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Is there any way we can get the rotors to stabilize when the chopper lands on like an uneven surface top of hill, mountain, so when it lands even though the chopper is tilted the rotors are still straight and parallel with the ground.

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Try to rotate the chopper when landed so the chopper will move forward when you takeoff from a slope, this way you know where the chopper is going and can easily handle the takeoff.

k well i guess this is gonna be a lock lol.

What you mean rotor stabilisation? As in the rotors move so when you take off you take off the right way? Can helicopters even do that in real life?

yes they can.

yeah they can...their rotors can tilt to some degree...
Therefore when they take off the move perdicular to the ground, otherwise u get helis crashing into the ground like on PR whenever it's on a hill

So your helo is on a slope, it's leaning sideways, and in real life it can move it's rotors so you take off up towards the right direction? I mean surely you could just hover? And it has to be within reason, so like a 50 degree hill and you take off up?!?

Well, I'm sure it's possible to rotate the rotors manually so that the thrust is changed too, but it wouldn't be in the very least effective unless it was automatic.

scot i know what im talking about im very close with a few helicopter pilots and know a lot about them my self.

I'm not questioning whether it's real, I believe you, I'm just interested is all

THe thing is, it IS possible I'm sure to rotate the rotor head in game and have the thrust follow that rotation, it's just that it wouldn't be effective at all, since it'd have to be a completely manual input.

ok np i thought you was getting in my *** for a second but its cool, yea they can do it in real life there is a scene in black hawk down and you can see it but i cant find it on youtube, other than that yea i wish is could be done in PR would save a lot of crashes.

Mp5punk, do you just strive to suggest hard coded stuff?

It's not hard coded, tohugh, that's the thing. I mean, having an effective rotor stabalisation is hardcoded, but rotor stabalisation on it's own is possible. It would probably be next to impossible unless someone thinks of a work around.

I dont know about you guys, but when I'm idling on the ground I can move the stick and the Helo will tilt to a certain degree....but I hear the throttle is different when idling for keyboard+mouse users, I use an X52 with a massive hand-curved throttle

I believe being able to tilt on the ground is due in part to thrust settings. Play around with em some, I can tilt.

mp5punk wrote:[...]they can do it in real life there is a scene in black hawk down[...]

Well, I'm sure they can IRL, but when I see those 3 words I tend to stop reading. Maybe because ''real life'' and ''hollywood'' tends to differ from each other... very... very drastically.
No offence tho, it's a good idea, just that it's hardcoded.

Well, yes and no. As I've said before, it IS possible, but having them be of any use would be hardcoded

The helicopters landing in PR is very unforgiving. The Blackhawk has a tendency to violently spring backwards when it hits the ground.