User Guide

LIFT FORCE...........................................3.1
Generating Lift..................................................3.2
Bernoulli’s Principle.....................................3.2
Angle of Attack...........................................3.3
Angle of Incidence.......................................3.4
ROTATIONAL MOTION...........................3.5
Dissymmetry of Lift...........................................3.5
Compressibility of Air..................................3.6
Coning........................................................3.6
Downwash.........................................................3.6
Ground Effect in a Hover.............................3.7
Settling with Power.....................................3.7
Torque...............................................................3.8
Tail Rotor....................................................3.8
Hovering and Translating Tendency..............3.8
HORIZONTAL MOTION..........................3.9
Translational Lift................................................3.9
Drag.........................................................3.10
Asymmetry of Lift............................................3.10
Retreating Blade Stall......................................3.12
Autorotational landing.....................................3.12
HELICOPTER CONTROLS.........................4.1
Rotor.................................................................4.1
Collective Stick...................................................4.2
Advanced Collective Controls........................4.2
How Collective Works..................................4.2
Cyclic Stick........................................................4.3
How Cyclic Works........................................4.3
Directional Control Pedals..................................4.4
How Directional Control Pedals Work...........4.4
In-Game Flight Tutorials.....................................4.4
Adjusting Realism and Difficulty.........................4.5
Autopilot Functions............................................4.5
Autopilot.....................................................4.5
Advanced Autopilot Keys.............................4.6
Hover Hold.................................................4.7
Force Trim...................................................4.7
PRACTICE FLIGHT (NON-COMBAT).........4.8
Startup..............................................................4.9
Takeoff...........................................................4.10
In-Flight..........................................................4.11
Landing...........................................................4.12
Advanced Combat Landing........................4.13
Autorotational Landing..............................4.14
LONGBOW 2
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