David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > As someone with no helicopter experience, I'll guess that you want to > approach directly into the wind if you can -- that way you don't have to > worry about sideways drift. When you get close to a hover, it's very easy > to tell which direction the wind's coming from. >
You sure can tell. And I certainly don't have any experience. It seems that it's easier to not apply much antitorque, but rather figure out which way the helo wants to go (nose into the wind) and crab into the spot. I have not seen any documentation to suggest this is proper technique however :-). Apparently the antitorque rotor on some of these helos (including the bo105) is mounted at an angle, so that there is a built in thrust that is somewhat analogous to a fixed rudder trim on an airplane. This makes the apparent torque effect lighter, but the aircraft will still tend to crab at low speeds. Is this feature incorporated into the fdm calculation for torque effect? Best, Jim _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
