SimplePlanes Helicopter Tutorial

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Published 2022-02-07
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Hi there!
Finally, after many reworks and much procrastination, my SimplePlanes Helicopter tutorial is finally here! In this video, I explain some of the basics in addition to some more advanced tips you can use to build helicopters in Simple Planes. I spent quite some time making this simple planes helicopter guide, I hope you find it usefull.

This video was honestly a huge pain to work on... I am so glad I finally finished it so I can get back to (potentially) creating videos which are more fun to work on.

These are some of the aircraft I featured in this video:
www.simpleplanes.com/a/AVi609/AH-24-Imperial-Amazo…
www.simpleplanes.com/a/4jxJGk/Just-a-normal-submar…
www.simpleplanes.com/a/ii2y68/XH-92-BETA
www.simpleplanes.com/a/f5o5w9/AH-011-Jager-Attack-…

I could no longer find all links to every helicopter. If somebody manages to locate the right link, feel free to share it so I can include it in this list. At the same time, not all of my own creations I used in this video have been uploaded to SimplePlanes.com.

All Comments (20)
  • @furinick
    Cant wait for a detailed cockpit guide where you give us a computer science degree in order to make a ballistics computer, gun target leading and the easiest part: running simpleplanes in a monitor inside the plane But more seriously, a guide on cockpits would be nice, i tried making a nice one for a mig29 style thing with everything in a "display but oh god funky/xml is a tad intimidating
  • @mmgaming-pu7zt
    video: balanced informative and comedy my brain: AMOGUS HELICOPTER
  • @damirruki
    This... that's cool. There is enough humor and meme, while informative, and will help beginners a lot. it's nice to see that someone is finally filling their YouTube niche with contacted content. And also... congratulations to 4k subscribers, and.. Greetings from Russia!
  • @solarion8082
    Its all fun and games till your Helicopter pulls a Ka-50 and flies perfectly without a tail section
  • @s3viking214
    One thing I struggle with is how to stop helicopters from tilting to one side. It gets very annoying and idk how to counter the tilt. And it's usually caused by the tail rotor. Even if it's a zero it still tilts left or right
  • @zexky5954
    I use No Gyro , With Tail Rotor. It's Easy when you Understand the Game. The most Easiest Helicopter for Beginners are the Coaxial Helicopters :)
  • 日本人ですが応援しています!これからも頑張ってください!
  • @BlueRGuy
    So I just found out that you can use tail rotor to add tank turning to your tank build
  • @mauricioparra407
    Is there a way to stop the rotor after it started moving? I'm trying to build an F35 but once I start flying in horizontal mode, the blades keep spinning, creating some undesired pitch up tendency (even if I set the neutral pitch to zero).
  • @tenseven1398
    One thing that I did find out is that switching your tail rotor "Mode" (the button above gyro speed) to "Head Hold" instead of "Rate" makes the helicopter have better response to yaw. "Rate" setting is basically like the trim slider for elevators; It does not return to centre, so you have to slowly adjust it to yaw. Similar to using keyboard for rudder control in FSX "Manual" setting from what I tested is similar to real helicopters; The tail rotor returns back to centre with no input. This may feel realistic if you have rudder pedals, but I don't, so cannot test it. "Head Hold" setting combines the best of both worlds; It seemingly automatically trims the tail rotor to prevent you spinning, yet it responds immediately to yawing. Similar to using RCN nozzles for yaw. In aggressive yaw movements, the "Rate" setting tends to feel sluggish, causing you to overcorrect and start spinning. Edit: grammar
  • @karlmarx4050
    I change only one setting in the bottom part of the tail rotor settings and that's changing the mode to "Head Hold" which to me makes flying kinda easier especially if you're on mobile. (PS. I also use reverse rotation but only sometimes)
  • @SmoochyRoo
    One thing I don't like when tampering with these rotor's properties using funky trees and overload is that, no matter what I do, differential collective on a coaxial helicopter doesn't provide the differential torque IRL coaxials use to control yaw, even editing the rotor scalars to have an insanely high collective torque does absolutely nothing LMAO. I like this video btw, keep it up!
  • This is the video I've been waiting for so long (webmaster here, the discord guy)