Could anyone be so kind as to explain to me the freaking mystery that is chicken fling? Are the drumsticks just random, or is there some art to it that I've yet to master?
Use it as horizontally as you can get it, it has distance based damage, so being farther is better, usually if aiming at 100, 180/0 power and angles (respectively) will have a success rate of about 75%, which is good enough to get about 10XP
I know the legs go different distances, I'm not sure if it's constant like gravtis, or if it's random.
It's just random. I find it useful for putting people into holes by shooting it at 89°/91° like Bowler or Asteroids. Other than that, fire it at high velocity across the map at someone on a steep hill. It'll bring them down and do between 60-100 damage or somewhere around there.
Aim just below them at high power horizontally. All the drumsticks will hit if done right. Or you could do it the easy way and lob it lightly upwards. Best used if they are on a hill or cliff.
Or you can save a lot of heart ache by shooting it on a flat map, like the ones more Prestige make custom, getting about maybe 10 Tank Lenghts away, then firing it at them. All of them should hit. (I'd show a visual, but I no longer have deluxe)