- Joined
- Jul 20, 2006
I know the instruction manual tells you the CONTROLS for the helicopter... but it does not actually explain how to pilot one.
Well I took an hour of my busy day and did nothing BUT learn how to pilot the helicopter. Here's what I came up with:
(controls are for PS3. 360 will be similar.)
1. Control and Maintain Altitude
The R2 button ascends the helicopter. This is the most important part of flying. I don't even KNOW what button you use to descend. I never needed that button. (If I want to land I just let it coast until the thing touches the ground.)
The most important thing is to pick a height and use R2 to STAY THERE. No matter what else you're doing with the helicopter... maintaining an ideal altitude is crucial. If you let go of the R2 stick and start shooting... you're going to crash. Let go of R2 and turn the copter? You're going to crash. Aim without holding R2? Guess what.
2. Left analog stick is more important than right analog stick
This is where EVERYBODY screws up. Just because you get the most movement out of the right analog stick.... doesn't mean it's the most crucial to flying. The left analog stick controls whether you're going forward or backwards and how fast. If you merely hold the right analog stick forward while holding the R2 button... you're going to nose dive at a very high rate of speed.
Lift off with R2... press the LEFT analog stick all the way forward... and move the right analog stick BARELY forward to start your run.
More to come.
Well I took an hour of my busy day and did nothing BUT learn how to pilot the helicopter. Here's what I came up with:
(controls are for PS3. 360 will be similar.)
1. Control and Maintain Altitude
The R2 button ascends the helicopter. This is the most important part of flying. I don't even KNOW what button you use to descend. I never needed that button. (If I want to land I just let it coast until the thing touches the ground.)
The most important thing is to pick a height and use R2 to STAY THERE. No matter what else you're doing with the helicopter... maintaining an ideal altitude is crucial. If you let go of the R2 stick and start shooting... you're going to crash. Let go of R2 and turn the copter? You're going to crash. Aim without holding R2? Guess what.
2. Left analog stick is more important than right analog stick
This is where EVERYBODY screws up. Just because you get the most movement out of the right analog stick.... doesn't mean it's the most crucial to flying. The left analog stick controls whether you're going forward or backwards and how fast. If you merely hold the right analog stick forward while holding the R2 button... you're going to nose dive at a very high rate of speed.
Lift off with R2... press the LEFT analog stick all the way forward... and move the right analog stick BARELY forward to start your run.
More to come.
