Evansb, you are correct. Well done
You have control.
The Airacuda was not an auspicious beginning for the fledgling Bell company. Only thirteen were built, which was probably not a bad thing. There is an excellent, if chilling, Airacuda pilot report at:
http://yarchive.net/mil/bell_yfm1_horrors.html
The Airacuda electrical system alone sounds bizarre to me.
Btw, the author Erik Shilling was no fussbudget; he later served in the AVG (Flying Tigers).