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Old 12th Jan 2009, 17:05
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Other interesting numbers on the 205A1 and derivatives is to have a look at the Power Off Landing Distances over a 50' obstacle. Being a Part 29 Transport category aircraft these numbers are in the RFM.

Used to have to do recurrent training of the local CAA inspector. Being an old ex mil guy he used to try and show me how you could put it down 0/0 in autorotation. I couldn't see his point as at any significant weight it wasn't going to happen so why bother practising it.

One of the better machines out there. I think they only made about ~ 350 or so commercial 205's.

Contrary to popular belief not all A-1's have dual hydraulics. Hydraulics off above ~ 40 knots is not noticeable in the cyclic. On the single hydraulic machines (from the fading grey matter only) it pays to check that the inboard strap fittings are set up to give you collective force neutral at about ~30 PSI.
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