Part I covered the longitudinal slice: climb, dive, speed. This page flies the full six-degree-of-freedom aircraft and shows you the flowfield: the column of air the rotor drives downward, how it skews back in forward flight, and splashes outward near the ground.
Why it drifts
The main rotor turns counter-clockwise viewed from above. Torque reaction yaws the nose right, so the tail rotor thrusts right to hold heading. That side force shoves the whole aircraft right. Pilots hold a touch of left cyclic; the UH-60 hovers slightly left-skid-low.
Controls
Drag to orbit the camera, scroll to zoom. Use the flight deck panel below the viewport: collective (up/down), cyclic pad (tilt), pedals (yaw). SAS toggle enables stability augmentation. Cockpit units are U.S. standard: knots, feet, ft/min.
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