Heli Pilot

The  is a new tower first released in Bloons TD 5 iOS. The Heli Pilot is an aircraft, like the Monkey Ace, that shoots 2 darts directly in front of it. Although the Heli Pilot does hover above the ground, it does not fly like the Monkey Ace and does not have a runway, rather, is free to move about the entire map based on the targeting system chosen by the player. The Heli Pilot is an expensive tower and costs $1275/$1500/$1620 cash to place on Easy, Medium, and Hard respectively. This tower has many powerful upgrades and helpful additions never before seen in any tower, including Razor Rotors, and Support Chinook.

Targeting Systems
The heli has four targeting systems (one of these is achieved due to an upgrade). Lock in Place is a targeting system that will make the Heli stay in one spot based on its current position. Follow Touch is another targeting system which makes the Heli Pilot follow where you touch. Patrol is a targeting system that makes the Heli move from one point to another. The final targeting system, Pursuit, is the only targeting system that is not readily available at the start and must be purchased. Pursuit is the targeting system most preferred by players, hence the cost, for the Heli Pilot will track the first Bloon on the map, and will go to the next Bloon in line if the first one is popped.

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Trivia

 * This is the only tower that can have two different abilities without the use of a Specialty Building, or by other means.
 * The Apache Dartship has no visible space between the machine gun darts.
 * The Heli Pilot's landing pad doesn't change appearance from any of the upgrades.