Flying choppers with a joystick

[Esil-]

Hey guys I have an x52 I wondered if you guys successfully fly choppers using this stick and if so what are your settings?

Any info would be great! Cheers!

[LiamNL]

Through a throttle is kind of useful for helicopters (slower decent rates instead of instant downward force) but the joystick is a bit clumsy to use for choppers, through a joystick and throttle for jets or planes is a lot better than keyboard and mouse. At least that is my experience of it and I never fly in public matches.

[ZektorSK]

Using joystick needs some practice, but x52 is nice enaught

[Esil-]

yeah I am just wondering if there is people out there that use joystick to fly the choppers and if so - do you do it well?

[iglotruck]

Leave the throttle and just use the joystick. WASD for throttle and rudder, joystick for pitch and yaw.

[PricelineNegotiator]

Many people call me the best pilot in PR and I use a joystick to fly choopers and jets. If you want to become like me, a joystick may be the best way.

[Rhino]

I only use joystick (X52 Pro), the only true way to fly anything

[solidfire93]

i fly both jet's and chopper's perfectly with mouse and keyboard with no issue
with practice ofc...

[UTurista]

Tried once flying a chopper with joystick, hated that experience. Keyboard FTW

[Spook]

Joysticks are shit for choppers. You are way more accurate with mouse and KB. Amriki approves.

[[F|H]Zackyx]

Many people call me the best pilot in PR and I use a joystick to fly choopers and jets. If you want to become like me, a joystick may be the best way.

Lol, thx you made my day.

I own a X-52 Pro and i play a lot of flight sims (Il2, DCS, Warthunder...) and i can tell you that it is completely useless in PR because you dont need "proportional controls" since you cant stall, G-limit, or break you aircraft.

Use mouse and assign keys to your mouse a keyboard to "pull up" or "push down" and you will get the maximum performance out of your aircraft.

But if you are not interested by practical and efficient gaming then i recommend you the joystick for the tacticool factor and the forum bragging rights.

[Rhino]

At the end of the day it really comes down to personal preference and neither method is going to make you into an amazing pilot, just by what you use to control your aircraft.

[Gosu-Rizzle]

Joystick is good for planes but i have never really been able to make it work for me on choppers. I have flown quite a bit as transpilot over the years and it has always been with mouse/keyboard.

[PricelineNegotiator]

Zackyx;2125409']forum bragging rights.

That's the only reason I chimed in.

But seriously, it's probably because it was the first way I learned to fly anything on a computer with, back in BF1942 flying an Apache on Desert Combat was the shit. If you're a good pilot it won't matter either way, but I definitely prefer it as you can control your throttle better which will make landing in both jets and choopers more easy.

[CR8Z]

I've been flying with the same Sidewinder Pro for 15+ years. I use it in every game I can fly in except for BF4. They screwed that right up.

If you like flying with a joystick, you can definitely be successful with it in PR. It is a matter of preference, but I'm a pretty damn good pilot in any aircraft. I second the motion that it's easier to set your throttle for hovering and landing the fixed wing. It can be floaty, but only if you over-fly it. A nice, light touch goes a long way.

You set it up in options while in game. Check under helicopter and aircraft game controls. Most of it is self-explanatory, guns, secondary guns, flares and burner are on my thumb.

I also set up some other controls, such as views out of the cockpit, (I believe they are 7-9 on the numbers above QWERTY?) to the HAT switch on the joystick. I also map the rear-look and front view to some buttons on the base of the stick.

I think it depends on your stick, what you like, but just mess around with it on a local server.