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Old 9th May 2022, 07:59
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Settling With Power - A condition where the pilot comes in hot, waits too long to apply the brakes, then crashed as a result.
No because that's not where settling with power generally causes crashes.

When you have barely enough power to achieve and maintain a steady OGE hover and then try to make very steep approaches into confined areas - for example - then you try to arrest the rate of descent, reach your maximum power available and keep going down with the RRPM decreasing (overpitching) - THAT is settling with power

Or manoeuvring in and around an OGE hover, losing ETL due to wind change or using excessive power pedal to counter crosswind for example - any scenario where you run out of power and keep pulling to try and stop the descent, drooping the Nr and hitting the ground - THAT is settling with power.

The main difference between VRS and SWP is that VRS is an aerodynamic condition whilst SWP is a performance (or lack of it) condition - the result is often the same but the cause is different.

If the FAA can't understand that then something is wrong with their system.
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