So guys as i pledged to learn about a variety of planes and vessels, it's helicopters turn on my list.
I need professionals to tell me how to master an easy to control helicopter preferably without using xml
i will credit everyone who helps me on my next helicopter
thanks in advance to whoever contributes to this forum :D
thanks to all your contributions guys my first heli is out
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In real life, the faster a helicopter flies forward, the more it pulls to the side. This gets worse until the helicopter reaches a point where it can't maintain a steady course. If you're interested, you can read about it here. I've never built a chopper so I don't know if it happens in SP, but if your helicopter does this don't worry, it's normal.
Further info:
@BigBeast
A) big rotor goes directly over your center of gravity. Like, exactly. Tweak everything else to ensure this is the case.
B) little rotor goes out on a boom, far enough away that the big rotor can't ever hit it. Make the boom as light as possible.
Give the big rotor power equal to about 1/2 the craft's mass in Kg: if your heli is 1000kg, 500hp is probably a good starting point.
Give the little rotor about 10% of the big rotor's horsepower to start.
@Yourcrush might as well just build a blimp at that point. Torque effects are one of the main components of rotorcraft aerodynamics.
@BigBeast Ok. That's a relief. Good luck.
@F104Deathtrap chill i was talkin about me XD
NO THANK YOU!
I got the UH-1 Huey module for DCS on steam summer sale a couple years ago. It took me a matter of minutes to discover that me and helicopters do not mix. Holy crap there are so many ways to crash a helicopter that you'd never expect, it's amazing.
@F104Deathtrap well, only one way to find out buddy XD
@Starbound Helicopters are dangerous, nauseating, loud contraptions and I hope I never have to ride in one. But they're also the best tools for a wide variety of critical tasks and also a huge part of the history of the 20th century. To say they are "inferior" to fixed wing craft is like saying a shovel is inferior to a hammer.
@Starbound who cares? if he wants to build a heli let him. who cares if it's "less efficient" or whatever. let him build a helicopter, smh my head
@Starbound if u read the first line in description u would know why i created this forum. nobody said which is better, am just trying to learn about different stuff
@rexzion It will be more worth the effort as you will end up with a superior machine. Also that comparison is flawed since even the most primitive of aircraft are vastly superior to the most modern helicopters.
@Sleet01 man thats what am takin about, cool
Just imagine the forces and how to make them not flip the craft
@rexzion cmon am not that naive :/
@Starbound he wants to build a heli, just because a 5th gen fighter is better than a WW1 biplane doesn't mean you shouldn't make it
@BigBeast uhm use a tail rotor
I recommend you to build a plane, since that is a superior type of vehicle.
Gyro
@rexzion well i did actually and it just kept spinnin and breakdancin, i guess i need to know where and how to plave the rotors
try making one, ask when you run into problems