BF2S Forums Helicopter Damage

yeah me nether Ea seems to be fixing things that are working fine but failing to address the real issues

how a bout turbine damage mesh too? that way, when yu hit a turbine you culd effectively, and realisticly force the chopper to the ground

Modern helicopters are jet turbine powered.  The turbines are the things that spin inside the jet engine cowling.  I'm sure you've seen the movies where people are sucked into a jet engine..the spinny choppy thing that kills them is the turbine. 

Last edited by Croak (2005-10-12 14:28:42)

It would be cool, but it would probably need a lot of work. Plus, they don't even have the physics for the torque down - If you apply power (push W), the helo (doesn't matter wich one) should try to spin opposite the blades. They did in DC, and to tell you the truth it used to drive me batshit crazy trying to fly them. I kinda like the current models they use.

Now, Maybe hit the tail boom/tail rotor and the chopper receives 95% damage? That I could buy. As for the turbines, well, let's argue for now that they're  armored and can digest anything thrown into them.

Nope, all conventional choppers use the turbine to spin the rotors...there's just a little ducted exhaust coming out the back (and even that they don't like on military birds, more exhaust=bigger IR signature).

You're right, a real chopper simulator would have full cyclic and collective controls along with pedals, giving you far more control and the ability to fly level at max speed.  BF2 does simulate this to some extent, the max level flight speed of the various birds is fairly close to the real world...anything over that is just speed picked up in a dive.

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See I don't see too much trouble with the current damage resistance of the helicopters in the game except for one thing. A tank direct shot should take it down with one hit no exceptions.

The rest seem about right to me. Given the mesh model and the limited damage they can accurately show they are about as good as they are going to get. Also keep in mind the limited airspace and constant defensive maneuvering you have to do in them against a good enemy team. Combat helicopters are very useful but in real life situation I do not see them being shot out of the sky by tanks or seeing Anti-Vehicle (Javelin/Dragon) type missles being fired at them unless they are very low and stationary covering an area.

Most combat missions I've seen (which are only on TV and videos on the computer rendered from footage which were taken by soldiers in Iraq or film crews) the helicopter seems to be a strike and leave combat vehicle. They fly in with a target planned or called in. They come in low, they pop up and target, shoot and then fly over and pass around and do their runs. When I see them come in for infantry support they blow up a building and or do a slow fly by removing vehicles or dug in enemy with their front mounted cannon.

They do not come in slow for flag captures. They do not hover in a heavy fire zone and simply take it. If it gets hot and heavy they are fast movers and they do not remain stationary.

This game is unique in that and because of the usage of these helicopters in the game they must make them more resistant to damage or else they would all be dead in very little time at all. People would then complain about that.

That's my logic behind them. I'm not a big combat heli pilot though I do gun once in a while. I think they are a very important element in the game when used tactically and used in a good manner to support troop movement and removing targets of opportunity that infantry can't handle as well (Vehicles, Emplacements, Heavily defended areas, Other Helicopters).

BTW in added thought after using the Cobra's front mounted cannon yesterday morning, I don't know if I've gotten better or else they increased the damage output of the cannon. I was killing infantry and vehicles much faster it seemed.

The Helio is a Fringe of battlefield Weapon, Exept when we are Fighting people from the stonage or limited Tech Countrys. The will mostly fly in darkness where it is safer for them. The Are very vunarable.