They say that drummers make the best helicopter pilots ... which translates control inputs into both collective and cyclical changes in the angle of attack of the rotor blades.

Collective pitch on a quadcopter is much simpler than it is on the main rotor of a traditional helicopter. R/C and full-scale helicopters mix collective and cyclic pitch to articulate the main ...

Moving the helicopter is done with the controls inside of the helicopter: the Collective, the Cyclic and the Tail Rotor pedals. The Pave can also be folded up and fit inside of a larger plane for ...

This is the dramatic moment a helicopter spins out of control and ... He then felt a 'violent lurch' to the right, lowered the collective, but remembered nothing afterwards. The National ...