I've just about got the hang of the bo105 (I think) but.... It continually rotates to the right in 'level-cruise'.
Now, I'm not a heli man myself (all my realworld experience is fixed wing) so I'm a bit rusty on the principals. I've tested this with all wind at 0 and 0 turbulence set. I've found that at any collective setting, the rate of rotation to the right in the cruise is the same. Applying left rudder(?) bar just causes a deflection into a 'crabbed' track and the aircraft continues its steady rotation to the right. - I've also checked this at various collective positions and speeds. I've found that the only way to maintain a straight track over the ground is with 10-15deg bank. Based on having watched many helis fly, I don't think they usually bank to maintain track (I could be wrong on this). So...... Can anyone fill me in? - Is the FDM doing something funny or am I way off the mark with the principals of rotary flight? Cheers Dave Martin _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
