On 08/08/2019 00:06, newshound wrote:

Watching those "rescue" films, I'm amazed at the "hover" of the
Sea-Kings even in obviously gusty conditions. They look just as stable
as kestrels, and even though they are massive it seems remarkable that
pilots have the reflexes to achieve this. I'd always assumed they have
some sort of inertial control system. I asked a Sea-King pilot about
this at a county show about 20 years ago and he claimed it was all
manual. But perhaps he was winding me up.

If its fly by joystick then it will probably do it automatically.

The position sensors only cost about 20p these days as they are fitted
in phones.

Then you can use a downward looking camera as well like they do on mice.