On Sunday 02 November 2003 17:16, Andy Ross wrote:
> Innis Cunningham wrote:
> > As far as I am aware the throttle and the collective are two different
> > things.Sure the throttle control is part of the collective
> > lever(usually a pistol grip like a motor bike).But one controls the
> > engine speed and one controls the rotor blade angle. Maybe on modern
> > helo's they are some how one.But on anything I ever worked on they
> > were separate.
>
> Modern helos have an auto-throttle that keeps the rotor in a specified
> RPM range, but they still have a throttle control somewhere. The
> throttle was often a "twist" control on the collective handle.
>
> But regardless, you are correct -- the collective is not an engine
> control. It controls the global ("collective") angle of attack of the
> rotor blades; as opposed to the stick, which controls the variation of
> blade AoA as the blade rotates (thus it's the "cyclic" control).
>
> And to pour just a little more water on Melchior's patch, it's
> probably much easier to just map the throttle property input in
> reverse using the configuration files. No need to hack at C++ for
> this problem.
>
> Andy
>
Would this be done by using the src0, src1, dst0 & dst1 control-input
entries?
I've only used them for scaling but I guess they could be used to reverse
the polarity too...
e.g. 'src0="-1", src1="1", dst0="1", dst1="-1"'
LeeE
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