How can i give FPSController a new parent in c#

Ok to give you an idea when my game starts my FPSController is inside a model of a helicopter.
The helicopter is animated.
My FPSController is a Child of the Helicopter Model
(This is so you can stand and move in the helicopter as its moving else if FPSController is not a child you jutter as it tries to chuck you through the collider on the helicopter).
So good so far how ever when you get off the helicopter i have it animated to fly off and crash lol.
Because my FPSController is still a child i start flying across the map too.
So is there a way that once i get off the helicopter i can change the parent of my FPSController to an empty object i have in the hirarchy called Player so that i'm not further affected by the animations ?
Please help.

Alternatively is there a way i can stand in the helicopter as it moves without FPSController being a child of the helicopter?

 

On the root transform of your FPS controller, just do a .SetParent(null) and that will disconnect you.

 

Thank you Well i have this and it works ...But it catapults me off the map lol

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ParentChangeScript : MonoBehaviour {

public GameObject player;

public void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
if (other.CompareTag("Player"))
{
player.transform.parent = null;
}
}

}

The console is saying to use "setParent" method. Ive been trying that but i cant trigger it off even though the tip says


//Invoked when a button is clicked.
public void Example(Transform newParent)
{
//Sets "newParent" as the new parent of the player GameObject.
player.transform.SetParent(newParent);

//Same as above, except this makes the player keep its local orientation rather than its global orientation.
player.transform.SetParent(newParent, false);
}
}

cant for love or money figure this out even when searching on line they just say use the above but don't say how to trigger it. I cant use the on collider trigger as above because i cant link to the script with

public void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
if (other.CompareTag("Player"))
{
GameObject.Find("FPSController").GetComponent<ParentChangeScript>().Example();

}
}

this just gives me an error. lol

please help more lol