Squad Helicopter Guide | The Basics | J-Hook Landings, Flight controls, and Gameplay Tips

[@Gorlami14]

A tip I forgot to put into this video, is everyone has the ability to go into the training range and change the map. This way you can practice flying and landing on the maps you'll actually be playing. To do this you hit your tilde key (the key right above your tab key) and enter "AdminChangeLayer (whatever map/layer you want)." So if you wanted to fly on Kohat and use the British Puma you would type in "AdminChangeLayer Kohat_RAAS_v4." Hope this helps you guys out!

[@epicsnake21]

Thanks!

[@edelweiss45]

almost immediately after switching from the stinky heli training to an actual map I figured out low altitude flight, landing, and momentum control. the heli training is good for learning the controls but not for much else

[@RoLowFilms]

Thank you!

[@auklon3372]

How would you say this is versus battlefield 2 helos, as far as general flight?

[@mocha6583]

"british" puma *laugh in french*

[@roodog6776]

Played this through my mic while transporting a squad, got a good kcik of how scared they were lmao.

[@astralaria4214]

that's fucking hilarious jeez

[@yvam1145]

"Hello friends today we're learning to do a basic landing.." "-Okay guys i got this don't worry"

[@beefnam]

Thank you im trying

[@samuraielson]

Nice. Thank you.

[@Pinstripedood]

Thank you, very helpful!

[@matthewmeizoso8723]

I am watching this during 8. something. It still helps

[@freedombro]

Great re view 👍

[@Talons001]

It has been a month since this was released and since then I have gone from crashing leaving the landing pad to being able to hot drop troops on 50m fields without crashing. So for anyone wondering whether or not this guide is good, I can say that this guide and the advanced guide are both amazing with absolute certainty.

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you so much for sharing! I love to hear people's success stories!

[@BenjaGamerChannel]

thats sick dude

[@roberleyrodrigues9769]

there was a time when I had just installed squad and my team needed a heli pilot, I had never piloted one, so I just got the bird, all the troops went in and I managed to fly it and land sucessfully, imagine how happy I was

[@janmoravek820]

0:07 They should update some of the mechanics there, cause THAT drop with heli would be fatal :D bad bad bad

[@go_better]

Thanks, dude! You're golden.

[@juliannichols137]

I love the community on squad I just tried flying for the first time and when I inevitably crashed they all just laughed didn't get mad or kick me

[@dashund007]

i will try that now and keep you updated!

[@magna3728]

Thanks, good video.

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you!

[@JoSoNerdy]

Story time, im a top 500 Battlefield 2042 Heli pilot Hailing from the lands on Xbox (JoDiirt). I just built my PC on Sunday, and im addicted to Squad already. Naturally, after picking up on the infantry gameplay, i NEEDED to touch the choppers. Quickly found out they are nothing alike lmfao, but after your videos brother, one sleepless night, setting up a controller for flying and 4 hours in the training range, i am ruling the skies. Appreciate you buddy❤

[@bati7068]

I just bought the game & u help's me alot But how can i built something?

[@asmith1496]

Hows the heli flight model? Any of you use a collective? Can you use VR?

[@MrKylemu1000]

Just want to say thank you. I needed only a day with the tutorial and your video to be able to fly. I played 2games and supplied with 0 crashes. Even survived gunfire with engine almost gone and smoking

[@mimikal7548]

Nice

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you!

[@seanheeney4517]

Thanks man, really helpful!

[@CallMehTOMMEH]

Great video! And good to see my HAL principles (at 11:15) coming into others' flying tutorials too. Arma flight principles definitely apply to Squad!

[@iceguy221]

Is the sensitivity for the controls a big factor in this, also what's a good recommendation for that

[@backroundbossk4268]

1:42 the collective actually changes the blades tilt in a helicopter, the rotor stays at a fixed constant speed the whole tires but the pitch of the blades allows it to move up and down. Think of it like a lever when up you go up when down you go down.

[@solidofficechair1167]

HELI GUIDE!!

[@Gorlami14]

I finally learned! Thank you for the comment! Miss you chair!

[@iRushYew]

i play on keyboard what keys are best to quickly put for my pitch UP,PITCH DOWN.ROLL RIGHT ROLL LEFT? PLZ HELP LEARNING TO FLY

[@pschoduck1583]

Hey Gor!

[@Gorlami14]

Hey duck!

[@Phantom5k]

10 hours of flight time max. one look at your jhook guide, did it first try. you are a wizard my friend

[@milsimtypeguy9594]

great video I will try use these tactics in my next match.

[@HazardRoz]

How do you mark the map while piloting the chopper?

[@maxeo2644]

I wish troops could drop a rope down to the ground could choose to deploy down

[@MintSky1]

Can you connect a joy stick?

[@jetmechanicdave5656]

Can you bind a HOTAS?

[@kozan8214]

This will be very helpful.

[@Gorlami14]

Happy to help! Good luck!

[@paytaytochip10]

What’s with the mouse? I too have nerve damage and am just curious as to what it does. Thanks for the vid!

[@starkraft2506]

This video got me really excited... I re-downloaded the whole game only to find the flight model is garbage and it doesn't support multiple analog controls.

[@NyteMyre]

I used to love to fly in Project Reality when i wasn't feeling in playing infantry. I hate that Squad flying so much more difficult

[@Darkklng]

came from arma 3 and i have to say flying here feels like in bf4 just with more delay

[@270Winchester]

Yeah I can land coming out of a flip on arma but this game just feels like it uses the flight model or an oil tanker.

[@cardboard9124]

any tips for avoiding being shot down? I can do landings just fine but find myself being shot down the second I enter an area nearby the battlefield

I got in my very first Squad chopper maybe 20 minutes before watching this video. Yeah, it went that well. Going to take me a while to be worthy of any trust at all. As it stands it's best not to be on the same server with me. (relax, I'm only flying offline training)

[@tdkyt46]

I just wish collective was on mouse wheel it would be so much easier to accurately control it for fast or slow corrections

[@Fabian-zh8hl]

If i drop the supplies where they're going? How to know where to drop them? And if you unloaded the supplies, how do you get new ones on board?

[@micah4506]

whats the free look button

[@Gorlami14]

Left alt

[@Bramon83]

Helos give me battlefield Vietnam vibes

[@mishkalewis8409]

Honestly the best and most straightforward tutorial ever. I watched it and pretty much mastered the art after about a day's work. THANK YOU!!

[@esmokebaby]

Haven't watched all of the video yet but how is the flying is a similar to Arma 3 or better

[@Indigo1323]

how to do E-Brake?

[@PolDee187]

is there a shortcut for unloading ammo and supplies or do you have bring up the interaction menu and unload via mouse hovering?

[@Jondatorials550]

Watch the video

[@chippy2986]

Any idea why when I add Yaw to mouse it's inverted? Mouse movement right heli nose goes left...

[@doubtfulwolf3624]

How does he turn so QUICKLY

[@Slimjimdaddy420]

gonna get squad in a month so I can play with my cousin but I wanna fly a heli sometimes

[@ace7452]

I really wish the mechanics of heli flight were better in Squad. Fingers crossed that it's on the list of things for the devs.

[@brentbaxtuh]

How is it not good?

[@Azzurite]

I literally watched all your videos over the last 3 days. Amazing content, thank you.

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you so much. Your comment means a lot to me. Been putting a ton of time and work into them, so I'm ecstatic that people like yourself are finding them and are able to learn a bunch of new things.

[@Azzurite]

@@Gorlami14 it's also really apparent how good your mindset is. I'm pretty sure you've worked on yourself a lot to get to this point, am I right? :D I love people that do self-improvement :)

[@yoyobudd1327]

hey when i do the focus on the screens my screen becomes blurry and unfocused does anyone know what this is from?

[@beckettthebuckett1833]

Only if we had little birds, ch47s and fast roping

[@cogadhturtar8408]

Great guide! This is helping me a ton

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you! Glad to hear it!

[@Yavaroz]

Playing as a helicopter pilot it's my dream, I used to play battlefield but damn this looks it's more realistic, I don't have the money to buy a gamer PC but someday I will play this game, nice video.

[@DaMovienator]

What a good video!!! Thanks m8! Imma hop over to the training range again and keep on training :D

[@DUDEWithDODGES]

I can fly….. but god I can’t land. I have find the J hook easier to do then just landing normally.

[@Fulmer_Flickz]

Do you have any advice because whenever I join a server all of the hellicoptors are all ready being used. I’m a good pilot with over 70 hours of flight experience so you have any tips to get a hellicoptor in a public game/server

[@Maestro-np2fv]

I did not know about the logi controls

[@Gorlami14]

Yeah they are super clutch so you don't have to open the radial menu!

[@JayFive5]

10:50 was sheer luck next to that tree. Blades were within inches! No pilot would ever purposely fly that close on purpose, haha.

[@Gorlami14]

Lol all skill, I swear! But honestly it goes back to know the dimensions of your bird and being able to understand how close you can get to objects without hitting them.

[@marcus6639]

I've watched about ten videos like this so far and yours is by far the most clear, concise, and comprehensive. Thanks so much for taking the time to put it together! I've gotten okay at controlling helis in the air and landing but my J-hooks still suffer a bit, but I think your clear explanation is going to really help me become more smooth and consistent. Can I ask what sensitivity you have your heli pitch/roll set to? I have mine at 2x but thinking maybe it should be a little higher as I need to move my mouse a lot more than you on J-hooks.

[@eX0Noah]

Keep your sensitivity where it feels good flying around generally, and then add pitch up to a dedicated key on your kb (I use spacebar). That way, when you start your hook you just press the pitch up button until you hook around.

[@marcus6639]

@@eX0Noah Oh damn that's smart! Thanks for the tip!

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that. I have my pitch and roll sensitivity at 1.5 with my mouse dpi at 800. The biggest thing I recommend is picking a sensitivity and sticking with it. Allow yourself to build up the muscle memory with whatever you decide on. Changing it around will force you to have to relearn the movements and will slow your progression down. Keep me updated on how your flying is going!

[@marcus6639]

@@Gorlami14 Put in a couple more hours practice today (rewatching bits of this vid now and then) and yeah, it's been a dramatic improvement! Way smoother, faster, and safer landings! Still working on my accuracy -hitting a helipad from 100+ knots at low altitude is a trick - but I'll get there :P

[@Gorlami14]

@@marcus6639 Awesome stuff dude! I still miss the heli pad and LZs constantly. Best thing to do is allow yourself to drop some altitude, raise your collective back to 45 to hover, and slowly work your way over to the pad/LZ. Especially when you're back in main you can take your time getting down. Keep grinding!

[@tommyx9867]

I used to be so good at piloting before V.2, but it is so much more difficult to lose speed now, thanks for the video!

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you! Yeah it feels like your flying a sack of bricks nowadays compared to before.

[@tylercreasman]

Duuuude SAME. I stopped playing after the update because I couldn't figure it out... I didn't conceptualize what had changed & wasn't using max collective to slow momentum in J turns. After watching this it all clicked - thanks so much!

[@maelghistelinck2596]

You've done a wonderful job , you speak clearly and calmly which makes it easily understandable even for non-English speakers. I'm not going to say everything that has been said because the whole video is very well done A big congratulations!

[@chillmaster125]

This man had more ads than the superbowl

[@thunderstruck59]

i cant see my rpm and collective in my normal view and can barely see it when i zoom anyone know what to do?

[@thunderstruck59]

i figured it out i have an ultrawide monitor and squad actually doesnt support those so it just crops everything, i never knew i was playing with my screen cropped

[@captainmelon8717]

i’ve been playing squad for 2 days, I needed this, I could already turn mid-flight and take off well and some-what land but I wanted to learn how to J-hook so I can hot drop this video is helping a lot

[@Toddespiel]

trained 2 hours after this video. stopped crash landing. played in a live server. supplied fobs. I only died once when I tried to jhook right hand side because I only trained for left hand. Killed myself and a squad mate lol

[@ninoboy213]

Within an hour of watching this tutorial, I was j-hook landing. Now I just need to get my low flying better. Any tips for maintaining a low elevation?

[@Jinxysroom]

Why cant I see the entire dash of the helicopter when i fly

[@midget7471]

WHATS A GOOD SENS?

[@ableemu]

I need to get into flying in Squad, thanks for the video!

[@Crazy-pl1lo]

Now would be the time seeing as a ton of people need to getting used to it

[@Gorlami14]

Do it! It's an absolute blast! Thank you!

[@stephen5736]

The way you control a chopper in Squad, is so arcadey! N that is being nice. They should have the option of a realistic control.

[@editzbywalt]

Im a new pilot and in a month i will describe my progress! still no progress... I just did my first j hook landing but not on a helipad on a field and now i cant do it anymore first j hoook helipad landing yeee

[@SammyAbi]

its impossible to do i cant i got a dpi of 1000, heli sensitivty on 4 and this bird still wont turn

[@1chief1prime11]

09:30 I usually prefer having my collective slightly above 45, pitching forward and literally crawling forward with a slow pace

[@Gorlami14]

Yeah that's a good method too! I really like doing that on down-slopes and just roll down the hill.

[@CmdrFlemming]

Thanks - that's a great guide you crammed together there!

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you!

[@benjamingunn5403]

The music in the begining. Where is it from?

[@monnomestbrian]

ergo mouse gang

[@Reptle_R]

Extra top: Nevera take a ride from a Squad 11 helicopter.

[@janat234]

Important tip that'd save me a lot of time is that if you have experience from previous games make sure to inverse your y axis in mouse sensitivity settings for helicopter, and consider using arrow keys if your mouse is kinda crap. I've tried using arrow keys and I'm extremely conflicted about what the y axis does without changing mouse axis firstt, so much so I feel the need to rewire my brain to work the "right" way using mouse so that I can switch between arrows and mouse.

[@janat234]

I like still use e and q from battlefield instead of a d

[@janat234]

and good landing practice seems to be just turning low to the ground without gaining or losing altitude, which is kinda j hook landing without trying to hit specific spot. very tight turns with mouse.

[@janat234]

Additionally I need anti ghosting keyboard, with more than 3 button inputs for proper turns.

[@ALIEN_TOES-1]

Nice video mate good info in there....im still gonna crash 90%of the time hahah

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you! Failure is the best teacher. Take note of what led to you crashing and you'll keep improving!

[@ALIEN_TOES-1]

@@Gorlami14 yeah its always the panic when your still going too fast for the landing but im getting there 😂

[@Gorlami14]

@@ALIEN_TOES-1 Yeah I still do the same. Don't ever be afraid to pull off and come back around, or if you know you have time level out your pitch and lower your collective to 45. Start the hover and assess what you need to do to get your troops/supplies down safely. Keep working at it dude!

[@ALIEN_TOES-1]

@@Gorlami14 will do mate thanks 👍

[@Bishop1664]

RIP to the brave souls that are about to perish during my J-hook Landing attempts :D

[@Gorlami14]

Lol you gotta break a few eggs to make an omelette.

[@pinelandsound]

Jesus Loves You

[@michaelrizzo7322]

the quality of this content you push out is honestly the best I've seen from someone who hasn't have a large fan base. from the quality of the video's I thought you had way more subs but man you deserve a lot more subs then you do now. Keep up the amazing work and ill be sure to stick around and learn some new tips and tricks from you

[@Gorlami14]

These types of comments mean the world to me, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you. I'm blessed to be at the point I am already, but I'm constantly working on improving my quality and consistency to grow further. Thank you again, and I'll keep bringing as much helpful content as I can to the channel!

[@Earthworm_John]

just play fortunate son and you've got it figured out

[@Theskilledone]

Yo, this is where I need to get to. Thinking about ditching the controller and doing this by hand. Cuts out some of the immersion but if I can fly again could be worth it.

[@Gorlami14]

Yeah M&K isn't the coolest, but you can maneuver really well and consistently with it.

[@santiagorojaspiaggio]

The key for me was to understand collective (W and S). In every other game it is something that you have to keep pressing, either for going up (W) or for going down (S), while here you have to stablish it (press it, not hold it) and change it all the time. Basically, i'm watching this again but just looking at the collective bar, changing all the time. Oh, and i just read the comment below, where you say you can change the map. That's so great! Thank you!

[@MrFragEdits]

when i enter the chopper my cockpit view is so zoomed in when i chanced field of depth nothing chance how do i fix that?

[@agustinperretta1043]

Pretty useful guide for new players, I'm now going to watch the second part. With only 30 hours on the game I started piloting yesterday, crashed a few times but as time progressed I managed to get supplies to the frontline as requested without problem.

[@verbaldrop887]

I remember the first time I witnesses the J-hook as an infantrymen. It was beautiful

[@jordan2735]

I wish the collective was always at 0 and "w" was the button used to raise it. this collective thing is messing me up so badly.

[@MrTyler8877]

As I’ve flown real helicopters I cringed when you said jam the collective down to lose altitude lol.

[@Gorlami14]

Lol yeah squad's flight model is so far from realistic

[@vientayuno934]

Bro I know what you mean, you'd never EVER be that violent on the collective. I want a game that'll really go harder toward a sim flight model, as well as having properly independent flight control inputs.

[@leetim5460]

I dont use mouse to fly, i changed my setting to rising storm 2 vietnam set up(w a s d q e) and it works on SQUAD well

[@PrivatasFTW]

Used to be a comp pilot in V1, but after not playing V2 almost at all I've lost my touch to some degree to do high speed small lz hotdrops. Doing jhooks now feels like landing backwards now if you got speed now tho

[@HEKVT]

Great guide, hope it'll be of use to me, once I actually pass through the hoops in the training area.

[@epicsnake21]

Keep up the fantastic work with the guides Gorlami. Love all you content

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you so much dude!

[@rrch2951]

Hey I can't find any helicopters after spawning eventho im a pilot?

[@Gorlami14]

In a live game? They're likely already claimed and taken by other players.

[@Talons001]

Finally! Thanks for the amazing guide, and top tier work as always.

[@Gorlami14]

Thank you so much!