Hello all,
As previously dicussed on this page, I am also a low time Heli Pilot (135 Hrs) but am, I think, fortunate enough to fly a Bell 47, and after hearing stories of how hard and perhaps some times scarey the R22 is to master the auto, to which I have absolutly no knowledge of, and how people would rather not undertake practicing them for this reason, to me I find some what alarming. The reason why I mention this is, is because at the end of the day, when that donkey stops, it's what you've got to do to save your life.
The Bell 47 is a dream to fly, the inertia in the blades are fantastic, and without doudt you can enter autorotations from speeds of 50mph down to a vertical decent to land, without a real drama. I do enjoy practcing auto's and I am very lucky the Bell is a forgiving Helicopter.
I find that by keeping curent out ways a lot of my fears still.
Great page chaps
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