Flight Model wishlish

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So when the Hind comes out I plan to work on a tutorial series for it much like I have been doing for the Hip. So to that end, here are some of the things I am going to be attempting to demonstrate that I hope will be present in the flight model.

 

 

(Don't get me wrong, I'm not making any assumptions that this stuff will or won't be modeled, just being thorough.)

 

 

• Torque Effect
  
• Ground Effect
  
• Weathercocking
  
• Translating Tendency (and Inherent Sideslip)
  
• Dissymmetry of Lift
  
• Transverse Flow
  
• Effective Translational Lift
  
• Flapping
  
• Dragging
  
• Retreating Blade Stall (and by extension, Phase Lag)
  
• Vortex Ring State
  
• Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness
  

 

In addition to those general concepts, some related flight model tests I would want to be able to demonstrate include:

 

 

• Needle Splitting
  
  • Hard collective pulls
    
  • Quickstop Maneuvers
    
  • Autorotations
    
  • Throttling down on the ground
    

  [*]Different trim modes (All three present in the Hip)

  [*]Changes in inputs and behavior with AutoPilot on and off

  [*]Single engine performance

  [*]Impacts of systems like PZU and Anti-Icing which reduce engine power

  [*]Impacts of IR Suppressors (I assume it has the option like the Mi-8 does?)

  [*]Impacts of any engine performance options in the cockpit, eg the Hip's ECLs, Emergency Power Mode, and so on.

Nothing mind blowing or earth shattering here I think. The vast majority of this stuff is present and demonstrable in the Mi-8 (LTE being the one I think none of our helicopters have right now), so I have no reason to doubt that the Hind won't be comparable, especially given the similarities between the two birds.