Controller [RELEASED]Silantro Helicopter Simulator

V3 Setup Tutorials

1. Helicopter

2. Rotor

If you have the asset and want to try out the new version, please email me

 

Setup Tutorial

 

v3 is now available in the store!!

 

One of only 3 goto assets for my solo indie company. Works straight out of the box. Does what it says on the tin. URP not supported, but it only took me 2minutes to convert it. Pure helicopter porn at its best. I love it—well-done, man.

 

Feature request for the future:
* Sling loading
* Rescue winch
Please, please? I can pay.

 

Definitely

The reason it's not in the system yet is that I haven't finished the rope system I'm supposed to use (I want it to be fully physics-based and not use animations).

 

The autopilot stuff...
I can't find it. Am I missing something?

 

Oh yea, I covered it up a little in the last update. The functions and variable as still in the FCS component but not public by default

I couldn't finish the new integration to an acceptable level, so I decided to make the unfinished stuff private so as not to cause problems.
I'm supposed to continue working on the AI once I'm done with the current project and I get my heli model (I'm having a custom helicopter made for the AI development)

Send me an email so that I'll send you a copy of the old version with the public AI functions.

 

Hi There,

Does this asset have Vortex Ring State and Retreating Blade Stall Functionality?

 

To an extent.

The vortex ring state is currently modelled as an inflow dependency (if you descend too fast at low speeds, your blade AOA will grow and you'll rapidly lose lift) but I haven't modelled the pitch effects or retreating stall

 

Ok cool. Do you think you will do this in the future?

 

Yes, I've started working on the next update. The main focus is the autopilot systems but I'm hoping to add in some new analysis changes too

 

I will dare to ask a silly question, I apologize in advance.

I would very much like to get started in the world of the helicopter and the airplane and I see that the tutorials are good to create aircrafts.

But ... is there a tutorial on basic fundamentals like hitting, landing, spinning, looping? What are the "flaps" for, how are they applied, when and for what (to name an example, but I mean any other concept)?

At least in basic plan.

Thanks.... and sorry.

 

Sure, you can get a lot of them on youtube. Here are some to get you started

1. Basics 1:

2. Basics 2:

(A little bit more technical)
3. Flight Controls:

4. Flaps (Theory):

5. Flaps 2:

If you need more, just search for the specific topic on YT and it should come up

 

ups !!!

I apologize.

I was referring to something more "dummy", some basic manual of their own physics. I have the aircraft ones and I had a hard time understanding it (the handling, not the physics that have big manuals) and I wanted to buy the helicopter ones.

But this is very good.
Thanks and sorry again.

 

No problem. Maybe these will help
1. Explanation (Theory) :

2. Explanation (Practical) :

Once you start getting confused with the theory, just search up actual flight videos to see "the theory" in action. That way you can couple what you know with what you see... It's easier to understand that way.

You can also split the description into chunks and search for them individually e.g What the collective is and how it controls the helicopter via the blades or how the tail rotor controls the helicopter direction.
You can then join each description together to get a full understanding of the system

 

Thanks!!! , Thanks!!! , Thanks!!!

 

https://oyedoyin.itch.io/silantro-helicopter-simulator

Why my Right/Left Shift Key dont work,and the aircraft can not takeoff

 

How to fly (TakeOff) the Venom. I pressed all the buttons on my keyboard.

 

Hi,

You have to start the engines first. Press the throttle button to get to 100% and then use the collective input. The default input key bindings are included in the base asset folder.
Please send me an email if you're still having problems.

 

Check this out

 

Environment VR Test

 

Any update on VRS?

 

Is this scene in the package?

 

I cant find any VR scene

 

No no, this is from my test project

 

Yes, the VR demo scenes are not included in the package.

I have a separate project folder for them, send me an email and I'll forward it to you.

 

Helicopter Autopilot Demo showing Heading, Speed and Altitude hold with climb rate limiter

 

Updated demos now available

1. Fixed Wing Mobile

2. Rotary Wing Mobile

3. Fixed Wing WebGL

https://oyedoyin.itch.io/silantro-flight-simulator

4. Rotary Wing WebGL

https://oyedoyin.itch.io/silantro-helicopter-simulator

 

New Tutorials

 

VR demos are now available

Tutorials on how to set them up
1:

2.

 

Hey Oyedoyin, in the latest version of the rotary package, in the Automation Demo scene, "Takeoff-Hover-Cruise", the AI Manager game object's script, FlightDirector.cs, currently prints both these statements if they're in the start function which messes up the demo since it's trying to check flaps on a controller type that doesn't exist.

Where is the system figuring all that out and how can I make it just one of those?

Also the ground on that scene let's the vehicle fall right through the floor.

Awesome work on everything in the package, currently trying to use it for robotic simulation

Both these statements in FlightDirector.cs print despite running the rotary aircraft only:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. #if SILANTRO_FIXED
3.             Debug.Log("IT THINKS IT'S FIXED");
4. #endif
5. #if SILANTRO_ROTARY
6.             Debug.Log("IT THINKS IT'S ROTARY");
7. #endif

 

I have to add a button that does this automatically...

1a. Find and open the "Silantro_DEFINES.txt" file

1b.


2. Change all the states to a "0" like this


3. Close and Reopen the project, you should get a notification in the console

 

Awesome, thanks for the reply! I was wondering where it defines those custom flags

 

Howdy Oyedoyin1. Playing around with your asset. It appears there is a lot of love that went into this! I am having a very strange issue, I imported your asset and the followed the tutorial video but every time I run it, the chopper drops through the floor. I don't see anybody else who has this issue and wondering if I missed a step. Thanks for any support!
Grz

https://imgur.com/JyNAUPM

Sorry, Found it in this video!

 

Hello, I'm checking out the asset you have created, and wanted to ask if you by any chance have any tutorials on how to make a quadcopter using your simulator. Thanks in advance

 

Cuz I see that you have implemented it before, and I cant really figure out how to do it

 

I can send you that demo. Just forward your invoice number to my email and tag it "Quadcopter Demo"

 

Hello. Thank you for your reply. I just sent my email on this address silantrosimulator@gmail.com, is that right?