b) Flight direction
By turning the main rotor in clockwise direction (seen from the top), the fuselage of the helicopter
tends to turn anticlockwise. This is prevented by the counterpoise of the tail rotor.
The higher the speed at the main rotor, the stronger is the required force at the tail rotor. The required
speed of the tail rotor is set automatically by the receiver/control unit in the model.
With the right control stick on the remote control transmitter (see Figure 1, pos. 3) you can selectively
change the speed of the tail rotor and thus turn the model helicopter into a certain direction.
The steering always refers to the tip of the fuselage of the helicopter. When steering to
the left on the transmitter, the tip of the fuselage turns to the left and the tail to the right
(seen in flight direction).
Figure 8
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