KerbalX

Description

This is an Auto Gyro. The helicopter blades are not powered. They rotate and provide lift by their angle of attack making the air flow over them a certain way. This craft is very stable if you don’t throw it around and cruise at it’s 50 m/s stable rate. If you try any sharp banking you better be very high up if you want to recover. Surprisingly you can do barrel rolls.

A stock aircraft called Gyro Primo KX. Built with 91 of the finest parts, its root part is Mark2Cockpit.

Built in the SPH in KSP version 1.9.1.

Important: Make sure SAS is on before you go anywhere. Do not unlock the steering of the landing gear unless slow taxiing or weee, tilt, there go my rotor bades. The RPM is optomized. The main throttle controls torque. Only put it up to 2 notches below 1 third throttle. It won’t go any faster if you do but it will on full, start to try to make you roll, and also it will drain your reserve battery very quickly. It had been a long time since I flew this and even with extra solar and a decay reactor it will drain and drop you at anything over the above. No need to pull up on the stick when taking off. At about 45 m/s you should find you are off the ground and rising at a nice shallow angle. The blades come already deployed and will auto rotate as you accelerate down the runway. For a bit of freaky, un deploy and see as you still fly with non turning blades. Enjoy.

Details

• Type: SPH
• Class: aircraft
• Part Count: 91
• Pure Stock
• KSP: 1.9.1