Make the Gyrocopter a hovercraft.

[BlackSrarz]

I very much dislike the way the Gyrocopter currently controls. It currently acts like a plane rather then a helicopter. I\d love for the Gyrocopter to be easier to control and have the ability to hover instead of the mess its currently in. Currently for short distances the motorcycle is way faster because of the time required to get the gyrocopter on its way towards the target. I'd love to install a helicopter pad on my base. Any thoughts?

[SylenThunder]

I mean, that is because a gyrocopter IS a plane, and NOT a helicopter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogyro

Also, suggestions go here[community.7daystodie.com]

[westrud]

Also not sure a hovercraft is what you think it is.

[Tman]

SPACESHIP !

[seven]

I like the Server Side Vehicles mod. It only uses in game assets so it's lightweight. It adds a number of vehicle variants but the only one I use is the Whirlygig which is a modified Gyrocopter with helicopter controls.

https://www.nexusmods.com/7daystodie/mods/5094

[BlackSrarz]

Helicopter when.

[Real Mofo]

Originally posted by BlackSrarz:

Helicopter when.

Is a thing, check mods ;)

[❤Spyti❤]

I too really hate how the gyrocopter. Never ever builded it, it just a waste. Even right now, in some bases you can finde gyrocopter on a helipad... how did they land it there?! I too always wanted to build a helipad, specially since I most of the time make my base in a fire station.
It just feel like a helicopter with extra steps and just annoyes me.

[Mithrandir]

Love the gyro, my favorite vehicle in the game.

It's like an aiplane for take-offs but you can very well land like a copter on a small area like a roof.

[Trooper Bri]

Originally posted by Mithrandir:

Love the gyro, my favorite vehicle in the game.

It's like an aiplane for take-offs but you can very well land like a copter on a small area like a roof.

^ this ^ I love how you can stall them out and drop it right where you want it on a roof.

[Professional Gamer]

Originally posted by BlackSrarz:

Helicopter when.

This.

I might have said this before, but there could be a whole quest-chain around restoring a chopper. Like one of the vendors has the mechanical know-how, but he needs a good fighter to source the parts from a series of danger-zones.

It's a big ask of course, but we can dream.

[Tahnval]

I'd never considered a hovercraft in 7DTD before now. There isn't enough water and hovercraft aren't much good on land. My initial thought was that a hovercraft might be better in the wasteland as you wouldn't be running into the metal I-beams that are scattered all over the place, but that wouldn't work either as the skirts would be ripped to shreds in minutes.

Hmm....would a hovercraft set off a landmine if it passed over one? I don't know.

[Tahnval]

Originally posted by ❤Spyti❤:

I too really hate how the gyrocopter. Never ever builded it, it just a waste. Even right now, in some bases you can finde gyrocopter on a helipad... how did they land it there?! I too always wanted to build a helipad, specially since I most of the time make my base in a fire station.
It just feel like a helicopter with extra steps and just annoyes me.

You go as slow as possible as low as possible above the helipad and jump out.

Seriously, that's the best way to land the gyrocopter. In 7DTD. Not so much in reality :)

I don't use it either. Motorbike all the way for me.

[Philco7a]

There is an actual helicopter in the game. Download the Joke Mod.
I'm only day 14 and haven't gotten it yet. Also Day 14...the house cats arrived and attacked me at my base.

[Crashtian]

So generally speaking a traditiomal gyrocopter can't hover.

The rotor isn't powered by an engine In a traditional gyro. The engine and/or prop drives the aircraft forward and the airflow propels the rotor, which then begins to generate lift. Hence the need for a runway and yo keep forward momentum in flight.

There are modern gyrocopters with powered rotors that can hover, and (based only on my experience with helicopters...) an autorotation should be possible as a faux "hover" that is actually a slow descent that could be recovered by re-engaging forward momentum.


I would imagine the gyro we build in game is on the traditional side, as a free spinning rotor that applies forces to a fixed frame (Anchor points <-- Mast <-- Hub <-- rotor blades)

is would be far simpler to engineer and maintain than a driven mast applying forces on both the frame and rotor hub. (Anchor points <-- Mast --> hub ---> rotor blades)

But yeah I wish it could hover.

[william_es]

Gyrocopters basically behave like a powered hang glider. They need to keep moving forward continuously. They do have the ability to descend slowly and land, like helicopters auto-rotating downwards though, but it's risky. If you stall out, it drops like a rock.