Ascend Charlie,
thanx a lot for the insight! Now I know what I should expect. I'm sure some instructors let you do more or less than others, so should I mention that I expect what you have just outlined? Seems a very good way to get a real good idea of how a heli flies.
3. Rotor is kept at 100% by the governor and throttle. Pull in power, the revs want to droop, governor or pilot adds throttle to keep revs up, MAP goes up.
Ok, gotta explain this a little more to me, I'm still confused. 100% of what?
So the MP can be changed manually OR by the governor?
See, in fixed wing you can't control the pitch manually, the governor does it, the pilot can't. What the pilot can do is control the MP.
Now, from my understanding, in a helicopter the pilot can control the pitch, and the governor controls the MP. But from what you are saying, both the pilot and the governor can control the MP...I find that a little confusing.
Also, just tell me, is flying a helicopter as hard as MS flight sim makes it look like?
I can usually fly the R22 "OK" in there...I have a very hard time usually holding position, especially "forward/backward" motion...
also transitioning from like a 40 knot forward speed to a hover without gaining or loosing a lot of altitude is pretty hard.
I guess I'll find out how hard it is when I get to do it myself...
I'm just afraid I might get addicted to it and have to find $10,000 somewhere...
Archer