To obtain a set of reasonable force field parameters forming the basis of various scans of nonbonded and bonded parameters, we first applied the helical modeling tool described above to a 1-1 model with 24 residues. The LJ 12-6 σ parameter was set to a value of 1 for both sidechain and backbone particles, effectively defining the base unit of length in the system. The ε parameters for each bead type were similarly set to 1. In the case where all particles have the same LJ parameters, the optimized geometry of the helix is not affected by the value of ε. The geometry of the optimized helix provides estimates of equilibrium bond distance, bond-bending angles, and torsions angles. It does not, however, provide insight into the force constants or energetic parameters which stabilize the helix. Additionally, the constraint on the sidechain bead positions leads only to approximate positions, and this constraint should be removed in the MD simulations.