ARwolf

Fly the famous "Lady" from Airwolf in mixed-reality
or experience her at actual size!

I wanted to include Airwolf in my popular AR Choppers game, but couldn't for legal reasons, so here she is completely free!

Fire her guns and missiles to destroy targets!

Controls

Controls in model-scale view:

• Right Thumbstick: Airwolf cyclic pitch/roll
• Left Thumbstick: Airwolf yaw (optional)
• Button B/Y: (tap) toggle scale, (long press) show menu
• Button A/X: start combat, fire guns
• Right Trigger: Airwolf positive collective (climb)
• Left trigger: Airwolf turbo! (optional)
• Thumbstick Button: Airwolf negative collective (descend)
• Thumbstick Button + Trigger: Airwolf turbo!
• Grip: grab/throw Airwolf
Controls in full-scale view:

• Thumbstick: move player in camera direction, snap-turn
• Trigger: move player in controller direction, snap-turn
• Button A/X: move player to cockpit
• Button B/Y: (tap) toggle scale, (long press) show menu
• Grip: rotate Airwolf with your hand

Destroyable targets are contained within your physical room if you scan it
in Quest Environment setup, otherwise a generic space is used.

Want more? There's 16 legendary helicopters in AR Choppers!

Change Log - Updated 2026.05.12

v1.05 - 2026.05.12

• Increased left thumbstick deadzone to help keep yaw separate from collective.
• Fixed an issue where HorizonOS v2.3 broke boundary suppression.

v1.04 - 2026.04.30

• Made flight buttery smooth.
• Left thumbstick up/down now adds/removes collective.
• Moved options menu to left-controller's "start" button.
• Button A now toggles combat mode on/off.
• Button B now toggles scale without having to hold it down.
• Added a controller map/diagram and "swap controllers" button to options menu.
• You can now fire guns and missiles with combat mode disabled.
• Increased performance slightly in full-scale view.
• Removed "move to cockpit" button functionality in full-scale view.
• Thumbsticks in full-scale view now "drive" Airwolf, to make movement more intuitive.

v1.03 - 2026.03.16

• Reduced flight descent rate significantly.
• Landing gear now deploy much closer to the ground.

v1.02 - 2026.03.13

• Added menu buttons to scale from 1/64 to 1/1, with corresponding flight dynamics.
• Improved "grab" tractor beam and fixed grabbing missing the collider's edge.
• Improved landing detection and removed downforce when near the ground.
• Reduced afterburner smoke.
• Made missiles slightly more accurate.
• Tweaked ground-effect and landing values.
• Rotors now spin slowly in fullscale view; changed shadow method to accomodate it.
• Extended shadows to appear outside the room.

v1.01 - 2026.02.17

• Downward-pitch during turbo flight has been eliminated.
• Airwolf is now more maneuverable at high speed.
• Added fuel tank caps and a flashing light near main rotor.
• Fixed landing gear wheels centering.
• Landing gear now stows correctly after take-off.
• Main rotor tips are now painted yellow.

v1.00 - 2026.02.12

• Initial relase.

Download

Meta Quest (134mb)
It is also available on SideQuestVR.com.

To install on Quest you will need to "sideload" the ARwolf.apk.
(I've included an "install.cmd" to copy it to a properly connected headset.)

Video

Screenshots

Notes

Airwolf is a trademark and copyright of Universal City Studios, Inc. This project is a non-commercial, transformative fan-made mixed-reality experience created for the purposes of parody and technical demonstration. All original assets, including the Airwolf helicopter design, characters, and musical themes, remain the sole property of the original rights holders. This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Universal Studios.