What's the hardest part about flying the chopper?

Saber · 05-24-2003, 09:30 PM

What part about flying choppers do think is the hardest? I personally think it is the landing, I can do everything fine until I try and land.

Đemðlitiðn_Man · 05-24-2003, 09:33 PM

i didnt vote because you left out none of the above... its all easy to me. it took me a while to figure things about but now its a piece of cake.

Opter · 05-24-2003, 09:51 PM

i only have troubles landing the blackhawk but im working on it

grim reaper · 05-24-2003, 10:12 PM

landing the hind is so hard, that damm gear never comes out.

Barron Calebaugh · 05-25-2003, 01:59 AM

The hard part is getting the chopper, any chopper before the smacktards and players that can't be bothered to train it up on a local server before taking off in one on a 'net server.

Saber · 05-25-2003, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Opter

i only have troubles landing the blackhawk but im working on it

Same here Opter, I can land the apache with ease but the blackhawk is like a bus I can't get it to go down steady.

rainy · 05-25-2003, 06:50 AM

i always thought that the blackhawk was the EASIEST to fly and land. then apache and the hind is the biggest pain of them all.

the blackhawk is so slow that i cant imagine it spinning out of control, really. its pretty easy to land.

the apache is a little touchier, and so that is a bit harder for me to steady.

i cant control the hind very well at all (spin out of control) and it makes landing that much more difficult.

touch down with tail first.

grim reaper: i thought they fixed the hind gear problem in .35. i've landed with the hind, rather sloppily, so i think they come out.

Saber · 05-25-2003, 05:14 PM

Well I never once spin out of control witht he blackhawk but I can't land it softly or hover very well with it. I try to land and I always hit something, especially on Lost village when I try to land at the small airpad.

Barron Calebaugh · 05-25-2003, 05:35 PM

The part I like at Lost Village is when the pilot evidently doesn't remember which pad he took off from so lands at the middle one(typically easiest) and another blackhawk spawns around that time, basically big crash and boom occurs.

JeanFrancois · 05-25-2003, 11:12 PM

I said landing but it's there's more to it than that. I can land well, but it takes me too liking for my own liking, so I have to improve getting it done faster. It's like in Lander (remember the old windows game with the moon lander?) where you had to touch down just right or you blow up? Well, that's firmly ingrained in my mind, so even though you can touch them down fairly hard I try to do it as light as possible.

Saber · 05-26-2003, 05:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barron Calebaugh

The part I like at Lost Village is when the pilot evidently doesn't remember which pad he took off from so lands at the middle one(typically easiest) and another blackhawk spawns around that time, basically big crash and boom occurs.

That's why I stopped landing on LV lol. I usually just hover over the base til I am repaired. Happened to me way to many times, I go in perfect landing then a UH-60 respawns under me BOOM.

View Poll Results: Hardest part of the helicopters?
Landing	10	45.45%
Steering/Controlling	2	9.09%
None, I've been playing DC long enough to the point where the choppers are easy.	10	45.45%
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05-24-2003, 09:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Saber Sergeant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Washington Posts: 408	What's the hardest part about flying the chopper? What part about flying choppers do think is the hardest? I personally think it is the landing, I can do everything fine until I try and land.

05-24-2003, 09:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Đemðlitiðn_Man Master Warrant Officer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Making GFX art at a location near me. Posts: 1,260	i didnt vote because you left out none of the above... its all easy to me. it took me a while to figure things about but now its a piece of cake. __________________

05-24-2003, 09:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Opter Private Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 86	i only have troubles landing the blackhawk but im working on it

05-24-2003, 10:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
grim reaper Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: England Posts: 7,255	landing the hind is so hard, that damm gear never comes out.

05-25-2003, 01:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
Barron Calebaugh Private 1st Class Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 144	The hard part is getting the chopper, any chopper before the smacktards and players that can't be bothered to train it up on a local server before taking off in one on a 'net server.

05-25-2003, 06:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
rainy Private Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 57	i always thought that the blackhawk was the EASIEST to fly and land. then apache and the hind is the biggest pain of them all. the blackhawk is so slow that i cant imagine it spinning out of control, really. its pretty easy to land. the apache is a little touchier, and so that is a bit harder for me to steady. i cant control the hind very well at all (spin out of control) and it makes landing that much more difficult. touch down with tail first. grim reaper: i thought they fixed the hind gear problem in .35. i've landed with the hind, rather sloppily, so i think they come out.

05-25-2003, 05:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
Saber Sergeant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Washington Posts: 408	Well I never once spin out of control witht he blackhawk but I can't land it softly or hover very well with it. I try to land and I always hit something, especially on Lost village when I try to land at the small airpad.

05-25-2003, 05:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
Barron Calebaugh Private 1st Class Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 144	The part I like at Lost Village is when the pilot evidently doesn't remember which pad he took off from so lands at the middle one(typically easiest) and another blackhawk spawns around that time, basically big crash and boom occurs.

05-25-2003, 11:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
JeanFrancois Chief Warrant Officer First Class Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,039	I said landing but it's there's more to it than that. I can land well, but it takes me too liking for my own liking, so I have to improve getting it done faster. It's like in Lander (remember the old windows game with the moon lander?) where you had to touch down just right or you blow up? Well, that's firmly ingrained in my mind, so even though you can touch them down fairly hard I try to do it as light as possible.