UH-1 Huey

UH-1 Huey

The Bell UH-1 Iroquois, better known as the Huey: the workhorse utility helicopter of the Vietnam era. This mod adds the UH-1H in five variants, all grouped under a single entry in the depot.

Five variants

• UH-1H Huey: US Army olive drab with "UNITED STATES ARMY" on the tail boom and a black anti-glare nose. Its sliding cargo doors open at every stop.
• Door gunners, 1st Cavalry: the doors come off and a door gunner with an M60 sits in each rear corner of the cabin. Painted as a 1st Cavalry Division Huey: the division patch on the nose and fin, cavalry yellow and black stripes around the tail boom, and a company triangle with the aircraft number on the nose.
• German Army: a UH-1D in NATO three-tone camouflage, with Bundeswehr crosses, a German serial and German stencils. Its rotor blades are green with orange tips.
• Offshore Utility: a civilian Huey in white with a dark blue cheat line and yellow pinstripe, OFFSHORE titles and a civil registration. Its rotor blades are dark blue with white and yellow tips.
• Military Surplus: an ex-Army Huey sold off as surplus, with the Army markings removed. Use the in-game colour picker to paint it any colour you like.

Every variant carries the same load and has the same performance, so you can pick the look you like.

In-game specifications

• Available from: 1967
• Maximum speed: 220 km/h (137 mph)
• Capacity: 11 passengers or 8 cargo (all cargo types)

Features

• Sliding cargo doors that open while loading and unloading
• Spinning main and tail rotors, with motion-blurred rotors in flight in the style of the base-game helicopters
• The helicopter tilts nose-down as it speeds up and nose-up as it slows to land
• Detailed open cabin: canvas troop benches, tread-plate floor with tie-down rings and straps, quilted soundproofing, fire extinguisher and first-aid kit
• Detailed cockpit with two pilots at the controls, an overhead console and radios
• Weathered paint that collects more dirt as the helicopter ages
• Red anti-collision beacons, navigation lights and a landing light
• Antennas, stencils and markings for each variant
• Base-game helicopter sounds
• Three levels of detail for viewing at different distances