Out of curiosity, how do pilots do this in real helicopters? I wouldn't think a traditional ASI would work very well at 10 kts...
You could probably build one that did -- after all, the aenemometers that weather stations use can register down to less than 5 kt. Still, I'm guessing that a real helicopter pilot just watches the ground, since that's what matters in the slow-speed regime.
Really, what's needed here is a "shell" configuration, where several point masses are placed on the edge of the fuselage where the weight is concentrated. YASim's built-in fuselage and wing declarations models the airframe as strings of point masses. This works OK for long-aspect things like (heh) wings and fuselages. It's not going to produce good results for a spheroidal helicopter fuselage.
It looks like the YASim helicopter is pretty popular, so any work you could contribute would be much appreciated. One big gap right now is the lack of autorotation.
All the best,
David
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