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UH-1B Huey helicopter

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UH-1B Huey helicopter Steam Workshop preview

A flyable Huey. Take off, hover and land anywhere flat.

  • Spawns at the Brandenburg airstrip, Louisville Airport and the military research facility
  • Runs on aviation fuel, found in barrels at the spawn and cans on board
  • Read the operator manual to learn to service it
Category
Vehicles
Download
14 MB
Mod ids
UH-1BHelicopter
Needs
Aviation Core

Steam Workshop page

Yes, you can fly on ZA-Z. The UH-1B Huey is a working eight-seat helicopter, but it will not start until you have read its UH-1B Operator's Manual, it drinks jet fuel only, and the server allows five helicopters in the whole world. Find one on a helipad, read the manual from its glove box, fuel it from the barrels beside it, and lift off.

#What it adds

  • UH-1B Huey: pilot, co-pilot and six cabin seats, a 500-litre jet fuel tank, a glove box and a cargo hold you can reach from every seat. The mod gives the hold 230 units; on ZA-Z the server raises every Huey to 500.
  • UH-1B Operator's Manual: teaches you to fly the Huey and the Helicopter Mechanics recipes for servicing it.

#Where do I find a Huey on ZA-Z?

Hueys spawn on helipads (the Brandenburg airstrip, Louisville Airport and the military research facility) when the pad's ground loads for the first time, never more than five in the world. Each comes with one to three Jet Fuel Barrels 5 to 10 tiles away.

The glove box holds the manual and a flight suit or a helmet. The cargo hold rolls from more flight gear, jerry cans holding jet fuel, rubber hoses, a military tool case and boxes of 5.56 rounds, with a small chance of an assault rifle or a scope.

#How do I fly the Huey?

  1. Read the manual. Without it the Huey answers "You don't know how to operate this." The knowledge belongs to your character, so a new character after a death must read it again.
  2. Fuel up. Jet fuel only: right-click near a barrel for Refuel From Jet Fuel Barrel, or pour in a jet fuel can with Add Jet Fuel. Petrol is refused.
  3. Fly. W and S climb and descend, A and D turn, the arrow keys pitch and roll; rebind them under the Helicopter heading in the key bindings. Switch Auto-Leveling on while you learn. The HUD shows altitude, speed and heading.

#Tips

  • With ZA-Z's Essentials the pilot flies forward at about 119 km/h instead of 65, and the seat panel names all eight seats.
  • Clipping walls and roofs damages the rotors. Land on open, flat ground.
  • Stand clear of a Huey with its engine running: it shoves people away.
  • Sling loads are switched off in this beta. The flight model comes from Aviation Core; driving and map loading are covered in Vehicles and driving.

#Known issues on ZA-Z