Immersive Aircraft — A mod for adding atmospheric air transport and flying machines in Minecraft

Immersive Aircraft — A mod for adding atmospheric air transport and flying machines in Minecraft

Immersive Aircraft adds seven vanilla-style flying machines to Minecraft: airships, a biplane, a gyrocopter, a quadcopter, a warship, and a bamboo hopper. All aircraft are implemented as separate entities with their own inventory, fuel system, and slots for upgrades and weapons. The mod allows for fast long-distance travel without teleports or portals — especially useful in survival with difficult terrain. 

Aircraft

Each machine has its own handling profile, number of seats, and available slots. They are assembled from component items on a crafting table, then placed in the world (requires free space on the ground).

Biplane

A fast single-seat aircraft. High cruising speed, sensitive controls, requires a long runway to take off. Medium difficulty to master.

Airship 

A two-seat machine with an engine in the tail section. Maneuverable but slow. The easiest to control in the entire modpack — suitable as a first aircraft.

Cargo Airship 

A version of the airship with expanded storage. Slower and consumes more fuel, but can carry a large volume of items. Convenient for transporting resources between bases.

Gyrocopter

A two-seat muscle-powered helicopter. It doesn't have a fuel engine — the player spins the rotor. A readiness percentage prompt appears before takeoff. When the rotor reaches maximum power, a ready-to-take-off message is displayed.

Quadcopter

A four-rotor machine with a bamboo hull. Precise hovering in place makes it convenient for building — you can fly horizontally at the desired height without falling.

Warship 

A four-seat flying dreadnought with a copper-steel hull. Features six weapon mounts and a rotatable turret. The slowest and most expensive transport to craft in the mod.

Bamboo Hopper

A three-seat machine with pontoons — can safely land on water. Works as an amphibian.

All types of aircraft in one shot 

Assembly Components

For crafting flying machines, the mod adds separate components: hull, engine, sail, propeller, and boiler. In the basic tier, components are made from wood, iron, and leather. 

A complete set of components  on a wool background

Slots, Upgrades, and Weapons

The interface of each aircraft is different and contains several types of slots: for fuel, for weapons, for a banner and dye, and several slots for upgrades. Also inside is an inventory for storing items — it is expanded in the cargo airship and warship.

Upgrades are separate items that change the characteristics of machines by a percentage. Base effects:

All aircraft upgrades on a wool background

Weapons are mounted in a separate slot: rotary cannon (fires gunpowder, fast fire rate), bomb bay (drops TNT — by default without block destruction), heavy crossbow (fires arrows, armor-piercing), telescope (increases vision). 

Airship inventory interface with slots for fuel, upgrades, weapons, dye, and banner

Fuel, Controls, and Repair

By default, blaze powder serves as fuel for engine-powered vehicles (1 unit = 1200 ticks of operation). The acceptVanillaFuel parameter defaults to true — which means any furnace fuel (coal, wood, a lava bucket) will also work with the corresponding burn time. The gyrocopter does not need fuel — it is propelled by the player.

Controls use their own multi-key system: forward / backward / left / right / up / down, separate Pull Controller and Push Controller buttons (thrust), Use weapon/mount to shoot, Dismount to exit, and Rocket boost for the booster. You can bind keys in the Options → Controls menu. 

Repair is done by clicking the damaged machine with the item the component is made of. Upon complete destruction, the vehicle explodes, but it doesn't kill the player — protection is enabled by default. Colliding with blocks at speed deals damage: a multiplier of 40 by default. At maximum biplane speed, a head-on impact into a cliff almost always destroys the aircraft.

Config

The file is located at config/.  Below are the key parameters.

Conclusion

Immersive Aircraft adds air transport to Minecraft with a clear balance: speed depends on the type of aircraft, and crafting complexity is proportional to its capabilities. It is suitable for survival on large maps, exploration projects, and vanilla+ style modpacks where air transport is needed without transitioning to industrial mods.