Originally Posted by
HeliEcho
Hello all,
I have a question regarding practice autorotations in an MD500D. While established in an autorotation with the throttle set to ground idle and with the rotor rpm in the green autorotative range. My question is should the N2 be at ground idle with the Nr in the green range (ie needles have split), or should the N2 be aligned with the Nr up in the autorotative range?
cheers
If you leave them super imposed then you run the risk of busting the N2 limit with the NR near the upper limit power off. Needles split is surely the power off auto situation.