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Old 23rd Feb 2006, 08:49
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dudes six guns back in the holster.

Power is a relative thing. Compared to a BlackHawk or a Chinook the 44 is the Hyundai Excel of helicopters (or maybe the Dihatsu charade, whatever).

Very few civilian machines have a method of reporting the power available vs the power required in a quick and easy reference gide. Yes the flight manual gives a method for flying a profile to check the power available (eg 95 light out for the B model Squizza) however that doesn't mean **** when you don't know what the power required is. Again depending on your machine and flight manual you may get these graphs included and so on your quiet days you may get into the manual and sus out a couple of worst case scenarios.

Power checks only tell you how much power you have, not how much power you need!

Is there a spread sheet or TOLD Card (Take Off and Landing Data) for the 22 or the 44 or the 47 or the 206 ? Or do folks use the force or hard won experience to work out PA vs PR?

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