Throttle controlled rotors?

[Prillmeister]

Good morning, guys and girls!

I've wanted to build a helicopter for some time now and yesterday I ended up with the craft in the video.

The craft is totally dry, couldn't get it to lift fueled up. As you can see, it flies rather well acctually. The crash in the end is a result of electric based rotors and no solar panels.

My crafts biggest flaw is the throttle control, or the lack of one to be honest. I have to throttle up by increasing the "Coarse Speed" in the right click menu little at the time. First the front rotor, then the back rotor, then the front again and so on... and it becomes a nightmare because when it lifts of, one of the rotors always has .1 more Coarse Speed so it begins to spin and one has to be quick as hell to get them to match. Once airborne, I have to much work just controlling yaw, pitch and roll to also control the to Coarse Speed.

My question is, is there any way to assign the Coarse Speed controls to any keys? Or can I assign them to the ordinary throttle control? I've tried mounting the blades on a non-locked dish washer bearing and powering it witch them small Rockomax's but if I want the rotors to get speed I need ALOT of Rockomax's and that is just killer for my fuel consumption.

I hope someone's got an answer, I really want my 'copter to work!!

Thanks, Prillmeister

Video:

[Taki117]

first off, how is your copter constructed? Also, you should be able to set up an action group for increase coarse speed/decrease coarse speed (Each to it's own action group)

[Azimech]

If you want more insights in helicopter construction I suggest you take a look in the topic in my signature: stock helicopters and turboprops. Using Infernal Robotics' electric motors is cute but they're from a different dimension and are weird even by Kerbal standards.

[Prillmeister]

I thought the video was obvious The hull is standard Mk3 fuselage with a small cargo bay and a passenger module. Them two rotors are from Infernal Robotics with tweaked max speed

I also thought that action groups would solve that problem but the only things I can choose when assigning action groups are rotation in one direction or the other

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I will check that out, thanks!

Edited March 18, 2015 by Prillmeister

[Foxster]

I thought the video was obvious The hull is standard Mk3 fuselage with a small cargo bay and a passenger module.

Its not obvious cos there are some big data panels (fuel level?) hiding most of the craft.

[Prillmeister]

Its not obvious cos there are some big data panels (fuel level?) hiding most of the craft.

Yeah, it's the right click-menu for the two Rotatrons! I'm using them for said throttle control and that's killing me!

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Edited March 18, 2015 by Prillmeister