Alex Romosan wrote:
Melchior FRANZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
* Alex Romosan -- Saturday 07 August 2004 01:19:
as a matter of fact it does seem that european helicopters behave
differently from american ones.
Yes, you are right, sorry. I was slightly pissed, because if felt as
if you needlessly
I don't like the way this discussion goes by now. Because I'll finish
the second fgfs heli soon, I want to show my point of view in this
matter may to finish this argument soon, too...;-)
If you choose an input modality which is closer to the reality - eg.
using stick, pedals and a
Melchior FRANZ said:
* Jeff Sinsay -- Saturday 07 August 2004 16:28:
Yes indeed, when looking from the top down American Helicopters
rotate-counter clockwise, while European/Russian Helis rotate
clockwise.
Yes, that's widely known. But nobody would seriously assume that
anywhere the
Alex Romosan wrote:
Melchior FRANZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
* Alex Romosan -- Friday 06 August 2004 21:31:
and i noticed that the collective is mapped backwards
(up goes down and down goes up).
Yes, and that's the way it should be and there's no way in hell to have
this changed. If
i am not sure what the collective has to do with the throttle. if i
understand this correctly, the collective changes the pitch of the
rotor blades. i thought helicopters don't have a throttle the way
fixed wing aircraft do: i.e. the engine is always at a constant rpm.
but then i am not a
* Alex Romosan -- Saturday 07 August 2004 00:36:
you can clearly hear the woman say that if you lift the collective you
increase the pitch of the blades so you get more lift and you'll go
up. so it would seem that collective up means helicopter goes up.
maybe in austria they do it
