1.45 heli.

[IsthatyouJohnWayne]

since 1.45
for the majority of helicopters it is impossible to land 'normally' using keyboard.

The player hovers approx. 2 metres above ground (although the height indicator may dip below this, and it is impossible to land until the engine is switched off....

well i will continue testing this

(most of my testing done in the AH-1)

[SpaceAlex]

You can land with Mi-24 and the chinook only.

[Gourka]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (IsthatyouJohnWayne @ Mar. 01 2002,21:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">since 1.45
for the majority of helicopters it is impossible to land &#39;normally&#39; using keyboard.

The player hovers approx. 2 metres above ground (although the height indicator may dip below this, and it is impossible to land until the engine is switched off....

well i will continue testing this

(most of my testing done in the AH-1)[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Exactly the same problem since 1.45. I stay 1-2 meters above ground and I need to turn off engine to land.

[Suma]

Confirmed bug. It does not happen when you use joystick, but it does happen with keyboard. As a workaround switch engine off when just above the ground to land.

[KamiKaze]

Also, if you are doing troop movements, you dont need to be on the ground, they can climb in at 1-2M off the ground. Whie doing the 3 R&#39;s [Refuelling, Rearming, Repairing] You can hover next to or above the vehicle. You really dont need to land unless your getting out, then again, why would you get of a helicopter...?

[Sparksfly]

Whew its not just me then...i use a joystick but my throttle lever is buggered so i replaced that with keys.
The bug is good in the respect of being able to skim the ground at fast speed and strafe the enemy...quite fun infact and at first i wasnt sure if it was done intentionally.
I read somewhere though i could be wrong that the altitude you can fly at has increased, yet in single player i reached a height of 170m. about the same as before.

[Kegetys]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Suma @ Mar. 02 2002,14:34)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Confirmed bug. It does not happen when you use joystick, but it does happen with keyboard. As a workaround switch engine off when just above the ground to land.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Any possible dates set for a next possible patch? The switch engine off thing is rather hard thing to do, the chopper will always take some speed just right after I got my hands to the "engine off" action, which usually results in the chopper flipping upside down or crashing into a nearby tree. With 1.42 I could land a chopper very fast by doing a quick turn and coming down, but now it takes quite a long time hassling with it, trying to keep it stable for long enough to the engine to turn off.

[tlx]

Yes turning off really ain&#39;t a good option. It will flip to one side often as Keg said.

[SpaceAlex]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Kegetys @ Mar. 03 2002,16:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Any possible dates set for a next possible patch? The switch engine off thing is rather hard thing to do, the chopper will always take some speed just right after I got my hands to the "engine off" action, which usually results in the chopper flipping upside down or crashing into a nearby tree. With 1.42 I could land a chopper very fast by doing a quick turn and coming down, but now it takes quite a long time hassling with it, trying to keep it stable for long enough to the engine to turn off.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Yea. It&#39;s especially annoying in MP. You must take the flag quickley in CTF and it takes more time to disembark. It&#39;s annoying.

[Shadow]

The bug annoys me too, but it&#39;s not that big a deal.
You don&#39;t need to turn the engines off to land.
I just come to a hover and eject. Neither your nor the aircraft takes damage from falling 1 meter down to the ground

When BIS fix this, hopefully they don&#39;t alter anything that affects planes. Now they work like a wet dream come true. Landing and taking off on all kinds of ground