Originally Posted by
OldDog4NewTricks
also working out the difference between what can be sorted with the pedals rather than trying to sort out everything with cyclic!
That is a very good point that nobody mentioned, back 40+ year ago, I was flying RC helicopters, it was a pioneer product at the time, hovering them was utmostly difficult, spent days after days, week after week practicing.
All the senior in my group were saying, buy a gyroscope, buy a gyroscope...
I finally saved enough money to buy a Gyroscope made in Germany ($1000 in the 80s), a metal spinning wheel with sensing electronic to negative feedback the servo that controls the tail.
it made a world of difference, once the tail was sorted out, everything was better!
it’s true with full size helicopter too, you want to see who is a good pilot, look at the tail.
one last note: for most Heli the tail rotor axis is below the rotor plane, that means that any rough input on the tail will affect your roll axis stability, only small inputs please
especially toward touch down, the AS350 for example is very sensitive to that induced wobble for novice, because the pedal are naturally reactive and the pedal lateral stability cross coupling is strong.