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Key Veteran
Location: San Diego, CA
| Instead of giving you the "if you have to ask how to do a manuevre, you're not ready for it yet" line, which I completely don't believe in, I'll actually give you some information!
As far as piroflips go, the trick is synchronizing your cyclic inputs with the speed your heli pirouettes. I usually start with back cyclic when the tail is pointed at me, and progress from there. As the tail goes around, you stir cyclic. For left rudder, I believe you use clockwise cyclic. I would like to tell you for sure but its just one of the things my fingers remember.
A couple things to consider: doing slow piroflips is usually harder than fast ones. However, really fast piroflips are hard too (and can be dangerous depending on your ship & setup) so selecting a good pirouette speed is crucial. You can usually adjust this by tweaking your rudder ATVs.
Also, the amount of cyclic input you give determines how many pirouettes you'll do, per flip. Lots of cyclic = few pirouettes per flip; little cyclic = many piroutettes per flip. Small cyclic based piroflips tend to look neater to me, however they also seem harder to perform gracefully.
Good luck! |
