R/C and full-scale helicopters mix collective and cyclic pitch to articulate the main rotor blades. A quadcopter only needs the collective portion, which is similar to a traditional helicopters ...

While Emile and Henry struggled with their designs, the Spaniard, Raul Pateras Pescara demonstrated a helicopter with effective cyclic and collective pitch controls. However, his under-powered machine ...

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 ...