ocr: HELICOPTER CONTROLS A helicopter's propulsion is managed by tilting the rotor assembly. Doing SO changes the Cyclic Pitch Control Stick direction of the thrust, allowing the aircraft to Moving the cyclic pitch control stick angles the base of move forward, backward, left, or right. the rotor assembly in any direction the pilot wishes. This creates an uneven pitch among the blades, since each blade's individual pitch changes as it rotates around the rotor shaft. The result of uneven pitch is uneven lift, which tilts the rotor assembly and Bank causes the aircraft to left bank in the direction o ...