Helicopter very low on fuel - can it land on an island and wait to be rescued by FFG?

[twent]

Hi,

I unintentionally interrupted a heli RTB & much later I realized in the log, it said something like "Hope you know what you're doing". Obviously, I did not know what I was doing - beginner mistake.

The outcomes of this interrupted-RTB were as follows:
1) I learned a lesson.
2) The heli ultimately did land (sort of) but nobody survived the "landing".

Before its demise though, I had an idea: there was a cosy island nearby, I thought maybe it could land there, and wait for friendly ships [it's home base, FFG] to come closer, and hop on board later. Of course, it's a bit wishful thinking, assuming OPFOR does not do air delivery of (rocket)fuel in the interim...

I am not a military helicopter pilot obviously, but logically one should be able to land a helicopter as long as there is some fuel and adequate space, like so:

Military helicopter makes emergency landing on San Diego beach
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxY1FzD757k

I also understand this is a game and very different from real life; trying to simulate infinite variables, sacrifices have to be made...

Anyhow, in the end, unfortunately, I was not able to implement that great idea because in the game interface (F2) I could not find a way to order that heli to land on that island.

With a quick web search, based on the post below, in this game (EDIT: actually "in the previous game, in the series"), apparently one cannot take a heli, and park it on any dry and level ground they like so it was not my interface-blindness that prevented the island landing:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/321410/d ... 5213015057

The obvious lesson for me here is not to interrupt RTB in the future.

Before I archive this whole experience, I just want to confirm that it indeed is not possible to land a heli on an inhabited island / level terrain anywhere on earth? (I would hate to learn it this way and 10 years later realize there was a trick which I missed!)

Thanks

[tylerblakebrandon]

I don't think is possible at present but if you're playing in the editor you could drop a Landing Zone or FARP facility down and then once the chopper was within range of the FFG you could remove the facility unit.

[Kushan04]

tylerblakebrandon is correct, currently aircraft can only land at a base - land facility or a ship. As he suggested the best way to do this would be to play in editor mode and manually add some sort of Landing Zone or FARP facility on the island and have the helo land there.

[twent]

I don't think is possible at present but if you're playing in the editor you could drop a Landing Zone or FARP facility down and then once the chopper was within range of the FFG you could remove the facility unit.

tylerblakebrandon is correct, currently aircraft can only land at a base - land facility or a ship. As he suggested the best way to do this would be to play in editor mode and manually add some sort of Landing Zone or FARP facility on the island and have the helo land there.

OK. Thank you, both, for confirming my finding.