Originally Posted by
johni
Re: "Stick feel" and "SAS" in the Gazelle
Can someone here tell me the procedure for using them, ie are they "on" for takeoff and landing etc.
All i can find online is this from an accident report
thanks
long long time ago.....
was switched on start up.
For lifting into the hover or when changing attitude, you would press the trim release, which would allow total free movement without resistance.
Without trim release not pressed, you would work against spring tension.
On my first solo the system failed on me with the stick trimmed forward to accelerate ....
I managed to land but needed quite a lot of force, to hold the stick, the springs wanted it to move forward.
The instructor came to me and even so I explained the problem, when he said, he has control and I released my back pressure , he was surprised and we tilted a litte bit forward...
We flew back together to Culdrose, where the technician came out and reseted a circuit breaker in the foot area....