Helicopter Landing Gear

[MoeSauce]

Ok, i know it cant be just me, when i go for an emergency landing with the blackfoot or the Ghost hawk i cant land because the damn landing gear isnt out so i instantly blow up, can there please be a Landing gear down/Landing gear up option? After autorotating successfully i really dont feel like i did myself any justice as a pilot by staying in the damn thing knowing that im gonna die because of the stupid auto landing gear not functioning correctly.

[Chortles]

What airspeeds are your helicopters at when you make contact with the ground?

[Amontharius]

usually it comes out automatically, as far as im aware there isn't a manual way to extend the landing gear. depends on landing speed i guess

[MoeSauce]

Originally posted by Chortles:

What airspeeds are your helicopters at when you make contact with the ground?

around 25-30 i try to slow it down as much as possible but it dosent matter they either need to be deployed at a certain height or manually deployed. ive seen the little birds do a full stop upon touchdown at around 300 km/h so i shouldn't have any problems landing with wheels its just that they arn't out in time.

[Seilky]

Originally posted by =☣DOGPATCH☣=:

Originally posted by Chortles:

What airspeeds are your helicopters at when you make contact with the ground?

around 25-30 i try to slow it down as much as possible but it dosent matter they either need to be deployed at a certain height or manually deployed. ive seen the little birds do a full stop upon touchdown at around 300 km/h so i shouldn't have any problems landing with wheels its just that they arn't out in time.

You know that the wheels on helo are a static object, right? (don't work).
so the higher the speed, higher the damage.

[Chortles]

That may still be a wee bit too fast... try adjusting the pitch and collective as you come in. Here's a video from Arma 2 demonstrating:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSd2rAcqFUc&hd=1
The same principles described here would seem to apply in Arma 3 as well; skip to 2:00, 2:46, 5:28, 6:03, 6:22, 6:36 to view six separate landings... with the fourth one being right into a hangar!

For what it's worth, I don't recall helicopters ever having had a manual "gear down/gear up" option, while for fixed-wing aircraft it only appears at a slow enough airspeed.

[Compiled_]

It's not the heli's problem. Slow down and give it time before you rush to die.

[MoeSauce]

Originally posted by Seilky:

Originally posted by =☣DOGPATCH☣=:

around 25-30 i try to slow it down as much as possible but it dosent matter they either need to be deployed at a certain height or manually deployed. ive seen the little birds do a full stop upon touchdown at around 300 km/h so i shouldn't have any problems landing with wheels its just that they arn't out in time.

You know that the wheels on helo are a static object, right? (don't work).
so the higher the speed, higher the damage.

they are not static objects lol. funny man, i guess you weren't around for the inventing of the wheel.

[Chortles]

The point is that you gotta be even slower once you're so near to the ground, hence my linking to the video and pointing out the landings (pay attention to the airspeeds and altitudes).

[Amit]

Originally posted by =☣DOGPATCH☣=:

Originally posted by Seilky:

You know that the wheels on helo are a static object, right? (don't work).
so the higher the speed, higher the damage.

they are not static objects lol. funny man, i guess you weren't around for the inventing of the wheel.

He means in the Arma engine they are static.

[MoeSauce]

Originally posted by 44th Amit:

Originally posted by =☣DOGPATCH☣=:

they are not static objects lol. funny man, i guess you weren't around for the inventing of the wheel.

He means in the Arma engine they are static.

lol i know he is an idiot tho because ive performed full - half speed rolling landings in even the biggest choppers in the game