i didn't know that the helicopter nose would drop when in a turn, unless you physically moved the cyclic forward?? is there something i have missed since flight school? they did teach me that you lose altitude unless compensating with aft cyclic (or lift collective). s76heavy explained this.
what i found out when teaching, was that students during the first couple of hours would enter a right turn with a nose drop, and a left turn with a nose up attitude. the reason was that the right arm is located in an angle in reference to the direction of flight, and not like an f-16 jetfighter (or airbus a320/330/340) where the steering stick is placed on the pilots right (or left) side and not in the middle.
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