Chinook, hard to fly?

[-Prowler-]

I am stilll pretty new to PR, so excuse me if this seems ignorant.

I have always loved flying heli's in BF2, and of course wanted to do the same in PR. I started flying and I have come a long way in my opinion, I have even trusted myself enough to start transporting squads online. The only Heli i have had any real trouble with is the damn Chinook! Why is it so god damn hard to fly.. I get up alright, I can fly around, BUT I always have to be on the damn thing in order to not lose control. I have only made a handfull of succcesful ladnings in the thing, where as the Huey for example, I can land it every time.

So my question is, why is so hard to fly? Is it being worked on? Or am I just failing at an epic level on flying the damned thing...It's my understanding that it's decently new to the game.

[Zrix]

I think it's one of the easier ones to fly. Handles very smooth and is quite responsive for it's size.


Just remember it's long as hell, so make sure you have enough clearance when landing, and don't go in too fast/steep.

[Tim270]

Its fine to fly, the main downside is visibility, i.e you cant see much around you out the cockpit so clear the pad before landing.

[Freedom]

I usually touch down with the back wheels first and gently push forward to put the front part of the Chinook down always works for me. Also if your flying into tight areas that may also be a problem. Try landing near fields about 100m out from where the squad wants dropped off.

[Hitman.2.5]

You support good grammar but the start of your sentence XD

The Chinook is imo easy to fly i mean you just gotta plan your LZ and your approach and your all good.
Plus of course you have to be on the chopper to fly it or else it wouldn't fly...

one more thing i wouldn't say your failing on an epic scale your just learning, these things sometimes take time and then not everyone can fly on this game.

[AnimalMother.]

the chinook is both a joy and a pain to fly, and is imo one of the most unique helicopters in PR

what you need is practice, practice, practice you get the idea.


reading your post it isn't so much the flying part thats the issue but the landing.

on yamalia this isn't too much of an issue as alot of the flags are near the flat parts which allow you to come in fast and just roll to a stop near the required drop off point.

if you need to come into a dense wooded part or near some uneven terrain the one thing that must be done is to kill speed. I use M&K for choppers, and with every other chopper (especially the huey) to stop on the deck just requires you to get a nice angle and stop pressing w. what i've found with the chinook is that this approach generally just propells you forward into enemy trees and buildings, as even when you feel like it's gonig slow the counter is still at around 100 km/h

simple thing is to tap s to bring it down and upon landing hold s, with practice you'll know how much to 'tap' as over doing it can have some other unwanted effects (you wont be propelled into the enemy trees or buildings, but chances are loss of power and weird movements towards enemy road/hill)

take what you want of my somewhat kak advice

just practice! and it'll all come into place.

[Narco]

Assuming that it is the rolling on landing you are having trouble with. When you reach your LZ, kill ALL speed. IE, dont land at 50 - 100 km/h, land at around 10-20 km/h and preferably with your back wheels first. Then you wont roll forward.

[sweedensniiperr]

i don't think it's hard to FLY only to land imo (but i'm quite the noob)

[BabylonCome]

Agreed - it is about the easiest and most enjoyable chopper to fly in PR - admittedly it can be hard to land but only because of the visibility from the cockpit - otherwise due to it's length and having wheels, you can pretty much put it down anywhere that isn't past about 5% gradient. Landing it like a jet on a runway and then keeping the throttle on and taking off again like a jet is just so much fun to do.....

Have you tried adjusting your sensitivity of your controls - e.g. I normally set my mouse sensitivity to 1.4 in the control options (default is 4.0 I think) with inverted on of course. I then adjust the mouse DPI according to which aircraft I am in, the more sluggish ones get a higher dpi and the more agile ones a lower dpi - works for me...

[Hunt3r]

I don't really have any issue with landing, just descend early, then nose-up, and maybe a tap of reverse thrust to set it down. Just like flying the Apache.

[Tomato-Rifle]

Its a little sluggish, and landing can be a drag, because of the limited view. You cant really see the ground, your going to have to estimate.


But overall a good chopper, and its sexy

[-Prowler-]

I have my mouse inverted, and I have also found a good mosue setting for me. I wouldn't say it's the wheels, I have no problem with the other wheeled heli's.

I just find the decent is kinda weird, which ends up at a bad angle...and a bad landing.

[BabylonCome]

I think I get what you are talking about but when flying any chopper your time is spent looking at the artificial horizon on your HUD, looking out the window for obsticles and your mini-map for approx location.

So when landing and taking off you need small adjustments of the stick/mouse to keep the bird level and when using the keys for the throttle, I find it best to just tap the 'S' key to throttle down, say once every other second and never press it for longer than a second at a time - if you do the bird will start to stall and come down way to fast or go off to one side - remember when you press the throttle keys it goes straight to full power positive or negative with no in between - so gentle with it...

[myles]

A huey is really for beeginers its easy to descend directly from high altitude (pr standerds) and you can really slam it down hard. But on the other hand the chinnok if you want to get landing kind of dive a bit till your very close to the ground then hold 'S'

[-Prowler-]

I spent a good hour practicing today, I'm getiing better at the landing, still taking a long time, and ALOT of room though. Just working on tightening it up, and making it faster. I think one of my problems was the tapping of the "S" on decent, I think I finally found a good rythem.

[Dev1200]

Chinook is relatively easy to fly, it's just so much different then the other choppers, being giant and dual bladed.


Also, The chinook, and for some reason, all of the helicopters in PR.9 like to "lean back", basically not touching the keys while in the air makes it want to do a backflip. So, get a gradual-direction joystick (As in, pushing it forward half way gives you 50% "nose down" movement, instead of a direct joystick, which is basically any direction any way gives you 100% with no middle-area.


So, Just push forward until your at about 20-40% forward (As in, pushing it stick forward, "Nose down") and you'll be balanced. Otherwise, for those less-fortunate just having a keyboard, keep tapping up.

[Tim270]

Will the constant sliding be fixed in the upcoming patch?