How do you do this chopper technique?

2007-07-14 20:31:49

#1

AncientPC: Member; +1|6430

Sorry I don't have any images / videos, but I'll try to describe it.

The pilot will point his nose down pretty aggressively, and then circles continuously without losing altitude. The best image is imagine the pilot following a flight path of an upside down cone.

2007-07-14 20:34:12

#2

NeXuS: Shock it till ya know it; +375|6605|Atlanta, Georgia

ah i know what your talking about. I think its just when you get enough speed going to the right or left you dont loose altitude.

2007-07-14 20:35:13

#3

Ganko_06: Laughter with an S; +167|6908|Camoran's Paradise

Nose down (not too steep), full throttle, left/right strafe, move nose in opposite direction you are strafing. Thats it.

Last edited by Ganko_06 (2007-07-14 20:35:33)

2007-07-14 20:35:28

#4

Ender2309: has joined the GOP; +470|6834|USA

its called circle strafing. press left or right and D or W, respectively.

2007-07-14 20:36:09

#5

gene_pool: Banned; +519|6885|Gold coast, Aus.

Umm... hard to explain. start by a normal circle strafe of about 45 degrees, when you have enough momentum point the nose down so your chopper is at 95 degrees, and start spinning faster. You can only really do it with an AH-1z (z-10 is possible, but a bit harder. Mi-28 is impossible)

edit: Oh, i thought he meant the death spirals not just normal circle strafing.

Last edited by gene_pool (2007-07-14 20:37:04)

2007-07-14 20:36:11

#6

tthf: Member 5307; +210|7021|06-01

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=79443

click the link above, its a good tutorial

2007-07-14 20:43:58

#7

AncientPC: Member; +1|6430

Thanks to everyone that responded so quickly.

2007-07-14 21:21:47

#8

_raab: Member; +28|6497|Western Aust.

Yeah, follow the steps as above, but it takes a while to gain momentum. Heres a good vid of it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyCJrXo94DA

2007-07-14 21:23:16

#9

Reciprocity: Member; +721|6844|the dank(super) side of Oregon

it's called [jazzhands]magic[/jazzhands]

2007-07-14 21:27:37

#10

-|TS|-owNzu7: Member; +6|6683

You can too do it with the mi-28... I'm actually working on a stunt movie and I do circle strafing in the Havok.... you just have to know how to do it.

2007-07-14 21:38:40

#11

lostfx: Member; +16|6839|Georgia

circle strafing? like the others said..just watch out for palm trees, cranes, and other things that may get in the way :p

OT: what ever happened to those old video tutorials on how to fly/gun in the chopper? cant remember who they were by but they were pretty informative and thats how i learned...

2007-07-14 22:01:29

#12

Drakaji: Member; +3|6411|Albuquerque, NM

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=79443
It's actually a sticky on the forum that I just watched. It's pretty informative.

2007-07-14 22:54:32

#13

Zubakov: Member; +7|6396|Australia, Newcastle

If you are going to do it, practice makes perfect. Nothing pisses people off more than someone who attempts it, goes too fast and crashes into a tree.

If you think you can do it, go for it mate, otherwise, stick to hovering and dodgin!

2007-07-14 23:04:16

#14

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6645|the land of bourbon

the SF hind is the best circle strafing heli period.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/36e1d9e36ae924048a933db90fb05bb247fe315e.png

2007-07-14 23:05:40

#15

Andoura: Got loooollllll ?; +853|6902|Montreal, Qc, Canada

NeXuS4909 wrote:
ah i know what your talking about. I think its just when you get enough speed going to the right or left you dont loose altitude.

Nexus... ur my fav. pilot its shure you know what is it !!! damn gorzzzz

2007-07-14 23:11:34

#16

cablecopulate: Member; +449|7001|Massachusetts.

I can't fucking stand it when a pilot can't do a circle strafe so instead he passes by targets as fast as he can. I've noticed people that can't circle strafe tend to not be able to turn around fast, either. So these people would do a quick flyby (yeah, thanks for making my job killing infantry so much easier), go way past the target, take forever to turn around, repeat process. At least get a good distance and hover.

2007-07-14 23:15:46

#17

t0mhank5: Member; +319|6975|Surge

cablecopulate wrote:
I can't fucking stand it when a pilot can't do a circle strafe so instead he passes by targets as fast as he can. I've noticed people that can't circle strafe tend to not be able to turn around fast, either. So these people would do a quick flyby (yeah, thanks for making my job killing infantry so much easier), go way past the target, take forever to turn around, repeat process. At least get a good distance and hover.

They learn from the easy singleplayer bots.

2007-07-14 23:16:10

#18

Zubakov: Member; +7|6396|Australia, Newcastle

I was in a round of wake two days ago and the pilot of the skycow, which was full mind you, decided he would use it as a gun ship. Needless to say he failed.

TV missles Vs. 2 x 50 Cals and 3 Noobs with pistols

Ultimate winner.....missles

2007-07-15 02:09:08

#19

I.M.I Militant: We Are Not Alone In Here; +297|6983|Melbourne, Australia

gene_pool wrote:
Umm... hard to explain. start by a normal circle strafe of about 45 degrees, when you have enough momentum point the nose down so your chopper is at 95 degrees, and start spinning faster. You can only really do it with an AH-1z (z-10 is possible, but a bit harder. Mi-28 is impossible)

edit: Oh, i thought he meant the death spirals not just normal circle strafing.

cool_banana_26 and hes piloting begs to differ

2007-07-15 02:24:47

#20

gene_pool: Banned; +519|6885|Gold coast, Aus.

I.M.I Militant wrote:
gene_pool wrote:
Umm... hard to explain. start by a normal circle strafe of about 45 degrees, when you have enough momentum point the nose down so your chopper is at 95 degrees, and start spinning faster. You can only really do it with an AH-1z (z-10 is possible, but a bit harder. Mi-28 is impossible)

edit: Oh, i thought he meant the death spirals not just normal circle strafing.
cool_banana_26 and hes piloting begs to differ

Nono, I know you can circle strafe in the Mi-28 and Z-10, I misinterpreted. I thought he meant the complete nose facing directly at the ground spinning around thing. The mi-28 is too heavy to do that. Oh, and thank god cool_banana foad'd. GA3 became a better place when he did.

2007-07-15 07:50:49

#21

AncientPC: Member; +1|6430

gene_pool wrote:
Nono, I know you can circle strafe in the Mi-28 and Z-10, I misinterpreted. I thought he meant the complete nose facing directly at the ground spinning around thing. The mi-28 is too heavy to do that. Oh, and thank god cool_banana foad'd. GA3 became a better place when he did.

Actually I was referring to the nose facing the ground (like an 80 degree angle) as I was gunning for a pilot doing it in Ghost Town with the Apache and not referring to the circle of death, but I figured I better learn that first before attempting the steeper incline.

Last edited by AncientPC (2007-07-15 07:51:26)

2007-07-15 08:32:33

#22

Ajax_the_Great1: Dropped on request; +206|6910

I don't think about what I'm doing when I do that. It just comes natural. It's fun to do it right above privates asking for rides while spamming get in.

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