[0957e] eurocopter landing bug

[enzo89]

This has occurred to me twice now and im sure there are a few others where on landing they have had chopper flip to the right and crash.

It happened once on a local server when taking off. Im not sure if it is a map specific bug or its the eurocopter. Second time was in game landing. Im not an ace pilot but i can fly land and use attack choppers quite well. I have had no problems with any of the other the choppers on the germans side. (only side i have flown on)

To reproduce go on the map northern lights and take off with the eurocopter have a fly around and then try to land.

BTW on landing i had not taking critical damage nor was it a fast landing but a very slow and gentle landing on the eurocopters spawn landing pad.

[qs-racer]

admins say it is not a bug, you need to train because it is an helicopter with wheels and it is more difficult than pads.

Anyway same thing that apache or havok, but physics totaly differents...


I am happy that over guys think the Tiger physics are totaly bad when landing, I hope DEVs will change their mind

[dunem666]

you need to press 's' for a second so the landing gears come out likeon the merlin

[enzo89]

you need to press 's' for a second so the landing gears come out likeon the merlin

What you said is half right. I tried what you said and failed and crashed it on a local server again. After another try i managed to land it and can see its not a bug.

When landing make make sure you hold the S button down when near ground level until stopped. (holding it down when your too high can damage on landing or cause you to loose control)

I would like to see this added to the manual or changed as the only way i found out was through crashing it serveral which made me think it was a bug, i would not have thought this if i had been informed otherwise.

Maybe this could be moved so others can learn how to use to tiger helo

[Moonlight]

When landing make sure you are a few feet off the ground say 2 meters you must when close enough to the ground hold, not press, the S key till you are on the ground and stopped.

Now that's something I would really fear to do in any other chopper.
All in all, why make some vehicle that is similar both in role and in general appearance and have it behave differently for no apparent reason? I think the instability of the Eurotiger while landing as an obvious bug.

Additionally the gunner's camera is poorly placed (can't tell if it's the design flaw or just the in-game model flaw). While flying high you can't see anything that is right below you because your own chopper obscures the view.

Heck, to be honest Germans are a bit poor faction atm, they have an APC that can't drive uphill, chopper that can't land and has no gun turret and they can't use any AT weapons other than stationary ones. Bad luck I guess.

[bluehawk112]

Yeah, you?re absolutely right.
I play also singleplayer and therefore I placed the tiger in these maps - so, what I experienced is a landig bug plus a takeoff bug as well.
There was no way to lift off this thing.
I made it once out of ten. When I tried to land it then, it flipped over.
This is really annoying and hilarious.
I don?t use the tiger anymore.

This has occurred to me twice now and im sure there are a few others where on landing they have had chopper flip to the right and crash.

It happened once on a local server when taking off. Im not sure if it is a map specific bug or its the eurocopter. Second time was in game landing. Im not an ace pilot but i can fly land and use attack choppers quite well. I have had no problems with any of the other the choppers on the germans side. (only side i have flown on)

To reproduce go on the map northern lights and take off with the eurocopter have a fly around and then try to land.

BTW on landing i had not taking critical damage nor was it a fast landing but a very slow and gentle landing on the eurocopters spawn landing pad.

[Brainlaag]

Heck, to be honest Germans are a bit poor faction atm, they have an APC that can't drive uphill, chopper that can't land and has no gun turret and they can't use any AT weapons other than stationary ones. Bad luck I guess.

On the other hand they have the best tank (no weakspots on that bloody thing) and killing machines of rifles. So I guess its just fair

[Alex6714]

It is a bug, considering the Tiger does not have retractable landing gear in real life. Unless anyone can prove otherwise, all I can find is that its fixed, in which case it makes no sense. Apache and Havoc also have fixed gear and no need for it to extend. Why should the tiger?

[Zoddom]

It is a bug, considering the Tiger does not have retractable landing gear in real life. Unless anyone can prove otherwise, all I can find is that its fixed, in which case it makes no sense. Apache and Havoc also have fixed gear and no need for it to extend. Why should the tiger?

its possibly jsut an issue off the collision mesh, possibly its not that balanced....

[Punkbuster]

Additionally the gunner's camera is poorly placed (can't tell if it's the design flaw or just the in-game model flaw). While flying high you can't see anything that is right below you because your own chopper obscures the view.

I thought that was a bug so I posted a topic about it, But a dev replied giving me an image of the Eurocopter showing where the camera is placed, Which is correct in the game.
http://www.military-today.com/helicopte ... _tiger.jpg
See it?? Above the rotors...

[dyson20]

I thought that was a bug so I posted a topic about it, But a dev replied giving me an image of the Eurocopter showing where the camera is placed, Which is correct in the game.
http://www.military-today.com/helicopte ... _tiger.jpg
See it?? Above the rotors...

yeh looking at that link u can see it clearly. this seems to be more of the fault of the plot/gunner you shouldnt need to look down on the target you should stay as far away as posible s you dont get shot down

also looking at that picture you can see the wheels are attached with bars i dont knw if this means they dont retrat but i would guess not loking at them.

EDIT: and looking at this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohZWZGlf ... re=related you cansometimes see the bars are hydrolic which would sgst they retract butnot on clip shows it with hem up while flying this is a strange one.

[Alex6714]

EDIT: and looking at this video YouTube - Eurocopter Tiger in action. you cansometimes see the bars are hydrolic which would sgst they retract butnot on clip shows it with hem up while flying this is a strange one.

You want a little bit of shock absorption on landing right.