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 d
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 'park-break-
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
> anyw
> * 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
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 helicopt
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
> >
