Helicopter Swashplate Control

#helicopter #swashplate

This is a 3d model of a helicopter control system that I use to explain how a swashplate is used to transfer non-rotating control inputs to a rotating control system. I explain rotor degrees of freedom and how control of these degrees of freedom is passed into the rotating control system.

Towards the end of this video, I refer to another video that explains control phase delay in helicopters. Here is a link to that video:    • helicopter rotor control -  phase delay  

I made this video the these software tools
Fusion 360 for the computer aided design
Blender for the animation and video editing
Audacity for audio editing

00:00 Intro
00:42 Rotor Degrees of Freedom
02:09 Fully Articulated Rotor
02:39 Tail Rotor Control
02:59 Non-rotating and Rotating Controls
03:18 Rotating Controls and Rotating Swashplate
04:45 Non-rotating Controls and Non-Rotating Swashplate
06:25 Control Motions
07:18 Collective Control
07:25 Cyclic Pitch
08:07 Cockpit Controls