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Old 23rd Jan 2008, 17:38
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ShyTorque

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Yes, the S-76 SAR model I used to fly in a previous job had the same facilities as those 412s plus "Approach 1 / Approach 2" and "Mark on Target" modes.

Approach 1 would take you from cruise altitude & speed to 60 kts & 200 feet radalt, with the aircraft steered in heading mode (aircraft follows the set heading bug).

Approach 2 went from 200 ft / 60 kts to a 50ft radalt hover.

Mark on target was used when overflying a survivor; the aircraft would automatically fly a teardrop to bring you into an into wind hover at 50 ft radalt, about 100 metres short of and slightly left of the survivor, i.e, bring you to a position to run in to begin winching.

A bit better than an SRE approach.
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