# Helicopters? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269 "2016-05-14T09:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Je\_Rinpoche](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/je_rinpoche/32/102380_2.png) [@Je\_Rinpoche](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Je_Rinpoche)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/1 "2016-05-14T09:37:00Z")
Was there any chopper control like vehicles during WWI? ---
**Author:** ![CitizenSoldat](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/citizensoldat/32/101524_2.png) [@CitizenSoldat](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/CitizenSoldat)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 10:00am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/2 "2016-05-14T10:00:00Z")
There were some early designs of primitive helicopters (or similar) even before WW1, and the French in particular continued to innovate during the war. However, I don’t think any of them ever saw actual service. They did not have the payload capacity for combat, and balloons were a much cheaper and more reliable means of observation on the rather static western front. ---
**Author:** ![JuveOG1105](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@JuveOG1105](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/JuveOG1105)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/3 "2016-05-14T13:45:00Z")
Pretty sure helicopters didn’t play a major role in war til Vietnam. Why do people keep asking? It doesn’t fit the time period. ---
**Author:** ![bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bf1helicopter)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/4 "2016-05-14T17:14:00Z")
Yes prototypes ---
**Author:** ![bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bf1helicopter)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/5 "2016-05-14T17:22:00Z")
> [@JuveOG1105](#): > > Pretty sure helicopters didn’t play a major role in war til Vietnam. Why do people keep asking? It doesn’t fit the time period. Because ---
**Author:** ![m1k3ol](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@m1k3ol](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/m1k3ol)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/6 "2016-05-14T17:35:00Z")
Balloons mostly Helis as you know them for combat started as prototypes by the end of WW2, and where not ready for use 'till Vietnam The only prototypes (deadly traps actually) couldn’t work for anything other than observation… If you want a chopper on WW1, expect to be nothing more than a human MAV… (In other words, no) ---
**Author:** ![Frankenstein68](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/frankenstein68/32/101998_2.png) [@Frankenstein68](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Frankenstein68)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/7 "2016-05-14T17:37:00Z")
Mod? Lock please? ---
**Author:** ![bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bf1helicopter)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/8 "2016-05-14T17:39:00Z")
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**Author:** ![CAPT\_Gangplank](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@CAPT\_Gangplank](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/CAPT_Gangplank)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/9 "2016-05-14T17:39:00Z")
> [@Frankenstein68](#): > > Mod? Lock please? This. ---
**Author:** ![bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bf1helicopter)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/10 "2016-05-14T17:42:00Z")
> [@Frankenstein68](#): > > Mod? Lock please? No Mod, not this ---
**Author:** ![Je\_Rinpoche](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/je_rinpoche/32/102380_2.png) [@Je\_Rinpoche](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Je_Rinpoche)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/11 "2016-05-14T17:48:00Z")
> [@Frankenstein68](#): > > Mod? Lock please? Why? > [@JuveOG1105](#): > > Pretty sure helicopters didn’t play a major role in war til Vietnam. Why do people keep asking? It doesn’t fit the time period. Just curious ---
**Author:** ![bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bf1helicopter)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/12 "2016-05-14T17:54:00Z")
They want all helicopter threads closed because it’s not authentic to the WW1 they saw on the history channel, but respawning was ---
**Author:** ![ThePoolshark](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/thepoolshark/32/103801_2.png) [@ThePoolshark](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ThePoolshark)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/13 "2016-05-14T17:56:00Z")
> [@bf1helicopter](#): > > They want all helicopter threads closed because it’s not authentic to the WW1 they saw on the history channel, but respawning was Here goes that authentic vs realism argument that almost everyone gets wrong. Respawns are a game mechanic to make the game fun which goes against realism. Helicopters are not used in combat, hence them being authentic to the time period. Not sure how this is still a debate DICE has tried to stay as authentic as possible, with not being worried about tied to realism with mechanics such as revives, repairing with a blowtorch, and respawns. ---
**Author:** ![m1k3ol](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@m1k3ol](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/m1k3ol)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/14 "2016-05-14T18:03:00Z")
The real question is… Do flying in a balloon and dropping a tactical brick above the enemy’s head count as a heli drop? ---
**Author:** ![bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bf1helicopter)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/15 "2016-05-14T18:09:00Z")
Or anything fantasy you like, can call it not worried about realism. Anything fantasy you don’t care to see, not authentic. Now if we were talking about Blackhawks and Cobras, yeah I would agree with you. But prototype helicopters flying in BF1 are no different than a syringe reviving someone. They are both staples to the BF series ---
**Author:** ![bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bf1helicopter)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/16 "2016-05-14T18:10:00Z")
> [@m1k3ol](#): > > The real question is… > > Do flying in a balloon and dropping a tactical brick above the enemy’s head count as a heli drop? I would like to see this ---
**Author:** ![m1k3ol](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@m1k3ol](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/m1k3ol)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/17 "2016-05-14T18:26:00Z")
Well, reality is I’m 99% sure there are no helis of any kind to be used in this game (I haven’t played it, nor am I a “gamechanger”), the other 1% is me wishful thinking they add “bonkers” stuff in a final DLC like what we had on BF4 Other than that, be prepared to use zeppelins instead of helis, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![CAPT\_Gangplank](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@CAPT\_Gangplank](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/CAPT_Gangplank)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/18 "2016-05-14T18:27:00Z")
> [@](#): > > “If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.” -General Melchett @BF1helicopter I love your persistence. I have to give you that, if nothing else. > [@m1k3ol](#): > > The real question is… > > Do flying in a balloon and dropping a tactical brick above the enemy’s head count as a heli drop? Well… it still makes more sense than something that was never deployed, I would think. It’s known that German Zeppelins bombed UK cities. That much is credible. ---
**Author:** ![bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@bf1helicopter](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bf1helicopter)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/19 "2016-05-14T18:30:00Z")
Balloon would be the attack heli. And a pedal heli for transport. Makes sense to me ---
**Author:** ![m1k3ol](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@m1k3ol](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/m1k3ol)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269/20 "2016-05-14T18:34:00Z")
“Pedal heli” was a single seater, that used to kill the pilot I don’t see the devs wasting precious dev time to create a single seater transport air vehicle that can result in suicide at best… In other words…look at the sky…for the balloons [Next page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/helicopters/101269.md?page=2)