(OLD) Realistic Mil Mi-8MT Helicopter

[formal delta]

Have completely overhauled the flight model and fuel consumption and capacity to better fit the real life aircraft.
I have done as much research as possible.
There are some conflicting answers online about this helicopter, as it is a soviet heli, and every piece of information is not exactly out there

The vanilla flight model was way too twitchy and responsive for this heli.
The airframe weighs 7085KG just by itself.
I have doubled the inertia of the helicopters hull which in turn makes the heli feel more "heavy"
This thing flies like a whale, as its main purpose is to be a transport, its not supposed to be agile and quick.

Fuel consumption and capacity has been overhauled as well.
The real aircraft can run for about 3-4 hours and goes through about 1000L of fuel an hour.
Balance wise in game. I haven't extensively tested the fuel consumption. I'm not sure if this is too long, or if yall would like this to be lowered so pilots are forced to go refuel.
It has 3 fuel tanks and all of them allow passthrough and will switch when one tank is empty.

Right now there is a weird bug where the heli wants to go backwards when on the ground. It's not gamebreaking but for now a workaround is to keep your brakes on at all times while landed.
https://reforger.armaplatform.com/workshop/6119364328B41814-RealisticMilMi8MTHelicopter

[verbal dome]

Can u open the back doors

[formal delta]

I have not focused on that. They are modeled and set up in the configs but just not enabled. I can look at enabling them

[vestal vault]

So I believe the reason why the MI8 roles back is because even though the swashplate/rotor mast is angled forward as shown in the video below.
It’s only visual and not simulated.

I can tell this as when it’s at a still hover the propellers are not flat/flush with the terrain, they are angled froward.

So therefore when it’s on the ground, it’s simulating the rotor actually pointing slightly backwards not how it visually shows it being forward. @formal delta

[formal delta]

Is this vanilla behavior as well? Will look into this tomorrow. Much appreciated!

[vestal vault]

Yes, the only thing about that helicopter that’s different is the rocket pods. If a mod changed the default MI8 it also changes the moded one.

I tried it on the default one it’s just in this video which used the rocket pods showed it better.

[verbal dome]

Would be cool if u could

[vestal vault]

Hey @formal delta you thought about maybe trying to pair up/help mortalis with his SOAR MH-60 and DAP variants he’s doing? Maybe making the handling more realistic, fuel, ext. all the neat, fun and realistic things you add with you modding skill?

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[formal delta]

Up to him. He definitely knows way more than I do about the workbench. But I wouldn’t be opposed to helping out

[vestal vault]

Yeah, it’s definitely up to him just thought offering would be awesome.
He may know more about the work bench but on the contrary, you focus on handling and more that your mods offer. Which I don’t think Mort has had time to expand on with just him working on it.
Would be a good test of your skills but also a great help for him and the users of the mod.

I’d say it would be awesome to DM him or @ him!

[fresh cipher]

Are those rocket pods on it?

[vestal vault]

Hey @formal delta what did the resent update do/add/change?

[formal delta]

1.0.3
Fixed the tail rotor being broken on spawn
Added WIP sound effects overhaul
Suspension is stiffer

[shell night]

Best mod of all time ♥

[safe kindle]

It seems like the some of the startup engine noise still get to all players with 100% volume even on the other side of the map

[formal delta]

will check on this. Had to do some voodoo magic for the UH1H startup sounds

[formal delta]

1.0.4

HOTFIX:

Fixed engine noises being heard from far away

[oblique zealot]

How do you reload this bad boy (rockets)??

[formal delta]

vanilla heli does not have rockets. there is a mod that enables those but not sure if it works with my mod

[safe kindle]

It does 🙂
I'm using it on my server and so far, no issues with both of them

[vestal vault]

Hey @formal delta I believe after the 1.2 update your mod is broken, anyway it could be fixed or you can look into it?

[eternal flame]

Can you describe why you believe it is broken

[formal delta]

my SSD broke and I lost the original project. I have no plans to recreate this for 1.2. If anyone wants to take it over feel free

(OLD) Realistic Mil Mi-8MT Helicopter

[eternal flame]

Is it not possible for you to download it again and edit it as the author account through reforger tools at all?

[formal delta]

I dont believe so as it is locked when you open compiled projects

[eternal flame]

Even if you are logged into the account it was published with?

[formal delta]

its read only when its been compiled

[eternal flame]

Damn do you still have the sound files for this?

[formal delta]

all of them are included in the project if anyone wants to use them. you can just open the project in reforger tools and extract the files

[eternal flame]

I wonder if there is a way to get bohemia to send you an uncomplied version of your mod in this case.

[eternal flame]

Do you still have your old drive with the files on it? There are methods to recover data off the drives I might be able to assist with

[formal delta]

no. I built a whole new pc. but you can get every single audio file in the project if you open it. You just have to extract them and then replace in your own project

[eternal flame]

Oh you got rid of the whole drive? There are ways to recover your data from it. Not just the mod files but anything else you would want back I mean. Just trying to help your situation lol

[formal delta]

all good. I mean there was nothing of value on it per se.

[languid jetty]

Does this just not work anymore?