PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Robinson R44
Thread: Robinson R44
View Single Post
Old 20th Mar 2009, 17:54
  #1159 (permalink)  
Jackboot
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: midlands
Age: 63
Posts: 61
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
MR overspeed

Hi Jim,

An overspeed on start-up is a nightmare scenario and, I agree, easily done. I know of a school with a mandatory customer insurance policy - two hundred quid a year AFAIAA - on their self-fly hire fleet.

Do you share the advice of some that if you need to crack the throttle open to start a hot engine its best to switch the governor off as an additional safeguard?

So easy to overspeed the MR during Auto practice, especially in the turns.

J
Jackboot is offline