Mil MI-8MTV2 Utility Helicopter

Probably the most used utility helicopter around the world.

Before taking off

Make sure you are in the center of your playing area, a recenter is recommend.

How to fly it?

First of all there's a cold start procedure before you take off:

Once the engine is on, grab the throttle and stick then you are ready to go, press left joystick to use rudder.

Other features

Click triangle panel above to toggle fan (you can poke it to stop it lol).

Click the black panel on the left side of the front instrument panel to toggle front light.

Click the left and right ammo counter to toggle rocket and cannon pod.

When sidedoor opened, click the "X" shaped button near it to toggle MG (To operate the MG, you need change your body to 'Helicopter Pilot' mod .

https://h3vr.thunderstore.io/package/JerryAr/Helicopter_Pilot_PlayerBody/

While holding the stick, joystick south to release flares, north to to release bomb, left and rightward to shoot rocket and cannon.

There're several seats for troops in the back cabin (click the red "X" shaped button to enable them).

A crane with rope for rappelling. (Click the crane to release the rope.)

The roof in the cabin is grab point so if you don't wanna sit there you can simply grab the roof. (Also when it comes to rappelling I suggest grab the roof to move to the door which is safer since the heli is moving around)

The rear door is openable by clicking the handle outside or a '+' shaped button on the left top panel. (From left to right are the door toggle and troop loading signal toggle)

Click the flare buttons on the left top panel to change livery. There're five liveries in total.

IMPORTANT

Don't land with high vertical speed or the tail may break!

Also be awear of enemy AA fire.

Notice

MI-8 is really not some easy heli to fly, so pls be patience and practice more. (If you find it difficult to hover, try click the middle panel to activate the auto stabilize.)

(Release the stick before toggle auto stabilize!!!!!)

Due to H3MP sync issue, I won't promise that it can function well in multiplayer so be careful of desync and errors.

Change Log

1.0.0 Added MI-8MTV2 in Tools&Toys----->Utilities.

1.1.0 Tweaked colliders and textures to gain better performance, added a gun rack at the back cabin, right joystick downward to release flares.

1.1.1 Declimate mesh to gain better performance.

1.1.2 Added some more details.

1.1.3 Update the sync issue so rotors will rotate in other's view, tweaked rope and rear door.

1.1.4 Fixed tail rotor drive axis issue. Now the heli should be easier to fly.

1.1.5 A small update fixing the incorrect color of the armor plates and akward stick angle.

1.1.6 Added Brake and Front Light.

1.2.0 Added UPK cannon pod and FAB-250 bomb.

1.2.1 Brand new physical stick input and more efforts on in-game performance.

1.2.2 Imprved FAB-250's damage and sound.

1.2.3 Now co-pilot can also release bombs by clicking the yelow box under their front panel and shoot flares by clicking the UV-26 panel on their right side, also click the stick to shoot UPK cannons.

1.2.4 Added collidertriggers for helicopterpilot playerbody.

1.2.5 More stable seats.

1.2.6 Added hand pos to stick and throttle.

1.2.7 Fixed laggy unity physic.

1.2.8 Better rotor blade display and funny little electric fan.

1.3.0 Damage and Crash update.

1.3.1 Tail break sync in H3MP.

1.3.2 Tail can be damaged by projectiles.

1.3.3 Updated throttle control. Added Cockpit warning voice when encounting failures. Nerfed enginepower and decreased air drag.

1.3.4 Now Main Pilot can also release flares in H3MP by clicking the green button on the front panel, and shoot cannons by clicking the top of the stick.

1.3.5 Fixed some audio errors and removed usless gun rack,btw engine rotor fully fixed in H3MP (still no flight control for co-pilot).

1.3.6 A little performance improve.

1.3.7 Removed some colliders so now players can have weapons with them.

1.3.8 Added toggleable sidedoor MG and huge performance improve.

1.4.0 Added B-8 Rocket Pod, both pilot and co-pilot can shoot them by clicking the top of the throttle(Pilot can also shoot using joystick but it will only work in single player). Seat logic changed, now you only need a simple click to lock your self into the seat.

1.4.1 Added panel backlights, tweaked rear wheel size, panel texture and collider on the scraps.

1.4.2 Fixed random collision on wheels.

1.4.3 Changed tail layer to avoid accidental collision.

1.5.0 Brand new model and textures, huge thanks to Wolfosito ! Hope lower but more accurate mesh can bring better performance.

1.5.1 Added broken glass and decals after crash.

1.6.0 Added mutiple liveries and toggable pylons.

1.6.1 Some texture/mesh tweak and flare release angle changed.

1.6.2 Tweaked texture emission and hopfully fixed some livery issue.

1.7.0 Much more detailed cockpit!!

1.7.1 Changed cockpit label from English to Russian.

1.8.0 Heli now carries sosigs, HUGE thanks to Packer for all the help!

1.8.1 Tweaked seat clicking point and reardoor button location.

1.8.2 Simplified scripts to gain more performance.

1.8.3 Still some scripts tweaking, previous scraps won't affect new spawned helicopter.

1.8.4 More realistic broken blade.

1.8.5 Added selfdestruction button above rear door button to blow up the heli.

1.8.6 Added auto stabilize to hover limitly. New explosion effect shared by Nikpo (Huge thanks!)