Collective pitch repsonse - increase senesitivity/punch

[russiver]

Anyone know of a way of adjusting the collective pitch response in isolation?

Have been dialling in the Phoenix Trex 500 to match my own and whilst happy with the cyclic controls and tail, I find the pitch response is slow compared to my actual 500. Have blade pitch range set at +/- 11 deg and head speed governed at 2200.

[Gate88]

Anyone know of a way of adjusting the collective pitch response in isolation?

Have been dialling in the Phoenix Trex 500 to match my own and whilst happy with the cyclic controls and tail, I find the pitch response is slow compared to my actual 500. Have blade pitch range set at +/- 11 deg and head speed governed at 2200.

Go to "Model" select "Edit" Select "Detailed" Select "Fine Tuning" there you can tune lift, cyclic and loading.

But to be honest I wouldnt spend too much time trying to replicate your model, my advice would be to make the sim much harder to fly that way it makes the real thing feel slower and easier.

In the main rotor menu you can adjust the hovering stability, I always use about 85% so that I am constantly having to correct, I have the simulation speed at 120% so I have to react quicker than RL and I always set the weather to gusty. Its a constant battle but it sharpens you up!

[SaneAdam]

Adjust all your servo response times to the maximum possible aswell! This made the phoenix 500 feel almost identical to mine. Also put the physical to maximum too

[russiver]

Thanks for the info. Will give all a try. I like the idea of making the sim more nervous than RL.