Hi Guys,
A question for Nick and indeed you all - Do you consider the Flight Check Procedures Manual to be a legal binding document????
The basis of my question is - Are we allowed any variation to the FCP procs when conducting flight checks such as S76 FCP - 3.6 Autorotation where we are instructed to enter autorotation with full down collective - however no reference is made to reducing throttles to idle even though this is the way I have always done it and has been the case in all the companies that I have been involved.
Interested to hear your thoughts on throttles Fly or Idle and the reasons for and against.
Also it mentions - Gear Up, again whilst I understand the Gear Doors have an effect on the autorotational characteristics - surely this is minimal and in the actual case of an auto the gear will be coming down in the early stages anyway.
Certainly even during an Auto RPM check it would make more sense to put the gear down - right ????
Thanks guys looking forward to your comments.
