Battlefield 2042 ► How To Fly Helicopters(2023) - Best Controls & Settings

[@HeavyComponent]

I wish we had the practice range like BF4. Playing in co-op with bots is way to slow after crashing the heli or the jet. I want to get back in as quickly as possible.

[@9895_]

Even with bots I would be fine, I just want a way to *stop the AI from taking all the helos* because its pretty much one and done, you crash the first time and an AI will fuck off with the helo all match. You've pretty much got to restart the match everytime you crash.

[@SomeStonedDude]

I made a custom portal experience to practice, where I turned off vehicle timers so you can get right back in.

[@Alkatraz767]

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[@Plan3tBob]

@@SomeStonedDude how?

[@bedbug6177]

Make it yourself ​@@Alkatraz767

[@crm1225]

4:00 The Helicopter Control Assist option is probably the most game changing setting to have off. "On" makes it almost impossible to aim at anything on the ground/strafe at low speed and altitude, as it is always trying to automatically level the helicopter. You end up bouncing the crosshair all over the place trying to fight it

[@alastairstock118]

Can we turn it off in the settings?

[@ApolloFirearms]

@@alastairstock118he literally fucking said that in his message

[@shane1489]

I just can’t seem to fly them. In BF 4 I had no problem.

[@CaleCoast]

Are you disabling the auto pilot (assist) feature and using veteran controls where triggers are throttle instead of guns?

[@shane1489]

@@CaleCoast I didn’t even know that was possible but I’m going to try it.

[@VM-eo2iw]

Agreed. It was easier in BF4

[@dustinswatsons9150]

I attempted to get my controls as close to veteran as possible however my biggest issue seems to be that user interface like the heads-up display.. I'd rather have that upside down T for firing rockets.. and also when aiming everything seems hypersensitive.. And over responsive.. I also don't like how simply reloading rockets is automated

[@CaleCoast]

@@dustinswatsons9150 the cross hair for vehicles absolutely sucks. Too much clutter. I still find flying helicopters better than bf4, but the jets sucks to fly in 2042 compared to bf4!

[@ZING-oj6zi]

You mean I can be as good a pilot as Ghost by following this tutorial?? I"M IN!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! My biggest problem is keeping the reticle on the target so I'd appreciate some tips on aim. Load outs for air to air and air to ground would be appreciated as well. Going to practice maneuverability today for sure. I hope to be tearing up the skies soon! YAYA! Thanks again!

[@cro1602]

if your on m&k try rifle aim, where you get ride of invert mouse and switch roll and yaw with each other. most really good people use it, its almost as easy as infantry to keep your mouse on the target

[@ClassyJackBF]

As an infantry AA player I often check out heli guides as a know your enemy kind of thing. My #1 tip for people trying to take down helis as infantry: no matter which launcher you're using, TV or Lock-On NEVER fire at the front of the heli, they will see your missile coming and also immediately know where you are. Hide and fire when they're not looking at you.

[@jerben9462]

While that's a good tip, it severely lacks the fear you put in their hearts at the sight of your fearlessness(and rocket coming head on)

[@ClassyJackBF]

@@jerben9462 lol, fair criticism

[@9895_]

Using the AA launcher, best strat is to get a lock on and don't fire. They get the warning when you lock on not when you fire, meaning they will pop flares. Then just hide, wait like 7 seconds, lock again and fire

[@strker99]

​@9895_ There is also an audible sound once the missile is fired as well.

[@adam_somada4266]

@@9895_Wdym? There's a distinctive continuous warning sound when somebody is attempting to lock on you and an intermittent alert sound when a homing missile has just been fired at you. That will only work (and not always) against people that fly helicopters sporadically or are first timing a heli. Your average dedicated pilot in this game has clocked enough hours to know that he has ample time (ample time, always based on the average human response time) to discern between the continuous and the intermittent sound and then a fine amount of milliseconds to launch flares.

[@jbboosted7756]

I'm a decent jet pilot and just picked up the heli over the weekend. I would like all the tutorials you give out. Thanks ghost!

[@nastytechniquez9685]

I’d love to see a great pilot give a tips/tricks video for the super-hind and condor effectively. By that I mean getting captures in full vehicles and getting in and out quickly while stay slow enough to let your gunners melt targets. Most pilots are just mach3 spawn beacons from my experience A great transport pilot can do so much damage and just cause mayhem for the enemy

[@LutherLee]

I wouldn't recommend going for captures because so many things can melt you if you fly that way. The most embarrassing way to die is getting shot by a tank cannon/ rail gun in the face. What I recommend is to fly like a normal heli: pop in and out of cover to attack, go out of map if you are out of flares and low on health, rotate around the target for maximum attack time, kill enemy aircraft if possible, etc. The only thing different is that you want to fly very stable and constantly mark targets for gunners.

[@mnpstudios6777]

@@LutherLee can confirm as a superhind main, getting slammed by a rail gun tank is the worst :(

[@Shyvorix]

YOU NEVER USE AIR VEHICLES FOR CAPTURING. NEVER. There is too many variables in 2042 that make it so you literally cannot stay still for more than 2 to 3 seconds in any particular spot. High vehicle count plus everybody running engineer or a class that has C5 i.e. all except support means you stand still and youre gonna have a dozen explosives sent your way in mere seconds. Especially now where air vehicles are all weak to explosives and wildcats and the only viable zerg vehicle for points is barely the MAV and CAV.

[@mitchek6509]

Mouse move left right controls roll and yaw, mouse up down controls pitch, w s control pitch, A D control yaw, E Q control roll, caps lock flare, "2" eject, f switch weapon, shift and space-bar to control collective alternatively, if you have thumb buttons on your mouse, using one of those as lower collective and the other for flare and last but not least, slap that insta repair button somewhere comfortable You use the mouse for fine control and then when you really want to move you use the keyboard (dodging missiles, planes, bullets, etc)

[@SnowyRains]

Appreciate this tutorial series, idk what it is single player games I can fly helicopters like a champion but some battlefield I’m lucky if I stay in the air longer than 5 seconds

[@Cheeks730]

air vehicles are so op, like flares take no time to cooldown, literally i go away far or sometimes go under or behind something and by the time i pop back up i get back and get more kills. i get so many kills now i rarely even use soldier anymore i just pilot choppers

[@thebulletkin8393]

Do you still get that thing where the heli will constantly fly as if it has flight assist and levels itself out even when the flight assist setting is turned off?

[@gredangeo]

Your Yaw left/right is A/D? That's interesting. I put all that movement on my mouse to stay with the Pitch. That was getting annoying dealing with conflicting movement, between keyboard and mouse. I made my Roll A/D.

[@VFRNinja]

This surprised me as well. I have the hardest time making small left right adjustments with the yaw on keyboard.

[@whiplash5514]

BF4 movement > 2042

[@Dombobaybee]

This has been super helpful. Finally getting into this game havent played since 4 and man was it an adjustment.

[@groundhornbill]

This is great!! Thanks a lot. I'm going to start doing this tomorrow. Definitely interested in how you avoid missiles, etc.

[@MGA_83]

I've been waiting for a tutorial from you! Thanks for this.

[@Jamesonfp]

really really wish they bring back bf4 heli physics. Like really

[@hooligan_sathree3301]

The love of flying returns at the sight of it

[@MafiaFarm-lo9bh]

I've learned from this, but one thing I can't do is kill anyone they tale my 30mm or my whole rockets, my heli goes up and down with aim, so am not ain't constant at them. How do I fix this?

[@madmickels79er]

Dude says "I'm not the best pilot" me gazing dropped jaw at his skill. You fly excellent my man.

[@Angadnil]

Can someone tell me how pros follow their target so quickly? Like they can stop their heli quiet quickly from speed. For me I tend to overshoot the target or sometimes I slow down way early to hit the target but that gets me killed. Thanks.

[@deemon710]

Barrel rolls to desend faster. That's something I hadn't thought about. I'm definitely looking forward to the how to aim better video.

[@iDeparture]

practice and the default settings for heli and jet while you can get good with them they arent optimal especially aiming with the helicopters and pitch input so for the jets not bound to a key doesnt give you the max input value which is a huge disadvantage and binding a and d to roll and mouse left right to yaw with the choppers vs the default a d yaw gives you way more precise aiming (called rifle aiming) tho it takes getting used to if you've been flying with it reversed kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3vHfYyBYrtgabc. he has the jet world record for kills and did for scout heli idk who has it now or if he took it back the fucker that broke the previous ww in jets (was his record as well) was hacking was banned within the last month or 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4XWoKCAZr1_gZI

[@vamp9190]

8:59 Mine does not do that....if I let go of W (throttle) my helicopter drops like a stone! How do I get it to be like that?? It also causes problems when aiming because I have to tap W constantly to keep the helo relatively level but it still "jerks" and it's very hard to keep it at a level altitude to aim at a target.

[@VFRNinja]

3:48 such high sensitivity, and with yaw on your keyboard how the sheet do you aim so accurately!?

[@fibiger12]

just downloaded the game. And i need to set up everithing. IS the a traning map where you can setup and practice??

[@joshhazelwood4423]

Thank you, very helpful

[@89StrYker]

I REALLY CANT get used to move the yaw with a and d but its not working with the mouse

[@Koloarie]

Is it okay to have yaw on the mouse instead of roll?

[@robertschaffer596]

Nice tips. Thanks man :) Do you also know if there is any decent game mode where you can practice the flight? I'm at the point where i can wreck the heli in the 1st minute. And then even in Conquest vs AI, good luck being able to grab an other one. You are locked out from it for at least an other minute, and other AIs will occupy the heli before the cooldown goes down

[@switchedeyes]

I learned how to fly with keyboard only back in BF Vietnam (2003) and whenever I try using the mouse, just feels so awkward and weird lol, but probably I should to be more accurate with my shooting

[@PigeonLaughter01]

Great tips! Thanks.

[@TheBlzer]

I find it A LOT easyer to control the heli if you swap the Roll right/left keys with the Yaw right/left keys. It makes it so you can mostly control the aim of the heli with the mouse and control the tilt of the heli with "A" and "D"

[@tacos007]

Is that a setting in this game? I don't see it.

[@TheBlzer]

@@tacos007 Go to 5:13 in the video and you see Yaw right/left and Roll right/left and just swap them

[@212dems]

I need to switch the mouse "Side to Side" movement, from Roll to Yaw! Can someone please help?

[@mikeyb29a]

It would help alot if there was a test range on 2042 i just cant seem to get my settings the way i had them on bf4..i was a god on bf4 at flying

[@AlexLoeding]

I set up the controls the same as I have them in Star Wars battlefront II & Star Wars Squadrons and air vehicles control much easier! It’s pretty good for vehicles in a FPS game! We need a battlefield vehicle combat game! I wish 2042 had sea vehicles though..

[@ShinTwoPointOh]

Im terrible at flying and trying to learn. No matter what I do tho the aiming sens in helicopters feels like 4 times slower than when im on a solider. What am i doing wrong?

[@Darknova591]

nothing it's that the air controls are hard

[@212dems]

HELP!! I don't seem to be able to set up the Yaw to be done with the mouse. Can't understand how to do "Key Binding" for that to the mouse.

[@BigKab1]

I've only pulled off flying once & lasted a bit. Normally i can't even get forward momentum so i don't bother.

[@benmeister9893]

My only issue seems to be that AIMING in jets and helis are extremely slow, I can’t maneuver properly. Am on controller btw

[@johng7106]

Good stuff! I've been wanting to mess with helis but the skill level is poop. I might try after watching this.

[@Mistah_J]

They should just add a simplified flying option. Maybe less maneuverability or something but it would be a nice medium and addition.

[@void.society]

Is there a custom server code I can use where I can practice flying?

[@ry4n737]

Nice one...learnt some new things 👌

[@solkels_z4794]

how to change the yaw sensitivity(left stick) that doesn't seem to be affected by the heli pilot control setting

[@S01DATT]

Don't forget you can "practice" in a solo/coop server

[@TheDBZ_KING7_Official]

Good luck not getting sniped across the map by a bot with a recoilless

[@georgiodavid]

Is there option to get this settings in War thunder game?

[@hektor9139]

Can i just somehow make the controls same as in warthunder ?

[@nlgamer779gaming2]

I don't understand how he can stay that accurate with A & D, recently put that on my mouse left & right movement and that makes it a lot easier to stay on target but it feels hella off (used to use arrows and WASD) since now the tilt (that is previously and default on mouse left/right) are on A & D

[@RadDEATHTRAP]

I was insanely good at aircraft movement in BF3,4, and BF1 but the aircraft in 2042 feel awful. Idk if that’s because of all the new settings, new physics, or bc I’m on the console port. I use to do all kind of crazy offensive and defensive maneuvers without issue, now I barely tap a building at low speeds and crash. Not only that but the aiming has never felt as finnicky as it does now, I struggle to maintain speed, and even struggle keeping on target at low speeds. I’ve messed with all the settings and can’t really find much to make it feel good again. Not only that but I get bullied so hard every time I’m in a vehicle now, I guess bc the much much smaller player base so the skill gaps are much larger. (Playing against people who don’t touch grass I suppose l)

[@mahmoudhanafy1440]

thank u for the Tutorial Ghost

[@freehugs9223]

Thanks mate🙂

[@irgendwie9510]

Is there a way to lock the outside cam to the vehicle instead to the Horizon? I know you can do is with Jets but That dosent apply for the helis. I crash like Everytime i Go in the outside view. Back in bf4 i diddnt Need outside view at all but now you cant see shit from the cockpit.

[@juhumamamam3768]

is a joystick for pc worth it?

[@MrDelgado559]

It's a bit more harder to fly helis in console

[@Zabijaka87]

Hey Ghost...any idea how jet turning works in this BF? I was trying afterburner, different speeds etc. and cant figure out how the hell jets work ( except they are broken and no fun ).

[@SefouGaming]

Thanks for great tutorial can't wait for the second video!

[@Andro5pt0]

I consider myself a decent helo pilot but I did learn a few tricks from this video. I'd love to see your tips on avoiding lock ons when flairs aren't available.

[@GhostGamingg]

Coming soon!

[@burakcimenli]

I always see you using miniguns and agms, is that the meta? What about other combinations? Also thank you for the awesome tip for free look sensitivity!

[@BeowulfGaming]

800 dpi 10 sens is perfect for infantry, but in heli even at 100% sens its slow as hell, its unplayable, why do the heli controls feel so shit in this game?

[@D3monSlayer77]

Thanks for the video

[@mrHufnagelPisti]

Hey Ghost, thanks for the tutorial, it was very useful. Looking forward to the next part. Two questions: 1) What does assisted flight really mean? How does it work? 2) I also play with vehicle mouse sensitivity around 20. But when I want to look around in the cockpit (freelook mode) I find that it is way too low. I would need 3 times the mousepad. To be able to comfortably look around, I would need to set the sensitivity to something like 75 which makes vehicles unplayable. Any solution to that?

[@GhostGamingg]

Thanks mate! 1). Assisted flight essentially allows you to hover in place without giving the heli any input. Without flight assist your heli will drift towards the ground and you'll have to constantly give it a little throttle to keep yourself flying. 2). I had a solution to this in the video at the end of the settings section, it's a config file option called ''gstinput.freelooksensitivity''

[@DivAgent]

Why cant i fly 😭😭😭 it looks so fun

[@patrickbepko7127]

Maybe I'm just missing something, but is there a reason when I aim in a nightbird I don't see the cockpit view?

[@GhostGamingg]

You’re probably in 3rd person mode, you have to switch to 1st person. On PC it’s the C key, not sure about console but should be easy enough find in the options.

[@CaptainBones222]

Is it possible to make the camera roll with the helicopter?

[@angel_cheon-sa]

how in the world do you all play at 1600 DPI. I'm on a 21:9 alienware monitor, and 1600 makes it go across 2 screens by moving like 1 or 2 inches on the mouse pad. I normally have to play at like 400 DPI just to have my curser controlable.

[@angel_cheon-sa]

I put it on 1600 DPI and it took like 4 tries just to hit the [x] to close my logitech software window.

[@PowerZhea]

The problem i got with flying, is when i wanna aim down, i go up, and when i wanna go up, i go down, and i dont know what settings to change that, so that when i aim down with the mouse, i actually go down

[@GhostGamingg]

just invert your mouse/controller aim in pilot settings.

[@noterrorism704]

which capture card you are using ??????

[@GhostGamingg]

None, just Nvidia’s recording software

[@TheOnlyImp]

I know how to fly. But very good video for people that need to learn 👌Really.. i learned a thing or two mhself, so 😅😉

[@MarkDrisch]

being an avid War Thunder player is a massive deficit when trying to fly in this game. The controls feel so bad, you have to actively fight your muscle memory.

[@user-el8vq8cn6w]

This video was very helpful for me I am just wondering have you done the part 2 to this video if you have can you link it for me

[@GhostGamingg]

Thanks! - Here's part 2 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/apS6omCPorqfmM0

[@user-el8vq8cn6w]

@@GhostGamingg how do you get in to the bot lobby’s to practice

[@user-el8vq8cn6w]

@@GhostGamingg should I use the miniguns or the cannons

[@GhostGamingg]

@@user-el8vq8cn6w Just go to Conquest - solo/co-op and make sure to set the bots to beginner.

[@user-el8vq8cn6w]

@@GhostGamingg should I know she the miniguns or the cannons

[@grey8044]

Can you do a graphics settings guide?

[@IGCproductions2001]

Cant do it. Ive tried so many times and all i do is blow up or crash.

[@FRYTYINHO]

i literally watch the video and smacked K/D/A 30/1/18 didnt invert vertical flight cuz im used to have it off

[@LordAlkaser]

I cant fly in any game idk why, once i fly with any helicopter i instantly crash 😂😂😂, i saw many KZbin videos but still cant get it, how they move there mouse and does they also press keyboard or just mouse ? I want that guide with someone teach using his mouse any keyboard not just general information that everyone says.

[@Jamesonfp]

any tips on how to make flying in 2042 feel like bf4? or is that impossible

[@darkenigma3]

my favorite part was the most important part of the video. when you tolk us how to enter 3rd person mode. /s

[@clutch44444]

I just wish we could have different sensitivity for helis, planes, tanks, and lis rockets, then I would be able to use them all, because as it is now, I have to choose 1 to use, because the others don't work with another sensitivity

[@k1ll3r_dr3amz3]

As far as I'm concerned with the helicopters and their controls the developers can go sky diving without parachutes 80K ft over a rocky valley.

[@Slimfahire]

Every time I try to rotate the heli left or right the heli just rolls over into the ground idk why lol

[@212dems]

Let me know if you find the answer to this. Some KZbinrs have the Yaw set up for side to side movement on the mouse. I haven't figured out how to change that.

[@GoDirectly2Jail]

Yes more please im trash and these help a lot

[@a2raya772]

i use the arrow keys instead of the mouse. find it easier to move around

[@serJant997]

Pleeease man use deesser on adobe audition, C sound cut my ear so badly

[@flash_point8272]

I can't get my mind right to fly in this game. BF2,3 etc.. it was great. Now all I do when I get in a helicopter is swirl around and crash to the ground.

[@cleancutvision1330]

Nice beginner tutorial.

[@israsalme]

Am i the only one who notices the helis have aim acceleration? The faster i move my mouse the slower the sensitivity in the heli is and vice versa

[@marcelloguimaraes449]

I want a see the next episode … thanks

[@darealgzuskryst]

I wish Dice would make the apache and hokum not useless

[@alejandrocardenas8516]

Saludos bro ✌️

[@nativeamerican7424]

At 8.50 he ment left stick

[@shikingu2231]

PC has such an advantage I honestly feel like it's pointless to try on console

[@joaopaulogoncalves1701]

im just not able to compreend how to fly them, i just keep crashing

[@Wompshrimp]

Im conviced this game is just easier on PC idk why its on console

[@tony-zp1uq]

i just cant play vehicles in BF 2042 it have different feel than other games..

[@amalgam5107]

I got a 0% chance to kill anything i a helicopter. I can barely move. I watch the video but I still think its black magic. Solo coop on bots and cant get a single kill... never gonna get good.

[@coreymeyer5196]

PRACTICE ON CO-OP SOLO MODE AGAINST A.I.

[@Shifty319]

I dont understand why they make flight so difficult in these games.

[@cat11345]

Why is there literally not a tutorial to spawn a helicopter I’ll learn how to fly a helicopter after I figure out how to spawn it

[@tomeyyy5157]

I want the bf4 controlls😢😢😢😢

[@Ghosty1u2]

I spawned in a jet crashed about 10 second ma ltr cause I stalled 😂

[@MASTERYIPMAN24]

thank you i will try it :D am good at the jet i kill my self in 20 sec xd

[@chrisj-d3287]

I feel like its easier on computer. The controls on console are not good at all