Basic Helicopter Pilot help - please

[Xman-nyc]

I thought it was a bad mouse so I went out and got a new Joystick but the same thing happens. Every time I take off in any helo, I go up and as soon as I touch the stick forward, back, left or right the thing flops over and boom. No matter if I'm at 50% or 100% throttle.

What am I doing wrong?
(besides getting in the stupid thing in the first place)

X

[bleucamaro]

Re: Basic Helicopter Pilot help - please

You need to adjust your control's sensitivities. make them less sensitive, and the controls will feel heavier. good luck.

[Xman-nyc]

Re: Basic Helicopter Pilot help - please

thats the mouse sensitivity in Controls?

and thanks

[MirageAK47]

Re: Basic Helicopter Pilot help - please

Forgive me if i misunderstood you, but you only have to barely move the mouse forward enough to bring your nose down. Dont continually move it forward or youll keep heading down. Slight movements in any direction will change your yaw and get you moving. Also you can return the mouse back to its starting position from takeoff to hover.

[rumple9]

Re: Basic Helicopter Pilot help - please

took me ages to learn to fly - I also went out and bought an expensive joystick, but at the end of the day, mouse and keyboard is best and it simply comes down to lots of practice but you will eventually get the hang of it. The most impotrant thing to remember is to keep your nose down

[Sir. bzb]

Re: Basic Helicopter Pilot help - please

Copter goes up. down, left and right, it flys in those directions aswell. This is no plane to fly where a stick is handy.
The copter rotor pulls you, a jet pushes you. Aim the rotor where you want to go and give it time- it isnt a jet. Puling back in a copter sends you into a loop which will at its peak will pull you down to earth. If you want to go up let go of everything except w- it will kill your forward speed by default as the rotor is then set to up only. To move forward you must balnace to rotor between up and forward, this is easiest on a keyboard i find. IDealy forward is a 45 degree angle so the rotor acts up and forward but you must keep it balanced!

[ACE4U]

Re: Basic Helicopter Pilot help - please

Yes, the sentisivty controls for helicopters at the BFHQ. Mine is at .40 and it works like a charm. I can fly between anything, under bridges, it is great

[Xman-nyc]

Re: Basic Helicopter Pilot help - please

Thanks - I'm off to a local version of Oman to practice. see you in a week

[{wxc}panda]

Re: Basic Helicopter Pilot help - please

First KB+mouse is better for flying a chopper
Second sensitivity only matters if u use a mouse

[[PTG] ]-[00T]

Re: Basic Helicopter Pilot help - please

Whichever control system you use it really does just come down to practicing for a good while.
Before long you will be strafing the enemy flags like a pro.
Enjoy

[DrunkenPirate]

Re: Basic Helicopter Pilot help - please

Been using KB and mouse since the BF42 demo, ruled with it on DC and now in BF2, I'll never use a joystick that's for sure.