PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - R44 owners or light category, question about SAS and autopilot in helicopter...
Old 1st Feb 2011, 12:17
  #26 (permalink)  
EN48
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Center of the Universe
Posts: 645
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
My guess would be that a hydraulic pump and a few other parts are minimum requirement for something like SAS or AP retrofit.
HeliSAS does not utilize hydraulic components - servos are electric. However, it is designed to be used with helicopters with hydraulicly boosted controls, presumably because hydraulic boost isolate the HeliSAS servos from aerodynamic loads and provide a light, consistent control force.
EN48 is offline