BF2S Forums How do you know where your rockets are going in helos?

feel. you learn to compensate as time goes by

All I can say is practice makes perfect i've only just got the hang of it after 60ish hours in a helo

the rockets are extremely precise, each one travels at the exact same trajectory from each side.  It's how the chopper is moving that affects where you aim.  accurate straffing of air targets is not an easy thing.  It takes a LOT of hours to get deadly with the rockets.  I would suggest finding an empty Kubra server and spending some time with the Cobra and Havok.  Cobra has a really tight grouping, the havok is mostly useless as you can fit a dumptruck between the rockets.

if your stationary your rockets will center with the cross hairs if your flying forward at full speed the rockets will drop below the cross hairs & vice verser in reverse

I think the Mec (Havok)'s pods are mounted further out because of its squat profile, so the rockets are harder to aim. The Cobra and the Z-10 fuselage are narrower (and I think the Cobra's is the narrowest)

btw wut is ur screen name?

spend 450 hours piloting various choppers. Then you can shoot down a housefly with the pilot rockets no problem.

If you want to hit right on your crosshairs, you need to decelerate. Hold down your S key and keep looking at your target and let fly.

If you are moving forward with your nose down your rockets will fire above your crosshairs.

Like everyone said, practice. It took me 60 hours on my other account to get good with rockets, then I started a second account just because I love choppers that much.

With the choppers with a widerbody and wider rocket spread, you can hit a vehicle from front/rear on but it is best to pump it into their side profile.

Next trick to learn is predicting movement of your target... and either nailing the hostile chopper as he goes from one side to the other, or using a single rocket to take out a running infantryman.

EDIT: or just read the guide in the link above, that guy has done an amazing job.

Last edited by XstrangerdangerX (2006-08-05 07:46:10)

I will adress this in a chopper guide (Soon to be released! ).

Basically, If your nose is pointed downwards, the rockets will go above the crosshair. If you're pulling up (nose up) then they will go below the crosshair. Speed and Torque also affect rocket placement. As far as the rockets themselves, they are each place individually. Not one rocket will land in the same place as the other if you aren't moving. The first rocket will be the bottom right rocket on the left side. Then the second is the bottom left rocket on the right side. Then the Upper outsides, the Upper insides, and finally the lower insides in that order. It isnt very noticable but with time in the chopper you will see it really makes a difference.

Edit: I forgot to mention that if you are strafing right, the rockets will go WAY right. Same for left.

Last edited by MadKatter (2006-08-05 13:10:05)

Practice practice and more practice

Before long, you'll be able to control where your rockets hit with great accuracy.

use the force

seriously,fire 1 rocket at the time, ajust repeat, when your on let your mousebutton die.

and on ground targets start with low speed low altitude aproaches and increase. with more practice and routine you'l get the feel for it.

or simpy try it with a pre-nerf version, it's a lot easier with 14 rockets

on feel.

Although I use TV-guided missles. regular missles are backup