Bert Kammerer
Senior Heliman
Location: Orlando, Florida
| When you do a stationary piro, you do not stir. If you do, you'll never control the helicopter. Remember, on a stationary piro you are not trying to make the helicopter move in any particular direction, you do not want to stir because you do not want to apply a constant cyclic input. Applying a constant cyclic input, which is what happens when you stir will cause the helicopter to flip.
Start by using an orientation point, such as the tail for example. Also, start with a moderate piro rate (not too fast, not too slow). Every time you see the tail, add enough input to correct the helicopter position. You might need to add the input slightly ahead of the tail being exactly towards you based on how fast the piro rate is. Once you get used to this, you can start adding corrections when noise in as well as profile views. Remember, the faster the piro the less time you have to correct, so on a real fast stationary piro you will only probably have time to correct in one single orientation whereas on a very slow stationary piro you will have time to constantly correct in all orientations.
Hope this helps.
Bert Kammerer |
