Steve, I've seen some pretty good stuff, but it was done very smoothly. It seems to me that it wouldn't take very much force to move the swashplate. Don't the blades pivot around the center of pressure? If so, it really doesn't take any force to rotate them. The servo just puts them in any position it wants, with very little force. In fact the blades change pitch each time the rotor head revolves, even if the heli is not maneuvering. So in an extreme maneuver, they just pitch to a different angle. Does this really take significantly more force?

I don't understand why driving the swashplate upward (full collective) would take a large force for the same reason. It certainly isn't the same mechanics as deflecting a huge elevator by 45 degrees.

Tom