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Tandem Rotor Helis Vertol Chinook > Vertol Controls

AirWolfRC
Elite Veteran
Location: 42½ N, 83½ W

Does anyone have information on how the Hirobo Vertol control system works and how it is setup?

Wolfgang

11-21-2003 Over year old.

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Hughes500Pilot

Key Veteran - Location: Anaheim, CA -

It's pretty amazing to see all the mechinacal mixing controls in the Vertol heli. It is
truly a wonder that it all works.

Pitch (foward pitch, aka elevator) is controlled by adding postive collective on the
rear set of blades and by lowering the collective on the front. Yaw control (right
rudder in this case) is done by adding right roll to the front swash plate and left roll to
the rear swash plate.

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-Steve

11-23-2003 Over year old.

AirWolfRC
Elite Veteran
Location: 42½ N, 83½ W

Those are some great pictures. That helps but it will take some time for to figure out all the interactions. Do you have a close-up of the rotor head with all it's links?

How does it fly? The adv. for the vertol says "realistic flight charisterics". That sounds like there are some limitations.

I suspected that pitch involved some diferential collective front to rear but does it also include pitch input on each rotor disk?

How is the roll input handled? Is it mixed in with the rudder input to control the roll on the rotor disks in unison?

How and where is the collective input mixed with the pitch?

Wolfgang

11-23-2003 Over year old.

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AirWolfRC
Elite Veteran
Location: 42½ N, 83½ W

I figure that I have a handle on the Vertol control logic and made up a drawing to show it.