GTA V Flight School

123bar56

Cant complete flight school...part of the build up to the boat heist..does this mean i cant progress?

SV

123bar56 wrote: »

Cant complete flight school...part of the build up to the boat heist..does this mean i cant progress?

Pretty much? What part are you having trouble with?

123bar56

the very last part ,the obstacle course where it combines all the skills...was going so good up until this

BIGGIEsmall

This should help

IvySlayer

123bar56 wrote: »

the very last part ,the obstacle course where it combines all the skills...was going so good up until this

You can skip a couple of thei rings, 5 point penalty though :P

krudler

Doesn't matter if you don't finish it, just means the chopper in the heist is harder to control, I did it anyway but it's worth bumping up your flying points as Michael first.

123bar56

so do i just gotta wait fr the call from Trevor?i hav the sub and the helicopter

SV

You can do the whole thing without going sideways and upside down you know, just means you don't get a discount of 2 seconds for each one. You could also miss a few and still get a bronze.

Penn

I was 0.56 seconds away from Gold on that one (well, my second time going through the school as I wanted to bump up Franklin's flying skills too). Best advice is to always turn the same direction for each knife. That way you know which rudder direction to use each time to keep the plane up. I always put the left wing down and use R1 to keep it level. It might mean you have to turn a bit harder to make the next checkpoint, but it'll reduce the chances of crashing. And if you can see that the next one is an Inverted checkpoint (blue), give yourself enough time to invert early so you can get used to the inverted controls before approaching the bridge.

Flying never really bothered me, but trying to land helicopters or put them right over something has always been difficult.

123bar56

Thanks all..Finally completed it :)now i presume i just gotta wait it out for trevor to ring?nothing seems to be happening..all quiet

krudler

123bar56 wrote: »

Thanks all..Finally completed it :)now i presume i just gotta wait it out for trevor to ring?nothing seems to be happening..all quiet

Which heist are you doing? the

sub

one? I was Trevor when I started that, just go to the H symbol once you have everything in place to start it.

shamelessidiot

You have to switch to Trevor and wait for a call from Wade I think. It wouldn't come up for me until after I did a main FIB mission with Michael.

Finical

I got gold in all of them apart from the two helicopters ones.

Can't seem to get the speed in the helicopter at all!

shamelessidiot

Finical wrote: »

I got gold in all of them apart from the two helicopters ones.

Can't seem to get the speed in the helicopter at all!

It's all in the left stick. Don't ram it forward, just very slightly forwards and it should do the job. The helis are fairly easy to manoeuvre once you get the hang of the swaying.

Peanut Butter Jelly

All gold in the flight school, but damn them helicopters were hard to control.

cena

Flyinf in this game is hard. They are all the place very hard to control

cianr

Guys when is the flying school unlocked? And is it initially unlocked by a certain character? Thanks!

Hareton

Have full flying skills for all characters and my chipper still sways all over the place. This happening to anyone else?

DarkJager

Hareton wrote: »

Have full flying skills for all characters and my chipper still sways all over the place. This happening to anyone else?

The chipper sways all over the place for me too after a few pints

Randy Shafter

Does anyone know if its possible to access the runway at the international airport without obtaining the stars after you complete the flying school? Or do you need to buy the hanger that's for sale to stop getting the wanted level?

Hareton

DarkJager wrote: »

The chipper sways all over the place for me too after a few pints

You should see what's it like when I try get a pizza

sean1141

Randy Shafter wrote: »

Does anyone know if its possible to access the runway at the international airport without obtaining the stars after you complete the flying school? Or do you need to buy the hanger that's for sale to stop getting the wanted level?

I bought the hanger and can fly in and out and drive around without a wanted level. Didn't drive to much so I don't know if you get a wanted level if you go off the roads

cadete

im finding the chopper really hard find quite a big deadzone in my ps3 controller, any1 else see this?

Kevvv

Im fairly sure the chopper movement is prob wind or something .. Well that's what I hope ha

intellectual dosser

cianr wrote: »

Guys when is the flying school unlocked? And is it initially unlocked by a certain character? Thanks!

After Trevor moved to Los Santos I got a text off Ron telling me to check it out.

sean1141 wrote: »

I bought the hanger and can fly in and out and drive around without a wanted level. Didn't drive to much so I don't know if you get a wanted level if you go off the roads

Do you get a wanted level for stealing any of the planes?

bazzosh

Hi,

So Im trying to get my hands on the stunt plane. Anybody know where I can find it in game?

Thanks

Nuri Sahin

bazzosh wrote: »

Hi,

So Im trying to get my hands on the stunt plane. Anybody know where I can find it in game?

Thanks

On your phone, under the heading travel and transport, click on the elitastravel.com site and you can buy one for your respective characters hangar. It costs $250K as far as I recall, either that or $350K.

Sephiroth_dude

im doing one of trevors early missions where you have to land the plane after dropping off the shipment of weapons

well I cant land the damn plane,it touches down and then takes off again,drove me demented last and I just gave up lol,any advice on how to do it please?

F1ngers

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

,any advice on how to do it please?

Gently reduce speed - tap L2, and as soon as you land hold L2.

CMpunked

I thought I was going mental, I was doing the last flight school challenge and every time there was torrential wind and rain. I thought it was clever of r* to code it that way to make it more difficult.
So I gave up in a huff, went off and killed a loada people in the airport (which is very very big and will probably be one of the hotspots for GRAO) went back to the school and it was clear and sunny skies.

Was the game just being coincidently dickish to me or is it bad weather for everyone's first go?

GavRedKing

CMpunked wrote: »

I thought I was going mental, I was doing the last flight school challenge and every time there was torrential wind and rain. I thought it was clever of r* to code it that way to make it more difficult.
So I gave up in a huff, went off and killed a loada people in the airport (which is very very big and will probably be one of the hotspots for GRAO) went back to the school and it was clear and sunny skies.

Was the game just being coincidently dickish to me or is it bad weather for everyone's first go?

My 1st attempt was a night time run, it was difficult as hell.

When Trevor

takes over the small airport in Blaine and does the smuggling/bombing

nearly everytime I've done the flying missions its raining or foggy making it difficult enough.

Sephiroth_dude

F1ngers wrote: »

Gently reduce speed - tap L2, and as soon as you land hold L2.

Thanks ill give that a go later.

SherlockWatson

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Thanks ill give that a go later.

Make sure your deploying the landing gear and it should be fine.

Sephiroth_dude

I finally did it lol

SherlockWatson

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I finally did it lol

Nice! What made ya do it this time?

Makaveli

I hate the helicopters. I have to re-learn the trick for flying them. I remember I had it down pretty well in IV but this is just a pain. I've failed the first test twice now because I can't get my speed up properly so I just bail from the chopper when I know I'm not getting at least silver.

Is the trick still to keep the nose down and tap L trigger rather than holding it down?

Holsten

Keep the nose down no matter if you're going up or down, you'll keep the speed.

Sephiroth_dude

SherlockWatson wrote: »

Nice! What made ya do it this time?

I was pressing r2 instead of l2 when trying to land lol *facepalm* I swear I was nearly driven crazy tuesday night because of it :-0.

sean1141

intellectual dosser wrote: »

Do you get a wanted level for stealing any of the planes?

No

who_me

Makaveli wrote: »

I hate the helicopters. I have to re-learn the trick for flying them. I remember I had it down pretty well in IV but this is just a pain. I've failed the first test twice now because I can't get my speed up properly so I just bail from the chopper when I know I'm not getting at least silver.

Is the trick still to keep the nose down and tap L trigger rather than holding it down?

I assume you mean the R trigger (R2)?

I push fully forward, and hold R2 down; you go pretty fast but drift downwards slowly. Whenever I lose too much height I ease back on the stick a bit until I gain height again, and repeat. Use L1 & R1 for steering.

Makaveli

Right trigger yeah.

Nuri Sahin

If you think flight school is in anyway difficult, good luck with the knife flight challenges :pac:

.E_C_K_S.

do you have to get all gold stars to continue missions?

J. Marston

Got all gold on the plane stuff, they were easy. But could only get silvers on the helicopters, can't get the hang of them at all.

gnfnrhead

.E_C_K_S. wrote: »

do you have to get all gold stars to continue missions?

One of my mates didnt go near flying school and was able to continue. It just makes it easier.

wendell borton

Any advantage in getting all gold, will it make handling easier?

gnfnrhead

wendell borton wrote: »

Any advantage in getting all gold, will it make handling easier?

Trophies/Achievements. I know two guys on 360 who are having a contest to see who can get the most gold throughout the game.

I'm happy enough with seven gold's.

Thecageyone

I'm not bothered about all Golds, I just want to get it done and dusted. Bloody chopper section is killing me. I did it, but ran out of time Grrr. Need to figure how to get through it faster. The video that was posted, that guy just makes it look a piece of piss, I hate him!

gnfnrhead

Seriously, the knifing and inverted flying course was easier than the straight forward helicopter one's! The grading curve is too steep on them. I'm not good enough to fly them at full speed (well, without crashing and killing everyone) so one missed check point and it's gone.

Dont have any intention of doing the helicopter courses again. Might do the plane courses that I didnt Gold but only when I have everything else finished.

stevenmu

The helicopter courses aren't too bad if you've had a bit of practice flying one around before hand. Try and get one in free play and spend a bit of time getting used to it and having a bit of fun with it. Also some tips I've found help are:

-Don't overcorrect: the helicopters are prone to wobble a bit, but if you try to fight the wobble with the left stick you'll probably overcorrect for it and make the wobble worse. Just keep pushing straight forward and it'll sort itself out. When you get used to that, then maybe try gently correcting.

-Practice gentle banking turns, then harder turns. The easy way to turn is to keep pushing forward on the left stick, but slightly nudge it in the direction you want to go. You can use the shoulder buttons to help a little, but just tap them slowly at first. When you get used to that, try banking harder, by pushing the left stick further in the direction you want to turn and maybe tapping the shoulder buttons faster

-Hold the right trigger almost all of the time, especially when moving forward. Holding the right-trigger should be your default. When moving forward control your height by pushing forward on the left stick to go forward and descend slowly, and when you need to climb a little either just ease off on the left stick or pull back on the left stick. If you need to descend quicker, that's when you let go of the right trigger, and you only really need the left trigger if you want to plummet out of the sky.

SherlockWatson

stevenmu wrote: »

The helicopter courses aren't too bad if you've had a bit of practice flying one around before hand. Try and get one in free play and spend a bit of time getting used to it and having a bit of fun with it. Also some tips I've found help are:

-Don't overcorrect: the helicopters are prone to wobble a bit, but if you try to fight the wobble with the left stick you'll probably overcorrect for it and make the wobble worse. Just keep pushing straight forward and it'll sort itself out. When you get used to that, then maybe try gently correcting.

That is very good advice for people having problem's with the choppers.