Hi
i'm working on a small database of helicopter performance, and i'm having a little trouble about HIGE and HOGE charts, with MCP and TOP
i've allready search on my books about this (Shawn's, until now whas the most informative), and i like to ask if anyone could give me some highlight about this and/or where i can find it written/explained (to me, and to show a couple of fellows ... )
i understand that the charts (for the given Temp/altitude) give the weight that is possible to HOVER with given ammount of power (MCP or TOP).
Now the questions
- imagine that i'm sling loading (OGE, in ths case...) (trees, water bucket, whatever..), and i want to find out, how much weight can i lift, should i go for the HOGE MCP, ou the TOP one??
* i'm ask this because i was thinking, that if it go with the TOP, it will allow to hover, but maybe will not have the power margin to takeoff (assuming that we aren't over clear area)
- since, my virtual helicopter has a limitation of takeoff power, (many do, right??) there will be a limited time that i can hover under this weight given by the chart (reduction of weight by fuel flow and/or paylod drop not in account)
thank u