This aircraft features my first fully functional swashplate with directional controls, it's actually rather nimble and responsive as well as resilient, unfortunately this device only works if the physics settings are on medium and/or high.

Throttle for collective pitch, VTOL up for engine power, the aircraft flies best when on full power, hovers at 10% throttle. It can gyroglide with zero angle of attack and autorotate (without power) at any angle of attack

You can weaponise as you see fit, keep in mind that the in-game weapons' properties (except for wing guns) will make the rotor assembly spin far faster than normal, the more weapons the faster it gets and excessive speeds will make the blades flutter.

If you're interested in saving the rotor as a subassembly, take off the inlet it's connected to, put the cockpit on it and grab the fuselage piece sticking off the bottom, then drag to the subassembly corner. There's no yaw control.