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--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on September 06, 2006, 02:12:45 pm ---The source shows the rudder on player two X-axis. And something called the "collective" on player two Y-axis. --- End quote --- Introduction to helicopter flight (from the C64 game gunship): BASIC CONCEPT'S: The two main flight controls are the cyclic joystick and the collective. The cyclic joystick controls the pitch ("nosing" up and down) and roll ("leaning" left or right) of the helicopter. The collective changes the angle of attack of the rotor blades (see "Aerodynamics" for details). This changes the lifting force of the blades. The cyclic joystick is controlled with your joystick The collective is controlled from the keyboard. On computers with a mouse, the mouse can be used to move the collective up and down as desired. Pushing the cyclic joystick forward pitches the helicopter downward ("nose down"). This causes the helicopter to gain forward speed. The helicopter will NOT dive until it reaches a steep pitch downward, then it dives like a normal aircraft. Pulling the cyclic joystick back pitches the helicopter upward. If the helicopter's pitch is upwards (the crosshairs are above the horizon) the helicopter will go backwards. Pitching upward does not necessarily mean you will climb! A common mistake of novices is to assume that the harder they pull back on the cyclic, the faster they will climb. Instead of climbing fast they end up flying backwards! Watch the crosshair/horizon position to avoid this error. Pushing the cyclic joystick left or right rolls the helicopter in that direction. At low speeds (under 40 knots) the helicopter skids sideways. At faster speeds it performs a banking turn like an aircraft. In either case, the further you roll, the more your lift decreases. Novices in level flight are often surprised by the loss in altitude as they roll left or right. Moving the collective up increases the amount of lift in the rotor. If you are in level flight the higher collective causes you to ascend. The torque will increase as you raise the collective. When torque reaches the maximum value on the gauge you are at maximum lift. Moving the collective down decreases the amount of lift in the rotor. If you are in level flight, the lower collective causes you to descend. The torque decreases as you lower the collective. Except in unusual conditions, you cannot maintain level flight, much less ascend, if torque is below 50%. Anti-torque (tail) Rotor Controls (rudder pedals): These controls function only if the helicopter is moving very slowly (just a few knots) or hovering Each tap on rotate left speeds up the tail rotor and causes the nose to swing left Each tap on rotate right slows down the rotor and causes the nose to swing right. Tap stop rotation to return the tail rotor to normal speed, ending all rotation. From http://www.devili.iki.fi/pub/Commodore/docs/Project64/games/gunshi10.txt |
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