A swashplate assembly for controlling rotor blades of a rotorcraft, comprising a rotating assembly, wherein the rotating assembly is arranged to rotate with the rotor blades about an axis and is coupled to the rotor blades; a base assembly, wherein the base assembly includes a first portion and a second portion, and the rotating assembly is guided by the base assembly to set blade angles of the rotor blades as the rotating assembly rotates with the rotor blades, wherein the second portion is arranged to induce a change in blade angle of the rotor blades.