{"name":"rotorsForcesRTD","operator":null,"title":"rotorsForcesRTD","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/rotorsForcesRTD","revid":377137,"updated":"2026-01-01T10:28:59Z","groups":["RTD"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.34"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.34"},"arma3_since":"1.34","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Returns force produced by rotors.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> **afm:** For this command to have any effect, the Advanced Flight Model (AFM) has to be enabled. AFM status can be checked with difficultyEnabledRTD.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"rotorsForcesRTD helicopter","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"helicopter","type":"Object","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Object"],"since":null,"text":"helicopter: Object"}],"returns":{"type":"Array of Array of Numbers","types":["Array","Number"],"description":null,"text":"Array of Array of Numbers"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"helicopter","types":["Object"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_rotorForces = rotorsForcesRTD _taru; // Returns [[-465.981,351.941,45960.5],[-469.079,397.451,46933.3]]\n```","code":["_rotorForces = rotorsForcesRTD _taru; // Returns [[-465.981,351.941,45960.5],[-469.079,397.451,46933.3]]"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["rotorsRpmRTD","weightRTD","wingsForcesRTD","airDensityRTD"],"notes":[{"user":"Benargee","date":"2014-11-04T02:00:00Z","text":"There is no official information I can find on what these values mean. According to my testing on the Mi-290 Taru, here is what I have come up with:\n`[ [rotor 1 roll +right/-left, rotor 1 pitch +down/-up, rotor 1 collective +up/-down], [rotor 2 roll +right/-left, rotor 2 pitch +down/-up, rotor 2 collective +up/-down] ]`\nWhen yawing left and right, rotor 1 and 2 collective differ from each other. This is normal behaviour with coaxial rotors. Yawing right increase rotor 1 collective and decreases rotor 2 collective. Yawing left does the opposite. Rotor 1 in this example seems to be the bottom rotor."}],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: RTD","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.34","Scripting Commands"]}