How did you learn to fly?

[Ouija]

Re: How did you learn to fly?

Just wondering how all the good pilots learn't how to fly jets or helicopters and to see if I could pick some tips up on learning.

I use a game controller, the Logitech Dual Action. I learned to fly so well by just doing a lot of it. Now it usually takes a good pilot to bring me down if they are in an evenly capable plane (ie F-18 against J-10).

[Hurricane.CAD]

Re: How did you learn to fly?

Just flying a lot. I used to use a Logitech 3D Pro, but it was ****ed up with sensitivity and springs or something. So I gave up for a while. Then I started flying a lot on Oman (like 1.22) with mouse and keyboard, using the F-35, MiG, and Su-34 a lot. Then I just played a whole bunch in jets until I became pretty decent with them.

Now I'm re-learning with a Saitek x52 joystick. Hopefully once I've learned all its little tricks and gotten used to it I'll be even deadlier than I was with mouse and keyboard =)

[buteonidae]

Re: How did you learn to fly?

Weather someone else used a joystic or keyboard will not help you learn to fly. Just practice with whatever you have and you'll get good at it.


However, as for me, I stared flying with keyboard only (no mouse), was pretty good at it lol, then I finally had enough money to buy myself a joystic, took me some time to get used to it. But I would never use anything else other than my joystick.

[Scort]

Re: How did you learn to fly?

I'm not good, would just say I'm 'okay', but I use the k/b only - find this way better than using my joystick (ooh err)

Scort.

[predragjanjic]

Re: How did you learn to fly?

heres a vid my friend made long ago, its us messing around, this is what we used to do almost every day lol

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5fNwXdU3g9c

[2nd-Irish]

Re: How did you learn to fly?

I started on the Mouse/Keyboard, but sucked a$$.

After I started with a decent joystick, I improved dramatically.

I am now the $hit. Really I am.

[Supermario]

Re: How did you learn to fly?

Tomorrow I will try my joystick again. How can I set it up for easy spotting?

PM me blood I said I would help you.

[Chris_Redfield]

Re: How did you learn to fly?

Back in June 2005, I saw a pilot go 500+ points in the Su-34, in Oman Demo, ticket rate was set to 2000. Back then good pilots were a serious rarity, with most pilots didnt use cannons not once. I just got to BF2 Demo and I was pulled to jets. I had no joystick then and started up with a mouse, then keyboard. I sucked, so I spent 2 hours practicing bombing on my own. After I got a joystick, I practiced every little detail I had to, on my own in the LAN server. I believe it was my nature to stubbornly learn that art.

Everything else that followed is described in my dogfighters phylosophy guide.

[solofowaffles]

Re: How did you learn to fly?

im a natural wirth the chopper and mouse,but the planes...thats a different story.

[Bronx19]

Re: How did you learn to fly?

I just jumped in with no idea, all I did was keep the throttle and the nose up.

It really only took me a week and it was second nature.