Tip for being a gunner in the Heli

[Six.]

Re: Tip for being a gunner in the Heli

lol you guys are talking about piloting idiot gunners... lol its never that smart of an idea to get extremely close to the ground... your just making yourself and easier target

oh and i play with everything on low

well... not THAT low; I'm not telling you to land your helo; flying too high just makes it difficult for your gunner to do anything. Thing is- to keep moving while flying low.

I try to keep a good even pace sometimes; but I get a little desperate trying to dodge missiles; so I'm a nightmare for gunners at best.

Flying too high exposes you to more serious threats to air-targets, such as AA and other serious guns in the area. Flying low helps preclude you from a lot of threats in the distance.

Also depends on what map you play on though.

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If you fly a little low it's easier to get trees between you and AA. That way you can move outside it's range and have your gunner light it up. I'm not talking nape of the earth, even though that's fun, too. High enough for your gunner to get shots, low enough to hopefully keep out of the sights of passing jets and enough to get cover when needed.

[Six.]

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If you fly a little low it's easier to get trees between you and AA. That way you can move outside it's range and have your gunner light it up. I'm not talking nape of the earth, even though that's fun, too. High enough for your gunner to get shots, low enough to hopefully keep out of the sights of passing jets and enough to get cover when needed.

EXACTLY what I was trying to say. Except- once again- flying low helps to exclude you from being out in the open and being exposed to 100% of the map, and 100% of the enemy. I mean, how many times have you seen an enemy helo flying about, really high... and was tempted to have a shot at it?

Plus, I love my low 'stunt' flying. And I love flying so low- I can run people over with my chopper; in turn seeing "WTF?!?!?!" turn up in the messages.

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Well, you can usually pick out an unskilled solo chopper by seeing how high he goes. The good guys do it on the fly while flying normally. The less-good fly really high and usually get nailed by jets as they "set up" the shot.

[Six.]

Re: Tip for being a gunner in the Heli

Well, you can usually pick out an unskilled solo chopper by seeing how high he goes. The good guys do it on the fly while flying normally. The less-good fly really high and usually get nailed by jets as they "set up" the shot.

Do you use stunts and other such maneuvers much?
When I'm playing with a local buddy as a co-pilot, I have a thing of barrel-rolling into a set-up for a TV missile shot. I'm a shameless showoff lol.

What's your favourite map for flying helo anyways? mine would have to be Kubra Dam... I just love flying through, under the dam; especially when under pursuit by enemy helos or jets. I even had one enemy in a jet try to follow me into the tunnel lol.
Heaps of places for the helo to take cover too.

[ColdCircuitCash]

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Well, you can usually pick out an unskilled solo chopper by seeing how high he goes. The good guys do it on the fly while flying normally. The less-good fly really high and usually get nailed by jets as they "set up" the shot.

Not always true in some cases. Of course, strategies are "map specific" however, flying high isn't a sure shot that you're a Noob. On wake island and gulf of oman I tend to fly low most of the time just because it's a little less chaotic and easier to focus without being shot down. Take dalian plant for instance. I find it's much easier to rack all those choppers into being another +2 bonus for me when i'm around 300-350m up. Just look at it this way. There's really no deadset way anoyone has to fly, it's whatever works for them in the long run. What tends to happen is, someone on the board gets a great idea and decides to copy that tactic...leading to immediate failure for noobs and in turn complains or argues something doesn't work.

Just go kill sheit.

CCC

[Six.]

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I was thinking of a way to use the TV missile without having to actually SEE the intended target. It is possible to have ground units spot intended targets, such as Armour and other manner of units- and from a distance, the helo can line itself up, beyond visible range and have the gunner fire the TV missile- and make the missile drop into target once the target can be sighted from the TVM camera.

That way the helo can avoid being within attack range of enemy units in the battlefield.

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It's hard. I sometimes do scout shots on likely avenues of approach. Get a hit in the process, cool. If not, I at least see what is in the area.
The map and the dots for spotted units seem to be out of sync to me. The most noticable for my is at full zoom on Karkand. Dots will be inside buildings when the enemy is actually in the middle of the street getting ready to shoot me. For that reason I have trouble relying on the UAV or spots to guide shots in with any precision. On occasion I do send a present for a tank capping a flag. Some of my favorite maps the range of the missile is about the same as the view distance, though. Having a POV of the weapon does make it easier to hit things instead of spraying and hoping that you compensate enough for bullet drop and such.

[Six.]

Re: Tip for being a gunner in the Heli

Ooooh... makes me wonder- can you see the minimap when the TVM camera is up?

[snipper1331]

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another thing - if u do fire scout shot remember to spot every thing you see especially if there is 2/3 armour at a flag

[predragjanjic]

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who says flying low is bad

well first of all if u fly really high ur a sissie, second if u observe the area then flying low is the way to go, first jets wont be a big problem, second if u spot the chopper u can hide and sneak till u get in his range then line up your gunner, trust me been flying for a long time and met some good pilots, every good pilot Ive played with flew low and sneaked(sp) arround, Id recommand flying high but only on following maps

-sharqi(too many AA guns and cars which can be a problem if you fly low)

-wake(well on wake u dont have to fly really high but flying low wont help you coz the map is so open)

[Sloi sauce]

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Flying low isn't a problem if you keep track of vehicles, spawn times, et cetera...

[Chodda]

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Flying low is the worst thing you could do leaving the carrier on Wake. You can't strafe dive if you get into a sticky situation. But most pilots don't even know what I just said so let’s just leave it at that :) I only trust good pilots flying low because they have a good awareness of the helicopter and actually.. maybe.. know how to fly? Most people who fly low think its Miami Vice and like the reflection of the water as they glide past >.< Killer waves, lemme tell yah.

[Kapukluk]

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I used to pull a cheap trick with commanding and gunning a chopper at the same time. Always did that on Daqing for some reason.

[Tobacco]

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watch my videos ;D

http://files.filefront.com/__WakeIsl.../fileinfo.html
http://files.filefront.com/__WakeIsl.../fileinfo.html

Just finished watching the second one :shock: . Very nice, but what I liked most(no offence to your skillz)was you didn't keep flashing to the points screen, like soo many others do. My gunner and I have shot down jets before, but I don't think it's as easy as you make it look..........