3 Commando Brigade

Ultimate Chinook Auto Rotation

Nice vid. I had to do that myself on the public server this week. I was in a chinook with an underslung Jackal - with a player in the driver seat - and I was coming into a LZ that was declared clear by friendly ground units. Before I could touch down I took AA fire from at least two launchers. Flared out the first incoming rocket, but the second took my tail rotor out. I managed to gain altitude and ballistic drag the aircraft out of its spin. Fortunately I was able to find a break in the tree canopy, spin down to about 10 meters and release the Jackal, before attempting a landing in the clearing. I somehow managed to slide the heli into a gap between two trees. It was a hell of a struggle to keep the aircraft under some sort of control, but really enjoyable when I managed to get us both down without exploding.