Guni 36er Riders (and anyone else): Maneuver Analysis Request

[Wheelou]

@HardcoreCokerRider

When you reduce power, you are reducing torque, so you also need to simultaneously add just the right amount of right pedal input (on American helicopters because their rotors spin counterclockwise) in order to prevent the helicopter from yawing to the left. On a European helicopter, it would be a left pedal input (because their rotors spin clockwise) in order to prevent the helicopter from yawing to the right.

I can‘t believe there isn‘t a worldwide standard on this!
Then again, a helicopter isn’t like a car where you know how to drive one you know how to drive them all (at least most of them). So I guess most pilots just fly one or two different makes, which would reduce the chances for them to have to deal with the two different types.

[HardcoreCokerRider]

@Wheelou

I can‘t believe there isn‘t a worldwide standard on this!
Then again, a helicopter isn’t like a car where you know how to drive one you know how to drive them all (at least most of them). So I guess most pilots just fly one or two different makes, which would reduce the chances for them to have to deal with the two different types.

I was just as surprised when I learned about this, but my instructor (who flies both American and European helicopters), said it’s not really a big deal. He basically explained that if the nose starts swinging in one direction, you’re going to naturally react by pressing the opposite pedal, regardless of which pedal that happens to be. I can’t say if it’s as easy a transition (at least for me) as he was indicating because I’ve only flown one type of helicopter.