I've been flying G2 for some time now and just getting into editing the "software radio" (learning to TRY to adjust throttle/pitch curves). I haven't made any changes yet. I'm still trying to understand the relationship to flying characteristics. I've been flying inverted in flight mode 1 by manually adjusting the left stick in the opposite manner. I've noticed after activating flight mode 2 my collective stick operation reverses. Do most pilots configure a separate flight mode when flying inverted to adjust collective throw in the opposite direction so they can maintain collective UP & DOWN versus learning to use the stick in the opposite direction? Would this also mean when approaching inverted flight a switch would have to be thrown? I'm feeling confused with these throttle/pitch settings guys. By the way the software radio looks to have 9 points for creating a curve. ***???

I don't use the inverted switch, most folks don't. Practice is the only way to get the hang of the reversed controls when inverted.

What problems are you having with pitch/throttle curves? Are you only setting up the sim or a model as well?

Ben

I'm just trying to learn the affects of thottle/pitch settings on the SIM. I only own an nitro powered LMH at the moment (haven't flown for over 3 years but becoming very familiar with heli operation. My only drawback at the moment is understanding thottle/pitch settings to flight affect. I can't grasp the affect of the chart to flight characteristics at the moment. I've just started the studying of throttle/pitch settings. Any help is appreciated.

pitch controls angle of main rotor blades. The higher the angle of attack. (angle between blade and the wind coming in) The more lift is produced until a high enough angle is reached where the air cannot stick to the surface of the blade and a stall occurs...
Anyways... when you have higher blade angle there is more surface area hitting the air and therefore slowing the rotor down. In order to over come that more engine power is needed. In regular heli mode for hover and basics. Throttle curve goes from engine idle to full power and blade rpm is tried to be maintained at a constant rate above 1/3 stick. Below 1/3 stick the engine power decreases so you can turn on and shut off the engine safely without cutting yourself.. blade angle ranges from -2 degrees so you can decend at 1/3 stick to 9-10 degrees at full up stick so you can climb. If at full stick the blade rpm drops you need to either raise engine rpm curve at full stick or drop pitch curve in order to maintain rpm.

In idle up mode or aerobatic mode engine rpm is attempted in maintained constant. For example at full up stick you have highest angle so you need more power. At mid stick you have about 5 degrees pitch for hover so you need less power. You need to set that in your curves. at bottom stick you have full negative pitch so you can fly upside down but you have same amount of drag as in full up stick so you need full power also...

Its a bit confusing, tell me if you have any questions.