Disclosed is a collective control arrangement for a helicopter having a plurality of rotor blades, the collective control arrangement comprising: an armrest for a pilots seat, the armrest comprising an elongate channel; and a collective handle comprising: a first end slidably disposed in the elongate channel for coupling to one or more helicopter actuators that control collective pitch of the plurality of rotor blades; and a second end for gripping by a pilot. Advantageously the armrest comprises an elbow support portion configured to be located backwards of the hollow when the armrest is installed in the helicopter.
Helicopter collective control apparatus
2024-08-14
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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