is there some sort of helicopter worth looking at

[jozeff]

Hi all, newbie question....

 

Is there a helicopter in il2 Bos that is worth a look?

 

Thanks!

 

Jozeff

 

 

Edited September 6, 2018 by jozeff

[Talon_]

This is a World War 2 sim

[Finkeren]

If you get your speed up a bit in a Bf 109 and pull up to vertical, you can sort of become a helicopter for a little while...

Edited September 6, 2018 by Finkeren

[Asgar]

1 minute ago, Finkeren said:

If you get your speed up a bit in a Bf 109 and pull up to vertical, you can sort of become a helicopter for a little while...

you mispelled Yak there my friend

[Herne]

rumour has it dev's would like to have a go at Korea, if this is the case, it would almost certainly be at least a few years out, but choppers were used I believe for casevac. Whether they would include them or not is another thing.

Edited September 6, 2018 by =FEW=Herne

[InProgress]

Spoiler

lol swastica, i forget about it. So in spoiler is picture

 

 

 

 

Edited September 6, 2018 by InProgress

[[PFR]Sarpalaxan]

Get I-16

Put it in to flatspin.

Turn of Motor

Push stick to side of spin.

Zack feditsch

Chelicopter

 

In Soviet Russia Rotor spinns you.

[-TBC-AeroAce]

As far as I am aware there were a handful of auto gyros in service in ww2. I don't think they technically can be called helicopters but that is splitting hairs.

[CUJO_1970]

We won't see helicopters in this sim anytime soon.

 

Best bets to dream of would be FA-223 Dragon (used operationally and 1st helicopter to cross the English Channel):

 

 

Or Flettner 282

 

 

 

[AndyJWest]

Actual helicopters (as opposed to autogyros)  were just beginning to be evaluated for milatary use at the end of WW2. The Germans had the Focke-Achgelis Fa 223, which entered serial production in 1942, but only saw limited use: the Germans clearly didn't see it as a priority. The American Sikorsky R-4 also saw very limited service in the  China-Burma-India theatre, starting in 1944.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_223

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_R-4

 

Edit: Forgot about the Flettner Fl 282, which also saw limited service with the Luftwaffe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flettner_Fl_282

Edited September 6, 2018 by AndyJWest

[Herne]

in the vid inprogress linked, how is lateral stability maintained in the hover without the need for a tail rotor ?

[AndyJWest]

2 minutes ago, =FEW=Herne said:

in the vid inprogress linked, how is lateral stability maintained in the hover without the need for a tail rotor ?

 

Contra-rotating intermeshed rotors.

[Bucket109]

Focke-Achgelis Fa 330

[AndyJWest]

5 hours ago, bucket_109 said:

Focke-Achgelis Fa 330

 

An interesting contraption, but it is an autogyro kite, rather than a helicopter. Towed behind a U-boat.

Edited September 6, 2018 by AndyJWest

[jozeff]

Ok guys thanks for explaining this to me! I didn't realize there were no helicopters in WW2!

 

The reason I asked is that I love il2 in VR and I love helicopters in DCS.....

 

It would be an awesome combination.

 

Thanks!

 

 

Jozeff

[InProgress]

1 hour ago, jozeff said:

Ok guys thanks for explaining this to me! I didn't realize there were no helicopters in WW2!

 

The reason I asked is that I love il2 in VR and I love helicopters in DCS.....

 

It would be an awesome combination.

 

Thanks!

 

 

Jozeff

There were as you can see on our links, pictures and videos. Just not really used a lot. Few build, just started developing them.

[OrLoK]

I'd love to see them in game.

 

i don't expect to see them though

[NETSCAPE]

Actual footage of me leaving this thread:

 

 

[Royal_Flight]

Might see an H-13 or H-19 if we go to Korea eventually.

In the meantime, stick to DCS for helos, it does them serious justice. 

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

Except the Gazelle. It is an abomination. Huey is top notch. I don't own the others yet.

[6./ZG26_5tuka]

 

An undeservedly overlooked machine that could have been the first practical military utility helicopter

[Wolf8312]

18 hours ago, II/JG17_HerrMurf said:

Except the Gazelle. It is an abomination. Huey is top notch. I don't own the others yet.

 

Gazelle is one of the best in my humble opinion!