learning to fly heli with sidewinder joystick

**birdie_in_Texas** · 07-28-2005, 08:26 AM

am not sure if this is where to ask or not..but...

why the hell can't i get the heli off the ground using this joystick..???

it is calibrated, it works in everything else..but i throttle up, the damn heli just sets there....!

what am i doing wrong...i grab the mouse and keyboard stuff and off it goes, to crash...but..i cannot imagine what i am screwing up...

anyone wanna tell my n00b self what the problem might be?

and why do the chainguns on the BH suck so bad? last night was the first time i gunned on the BH for Beatnik, and i was just laying into the enemy cobra or whatever the attack heli is on the MEC side and i was pouring lead into this thing from almost point-blank, and it did not do a damn thing! i could have jumped out and knifed the stoopid thing and gotten more damage..!

jex · 07-28-2005, 08:31 AM

Is this an MS sidewinder Pro?

You need to go into the control options and set each axis of movement to the stick. That equates to

Roll
Pitch
Yaw
Throttle

Make sure that if you click on roll right, to make your input in that direction. YAW is actually mis-labelled "turn left/right"

**birdie_in_Texas** · 07-28-2005, 08:41 AM

ahh....! i will give it a shot when i get home tonite..!

thank you sir..! i just got this box runnin, and this is the first time i have dealt with a joystick in XP...the old box was runnin 98SE..and i don't think i had to set up the joystick in like 5-7 years..!!! hahahaha

thank you!

another question...

yaw = front/back on the stick
roll = left/right on the stick
throttle is the slider thingy...

what the hell do you set pitch/collective to..? to actually go up/down..?
and twisting would be for the rudder left/right...

TEMM · 07-28-2005, 08:46 AM

The collective and the throttle are synonymous in BF2. As for getting your joystick to work, make sure you have it configured for the helicopter under controls in BF2, i forgot to do this and ended up crashing a helo because the joystick didnt do anything.

Telorn · 07-28-2005, 08:49 AM

Your BH minigun didn't do much to the attack chopper because the rounds are too weak to penetrate an attack choppers armor effectively. After some time you can take down an APC, but it is really only effective against infantry and light vehicles.

**birdie_in_Texas** · 07-28-2005, 08:50 AM

ohh..the thing is fixed pitch..? hmm..that makes it easier..i am used to collective pitch...

so i will try to get that setup and some practice in this weekend...the wife and kid are gone, so i got the house to mahself..!! i may just run around in my drawrs and have a wee drinky or 2 in the a.m. just 'cause i can..!!

**birdie_in_Texas** · 07-28-2005, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telorn

Your BH minigun didn't do much to the attack chopper because the rounds are too weak to penetrate an attack choppers armor effectively. After some time you can take down an APC, but it is really only effective against infantry and light vehicles.

well..that kind of sucks..! in RL those guns are just sick they are so stout..! oh well...what can ya do?

i did enjoy making spaghetti stains outta ground pounders as we flew over! but it is a beotch to aim from height! hahaha looking forward to more gunner time on the servers this weekend!

07-28-2005, 08:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
birdie_in_Texas Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: TEXAS..! Age: 39 Posts: 2,561	learning to fly heli with sidewinder joystick am not sure if this is where to ask or not..but... why the hell can't i get the heli off the ground using this joystick..??? it is calibrated, it works in everything else..but i throttle up, the damn heli just sets there....! what am i doing wrong...i grab the mouse and keyboard stuff and off it goes, to crash...but..i cannot imagine what i am screwing up... anyone wanna tell my n00b self what the problem might be? and why do the chainguns on the BH suck so bad? last night was the first time i gunned on the BH for Beatnik, and i was just laying into the enemy cobra or whatever the attack heli is on the MEC side and i was pouring lead into this thing from almost point-blank, and it did not do a damn thing! i could have jumped out and knifed the stoopid thing and gotten more damage..!

07-28-2005, 08:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
jex Join Date: May 2003 Location: United Kingdom Age: 37 Posts: 3,398	Re: learning to fly heli with sidewinder joystick Is this an MS sidewinder Pro? You need to go into the control options and set each axis of movement to the stick. That equates to Roll Pitch Yaw Throttle Make sure that if you click on roll right, to make your input in that direction. YAW is actually mis-labelled "turn left/right" __________________ Jex

07-28-2005, 08:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
birdie_in_Texas Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: TEXAS..! Age: 39 Posts: 2,561	Re: learning to fly heli with sidewinder joystick ahh....! i will give it a shot when i get home tonite..! thank you sir..! i just got this box runnin, and this is the first time i have dealt with a joystick in XP...the old box was runnin 98SE..and i don't think i had to set up the joystick in like 5-7 years..!!! hahahaha thank you! another question... yaw = front/back on the stick roll = left/right on the stick throttle is the slider thingy... what the hell do you set pitch/collective to..? to actually go up/down..? and twisting would be for the rudder left/right...

07-28-2005, 08:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
TEMM Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 207	Re: learning to fly heli with sidewinder joystick The collective and the throttle are synonymous in BF2. As for getting your joystick to work, make sure you have it configured for the helicopter under controls in BF2, i forgot to do this and ended up crashing a helo because the joystick didnt do anything.

07-28-2005, 08:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
Telorn Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Georgia Age: 27 Posts: 2,187	Re: learning to fly heli with sidewinder joystick Your BH minigun didn't do much to the attack chopper because the rounds are too weak to penetrate an attack choppers armor effectively. After some time you can take down an APC, but it is really only effective against infantry and light vehicles. __________________ Telorn

07-28-2005, 08:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
birdie_in_Texas Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: TEXAS..! Age: 39 Posts: 2,561	Re: learning to fly heli with sidewinder joystick ohh..the thing is fixed pitch..? hmm..that makes it easier..i am used to collective pitch... so i will try to get that setup and some practice in this weekend...the wife and kid are gone, so i got the house to mahself..!! i may just run around in my drawrs and have a wee drinky or 2 in the a.m. just 'cause i can..!!

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