Thanks, but I don't think that that's it.
It was before the real 3d thing started happening. I remember looking down on the copter from above and trying to hit stuff on the ground then from behind the copter and flying down city streets.
Too many arcade fumes made the brain soft.
The controls were not force feedback. When you pulled the joystick to the right the whole contraption would move a little to the right and same with going to the left. It was mechanical not motor moved.
I wish I remembered more.