For everyone asking for reviews of specific other Helicopters - Patience, patience!! ;-) Lets see how the first couple heli reviews do, then I'll decide if I'm going to do more.
I think you'll really hate the AH-1Z, it's got great top speed, but its really underpowered with 16 HellFires and 2 aim-9Ls. best loadout imo is the 8 hellfires, 2 aim-9Ls, and and unguided rockets (to shoot down sam missiles)
I really like the french Tiger helicopter since you got a 30mm quite decent Mobilität and your Standart unguided rockets online Thing i would maybe an a129international Cockpit (i dont know how the non Premium a129 bc i almost went insane from grinding 50k rp in heli ec with the 8.0heli. Maybe when i got the top Tier Italian heli i got a New fav clone Support heli (it only counts as close combat if you can count the era plates on the Tank)
I will just suggest you one thing when speaking about armor, take into account the range at which a bullet is fired. Even just 4mm of steel will stop 12.7 rounds significantly, to the point where the helicopter's pilot can survive several hits. This also greatly helps with HE explosions.
Fun fact: Due to the many different guns that the Ka-29 can hold at the same time, it has the highest burst mass of all helicopters, second place going to the Ka-52
Since you’re doing reviews of helis now, I’d love to see a review of the UH-1B. I just recently unlocked the AGM-22’s on it and it’s quickly becoming one of my favourite vehicles in the entire game.
I love the history part at the start of each video. It really sets you apart and is my personal favourite part of each vid you make. Keep up the work Tim 🤘
Thanks for you work Tim. In a game where the vehicles that you unlock require so much money to buy, your videos always guide me in. Have a good weekend!
If you want a fun strategy with the Mi-24V/P, being the other Soviet 9.7 helos, the 4xR-60M loadout is free to spawn and contains a quartet of missiles not normally seen until 11.0, allowing you to use it as a budget air defense platform that can surprise inattentive strike aircraft. It can also dogfight almost astonishingly well if you abuse the V's highly traversable gun
Don't bother grinding without a premium, and don't support the state of the heli grind by buying one with real money (use GJN coins only, if at all). No top tier heli is worth the literal years of grinding you'd need as a F2P player; if you want them for ground RB, there'll be modern strike jets added for that months or years before you get a single rank 7 heli. If you still want to grind helis, first consider what you're flying. If you have a Kamov, play EC; anything else, Ground Assault. But tbh, if you're flying any light heli (Allouette, etc) without cannons or spam-able rocket pods, you're kinda hurting the team in Assault. If you have cannons/rocket pods, you can do very well in Assault (assists by immobilisation/knocking out guns are equally if not more valuable to the team). If you're an Allouette (or something else with stock ATGMs), go to ground RB; the Allouette's actually pretty good there but you get shit rewards. For helis worth playing without paying, I'd honestly ignore every tree that isn't the US because of the terrible starter helis; there's some great top tiers like the Tiger and Brit Apache, but they especially are not worth the grind through the rest of their awful trees (Brit and German helis are only "good" in RB, but RB has terrible rewards). Ignore Russia entirely unless you have a Ka-50 (the Mi-4 alone ruins the tree, although you *could* grind it in Assault so you can eventually enjoy the Hinds in RB and from there have a slow but bearable grind to rank 7). For the US, never buy a Peten; get the YAH-64 for free and consider putting a discounted talisman on it during a sale (it's at 10.3 and is almost as capable + it's free. The Peten kinda sucks up at 10.7, where enemy SAMs are guaranteed every match). The AH-1G is decent for ground RB and fantastic for Assault, and Hueys are workable in RB. This all sounded pretty negative; it is, but that's just how the heli grind is. I don't support the current state of them but have had a lot of fun in them recently (again, the YAH is awesome). For general gameplay tips in RB, also watch Hunter's videos. He uses some nice spots and knows a lot about the different mechanics of modern aircraft in WT.
I was really waiting for someone with high production quality to cover this thing. I don't play gorund RB or helicopters, but this thing always looked really interesting to me.
I love kamov’s helicopters with the contrarotative blades they just look badass and are a good presentation of what Soviet engineers were able to do in the Cold War era
I'll take the japanese huey over the ab205 anyday, it's pretty funny when you get enough spawn points to get the backup for free, ab205 is only good if you have jesus level rocket aim and you love hunting cobras (it's just too inconsistent for grinding)
Recommend you take a look at the Hind P and V variants. They are quite dangerous at their BR since missile AA isn't too much of a problem. In addition, it's the same BR as the Ka-29.
G'day Tim, Hm the Helix a funny little helicopter but it sucks it's in a worse grind then NF so I may never get to field this glorious little bird. Still at least one extra pro of it is the test flight is from the decks of a Heavy Aviation Cruiser (I wish the Pr.1143 was a TT vessel, Who needs AShM's when you got 8× AK-630's (RIP frames)). It's nice to see a bit of a rare bird getting a review on it.
I'll have a video up in the coming weeks going over using helicopter weaponry in the same format/detail as my "air to air weapons" and "air to ground weapons" vids.
Close up attacks isn't the best way to play helis with ATGMs. You also have a CCIP for the rockets so you can sit a few km out. Getting in close is not conducive to your heli and will only net you a few kills at best and a nice repair bill.
Suggestion : implement images during the historic part to illustrate. example : "the ka 29 was based on the ka 25 *shows an image of the ka 25*" also the video is amazing and original keep it up !
I've considered that - the problem is that I'd run into copyright issues. I go to pretty great lenghts to avoid any possible copyright strikes, and anytime I use still images/music/etc in any of my stuff I get permission directly from the original copyright holder first (even if/when it would fall under fair use).
@@dowmein Yeah, but the 30 mm HEDP on the Apache is a bit trolly - sometimes work wonders, sometimes does nothing and is just two inaccurate. Kamovs with APDS are more suited for flying right above the spawn. Most players just have problems with looking straight up. It works and can be fun for 1 or 2 games but then it is boring and unfair. And you need to be a very skilled pilot to make the proper moves directly above the enemy's and be effective.
For some reason all its IR counter measures are inefficient against Ozelot's missiles. No matter how far you are and how early you saw a missile, it is too late. On the other hand when I try to take down a heli with a HS missile on my fighter, it is only lock on from less then 1 kilometer when it is too late to launch, even from the back. I believe it is a bug.
Sorry I'm a year late but this isn't a bug! Stinger missiles on spaa like the Ozelot, LAV-AD and Ah-64 are immune to flares as they have modern IRCCM (IR counter counter measures) while aircraft fired heatseekers do not.
Hey Tims do you have any tutorial for the keybinds and controls for helis?Because I kinda want to get into Helicopters but the controls and keybinds for me are difficult at the moment.
Where's the cockpit?? One of the aspects I like about your reviews is that you take a few moments to show the virtual cockpit. Don't leave behind those of us weirdos that play WT with a HOTAS & in VR.
I havent really flown the helis much in VR, as in order to be effective with the guided weapons you need to switch to the gunner/zoom view and thats ... very ... disorienting (at least for me) in VR. "-\
nah flares dont work in this game. i once got killed by an ozelot from 4km away while going 300/h sideways and used all my flares on mi24v and still hit
For everyone asking for reviews of specific other Helicopters - Patience, patience!! ;-) Lets see how the first couple heli reviews do, then I'll decide if I'm going to do more.
I think you'll really hate the AH-1Z, it's got great top speed, but its really underpowered with 16 HellFires and 2 aim-9Ls. best loadout imo is the 8 hellfires, 2 aim-9Ls, and and unguided rockets (to shoot down sam missiles)
@@friesingcold the problem with the AH-1Z is that it’s not modeled right And yes 8 hellfires and dumb fire rockets with AIM-9Ls
I really like the french Tiger helicopter since you got a 30mm quite decent Mobilität and your Standart unguided rockets online Thing i would maybe an a129international Cockpit (i dont know how the non Premium a129 bc i almost went insane from grinding 50k rp in heli ec with the 8.0heli. Maybe when i got the top Tier Italian heli i got a New fav clone Support heli (it only counts as close combat if you can count the era plates on the Tank)
I will just suggest you one thing when speaking about armor, take into account the range at which a bullet is fired.
Even just 4mm of steel will stop 12.7 rounds significantly, to the point where the helicopter's pilot can survive several hits.
This also greatly helps with HE explosions.
Fun fact: Due to the many different guns that the Ka-29 can hold at the same time, it has the highest burst mass of all helicopters, second place going to the Ka-52
Definitely a chopper I'd not expected to be reviewed
I like to keep people guessing ;-)
Chanel name is true
@@TimsVariety I understand requests can be annoying, but what about a wasp/scout video. Or even a wasp vs scout video
@@olliewray1197they are the same helicopter my guy 💀💀💀
Fun fact, in Vancouver Canada, one of these are in Service for a helicopter tour company, pretty cool
Since you’re doing reviews of helis now, I’d love to see a review of the UH-1B. I just recently unlocked the AGM-22’s on it and it’s quickly becoming one of my favourite vehicles in the entire game.
Finally someone shines a light over the ka 29, no one seems to care about it after it was released, thanks tim.
I love the history part at the start of each video. It really sets you apart and is my personal favourite part of each vid you make. Keep up the work Tim 🤘
Ah, yes, the helicopter that acts as a speed bump. Maybe it'll be useful in naval when we have guided missile cruisers.
Always feel more enlightened after watching your videos. The history and WT game review is an awesome cocktail of information. Thank you sir.
I actually really like the Ka-29 it plays very well for me, good video
Thanks for you work Tim. In a game where the vehicles that you unlock require so much money to buy, your videos always guide me in. Have a good weekend!
thanks now I understand how to use the KA-29 and I learned a bit of the history of the KA-29.
Thank you, this is one of my favorite helis
If you want a fun strategy with the Mi-24V/P, being the other Soviet 9.7 helos, the 4xR-60M loadout is free to spawn and contains a quartet of missiles not normally seen until 11.0, allowing you to use it as a budget air defense platform that can surprise inattentive strike aircraft. It can also dogfight almost astonishingly well if you abuse the V's highly traversable gun
6:44 You deserve a medal Sir!
Tim's Variety: *Plays Italian Huey*
Tim's Review: "It's a piece of shit. Don't waste your time on it"
Most of the entry-level helis are pretty horrible, but they're still good fun. :-)
Have you planned a video about helicopter grinding to help new players after the purchase of their first chopper?
Not specifically, but its probably a worthwhile topic to cover.
I think playing SRB is the best way after you got ATGMs for grinding.
@@majo3488 ah yes
I main us
Any tips
Don't bother grinding without a premium, and don't support the state of the heli grind by buying one with real money (use GJN coins only, if at all). No top tier heli is worth the literal years of grinding you'd need as a F2P player; if you want them for ground RB, there'll be modern strike jets added for that months or years before you get a single rank 7 heli.
If you still want to grind helis, first consider what you're flying. If you have a Kamov, play EC; anything else, Ground Assault. But tbh, if you're flying any light heli (Allouette, etc) without cannons or spam-able rocket pods, you're kinda hurting the team in Assault. If you have cannons/rocket pods, you can do very well in Assault (assists by immobilisation/knocking out guns are equally if not more valuable to the team). If you're an Allouette (or something else with stock ATGMs), go to ground RB; the Allouette's actually pretty good there but you get shit rewards.
For helis worth playing without paying, I'd honestly ignore every tree that isn't the US because of the terrible starter helis; there's some great top tiers like the Tiger and Brit Apache, but they especially are not worth the grind through the rest of their awful trees (Brit and German helis are only "good" in RB, but RB has terrible rewards). Ignore Russia entirely unless you have a Ka-50 (the Mi-4 alone ruins the tree, although you *could* grind it in Assault so you can eventually enjoy the Hinds in RB and from there have a slow but bearable grind to rank 7).
For the US, never buy a Peten; get the YAH-64 for free and consider putting a discounted talisman on it during a sale (it's at 10.3 and is almost as capable + it's free. The Peten kinda sucks up at 10.7, where enemy SAMs are guaranteed every match). The AH-1G is decent for ground RB and fantastic for Assault, and Hueys are workable in RB.
This all sounded pretty negative; it is, but that's just how the heli grind is. I don't support the current state of them but have had a lot of fun in them recently (again, the YAH is awesome).
For general gameplay tips in RB, also watch Hunter's videos. He uses some nice spots and knows a lot about the different mechanics of modern aircraft in WT.
@@Nighthawk2401 can u give a tip about british apache?!
Or British top tiers
The first and only ka-29 video
Gigachad Tim making a deliberate decision to not fire on the dude that just spawned
Respect for you saying don't spawn camp at 6:50 dude!
the information you give is incredible.
I was really waiting for someone with high production quality to cover this thing. I don't play gorund RB or helicopters, but this thing always looked really interesting to me.
ayo new vid, also been like 2 weeks and nearly 11k subscribers. good job
I love kamov’s helicopters with the contrarotative blades they just look badass and are a good presentation of what Soviet engineers were able to do in the Cold War era
A review on the Japanese UH-1B would be very appreciated! Would like to see your view on a helicopter like this.
Hell yeah! My favourite helicopter being reviewed by my favourite WT youtuber
Ah yes the top tier MI-4. Shame it’s so rare, but I fully understand why. Really cool helicopter though, I like it.
ITS SO CHUNKY AND ADORABLE.
What a cute smol helicopter :D
Nice to see a chopper review!
I’ve seen 0 footage of it on TH-cam and was wondering what it was like
You don't see it because it's shit... and useless really... it's only there to prolong the grind
Hate the chopper grind but I do love how they look and driving them in custom battles
Oh boy, cant wait for the AB 205 and japanese UH-1B reviews. Those things are the absolute essence of P A I N A N D S U F F E R I N G
I'll take the japanese huey over the ab205 anyday, it's pretty funny when you get enough spawn points to get the backup for free, ab205 is only good if you have jesus level rocket aim and you love hunting cobras (it's just too inconsistent for grinding)
@@aratay3117 IMO AB-205 is better in heli-EC if you dare play that god forsaken mode, UH-1 is better in ground rb
Ground PVE mode, the one with wave based survival or whatever, allows help spawns
So this is the variant of a variant of a variant of an old helicopter design
Recommend you take a look at the Hind P and V variants. They are quite dangerous at their BR since missile AA isn't too much of a problem. In addition, it's the same BR as the Ka-29.
It's beatiful flying box
G'day Tim,
Hm the Helix a funny little helicopter but it sucks it's in a worse grind then NF so I may never get to field this glorious little bird.
Still at least one extra pro of it is the test flight is from the decks of a Heavy Aviation Cruiser (I wish the Pr.1143 was a TT vessel, Who needs AShM's when you got 8× AK-630's (RIP frames)).
It's nice to see a bit of a rare bird getting a review on it.
I bet the brit heli will probably be one of the most troublesome
I ground out the ka 52 line without the ka 50. By far I liked the 29 the most on the way there. Always seemed to have a weapon for most situations.
How do you lock air to ground missiles to moving targets I see so many TH-camrs do it with the hellfire but I don’t know how
I'll have a video up in the coming weeks going over using helicopter weaponry in the same format/detail as my "air to air weapons" and "air to ground weapons" vids.
@@TimsVariety thxxx
Close up attacks isn't the best way to play helis with ATGMs. You also have a CCIP for the rockets so you can sit a few km out. Getting in close is not conducive to your heli and will only net you a few kills at best and a nice repair bill.
Nice review!!!
Helicopter pve mode would maybe got me interested in WT again. Although I suspect the grind would put me off immediately.
6:43
You’re a good lad Tim.
We need Modern Naval to enjoy this heli, i bet Helis in Naval would be less hated if we had modern ships
It really looks fun to play
I always assumed that the Mi-8 was the design basis for the Ka-29
I’d love to see some sort of attack variant of the Mi-8 in WT at some point
Tha is for the review!
I've almost unlocked the french 8.0 heli, it gets 2 bullpups.
Cant wait to slaughter ground units in a downtier lol.
Oh that one ur fucked not the enemy but you
Tim you should grind out my Heli tree for me lmao. I've owned the Ka-50 for over a year and a half... I just cant grind that crap lol
Can you do a premium helicopter review on the German mi-24 hind?
How does he even get to the cap without some AA beaming him? I flown a heli like 4 times in my life and always gets beamed by some AA
Stubby little bastard, but it does the job well enough. Reminds me of the SH-3 Sea King, but with that unique rotor design.
I wanna grind to this heli , the ka52 and hinds soo badly. but i feel like im getting hemorrhoids just playing the Mi-4v.
Over 200 battles on this thing and i didn't research ATGMs yet...
Its not you - the Mi-4v is, in my opinion anyway, one of the worst helis in the game.
Suggestion : implement images during the historic part to illustrate.
example : "the ka 29 was based on the ka 25 *shows an image of the ka 25*"
also the video is amazing and original keep it up !
Yup. A bit more pictures for context definitely helps a lot
I've considered that - the problem is that I'd run into copyright issues.
I go to pretty great lenghts to avoid any possible copyright strikes, and anytime I use still images/music/etc in any of my stuff I get permission directly from the original copyright holder first (even if/when it would fall under fair use).
Would you mind reviewing the Bo105 PAH-1 and PAH-1A1?
It's cute. Like a little bumblebee.
waiting for review of UH-1 family :D
You can make f100 super sabre
Love these videos, and never expected one to be of the Ka-29! Also it seems you caught my dad in the killfeed too on the snow map!
Can you do a video about using helicopters on ground RB?
You mean like, positioning tactics and stuff? Or did you mean flight controls? (I've already done the flight controls one)
A few of these can spawn camp an entire team from above like the Ka-50s can.
My eye just twitched when I read this.
@@DocLeQuackTwitching eyes sounds like a medical issue.
Consult a physician or a VT-1 sales person.
You can do that with alot of helicopters, getting there without being murdered is the problem.
@@dowmein Yeah, but the 30 mm HEDP on the Apache is a bit trolly - sometimes work wonders, sometimes does nothing and is just two inaccurate.
Kamovs with APDS are more suited for flying right above the spawn.
Most players just have problems with looking straight up.
It works and can be fun for 1 or 2 games but then it is boring and unfair.
And you need to be a very skilled pilot to make the proper moves directly above the enemy's and be effective.
This sentence instantly made me angry. Fucking helicopter enduring confrontation? More like pay to be killed by whales
For some reason all its IR counter measures are inefficient against Ozelot's missiles. No matter how far you are and how early you saw a missile, it is too late. On the other hand when I try to take down a heli with a HS missile on my fighter, it is only lock on from less then 1 kilometer when it is too late to launch, even from the back. I believe it is a bug.
Sorry I'm a year late but this isn't a bug! Stinger missiles on spaa like the Ozelot, LAV-AD and Ah-64 are immune to flares as they have modern IRCCM (IR counter counter measures) while aircraft fired heatseekers do not.
As a Cold Waters player: fuck anything resembling a Ka-25 lol
Hey Tims do you have any tutorial for the keybinds and controls for helis?Because I kinda want to get into Helicopters but the controls and keybinds for me are difficult at the moment.
I already have a fairly detailed tutorial up for *flying* helicopters, will probably make one for the weapon systems at some point.
@@TimsVariety Well I just saw the video about the flying, now I'm waiting for the weapons XD
anybody got tips for grinding helis? both mods and tech trees
Dam them Bradley's
Bradleys kick my ass when I fly helis hehe, they're quite good.
Based
Off the Helix ASW Heli (Ka-27)
Opposite cyclic?
Cyclic in the direction opposite to the way you're trying to rotate. Its difficult to explain.
@@TimsVariety thnx for the help
hello tim
"The Ka-29 is actually based"
did your bomber suggestion get a response?
Not yet.
Do you think Sweden will ever get helicopters in war thunder?
Difficult to guess - but I hope so!
the missiles have 5km range. Go far away and snipe with em.
I thought this was an April fools video
I have something special planned for April ... ;-)
Where's the cockpit?? One of the aspects I like about your reviews is that you take a few moments to show the virtual cockpit. Don't leave behind those of us weirdos that play WT with a HOTAS & in VR.
I havent really flown the helis much in VR, as in order to be effective with the guided weapons you need to switch to the gunner/zoom view and thats ... very ... disorienting (at least for me) in VR. "-\
nah flares dont work in this game. i once got killed by an ozelot from 4km away while going 300/h sideways and used all my flares on mi24v and still hit
3:00 oh hey das me
Now you know what that crazy guy in the heli was up to ;-)
goood vid
Hi,is MLD OP or i'm noob about it?
Can i take'em out with my phantom's FGRs?!
Yeah you need superior positioning for it
@@asiftalpur3758 how?can u explain it?
*Cries in pronunciation*
Kamov - second letter sounds like A when a doctor asked you to open wide and say ah. It's Kamov not Kaimov/kaymov
Good tips 🙂
I don’t think Tim plays helis a lot lol
if only heli ec and heli grind wasnt the worst aspect of the whole damn game
Nah... Naval is definitelly the worst... it's just not fun...
Helicopters are fun
I grinded entire russian heli tree without Ka-50 too... just saying
@@kajmak64bit76 naval isnt fun, heli ec is torture
@@dowmein and torture is fun
My Fav Russian heli cause is so cute )) but too bad heli grind is something I can't take yet 😂
Ah yes, the fortnite Battle Bus !
western rockets are just nerfed in warthunder.....
Its so ugly that it looks good!
Kamov not Kaymoff 👍👍👍
Helicopters are only for people with money, gaijin coins or for content creators. No sane person would play Mi-4AV.
I make deliberate choices to only attack those that have just spawned. Only way to end games quickly
It looks like a the fat cousin of the Ka-50
Its actually more of an uncle - related, from a generation before. ;-)
Ah yes the ugliest chopper but still cool because contra rotors are instantly cool
Early squad
6:50 LOL “don’t spawn camp”… but it’s totally fine to use CAS in GROUND games… so illogical
Everyone I've seen crying about cas does nothing to avoid it and blames the game for it. It's easy to hide on most maps.
It is ugly af
Ka-29 best girl, worth the grind