The primary flight control lever typically positioned between a helicopter pilot's knees. Moving it tilts the main rotor disk in the corresponding direction, which vectors the lift and drives the aircraft forward, backward, left, or right. It works by changing the pitch of each rotor blade individually as it cycles through its rotation.
Heard on the job
Keep a light grip on the cyclic and let the trim do the work.
Also heard as
- cyclic stick
- cyclic pitch control