Problem with aircraft

[Comet241]

I have noticed a problem, or what i think is a problem at least, with the various aircraft on al basrah. Im a heli whore, ill admit it, i love flying those things, however, on that map, several times a round the chopper will just explode for seemingly no reason, in multiple locations on the map, like i hit an invisible wall or something. There is no tone or beeping of AA, there is no gunfire that i see, im not flashing red with hits, when i explode and the camera falls back i see no enemy anywhere around, sometimes this happens in places on the map i know the enemy cannot go (like the airport).

Yesterday i was playing on that map and it happened 3 times in a row in the heli all within 30-150 seconds of taking off, twice before we even made it near the city. I was frustrated so i hopped in the a-10, when it then proceeded to happen twice in a row there, once literally 10 seconds after takeoff.

So, there are several theories i have.

1) i am a noob and i am getting pwned without even realizing it
2) it appears to be a glitch/bug
3) it is my system that is somehow causing this

Thanks for any help or comments on resolving this situation. I really do love the mod and I really do love flying, and i would love to do the two of them together. Thanks.

[General_J0k3r]

hehe. some tank hiding and waiting for you to take off? just a guess

[Comet241]

I initially thought that, but i discounted it for 2 reasons. 1) because of the location where it has happened several times (like the airport) and my altitude and movements as well. 2) also because i have been hit by a tank round before in my helo, i know what it sounds and looks like and this isn't it. maybe a couple have been a tank, but for the sheer number of times it has happened to me (~20 in the last week) i just know it has to be something else.

[Griffon2-6]

I think your first theory is correct. no, j/k

[Mongolian_dude]

1) i am a noob and i am getting pwned without even realizing it

It wont be you thats the N00b But its your team mates. They lose a Heavy AT kit to and insurgent and....you know the rest.

OR, you got an RPG in the cockpit and die, leaving the chopper to crash to the ground.

OR you get shot down by a Tank which actualy ins that hard these days.


i hope you have a gunner when you 'Heli whore' otherwise a wast of assets and is unfair.

...mongol....

[Comet241]

I always have a gunner, so no worries there, and over voip or TS they are equally dismayed in the manner of our death every time.

I know that tanks can more easily take out helo's, but again, the location it is happening in (near the airport several times, or in the middle of the desert with nobody around), is one reason im at a loss here.

the heavy AT theory is decent, i hadn't thought of that, but the fact that it isn't an oft-used kit combined with the sheer number of times it happens, seemingly in a row together, doesn't seem like it can explain all of the instances.

One question that i have then is: What forms of death can occur while flying a chopper where there is absolutely no forewarning, no sounds of impact, no explosion that is detectable, the chopper simply falls out of the sky a crumpled wreck??? It seems to me that whenever i do get hit by an rpg or a tank or such there is a *ding* noise, explosion, a fraction of a second before death that you know you are going down..... however in these instances, simply nothing.

If nobody else seems to of ever had this problem, maybe it is something to do with me and my system, if that is even possible. Maybe my system, which is older, is lagging and isn't giving me the proper noises and visuals. I dont know, im pretty much just seeing if anyone else is having a similar problem.

thanks for at least reading this far and thanks for any and all help