Helicopter Speed - What am I doing wrong?

[Steakslim]

How about turning off the autohover function.

lol, that didn't even cross my mind to ask him. Forgot people still used that.

[SlyBelle]

Autohover looks to be the issue.......but boy do I still stink at flying this thing. I can't keep a level flight for the life of me....gonna need a ton of practice.

Thanks for everybody's help.

[Shinobi575]

...turn off auto hover you numnut

[Steakslim]

Sly, have you flown in ArmA1? It's changed a little but not entirely different. Take things slow at first, practicing hovering over a small area, doing low flight. Make sure you framerate is good before you fly, as stutters will cause some nasty crashes.

[Chillwi$e]

I have saitek x52 also but I'm not having that issues...calibrate is the only thing I can think of.

[NodUnit]

To have an even flight all you need to do is either keep the helicopter even or have the nose tipped down juuust a bit, pending on helicopter, Mi-8 for example works best even whereas the UH-1Y works best with the nose dipped down some.

[nomdeplume]

A good way to practice is to fire up the mission editor on any map, plop yourself into a helo, and put a few H's around (Side: empty, Category: objects) in suitable spots. Starting from an airfield is good, put an H on the runway or somewhere easy to land on. Once you're good at that, get progressively trickier - putting them next to trees and such so your margin for error is smaller.

Once you're good at landing you'll have developed a reasonable set of control skills for the aircraft. It's also a good idea to practice hovering manually (i.e. without enabling the autohover) - helps you learn the center position of the ship you're flying and learn to control it using small movements and avoiding overcontrolling.

[Amuro]

What do you guys leave your axis senstivity settings at? I find the default a bit too sluggish, so leave them at about 60-70%, with throttle higher.