Basing player helicopter on Cargo Ships/Destroyers

[Snappy]

Hi,

is there any way to place player helicopters on the cargo ships or  destroyers with a visible helicopter pad?

I tried using "take off from parking hot" , but unlike on aircraft carriers, the helo doesn't snap to the pad, instead it

repositions to the nearest parking on a land base, which is obviously not what I want.

Regards,

Snappy

[AG-51_Razor]

It could very well be that the helicopter you are trying to do this with is too big for the helideck. Normally this works on just about any ship with a helideck on it. My favorite helicopter is the Mi-8 and it doesn't fit on most of the smaller ships with helidecks. I suggest you try a Huey or Gazelle.

[Snappy]

20 hours ago, AG-51_Razor said:

It could very well be that the helicopter you are trying to do this with is too big for the helideck. Normally this works on just about any ship with a helideck on it. My favorite helicopter is the Mi-8 and it doesn't fit on most of the smaller ships with helidecks. I suggest you try a Huey or Gazelle.

No- It was a good idea and worth a try though. But thats not the problem. I tried, with both  Huey and Gazelle, same problem. You just can't place player/client aircraft on these ships, despite them having a dedicated helicopter landing platform. : // . Hope this gets improved .

Edited November 24, 2021 by Snappy

[Boosterdog]

52 minutes ago, Snappy said:

No- It was a good idea and worth a try though. But thats not the problem. I tried, with both  Huey and Gazelle, same problem. You just can't place player/client aircraft on these ships, despite them having a dedicated helicopter landing platform. : // . Hope this gets improved .

 

The huey and KA50 work on pretty much every boat including the Seawise Giant and Handywind, red and blue with a helideck on it. Hind will work on the Carrier,  Seawise Giant and Handywind. Hip on the carrier only (annoyingly). Just checked. I dont have the gazelle. I have enough DCS woes without it. 

You sure that youre not assuming it snapped to land or your not trying to place a helo from the opposing faction?  When you set starting from hot or ramp, it snaps to the middle of the boat if both are from the same side. 

Edited November 24, 2021 by Boosterdog

[Snappy]

1 hour ago, Boosterdog said:

The huey and KA50 work on pretty much every boat including the Seawise Giant and Handywind, red and blue with a helideck on it. Hind will work on the Carrier,  Seawise Giant and Handywind. Hip on the carrier only (annoyingly). Just checked. I dont have the gazelle. I have enough DCS woes without it. 

You sure that youre not assuming it snapped to land or your not trying to place a helo from the opposing faction?  When you set starting from hot or ramp, it snaps to the middle of the boat if both are from the same side. 

 

Hey thanks a lot! You re actually right! 

It was combination of two things:  Because I first tried placing with the Mi-8 , which really does snap away to the nearest land base if you select "take off from ramp hot" or "take off from parking" ,  I thought it was always this issue, when the helicopter is suddenly moved off the  ship helipad where I placed it.

After @AG-51_Razor Razor mentioned the smaller helicopters I tried with them, but I had zoomed in too much in the top down / model viewer  in order to place them exactly on the ships helipad.  So I only saw them disappearing from my zoomed in view centered on the ships helipad and then I assumed, it's again the same thing as with the Mi-8, they're moved to land base. 

Now after your post I zoomed out a bit more and  like you said, the helicopter snap to the center of the ship, but when you run the mission, they're really placed on the helipad.

Cool, thanks for that!  Unfortunately it was really the Mi-8 which I wanted to place for take off on thsese ships :// , so my problem still persists, but I learned something new about the mission editor, so its still a win :)) If you ever find out, how to work around that with the Hip, hit me up! ; )

Kind regards,

Snappy

Edited November 24, 2021 by Snappy

[Boosterdog]

4 minutes ago, Snappy said:

Cool, thanks for that!  Unfortunately it was really the Mi-8 which I wanted to place for take off on thsese ships :// , so my problem still persists, but I learned something new about the mission editor, so its still a win :)) If you ever find out, how to work around that with the Hip, hit me up! ; )

Kind regards,

Snappy

 

If you land a Hip on the Moskva you'll see its one big bird on one little perch. Makes sense for it not to operate from it but equally, the ME allows us to use our own imagination so why shouldnt it?  Ive put in a request for the Hip to be able to use the Seawise Giant and the Handywind which Flappie has kindly passed up the chain. Maybe one day that'll be two more ships at least. 

[Boosterdog]

@SnappyBTW - The Chinese Type 071 will accomodate the Hip. Not exactly a Destroyer but not a carrier either. 

[Snappy]

30 minutes ago, Boosterdog said:

@SnappyBTW - The Chinese Type 071 will accomodate the Hip. Not exactly a Destroyer but not a carrier either. 

Thank you for the Info. Better than nothing! And thank you very much for requesting changes to the ME capability in this regard!

Snappy