Tips on how to get the Flying Medician achievement?

[Jims9350]

Anyone got this yet? I cannot figure out how to get the rocket boat airborne, even going super fast in choppy seas.

[Warc1]

You get the boat airborne by hitting "Turbo Jump". Check the key bindings under "Boats" to find out what key is used for that function in your configuration. I remapped mine so I don't recall the default setting. It should be the same key as used for nitrous - hold that key, and you get nitrous boost; tap the key once, and the boat pops up into the air.

Even with that, this took me the longest to achieve of all the Sea Heist DLC. Going airborn breaks the rocket autolock so your hit rate goes way down. Also, the individual rockets are very weak. It takes two hits to take out the smallest outboard powered gunboats and at least a half dozen to take out a Corvette.

[Jims9350]

Originally posted by Warc1:

You get the boat airborne by hitting "Turbo Jump". Check the key bindings under "Boats" to find out what key is used for that function in your configuration. I remapped mine so I don't recall the default setting. It should be the same key as used for nitrous - hold that key, and you get nitrous boost; tap the key once, and the boat pops up into the air.

Even with that, this took me the longest to achieve of all the Sea Heist DLC. Going airborn breaks the rocket autolock so your hit rate goes way down. Also, the individual rockets are very weak. It takes two hits to take out the smallest outboard powered gunboats and at least a half dozen to take out a Corvette.

Ahhh! I never thought of using turbo to jump the boat. I did notice the rockets are underpowered and I have to fire like crazy to knock enemy boats out.

Thanks for the tip!

[EchoOne]

Just a tip for anyone looking to get this achievement, land vehicles count towards the achievement not just boats and helicopters. This makes it MUCH easier to get the Flying Medician achievement. I got this achievement at Porto Tridente by destroying vehicles parked on the docks and around the base.