[Official] Battlefield 3 Information & Discussion Thread - Page 3606

I agree completely. Or at least fall like in bf2 where they actually twisted and turned.

Nono, but come to think of it, unless the main rotor is destroyed, they (choppers) would "float" down, yes, even if the engine lost all power. With forward momentum chopper pilots can recover and land relatively safely from engine failure (in real life), provided the rotors are still spinning and arn't damaged.

I'm actually talking about the jets. They can go so slow that instead of falling at an acceptable rate, they just float down like a chopper would. It's not what i'd describe as a "stall". In reality, if a jet went as slow as one in BF3, it would hit the dirt considerably faster and stall at a higher airspeed.

Love your avatar btw.


Speaking of rotor failure, i'd love to see choppers suffer from rear rotor failure with a few well placed hits, that would be fun trying to recover from. For the sake of balance though, jets should also have some sort of weakness....
Edited by Thingamajig - 3/24/12 at 11:18am

i have a question regarding the chopper guided missile.. have you ever had a bug that the missile would turn around the target 2 or 3 times before hitting it even when its locked by a designator???

Yes. It always gives me a chuckle every time i see it.

glad i am not the only one experiencing this bug then

Never seen it. Seen it halfway circle when it couldn't turn tight enough, but not that.

I don't know why, but I'm so bad with vehicle in BF3, it's not even funny. I prefer infantry only because of that...

Anybody have tips for me?

A stall is always violent. As if someone cut the string that was holding you up. The jets on BF3 do not stall, they simply stop responding to input, and lose altitude....

Sort of, it's called auto rotation technique. Basically all helis have a weighted power drive line to the rotors so that they have a reserve of kinetic energy built up. When a pilot loses power, he immediately feathers the blades to zero lift so as not to use any of his reserved kinetic energy, and falls like a rock (most can actually go to a full negative pitch so as to add energy, while at the same time slow their fall). At a certain altitude, he once again feathers his blades to full lift (slams on the brakes) and if timed right, lightly touches down.....

But in real life, me no like the helis.... Way too many right angles in their drive line....



Another good one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjUueBU6t8c&context=C44e33b7ADvjVQa1PpcFN7I3j5vVMRV3XS8fTwUtnuyBjUKgYiRvg=

btw... No serious injury's reported on either....
Edited by mathelm - 3/24/12 at 12:14pm

Nice I learned something. Thanks.

Very, veeerrry slowly That's what's ridiculous about jets. They're so out of place in this game.

Thanks, this is exactly what i meant I could remember seeing a program about helicopters and it did go over Autorotation, I just couldn't remember what it was called.

Simply put guys, your chopper engine fails (but rotors continue to spin) you compensate by trading altitude for forward speed - that gets the rotors RPM up, like a windmill in the wind. Once you have enough rotation on the main rotor, you can "glide" to the ground, use that RPM to reduce your vertical speed (Rate of descent), and land softly.


Off topic, but I wish this game supported Track IR, it would make flight so much easier. But then i suppose this would give many an unfair advantage...
Edited by Thingamajig - 3/24/12 at 12:49pm