Originally Posted by
Rotorbee
Having said that, I have to add a disclaimer. I todays training world, throttle chops are a big NO NO. Today you have to yell "engine failure" and let the student do his/her thing. I don't know if that is better, because now the student never gets to experience the clues. For a better training experience the instructor should have a switch to make the engine out warning go of. That could be helpful. And all helicopters should have an engine out indication. Also every Robinson, Schweizer, Enstrom and Cabri.
I get it, why throttle chops are not en vogue anymore. Engine failures are so far down the list of preferred methods of beding helicopters, the gain in additional safety is small compared to the risk of additional accidents in training.
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"Yell "engine failure"", lol. I was with this kid a few years ago who just nonchalantly said "engine failure" in the middle of his sentence. I looked over at him and said, "So, what about engine failures?"
I can live without calling VRS "SWP". I don't really care if they want to call LTE "unanticipated yaw". I can even accept the dumbing down of the Robby POH over this past decade,...
,...but I really miss throttle chops!
We don't need an "engine out" light. We need less "fresh off the assembly line time builders" teaching newbies, and more pilots with actual real world experience doing it.