Originally Posted by
Aicila2491
Hello everyone. Thank you in advance for your time reading and answering my question.
I would like to know if it is convinient, worth it and smart to ask my flight school or Chief Pilot to train Autorotations with the engine actually off and to train manual RRPM skills (i.e. Governor Off).
The Pilot's Operating Handbook states " Flight is prohibited with governor selected off, with the exceptions for in-flight system malfunction or emergency procedures training"
The reason for me wanting to train this way is to get comfortable in hazardous conditions and learn how to really identify the incipient stages of both emergency situations.
thanks again,
A
You should do a lot of governor off training, when I upgraded from the R22 to the H300 (with no governor) my piloting skill got sudenly so much better.
1/ its easier than it seems because the corelator is quite good and it comes naturally before you realize
2/ it really give you feedback into how much power you are using (instead of the R22 small RRPM needle that starts saging when its already too late)
3/ you understand better the diferent phases of flight and how much power they require, for example holding the tail against the wind will force you to adjust the throttle up, then you understand where you are.
4/ there are time when you want RRPM to be on top of the range (high performance take off) there are time when you want RRPM on bottom of the range (that used to help me get a super smooth touch down let the RRPM decay ever so slightly)
5/ when the RRPM needle goes down with governor on "its a problem", when you increase the throttle and the expected RRPM does not go up like it used too "its real", you remember it, it registers better in your system.
6/ it teaches you to lead the aircraft, not have the aircraft lead you.
Train Autorotations with the engine actually off, why take risk when you don't have to, engine at idle is the same.