These helicopter pilots in video games would impress Top Gun’s Maverick himself

Most vehicles in video games share the same fate: ending up stamped and forgotten after a huge explosion. The only exceptions are usually simulators… and sometimes not even that. You don’t have to look far to find evidence. Only with Grand Theft Auto V and Online do we have examples to set up several seasons of 1,000 ways to destroy a vehicle.

Things get tricky for vehicles when you introduce them to war experiences. We talk about Battlefield, Arma 3, Ghost Recon, World of Warships, World of Tanks, War Thunder…Here we are talking about deliberate destruction, whether due to enemy fire or the lack of piloting capabilities of many soldiers.

For some unknown reason, TikTok has started recommending videos to me that show players maneuvering helicopters in video games. This has led me to invest a good number of hours (more than I would like to admit) watching videos on the subject. I have saved a few to share with you and here they are.

Heroes and villains, loved and hated: helicopter pilots

Rarely can we see players who elevate piloting to the level of art. People you can trust, who don’t use the helicopter to move around and then crash it anywhere… along with their companions. Heroes for their allies and villains for their enemies, especially when it comes to infantry. Helicopters, whose maneuverability allows for true wonders.

The franchises of Battlefield y Arma They have seen the birth of incredible helicopter pilots. It is not difficult to find true wonders with any model, although I have a special fascination for the AH-6 Little Bird from Battlefield 3/4 and the UH-60M Blackhawk from Arma 3.

It’s been eight years since flavour shared this four-minute, seven-second stunner on YouTube. Use the agile AH-6 Little Bird on the Zavod 311 map to enter and exit the two buildings that make up the center of the map in conquest. It destroys everything: both infantry and vehicles while zigzagging between the iron and at ground level.

In a less aggressive context, but just as warlike, the user Private Faandean shared a five minute and twenty second video (a year ago) in which he demonstrates his skills with a UH-60M Blackhawk from Arma 3. It is dedicated to transporting troops from one place to another. Although it may not seem like a big deal, maneuvering at such a low altitude and landing so quickly is not an easy task in the war simulator.

And we return with flavour and his brand new AH-6 Little Bird, but this time to Battlefield 3. We go back a little further in time, 10 years ago, to see him perform heart-stopping maneuvers in the Damavand Peak tunnel, between the ruined buildings of the Gulf of Oman and under the bridges of the Noshahr Canals. This guy is a phenomenon! Being your co-pilot or gunner must be a blast.

Continuing with the characteristic back-and-forth of the publication, we return to the Blackhawk helicopter… but this time from the video game Squad. It seems that players have a certain fascination with pilots who can drive them at high speeds and low altitudes, and who brake very abruptly using a maneuver that looks extremely good on screen both from the pilot’s view and from the ground. User YungSladFlight his best landings in 2022.

What happens when two helicopter pilots with more than 3,000 hours each get together? Squad? User MeatPlow790 offers us a response that lasts almost nine minutes. They use troop transport helicopters and are dedicated to transporting troops from one place to another at heart-stopping speeds. They even indulge in some acrobatics from time to time. Needless to say, they use the same technique to decelerate quickly and land in the shortest time possible.

We have seen cases of Battlefield, Arma and Squad, but a legend is missing when it comes to flying gadgets: War Thunder. What do you think of seeing crazy Bruce Leeroy (in a good way) piloting his G-LYNX helicopter with hotas, pedals and the great song Kickstart My Heart (Mötley Crüe) in the background? I think that not even the wildest dreams of most players are enough to match his ability. Legends say that he was forbidden to drive at low speed…

These are some of the pilots that have fascinated me the most during the time I have spent exploring this game mode. Whether in specialized video games such as War Thunder or others where they are another cog in the war machine such as Battlefield y Squadthe maneuvers are incredible.

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