How hard is it really to shoot a helecopter?!
Question:
How hard is it really to shoot a helecopter?
Why is it so impossible for people in movies to shoot a hovering helecopter?
or the other way around,
How hard is it for a helecopter to shoot a car? Additional Details
19 hours ago
always the bullets go around the car, but if it were real life how easy/hard would it be for a helecopter to shoot a moving car?
Answers: 19 hours ago
always the bullets go around the car, but if it were real life how easy/hard would it be for a helecopter to shoot a moving car? I think everything depends on the kind of weapon you are using. With a normal gun, I think it's very difficult to shoot down a helicopter, since you have to aim at the right part of the helicopter (shooting a hole in it just anywhere won't make it crash). You have to aim at the either the fuel thank (if you know where that is located), so it will come down when it runs out, or at the moving part of the helicopter, so it gets impossible to stear it. That's hard enough in itself, but then you also have to take into account that a working helicopter produces a lot of strong wind, which makes it all even harder. Bullets are indeed affected by the wind, so it gets very hard to predict where your bullet is actually going to end up.
Shooting a car from a helicopter is different, but you also have to take into account that the car is moving, so you have to predict where it is going, plus the helicopter is moving as well. A lot of factors that make it more difficult than you might think. (1)It's not very hard at all if you can shoot straight.
(2)It's easy if you've a steady hand and a good pilot. Its for dramatic effect. In real life unless mounted unloading a full automatic machine gun while in a helicoptor at a moving car isnt easy at all, wind, distance, speed, what type of gun, etc all must be taken into consideration. but like i said, in movies its for effect, just like the hand gun that fires 100 rounds before needing to be reloaded. well it depends most movies the shooter is using a automatic weapon like a Ak-47 which has alot of punch but is terrible at long range. Unless your John McClain(Die Hard With A Vegence) you can use a snub nose revolver. My theory is simple. Shoot the pilot. Just use a rocket launcher!!!!