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Simple Perfect Swashplate with Tail Rotor (Vanilla)

Swashplates are used to controls the movements of helicopters. There are many different ways of building them. Many of these designs, however, are either very block heavy or unable to handle long rotor blades and only very few of them feature collective pitch.

This swashplate design has none of these drawbacks. The mechanisms are based on how a real life swashplate works. The design is the result of many, many hours of research into how a real life swashplate works and what works best in besiege. It is the basis of all my helicopter designs.

The block count is only 46.

Features:

Pitch and roll (called cyclic) Pitch makes the nose of the helicopter go up and down. Roll makes the helicopter roll from side to side.

Adjustable collective (Steering hinges are used for this mechanism. They are the best choice since it is possible to limit their angles) Collective makes the helicopter go up and down.

Note that a helicopter needs at least two rotors to function. If you want to build a working helicopter you need two of these or a tail rotor.

How a swashplate works:

A swashplate consists of a lower and an upper part. The lower part is attached to the fuselage. It consists of the the pistons. The upper part moves together with the rotor. The lower part transmits movement to the upper part which then can change the pitch of each rotor blade as the blades moves around.