Arma 3 - Basic Helicopters - Dslyecxi's Arma 3 Guides

This is a contracted video I created for BIS, talking about the basics of helicopters flight in Arma 3. It was originally released on August 2nd, 2013 on the BIS A3 channel. If you like this stuff, as always, show the love through comments, likes, favorites, subscriptions, etc. Feed the machine. Use AdBlock? Take a look at this: blog.chkilroy.c...
Q: What server am I playing Arma games on, who are these people, and can you join?
A: It's the private server for my community, Shack Tactical. As of 2014 we've been around for eight years, and I wouldn't trade it for anything - we have a fantastic memberbase and it makes for amazing gameplay in Arma and elsewhere. You can read more about us here: www.shacktac.com
Q: What mods does ShackTac use in Arma?
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Q: Does ShackTac play mostly coop or mostly PvP/adversarial in Arma?
A: We do a mix of about 70% adversarial and 30% coop - both offer unique experiences and are a blast to play.
Q: How long have you been playing the Arma series?
A: I've been here from the start, with my Operation Flashpoint experience beginning with the demo's release in 2001. I went into the US Marine Corps shortly after (no relation!) and in 2004 I started playing OFP in multiplayer. 2006 saw me found ShackTac, which started in OFP and then transitioned through Arma 1, Arma 2, and finally, Arma 3. I hope to continue this for a long time into the future, as well as share the ride with viewers like you, as corny as that sounds!
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A: I maintain a blog where I've answered hundreds of different questions relating to ShackTac, Arma, etc - you can find that here:
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[@nrodaf06]

One of the reason I like Bohemia, is that they have always understood, contrary to other devs/publishers (for the most part), the game is only as good as the community that plays it. All the Arma iterations have strong community-to-dev ties and it makes playing it that much more fun. Great video, as always.

[@jgoldie318]

I had my first successful landing without everything turning red!

[@MrPwnagemeister]

Your voice is soothing to a degree comparable to XboxAhoy and even the Khan Academy guy, but not near of course Morgan Freeman.

[@5taytuned550]

Greatest president of all time

[@elmo2you]

2all: Maybe it's just me, but I sincerely think these Arma 3 tutorials of Dslyecxi (damned that's hard to write when you're slysdectic like me) are true pieces of art. Maybe it's the combination of his calm voice and the graphics that look truly stunning, at least to me (I've seen most of the other "games" but they look a lot more fake for me). 2D: Good job and very much appreciated! Watching your videos is always a joy. In fact, I wouldn't mind watching you playing live all day, instead of TV.

[@Alientracker13]

I honestly don't know who would dislike these amazing help tutorials!

[@krakenfat1661]

Just look at the like/dislike ratio

[@spider909999]

I really love this channel. I love how closely BIS works with you, it represents a fantastic conduit between the devs and the community they have created.

[@adrianlindsay3194]

Another reason to use a curved approach is it increases the distance you fly to the touch down point giving you more time and room to adjust your approach speed and should you need it adjust your approach angle. When training in an R22 for example and you end up too fast or too steep to make it to a landing area in the case of a forced landing or autorotation students are taught to do a series of tight S turns to increase the distance flown and allow you to bleed off the speed and adjust your approach angle without having to wave off the approach. In certain situations such as a forced landing you may have to take what you have and use it to get yourself back on the ground in one piece when going around isn't an option. Another helpful benefit is the forces in the tight turns can actually help build rotor RPM which you can then regulate with the collective. I enjoy your video's thanks for making them. I would very much like to go flying with you someday if you can arrange some free time.

[@johncrader8946]

I have watched a lot of your videos.. And you have made me a good pilot, infantry, and armor operator.. And I have to thank you much for that!!

[@Sekushii15]

Love the video, thanks to you I no longer crash a helicopter within 25 seconds of takeoff anymore.

[@caffienatedjedi1]

I love the quote used at the end, about how helicopters don't fly. I use it all the time.

[@EpicChicken1]

From all of the dev footage of Altis i have seen I think it is going to be my favorite ARMA map ever!

[@Worse_Alex]

I think it's great that BIS are reaching out into the community and paying for people to help work for them (Not sarcasm) Keep up the great work Dslyecxi, god damn you're name is hard to spell.

[@hobbermallow5764]

Ahh... Arma.. the home of concrete tree's

[@TheWhoamaters]

i thought it was 7.62

[@doomdave475]

it was

[@shorizo6082]

I’d say that’s more like gta 5

[@MediHusky]

Let's not forget tungsten power lines.

[@Festias]

Awesome tutorial. I strongly suggest to any Arma pilots who don't want to use mouse + keyboard to go with a wired Xbox 360 controller. I've been using my Saitek AV8R joystick since I bought Arma 2 and it's just never worked exactly how I want it to. A week ago I switched to my 360 controller and oh my god, all my stress is just GONE. It's so much easier and if I was a good pilot before, I'm Top Gun now.

[@MediHusky]

"There's no shortcut to becoming a good arma pilot" Me, who just bought 2k$ worth of VPC sim gear: Observe how smoothly I fly into the power lines.

[@Pzaman23]

Atlis looks lovely. Can't wait.

[@Barely_Creative]

The new particle effects look amazing.

[@encoded7403]

Dslyexci, The Art of flight series has help me tremendously I appreciate all the time and energy you've taken to make these videos. I only wish i had more time to join your group. I'll watch from my afar for now. Thx!

[@dslyecxi]

+Afro Quack - Thanks for letting me know, it's appreciated!

[@aussiemilitant4486]

Not a problem, i just thought i would mention it seeing as you did. Im not really up to spec with such things myself.

[@MARKSR186]

You make flight look glorious

[@marcaxe]

From his site: "Professionally, I have worked with the Virtual Battlespace 2 simulation in different capacities since 2007, and am currently a contractor for Bohemia Interactive Simulations, the creator. I have also been a consultant for the ArmA series of games since late 2006" He might as well have been working for them already

[@heynando]

i hadn't watched it but since you advised me to now i have. First thank you for suggesting so. I was already aware about the issues of the screen but i didn't know it was so terrible, like really terrible. The good news is that the screen was part of the first devkit, which btw has been recently revised and updated to a 1080p screen. The impression Dslyecxi gave me is that it needs a 4k one, and i agree bcuz if you do the PPI math you would get the same results. i was expecting more, soooo yeah

[@Madbrood]

This is common from what I've been told - though you shouldn't be seeing that big a drop. Your client tends to do a lot more calculations in MP than in SP, especially if AI is involved along with other players

[@Worse_Alex]

There are people like Dslyecxi then there are people like you.

[@1987RaPsCaLLioN]

I find free look really helps too (double tap left alt)

[@McBeefyHero]

It depends on the mission you're playing as well, a lot of the invade and annex servers, and wasteland, have hundreds of scripts going on that are unnecessary. Mission where there are a bunch of guys flying around in choppers will still run at 60+ fps, and a lot of basic missions involving minimal amounts of scripts generally tend to run much better, in my experience, which in turn makes MP a hell of a lot more fun. :)

[@TopFrags]

This game looks so beautiful for you man, I hope you enjoy that! lol, im stuck on all low :(

[@c4blew]

Maybe I should have made that more clear...with Vietnam era I actually meant the timeframe from the late 60´s to mid 70´s, not necessarily the Vietnam War itself! I think a fictional setting where e.g. the US gets somehow involved in the Prague Spring events from 1968 would be quite interesting and also balanced in terms of the points you mention!

[@butchm16]

epic vid dslyecxi, keep it up! Always top notch vids!

[@Bova-Fett]

Dude your pilot is pretty smooth.

[@jermeywashigton7882]

Thank you for helping with all armA 3 because I'm going to get it in 2018 and your videos help me out a lot thank you

[@dslyecxi]

I hope you enjoy it, and thanks for letting me know it's been helpful!

[@Soggyfist]

Foot pedals hey??? man you got it sorted..................... My shopping list is growing..... Going to have to kick the Mrs out to fit all the new gear in! Oh well. Love your work, keep it up very helpful!!

[@c4blew]

Yeah, me too! The near future setting is just not something I care about...a vietnam era setting otoh would have been awesome imho!

[@MrRealfear]

He's not complaining about the performance in general, just the fact that there's apparently a 40+ FPS drop in multi-player compared to single player

[@leerdj]

+AIRburst95 You can. I'm currently using W and S to control ascend/descend (collective) and Q + E for rudder control. Just go options > controls

[@247monsteraddict]

Ill stick to being a grunt

[@bubbysitch]

Been wanting to join ShackTac for years xD

[@lenxHD]

I love Dslyecxi

[@scienz0220]

I'm a strong little bird pilot but I am struggling with keeping a steady recon vulture flight pattern from high altitude while looking down with TrackIR. I would suggest a video demonstrating the mouse and keyboard mechanics that you use to keep such steady circular flight (even whilst looking off-center with trackIR) Hooah

[@6St6Jimmy6]

Your fps depends on how the server runs, how heavy the mission is and good host takes an advance of headless client.

[@4R8YnTH3CH33F]

This game is so pretty, it get's all the details right and doesn't pull a Battlefield 3 by adding dirty lens flare effects and unrealistic colour filters.

[@aussiemilitant4486]

On my old rig (now deceased) FPS were great on Takistan, though sometimes with a lag/fps spike here and there. But Chernarus was horrible on some parts of the map and Zargabad was terrible in the city but on outskirts wasnt so bad. CLAfghan on MSO runs better than Zargabad on insurgency, for me anyway, which is strange considering the maps. Lingor always felt great for me no matter where i was and was a favorite for insurgency.

[@kevinis69]

It's a beta. Video card drivers and game performance optimizations haven't been added yet. It'll get better I'm sure once the game is out. Reason why some people are getting great FPS is probably because they have amazing specs.

[@aussiemilitant4486]

Well now i could agree, a more conventional warfare style. While i enjoy Insurgency and MSO styled missions, i seldom get conventional warfare styled missions which ShackTac often display. I actually wouldnt mind a Sinai styled battlefield map with little towns dispersed, featuring Egyptian v's Israeli armies (either Six-Day-War or Yom Kippur War.) The latest Soviet weapons at the time posessed by Egypt and American/British/French/Indigenous Isreali weapons for the Israelis. Just a thought.

[@bleyland629]

We are all impatient for the full read release but can you blame us ? Based on what I heard comes out next month. Thanks for the video buddy.

[@blackjack117200]

You did so well until the very end. D:

[@Tibialstone7]

12th September? Back to school for some! And 16:9! Hallelujah!!

[@Madbrood]

Also, it depends on the map and how well its optimised (or not) - I've seen people who normally get 30-40fps on Takistan slow down to less than 10fps on Zargabad (Arma 2, obviously - principle remains the same)

[@Abselin]

Thanks Dslyecxi :)

[@aussiemilitant4486]

Have you watched Dslyecxi's thoughts on Oculus Rift video? id recommend watching that, he makes a very good arguement.

[@ghosttoast8326]

I've been playing for 3 years with 300hrs on arma 2 120hrs on arma 3, and just now learned about the rudders...

[@santicccp]

._.

[@PatchworkHD]

He has a good amount of connections at BIS

[@jagageralla]

i have the saitek pro flight rudder pedals and i can recommend them!

[@Space_Racer]

well it depends on what is being calculated in your CPU on single player im assuming its small missions with maybe 30 max AI but in multiplayer there are way more calculations to be made, for example your cpu will be calculating more animations becaus of more enemies and friendlies. Im no expert so dont call me on it.

[@40oz1casualty]

The software isn't perfect, and hasn't been updated in years, but it works fine once you set it up correctly. Initially it was daunting because I didn't understand any of the settings, how they worked, and how the values affected the tracking. After investing some time to learn/tweak the the settings, I now have a very reliable, and cost effective tracking system. What camera/point model did you use? I use PS3 eye / 3pt OSRAM led and it works great.

[@LukeC15]

its the main map that will be released when the game is. he probably got a dev build or something

[@Ettap96]

i get around 60 in sigle player but under 10 fps in some servers so i think its true it does have some thing to do with the fackt that a single player game is on your pc and a multiplayer game isnt there is net code stuff and other ai that you have to load during the mp missions

[@saburusakai]

This is great. Very well done. I'm wondering why they are not NOTAR versions of the Hughes 500 series since they are already flying with that for yrs now, and are more efficient and not nearly as vulnerable as tail rotors. Neat bird anyway though. Also, I don't know that control sticks are that much of an option, as I've worked with 2 other guys for a couple of days now to get my CH fighter stick and pro pedals to work in both helis and vehicles, and no go. This despite them both being recognized, and even the Z axis (throttle) being already assigned to collective, and being enabled. Can't get them to be recognized in any way ingame. Sure would be nice, as I've been flying sim helis since EA's Apache.

[@saburusakai]

Oh, and I also use Track IR. Wondering if that is affecting it. There really should be ALOT more detail on this in the manual. Great sim though.

[@KenLee318]

I'm a fan of NOTAR as well, hope someone mod it. Perhaps also compound helis and something from Future Vertical Lift (Make sense since it's the future)

[@leverloos]

Thats right. I actually downloaded his profile file and modified to my liking. these were turned off.

[@hellpimp]

Solid.

[@cBorsky]

Yeah, I just said it doesn't have anything to do with your hard ware. It has something to do with the settings of the servers in Arma 3.

[@phillh9057]

Again looks easier than it is getting the flair and touch down spot? I over and under shoot I prefer under

[@GrimGearheart]

Dslyecxi maybe you can provide some insight...I know your stance on the implementation of the ToH flight model, and I agree with you. It's too much for Arma. But being closer to BI than most people, do you know if they're going to be implementing it? Based off of this video, it looks like they decided not to?

[@skyflyerone013]

you could pretty much consider it as him working for BIS as a part time job, he makes vids for them, and BIS pays him.

[@EballzNC]

optimize maybe wrong word... ive noticed that games that update every so often usually will end up changing the functions of the gameplay. So my question would be is bohemia going to leave helicopters how they are now? and not change it up.

[@Spagghetii]

yeah i was wondering if it was Altis as well

[@Uhlan_]

Has BI allowed the throttle and collective to be separated via options in A3? I like the joystick with pedals and a throttle, where I could use the throttle wheel on the stick for throttle, and the throttle stick for collective.

[@williamtaftt]

hey dslyecxi, have you heard when altis is releasing? ive read that is when the full game releases, but i havent seen anything official.

[@geraldjarreau]

I already had a js/throttle/peddles so I would like to use them. In Arma I am using the throttle for collective. I am finding that the throttle is way too sensitive. I'll have to try and adjust that as I am slamming down to hard. I get the feeling that the keyboard and mouse probably work better but I'll try and tweak it again.

[@AIRburst95]

I can keybind though, right? (I don't have the game yet) Say I want my shift key for ascending and control for descending, would that be possible?

[@Ulfmakkatrulf]

AIRburst95 Yes, this is very possible :)

[@AIRburst95]

Erlend Dalhaug Daae yup, I actually got the game already, 223 hours on record so far...

[@taiming71]

Just wondering do you have your Z axis shut off on your Track IR? Mine gives me trouble zooming in and out when i don't want it to. Also for some reason it is reversed so back is in forward is out. Some pointers on Z axis setting would be great or just general settings for Track IR. I fly with my collective on the rockers on my rudder control it works well. Your video's have been a great help although my CAS marksmanship still has much to be desired

[@PV1230]

it sounds like the first video of yours that he saw was that action menu video.

[@zephsuki]

Finally, no more trying to take off and flipping over and exploding

[@PatrykZ94]

Arma 3 Coming out on the 12th of September!!!! :)

[@UnclePutte]

I agree on both accounts. Man, dyslexia is one hell of a durg.

[@lookwhatudid5095]

i love watching these :D

[@GOTOHELL57331]

nice video

[@MajorClutch]

check out his track IR set up video might help

[@KRX_]

Hey Dslyecxi, so you use pedal controller, what are some good brands that make pedal controls and other flight hardware?

[@skyflyerone013]

He also does some marketing (videos) for the VBS sim or whatever its called

[@heynando]

i thought of buying TrackIR but since we are so close to Oculus Rift launch i will be getting it instead of TrackIR

[@mikec2745]

Sweet video. Now if you'll excuse me, its time to dust off...

[@LinusScrubTips]

Ya it was a new control scheme Bohemia implemented.

[@ike0709]

Dslyecxi can you usually use the altis terrain or were you given access just for this contract?

[@patrickklym]

can you make a art of flight video about useing the ah6j's weaponry

[@aussiemilitant4486]

I dont think the Vietnam scenario would be that great for an ArmA time setting. One side with all the support and firepower available at the time against a mostly infantry and insurgent forces with limited 'outside' support. Sure it works for ArmA 2 insurgency missions but thats just 1 game mode. (and depending on how modified the mission is, the Opfor can start out with Su25's KA52's MI24's, T72's T55's, Shilka/Tunguska, technicals etc and static defence weapons.)

[@phillh9057]

I have my rudder pedals no trac ir yet Amazon? I’m prime and there’s no 2nd day deliveries takes at least a week to get anything up here

[@DirectorPr42069]

I'm guessing hes asking if you'll make a video about the ragdolls and new vehicle physics.

[@numendomini]

Hey Dslyecxi! Could you write into the description which maps/worlds you used?

[@MajorClutch]

OK Dslyecxi I see you have access to Altis is it as awesome as I think its going to be? Super Jealous I have been wanting to set foot on that land for months now

[@PV1230]

not to be pedantic, but he works for BISim, not BI Studios.

[@antoniavie]

“Helicopters don't fly, they're just so ugly the earth repels them.”

[@tristan2668]

Are you gonna do a guide on jets when they come out? :D

[@EballzNC]

so i guess bohemia is not going to optimize the helicopters any more if they want dslyecxi to do a video about how they work...

[@superdonut121]

Ok, thanks

[@brandonboyles8154]

Play on lower settings or get better hardware for your computer.

[@CadetKeto]

Dslyecxi is sort of a pun on Dyslexia I think. Not too sure though.

[@Soggyfist]

What foot pedals/ controls would you recomend?

[@SimonChristensen]

Or they just sent him the map

[@CyberPrussian]

Having trouble setting up my G940. I think ArmA doesn't read out the throttle as it should.