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A test of a helicopter that gains it's lift only from the rotor blades while the VTOL nozzles only provide lift.
To take off set throttle to full (the blades may sometimes rip off so just try reatarting a few times.) then activate group 1 and control altitude with the VTOL slider.
Group 2 to fire weapons.
Altitude and yaw are working very good but other controls are very weird.
Maybe in the future I will try using cyclic controls, but right now this is what I've got...
Both tail rotor and main rotor use rotors of Verdnan's tricopter. You really should try it out https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/2XQNXk/Tricopter
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 40.1ft (12.2m)
- Length 62.8ft (19.1m)
- Height 22.0ft (6.7m)
- Empty Weight 20,390lbs (9,249kg)
- Loaded Weight 33,029lbs (14,982kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.041
- Wing Loading 110.3lbs/ft2 (538.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 299.6ft2 (27.8m2)
- Drag Points 9617
Parts
- Number of Parts 209
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 673
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5,521 Verdnan@Yuvalk my tricopter uses the same rotor design, but my other helicopters use coaxial rotor system. I found that single rotors suffered from retreating blade stall and there seems no otherway around it. I also can't believe the anti-torque rotor doesn't make this thing unstable. All mine sure were. But I get what you mean about the cycle and I will give you credit. :)9.7 years ago
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566 Yuvalk@Verdnan controls are really bad here, I've tried to use a configuration that works the best regardless of realistic or not. Real helicopters do not use such mechanism but a mechanism that changes the pitch of the rotors called "cyclic control". That helicopter was more like a test to see if I can use your tricopter's rotors on a heavy helicopter. And yes, you can use anything from any of my planes as long as you don't claim the ideas as your own.9.7 years ago
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5,521 VerdnanFirst let me just say I like how you hide everything within the fuselage. Really good idea there, I'd like to do this in my copter if you don't mind? But the controls appear to be backwards. Its like you are trying to compensate for gyroscopic pressesion that doesn't exist in SP.9.7 years ago
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566 Yuvalk@PhilipTarpley you mean that the rotors are configurated to go counter-clockwise or the blades' pitch axis is too farward?9.7 years ago
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Dev PhilipTarpleyThis is pretty cool, but the main blades are spinning the wrong way. You have to add negative collective for it to take off, which is...kinda weird.9.7 years ago
