Flying is a blast on the Steam Deck!

The game is Operation Harsh Doorstop which has a mod called OHD Vehicle Overhaul which has four helicopters in it with very simple controls but actually pretty nice flight models. blackhawk, apache, mi8 and ka-52.

Other games that are really fun to fly in on the steam deck are the ww2 fighters in Easy Red 2, Overload a modern take on Descent and the quadcopter simulator Liftoff!. It is interesting to me how often I run into mouse and keyboard players that categorically refuse to consider using a cheap xbox controller or gamepad for vehicle control in games like this. It is like pc gamers are fixated on mouse and keyboard and the only valid competitor are super excessive simulator control inputs like driving wheels or complex flight joysticks and setups.... and yet with the onboard controls of the steam deck I am able to fly circles around mouse and keyboard players even when they have an absolutely hilarious framerate and graphics fidelity advantage on me.

https://lostpod.space/w/id9wMqsEmHSD9xQCTchQ9r

Some more acrobatic/smooth flying for fun in mi8 with nearby blackhawk, notice how easy it is to be smooth with gamepad joysticks! I believe the blackhawk crashed because I got it to try and do too intense of a flip/manuever to follow me passing underneath, either way you can see how I keep out manuevering the blackhawk even though the blackhawk in a lot of ways can outfly the mi8 I am in (though in some ways the mi8 can out power it in OHD).

https://lostpod.space/w/fYo9DBAxwWSace7X7X486t

aborted rooftop drop after ambush