Unreal Engine – Helicopter Template

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Playable Demo (controls below)

6/5/2020 :
Support for 4.21 - 4.25

1/4/2019

: Separated into a simpler parent BP with no wheels. Created "Wheeled Helicopter" child BP.

9/17/2018

: Added default mapping for Xbox controller and 4.20 support

This is a blueprint template for a controllable helicopter meant for multiplayer games. It has working HUD, wheels, steering, brakes, shock absorbers, animated rotors, dust particle effects, sounds, and full physics replication in a blueprint-only template.
The physics simulation includes many features that can be tweaked to make the helicopter easier to fly or more realistic, including pitch and roll correction, automatic re-orienting toward direction of travel (directional stability), effective translational lift (ETL), and the "ground ef