Properly Disabling the Engine of an Orca

[Dork]

Most people do not have the slightest clue on how to properly disable an Orca.

Below is a video which demonstrates 1 way on properly disabling one.

https://youtu.be/IsvxmtRRq6g

[Ronald]

Thank you for this tutorial.

[Axe]

Are people really just now figuring this out....? 

[Bikstok]

It's even easier than that on Asylum due to this script in fn_handleVehicleDamage.sqf:

if (_source isKindOf "Man") then {
	if (typeOf _unit == "O_Heli_Light_02_unarmed_F" && _hitBox == "transmission") then
	{
		_unit setHit ["main_rotor_hit", (_unit getHit "main_rotor_hit") + 0.15 ];
	};
};

I have no idea where the transmission is, but I assume it's a pretty big hitbox, seeing as you can disable an orca by spraying its hull.

[Dork]

59 minutes ago, Axe said:

Are people really just now figuring this out....? 

idk, i watched some montages where people are spraying the shaft that holds the rotor blades so im assuming half of the community doesn't know...

[Vanilla Coke]

8 minutes ago, Dork said:

idk, i watched some montages where people are spraying the shaft that holds the rotor blades so im assuming half of the community doesn't know...

Fuck man, if I'm able to shoot out those things I'm probably in a spot where I can shoot out the pilot. Looking to me like 1 tapping the pilot is much easier than putting 2-3 bullets into those. I see how it could be useful though.

[Olivia]

Related, does anyone know if the Orca tail rotor weak spots (in this thread) are still consistent after the Apex patch?

[Dork]

18 hours ago, Olivia said:

Related, does anyone know if the Orca tail rotor weak spots (in this thread) are still consistent after the Apex patch?

@Bikstok

Have you tested at all?

I dont even bother shooting at the tail rotor

[Boris]

Shooting out the tail rotor is honestly beyond useless for any semi-competent pilot.

[Axe]

20 hours ago, Olivia said:

Related, does anyone know if the Orca tail rotor weak spots (in this thread) are still consistent after the Apex patch?

Don't waste your time with the tail rotor.

Anyone who has fingers and a brain can fly without it unless you require autohover. 

[Pentax]

20 hours ago, Olivia said:

Related, does anyone know if the Orca tail rotor weak spots (in this thread) are still consistent after the Apex patch?

It is still the same.

[Olivia]

3 hours ago, Boris said:

Shooting out the tail rotor is honestly beyond useless for any semi-competent pilot.

 

1 hour ago, Axe said:

Don't waste your time with the tail rotor.

Anyone who has fingers and a brain can fly without it unless you require autohover. 

I know, I know, chill out guys.    Note that I never said anyone should shoot out the tail rotor, I just wanted to know if it was old or outdated information.  Using information from old Arma patches is soooo embarrassing.

[Axe]

Just now, Olivia said:

 

I know, I know, chill out guys.    Note that I never said anyone should shoot out the tail rotor, I just wanted to know if it was old or outdated information.  Using information from old Arma patches is soooo embarrassing.

 

Short Answer.

Yes. Outdated.

Havent had my tail shot out in months. 

[Joe Cooke]

On 10/20/2016 at 4:24 PM, Boris said:

Shooting out the tail rotor is honestly beyond useless for any semi-competent pilot.

Yeah, If you have played game modes where you get shot down pretty easily, you quickly learn how to maneuver the helicopter enough to stop the helicopter from spinning after the tail rotor goes out.

[Henry Facesmasher]

Thanks Steven Felber! I actually had no idea. I just shoot the pilots out.