suggestion (for side cyclic instead fwd.): rotational inertia
A helicopter requires much less force to turn around its longitudinal axis (a.k.a. roll) than around its vertical (yaw) or lateral (pitch) axis.
(Only in part due to the horizontal stabilizer, it's mainly a question of mean distance of affected mass from the rotational axis)
Proof: grab your household broom and
first twist it 90° along its broomstick's axis
then twist it 90° perpendicular to said axis (watch out for your ceiling lamps).
If undecided remove brush and repeat with the stick alone.
Thus if we want to redirect rotor downwash away from our VRS descend path
rolling the ac might work much faster than pitching.
Last edited by Reely340; 21st Oct 2015 at 10:18.