Does the loop dimension vary?

[arefim]

I'm wondering if the dimension of the loop made by 450 size helicopter will be the same for 700 assuming you have the same degree of pitch and cyclic input.
Thanks

[clicky]

Originally Posted by arefim

I'm wondering if the dimension of the loop made by 450 size helicopter will be the same for 700 assuming you have the same degree of pitch and cyclic input.
Thanks

It is to the pilot - not the helicopter. Both helicopters (700 size and 450 size) can fly to similar altitude (given good eye sight ) so loops can be pretty much same. It is simpler to get higher in loop with bigger helicopter, but you can still achieve same with smaller...

[ArchmageAU]

Originally Posted by clicky

It is to the pilot - not the helicopter. Both helicopters (700 size and 450 size) can fly to similar altitude (given good eye sight ) so loops can be pretty much same. It is simpler to get higher in loop with bigger helicopter, but you can still achieve same with smaller...

+1.

There is a limit. The vertical component of a loop is governed to a large extent by horizontal speed, so a BIG loop is easier with a big heli (which can go faster). But you can "fake" it with a smaller heli.

Both 700's and 450's can flip on the spot (which is a loop of 0 diameter), so small is not an issue.

[sp00fman]

With the smaller heli it starts to get kind of difficult at the top of the loop to keep forward momentum and still make the loop look like a circle. The bigger heli just has so much mass it will travel a lot further while in the 0-pitch range on the top of the loop.
But i agree on the ability of the smaller heli. you can fake it with some forward tilt and correct collective input and just cirquit it through the line of the big loop.