COLLECTIVE CONTROL STICK
2-8:
Collective control stick
In
addition to adjusting the pitch of the rotor blades and thereby affecting main
rotor lift, the collective also has a number of buttons, hats, and
switches that
allow you to
manipulate certain functions. These include:
- 1.
“ОБОРОТЫ”
Control selector for re-adjustment of the free-turbine (rotors) RPM governor.
To low [NUMPAD
- + RALT] and
to nominal [NUMPAD
+ + RALT].
- 2.
“ГРУЗ”
Sling load button - No function.
- 3.
“ФАРА”
Hat switch. Slew search/landing lights. [;
+ RCTRL„],
[,
+ RCTRL], [. + RCTRL]
and
[/
+ RCTRL].
- 4.
“РАМКА”
selector
–
Adjust
“Shkval” tracking
gate size [[]
and
[]].
- 5.
This
four position hat allows the selection of external hardpoints.
- o
“ВНЕШН”
–
Outboard hardpoints [Y].
- o
“ВНУТР”
–
Inboard hardpoints [I].
- o
“4П”
–
All hardpoints [U].
- o
“ПС
ВОЗД”
–
Air-to-Air missiles hardpoints [U
+ LCTRL].
(No function)
- 6.
“УПЗ-ШПЗ”
switch.
Adjust Shkval field of view (FOV) between 23x and 7x: wide [-]
and
narrow
[=].
- 7.
“СНИЖЕН
–
МАРШ”
switch.
Three position switch between Off, Descent, and Route autopilot modes
[D]
and
[R].
- 8.
“АВТ
ЗАХВ”
button.
Toggles target acquisition and lock when using Shkval [ENTER].
- 9.
Collective
brake - Assign altitude lever [F].
This lever
serves two functions:
- o
Press
this lever to disengage the collective stick brake before moving the stick.
The brake is needed to prevent the stick from moving due to vibration or
casual touch.
- o
Once
the brake has been released and a signal is sent to the navigation system,
the lever can be used to assign a new altitude when using the altitude hold
flight mode.