Kerosine.
funny spelling
We have an outback ditti that starts,
have yer ever bin on the kerosene?
when the metho's runnin low.
Just like swapping from F/W to R/W, easy, just hold your mouth right.
no doubt the other comments will allay your fears of this precise, absolutely essential but extremely basic maneuvre prior to license issue.
For my tuppence worth,
1) I have yet to see anyone who was trained with thorough discipline in autos who couldn't pull one off even without recurrent training some thousands of hours later.
2) for those who fudged through their training for whatever reason, slack instructor or whatever, it's a real hard slog to get them up to speed even when things are set up right and you never really know whether they will pull it off, anytime.
I am not saying though that once learnt properly there is no need for recurrency.
Originally Posted by
Pandalet
Don't some smaller helicopters (notably the R22) suffer from a lack of rotor inertia at low airspeed, meaning that you can't trade RPM for cushioning as you hit the ground? So unless you have a fair whack of headwind to autorotate in, an auto without a run-on isn't really an option (without serious damage)?
bit cheeky there Pandalet,
in fact i've seen a R22 cut down several four inch thick gum trees several times before coming to rest right side up, skids juuuust bent.
Blades were still straight but badly rippled.
changed my opinion at the time i'll say.
tet