Hello Gentleman!
Hope all had a merry christmas!!
To Bintang.īs post, about turning a R-22 into a Skycrane-TR!
First: I do a bit of checking out pilots for tunaboats, which entales some rather interesting maneuvering very close to the water. Unfortunatly it is not the low altidude and loss of reference on calm (mirrirlike) water that tends to "eat" pilots and helicopters in this case, but the rather severe bank-angles people like to get themselves into. I preach do not use more than 30° bank if low on the water. First it is rather difficult to maintain altidude while concentrating on the target and listening to an totally excited skipper yelling at everyone, second there is no need to bank so hard - just slow down and you turn in no time.
What I want to say is: Even if you want or have to use a sideways quickstop, donīt bank it more than 45° in this particular maneuver, as your rotortips come quite close to the ground.
I do not know who came up with the term quickstop (anyone know?), but it is rather irritating to students, as they want to do it "quick". The alternative "fast decelaration" is a cumbersom expresion I know.....
Students have to be trained to take it easy on the "quick", there is no hurry.
If you really have to stop in a moment (like someone running out in front of you...), let the helicopter climb a bit instead of slamming the tail in the ground......
Fly safe.