Helicopter Speed - What am I doing wrong?

[SlyBelle 10]

Trying to learn how to fly the helicopter (flying is not my strong suit) and using an X52 stick. I mapped all the keys to the joystick. However, I can't figure out how to get speed. At most, my top speed is 15 with me pushing the joystick forward. However if I use the keyboard 'w', I can get a tone more speed. Am I missing something? I really want to play with the joystick, but I have to figure this out.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Steakslim 1]

you saying you cannot pitch the heli's nose down enough to gain more speed with your joystick? Even with the throttle at max?

[SlyBelle 10]

Yep, that is exactly my problem. I put throttle high and pitch down and the max I get is 15. If i press the 'w' key instead it does what is expected.

[polecat.uk 11]

Can you bind the w to the stick forword ?

[TiGGa 0]

How about turning off the autohover function.

[randir14 10]

Make sure there aren't any conflicting key settings, when I set up my joystick it was a pain in the ass because stuff kept conflicting. One other possibility is you might have turned on auto-hover...

[SlyBelle 10]

Can you bind the w to the stick forword ?

I tried that no luck. Just curious, is there possibly any existing X52 profiles anywhere I might be able to use instead of my own? It is very possible I'm messing something up myself, just don't know.

[walker 0]

How about turning off the autohover function.

hmmm

+1

[SlyBelle 10]

Make sure there aren't any conflicting key settings, when I set up my joystick it was a pain in the ass because stuff kept conflicting. One other possibility is you might have turned on auto-hover...

That is possible. I will check that. However, wouldn't you expect the same to happen with me pressing the 'w' key? Or does the 'w' key do something more?

[polecat.uk 11]

have you calibrited your stick ?

[Steakslim 1]

How about turning off the autohover function.

lol, that didn't even cross my mind to ask him. Forgot people still used that.

[SlyBelle 10]

Autohover looks to be the issue.......but boy do I still stink at flying this thing. I can't keep a level flight for the life of me....gonna need a ton of practice.

Thanks for everybody's help.

[Shinobi575 10]

...turn off auto hover you numnut :D

[Steakslim 1]

Sly, have you flown in ArmA1? It's changed a little but not entirely different. Take things slow at first, practicing hovering over a small area, doing low flight. Make sure you framerate is good before you fly, as stutters will cause some nasty crashes.

[Chillwi-e 10]

I have saitek x52 also but I'm not having that issues...calibrate is the only thing I can think of.

[nodunit 397]

To have an even flight all you need to do is either keep the helicopter even or have the nose tipped down juuust a bit, pending on helicopter, Mi-8 for example works best even whereas the UH-1Y works best with the nose dipped down some.

[nomdeplume 0]

A good way to practice is to fire up the mission editor on any map, plop yourself into a helo, and put a few H's around (Side: empty, Category: objects) in suitable spots. Starting from an airfield is good, put an H on the runway or somewhere easy to land on. Once you're good at that, get progressively trickier - putting them next to trees and such so your margin for error is smaller.

Once you're good at landing you'll have developed a reasonable set of control skills for the aircraft. It's also a good idea to practice hovering manually (i.e. without enabling the autohover) - helps you learn the center position of the ship you're flying and learn to control it using small movements and avoiding overcontrolling.

[Amuro 10]

What do you guys leave your axis senstivity settings at? I find the default a bit too sluggish, so leave them at about 60-70%, with throttle higher.