhile (2000?) since I used it, but it was better than MS at that time IMO.  The MS flight simulator was pretty good, although you needed to have a good frame rate and rudder pedals when trying to hover.   I think Apache Longbow (or Longbow2?) (which I have copy but never played much) was supposed to have realistic flight characteristics, but I found the game focus was on ordinance not flying.

Also, RealFlight G3 is a simulator for RC helicopters (it has many planes too) that includes realistic torque and ground effects.   The cost is a bit steeper at $200, but that includes a Futaba controller.  It's pretty cool and I've had a blast with it!


Regards,

Malta
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: Dux on July 14, 2005, 08:13:52 AM
Apache-Havoc/Comanche-Hokum is really pretty good. Most of the FM is pretty realistic (IMO as a heli pilot) but I never thought autorotations were modeled too well... though not a huge issue in twin-engine helis.

AH-CH only supports one joystick, so make sure  your setup can be seen as a single input.
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: lada on July 14, 2005, 10:55:47 AM
ummm ultra ubber might be x-plane , but i didnt try choopers

http://www.x-plane.com/
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: vorticon on July 14, 2005, 11:23:23 AM
http://pc.iavgames.com/sar4/


played earlier versions of it, wont have uber realistic physics, but should be reasonable enough...
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: Wolfala on July 14, 2005, 01:09:46 PM
http://www.hovercontrol.com
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: DiabloTX on July 14, 2005, 01:12:34 PM
Jessie James' Build'n'Pimp simulator for PC or Mac.  Build a bike, see what kind of chicks you score.

Sweet.

OCC R teh suXXOrz!11!1!!!!!
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: Sandman on July 14, 2005, 03:10:28 PM
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Originally posted by CavemanJ
There are good helo sims these days?  I haven't seen any that really interested me since LongBow2


LongBow 2 was one of the best sims ever made. I loved that one.
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: CavemanJ on July 14, 2005, 05:54:24 PM
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Originally posted by Sandman
LongBow 2 was one of the best sims ever made. I loved that one.


Yep.. used to have alot of fun with the multiplayer.  Greatest part of the multiplayer was you could have 2 people in the same ship.. one as pilot and one as CP/G
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: BlueJ1 on July 14, 2005, 05:57:09 PM
Desert Stike for the Sega.
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: Mustaine on July 14, 2005, 06:00:29 PM
couldn't help myself (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/driving/americanchopperthegame/)
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: Sandman on July 14, 2005, 06:06:46 PM
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Originally posted by CavemanJ
Yep.. used to have alot of fun with the multiplayer.  Greatest part of the multiplayer was you could have 2 people in the same ship.. one as pilot and one as CP/G


Does this patch (http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_temp.asp?patch=longbow2d3d) work?

I gotta check it out.
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: Wolfala on July 14, 2005, 06:53:34 PM
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Originally posted by Sandman
Does this patch (http://www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_temp.asp?patch=longbow2d3d) work?

I gotta check it out.



Gotta be something more current then 1998 for patches to work with XP and D3D
Title: Anyone know sum good chopper sims?
Post by: Sandman on July 14, 2005, 07:01:49 PM
Okay... thanks.