Specifications

grams AUW. This includes the Ikarus Piccolos, MS Hornets, Century Hummingbird, Feda,

GWS Dragonfly, MIA Housefly, Wes-Technik Helistar LH35, etc.

Nose-In

Hovering or maneuvering with the nose of the helicopter pointed at the pilot. This is a ad-

vanced step in the learning stages of flying a helicopter because both roll and pitch con-

trols are reversed relative to the pilot.

Outrunner motor

A motor where the outside of the can rotates. This is also called "rotating can" or "external

rotor" by some distributors.

Paddles

These are the shorter stubby blades on the end of the two rods opposite the rotor blades.

These aid in pitching the main rotor blades for quicker responses and less servo stress.

PCM

Acronym for Pulse Code Modulation A generic term for digitally encoded data.

PPM

Acronym for Pulse Position Modulation. Same as FM. An analog form of encoding data.

Pirouette

A spinning maneuver where the helicopter yaws around the main mast one or more times.

Pitch Curve

A transmitter feature which allows adjustment of the translation from throttle stick position

to the collective pitch position so the mapping is not linear. Most transmitters have a three-

point or five-point pitch curve which allows you to set the collective pitch at the 0%, 50%,

100% or 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% stick positions. When the throttle stick position is

between two points, the transmitter will linearly interpolate between the two nearest pitch

curve points.