GTA Online contains an enormous number of interactive activities. Players can take part in a scripted Story Mode, and step in and out at will to engage in interactive and multiplayer encounters. Players can engage in criminal Jobs with the assistance of other Crew Members. Crews can also join together to play Sports, compete in Races, and hang out. Helicopters are one of the things which make playing Grand Theft Auto V Online a lot more fun than the other games.
Grand Theft Auto V greatly improved helicopter behaviour, seemingly becoming more realistic. The damage to helicopters in GTA V is more realistic as they are weaker in multiple aspects. The average helicopter takes much less bullet resistance before the engine is damaged and a single explosive destroys the helicopter completely. In GTA V, the main rotor blades as well the tail rotors can kill an NPC or another player, except for some Fenestron-style tail rotors. In GTA V Online, the helicopters, at least maverick ones, can be taken down with two shots to the tail rotor so the sniping techniques may be slightly less useful than before.
Now let us look at the top 3 helicopters in Grand Theft Auto V Online based on their speed, acceleration, braking and handling statistics.
- Buckingham SuperVolito
The Buckingham SuperVolito is a Helicopter featured in GTA Online (NextGen), added to the game as part of the 1.31 Executives and Other Criminals update on December 15, 2015. The SuperVolito can be purchased from Elitás Travel for $2,113,000, and it is stored as a Hangar (Personal Aircraft) and Pegasus Vehicle. This vehicle can only be resprayed and cannot be further modified. The design of the SuperVolito is based on a Eurocopter EC145. It is manufactured by Buckingham. It has four seats and a top speed of 160 km/h in-game.
- Nagasaki Havok
The Nagasaki Havok is a Helicopter featured in GTA Online (NextGen), added to the game as part of the 1.41 Smuggler’s Run update on August 29, 2017. The Havok can be purchased from Elitás Travel for $2,300,900, and it can be stored in the Hangar (Personal Aircraft). This vehicle can be customized at the Hangar Aircraft Workshop. The design of the Havok is based on a Heli-Sport CH-7. It’s an armed vehicle manufactured by Nagasaki. It only has one seat and weighs 1000 Kg. Its top speed in the game is 160 km/h.
- Akula
The Akula is a Helicopter featured in GTA Online (NextGen), added to the game as part of the 1.42 The Doomsday Heist update on December 12, 2017. The Akula can be purchased from Warstock Cache & Carry for $3,704,050, and it can be stored in the Hangar (Personal Aircraft). This vehicle can be customized at the Hangar Aircraft Workshop. The design of the Akula is based on a Boeing-Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanch, Kamov Ka-50 “Black Shark”. It is also an armed vehicle with a seating capacity of four. It weighs 8000 kg and has an in-game top speed of 160 km/h.
