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WARDOGS FIELD MANUAL

Fly, land and service a helicopter

Set up a known control layout, practise a gentle landing and prepare repair supplies.

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Check the collective, pitch, roll and yaw bindings before takeoff. Practise an empty flight and landing before taking passengers, then carry the equipment needed to recover from damage or low fuel.

VehiclesReviewed 2026-09-13Community Closed Beta 02 bindings; historical flight demonstration; Season 1 input changes

Before you start

  • An accessible helicopter and a place to practise without passengers.
  • Working controls for every flight axis.
  • A plan for repairs, fuel and a reachable landing area.

Set the flight axes

The community FAQ uses Settings > Controls > Settings for mouse flight options and Settings > Controls > Keybindings for keys. Its Battlefield-style example enables rotary mouse control, assigns horizontal mouse movement to roll and vertical movement to pitch, then uses W/S for collective and A/D for yaw.

In that example, air-vehicle Y inversion is enabled while infantry Y inversion remains disabled. Pulling back raises the nose. Delete clears a selected binding. The author warns that rebinding vehicle controls can remove an infantry assignment, so check both afterward.

  1. Inspect each flight action in the menu.
  2. Test one axis at a time in practice.
  3. Confirm that your infantry movement still works after changes.
Sources and verification

Source review establishes what a source says. Kingy has not independently reproduced these mechanics in the current game. Community observations retain their original build context.

Practise a controlled landing

StratzFPS’s pre-alpha demonstration reduces collective to descend, then raises it as the helicopter approaches the ground to soften the descent. Treat it as a demonstration to practise, not a current-build performance guarantee.

  1. Choose a clear landing area before approaching.
  2. Bring the helicopter under control and begin a gradual descent.
  3. Reduce the descent as the ground approaches rather than holding full downward input.
  4. After landing, check the aircraft before boarding passengers.
Sources and verification
  • StratzFPS: How to Fly Helicopters ↗

    Review date. Creator explicitly identifies pre-alpha gameplay. Transcript: controls 1:03; landing 3:24; vehicle access 3:57; countermeasure purchase 5:59. Historical procedure, not a current-build flight test.

Source review establishes what a source says. Kingy has not independently reproduced these mechanics in the current game. Community observations retain their original build context.

Prepare repair and refuelling

The launch-day player tips recommend carrying a wrench, a resuscitator for passengers and a fuel can. The building account also describes vehicle repair and refuelling services supplied by the FOB.

Exact tool use prompts, service range, required stationary state, consumption rates and repair limits still need a current-client walkthrough. Bring the right equipment, then follow its displayed interaction and confirm the vehicle’s condition changes.

Sources and verification

Source review establishes what a source says. Kingy has not independently reproduced these mechanics in the current game. Community observations retain their original build context.

Account for the launch input changes

Season 1 applied helicopter input damping across input devices and adjusted Z20 Lakota pitch behavior. Older sensitivity recommendations may feel different after those changes.

Sources and verification

Source review establishes what a source says. Kingy has not independently reproduced these mechanics in the current game. Community observations retain their original build context.

Common problems

  • Custom key examples are not universal defaults.
  • Do not use passengers as the first test of new flight bindings.
  • No hardware compatibility list, guaranteed flare protection, fuel endurance or tested landing-speed threshold is established here.

Keep reading

Run a supply deliveryGuide ↗Heal, revive and prepare medical equipmentGuide ↗Join friends and check voice chatGuide ↗LittlebirdReference ↗Z20 LakotaReference ↗WrenchReference ↗Fuel CanReference ↗ResuscitatorReference ↗
Sources and verification

Source review establishes what a source says. Kingy has not independently reproduced these mechanics in the current game. Community observations retain their original build context.

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