Hellicopter

[Alias]

Finally managed to create a stable helicopter.

[Alias]

I have released a new chopper. The AAC-1 which features much more realistic flight and better handling. Big thanks to Colmo for his tips which made this helicopter possible. Go easy on the throttle on take off because the nose likes to drag on runway but once in the air it flies great.

[colmo]

Interesting - the positioning of the cockpit directly under the rotor saved my Kerbals in one crash!

Put a landing gear under the nose, and balance the weight bias using the rear landing gear (you don\'t really need two back there with a 4 point landing gear setup). I find it very, very difficult to position the rotor just right, preferring to tune weight bias with other components once it\'s close to the right spot. Landing gear and auxiliary tanks are perfect for this.

I\'m not too keen on the splayed side landing gears, their angle means they could snap on a hard landing, but the extra width does mean you have more margin of error if you\'re not level.

One thing your design does to is equalise fuel drain - it\'s drains all the tanks in parallel, a necessity for maintaining balance in long flights.

[Alias]

Like Colmo I have been working on my own dual rotor helicopter. Introducing the 'Sky Swimmer I' Be careful cause the yaw is inverted. You have been warned