UH-1B Huey Helicopter - Flyable Helicopter with Custom Flight Controls for Project Zomboid

UH-1B Huey Helicopter introduces a controllable military helicopter to Project Zomboid, allowing survivors to explore Kentucky from the air.

Instead of relying entirely on roads and ground vehicles, players can take off, gain altitude, maneuver above the landscape and land in suitable locations.

The addon uses Aviation Core to provide its flight systems and integration with the game world.

Designed for Build 42.20 and newer. The project is still in development, so technical issues may occur.

Helicopter Features

The UH-1B includes several systems for controlling and operating an aircraft.

• Fully controllable flight - Take off, maneuver and land manually.
• Hovering - Maintain the helicopter in the air without traveling forward.
• Altitude control - Raise or lower the aircraft during flight.
• Custom HUD - Dedicated interface for helicopter operation.
• Aircraft mechanics - Learn how to access serviceable components.
• Natural spawning - Find helicopters at predefined locations.
• Sandbox settings - Adjust the maximum number of aircraft that can appear.

These features make aviation a separate transportation option with controls that differ from ordinary vehicles.

Flight Controls

Piloting requires managing altitude, direction and aircraft orientation.

Understanding Aircraft Movement

Yaw rotates the helicopter left or right around its vertical axis.

Pitch tilts the aircraft forward or backward, while Roll tilts it sideways.

Learning to combine these controls is essential for controlled takeoffs, hovering and landing.

Changing Key Bindings

The default controls can be customized.

Open the game's Key Bindings menu and find the Helicopter category.

Assign keys that suit your preferred control layout.

Where to Find a UH-1B Huey

Helicopters can appear naturally at predefined locations in the game world.

The number of aircraft generated by Aviation Core is controlled through the sandbox setting:

Maximum helicopters in world

This option lets players limit how many helicopters can spawn.

Setting the value to 0 disables new Aviation Core helicopter world spawns.

It is useful for adjusting how common aircraft should be during a playthrough.

Helicopter Mechanics and Maintenance

The addon includes a dedicated aircraft mechanics system.

To learn the relevant skill, find and read the UH-1B Operator Manual.

Studying this manual teaches Helicopter Mechanics, allowing access to the aircraft's serviceable components.

This introduces a progression requirement for interacting with helicopter maintenance systems rather than making all components immediately accessible.

Requirements and Compatibility

Installation

1. Install Aviation Core.
2. Subscribe to UH-1B Huey Helicopter.
3. Enable both modifications in Project Zomboid.
4. Configure helicopter spawning in Sandbox Options if necessary.
5. Start the game and locate an aircraft.

Important: Aviation Core is a required framework. The helicopter addon depends on its shared flight systems.

Known Limitations

The modification is still being developed, and bugs or compatibility problems may occur.

The author accepts reports of both single-player and multiplayer issues in the appropriate Workshop discussion threads.

The supplied description does not guarantee fully stable multiplayer operation or specify existing-save compatibility.

UH-1B Huey Helicopter expands transportation beyond the roads of Kentucky, offering manual aircraft operation, customizable controls and a dedicated mechanics system for players interested in aviation-focused survival.