I'll give some flying tips that real chopper pilots use and ones that I use in BF2.
Please note: Each chopper has different hadling characteristics that vary slightly so you will have to adjust accordingly. I am still working on this guide so please be patient. I'm going to try and make this into a full chopper pilot's guide.
When you take off make very, very small stick (or mouse) movements. If you use KB dont make any movements (unless the chopper is tipping backwards slightly as with the Mi-28. In this case, wait for the rotors to pick up speed, then tip the nose forward slightly to level the nose [crosshair] with the attitude indicator [the long, broken bar you see across the chopper HUD]). Gently lift off and don't pitch forward until you are at least 50 ft above the ground (take note of your altitude when you ae sitting on the ground and add 50 to it as your cutoff point). Learning to fly a chopper can take some time so practice on LAN servers.
When you're coming in to land, start descending slowly when you're about 65m (make an estimate using your flag or place a marker on the helipad if you are a squad leader) away. To fly the chopper in BF2 as effectively as possible you need to learn to use all the instruments on your HUD. The one on the far right of your HUD is called a vertical speed indicator. It measures you're rate of descent or climb. You will notice that a bar moves up the scale when you climb and down when you descend. Use it to check whether you are descending or climbing. The scale on your left shows the amount of torque your rotor has to climb. This doesn't help in general and is just an indicator for how much throttle you have applied to the rotors. Back to the landing tip. During your descent you should make sure that the moving bar on your vertical speed indicator is about three notches below 0. This should give you a nice gentle descent which is easy to work with. Once you're about 20 metres start to pull the stick back to slow you down for the landing. Adjust how much your nose is pitched up in the air to make sure you stop at a hover over the helipad. Once you're over the pad, bring the nose back to level. Then start a slow descent (two to three notches below 0). Again make sure you remember the helipad altitude from when you took off so you can slow your descent right down for a gentle landing. All this detail may make it sound like a slow process but it's faster than you think. However, you should only use this method when there are no airbourne threats in your area as you would present yourself as a perfect target to the enemy.
The second landing method you can use is for emergency landings when you are heavily damaged or desperately need ammo. When you are nearing the helipad (about 50m) make a sharp descent down to about 15 ft above the ground. Maintain this height until you are 10 m away from the pad. Then, slowly descend and just land the chopper onto the pad like you would do in a plane (ie. roll the wheels onto the helipad).
Hopefully this post will help you become a better chopper pilot for both transport and attack helos.
I'll try and get some screenshots. If someone could tell me how to post srceenshots that'd be great.
Please note: Each chopper has different hadling characteristics that vary slightly so you will have to adjust accordingly. I am still working on this guide so please be patient. I'm going to try and make this into a full chopper pilot's guide.
When you take off make very, very small stick (or mouse) movements. If you use KB dont make any movements (unless the chopper is tipping backwards slightly as with the Mi-28. In this case, wait for the rotors to pick up speed, then tip the nose forward slightly to level the nose [crosshair] with the attitude indicator [the long, broken bar you see across the chopper HUD]). Gently lift off and don't pitch forward until you are at least 50 ft above the ground (take note of your altitude when you ae sitting on the ground and add 50 to it as your cutoff point). Learning to fly a chopper can take some time so practice on LAN servers.
When you're coming in to land, start descending slowly when you're about 65m (make an estimate using your flag or place a marker on the helipad if you are a squad leader) away. To fly the chopper in BF2 as effectively as possible you need to learn to use all the instruments on your HUD. The one on the far right of your HUD is called a vertical speed indicator. It measures you're rate of descent or climb. You will notice that a bar moves up the scale when you climb and down when you descend. Use it to check whether you are descending or climbing. The scale on your left shows the amount of torque your rotor has to climb. This doesn't help in general and is just an indicator for how much throttle you have applied to the rotors. Back to the landing tip. During your descent you should make sure that the moving bar on your vertical speed indicator is about three notches below 0. This should give you a nice gentle descent which is easy to work with. Once you're about 20 metres start to pull the stick back to slow you down for the landing. Adjust how much your nose is pitched up in the air to make sure you stop at a hover over the helipad. Once you're over the pad, bring the nose back to level. Then start a slow descent (two to three notches below 0). Again make sure you remember the helipad altitude from when you took off so you can slow your descent right down for a gentle landing. All this detail may make it sound like a slow process but it's faster than you think. However, you should only use this method when there are no airbourne threats in your area as you would present yourself as a perfect target to the enemy.
The second landing method you can use is for emergency landings when you are heavily damaged or desperately need ammo. When you are nearing the helipad (about 50m) make a sharp descent down to about 15 ft above the ground. Maintain this height until you are 10 m away from the pad. Then, slowly descend and just land the chopper onto the pad like you would do in a plane (ie. roll the wheels onto the helipad).
Hopefully this post will help you become a better chopper pilot for both transport and attack helos.
I'll try and get some screenshots. If someone could tell me how to post srceenshots that'd be great.
Last edited by User007Gamer (2008-08-07 01:06:50)
