Tips and Tricks

Quick tip: which pedal will you need to push?

Quick tip: which pedal will you need to push?

Yes, you can know by heart or perhaps cheat by asking Google – or ChatGPT, but sometimes you don’t remember which pedal you’ll need to push on take off to keep the helicopter centered. So, how can you know what to expect without looking it up?
Making your joystick more helicopter-friendly

Making your joystick more helicopter-friendly

Helicopters are wild beasts. They are tough to control, even with the best joystick in the market. Unless you purchased a cyclic unit, you are probably using a regular joystick with a centering mechanism -- usually a spring. For a while I have struggled with the joystick I had in order to better control helicopters. Not anymore. So, what can you do to make your joystick more helicopter-friendly?