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Old 12th Dec 2013, 08:57
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Thomas coupling
 
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Page 61 of this thread should be pulled in its entirety after what Peter Gillies posted. It was followed by a load of bollo*s from newbie pruners some who actually admitted they new little or nothing about helos but liked his theories.
Munneyspinner / GordonField and that extra special contribution from...wait for it: Gouli. Mmmmm

Whirlybird is right - what secret??

Let me clarify - for the sake of every helicopter pilot in the WORLD, that what Peter Gillies has stated requires a health warning. Let me set the record straight so helicopter pilots around the world are NOT confused after reading the rubbish he has just pushed out.

IN THE CRUISE:

If you experience a total engine(s) failure you lead with collective down followed with aft cyclic IF you need to. The reason for doing it in that order is because the down collective contains the decaying Nr and the OPTION to select aft cyclic provides you with the choice to go for range or not. Selecting aft cyclic without a second thought means that after you have done this and THEN find you won't make your spot you have to reselect fwd cyclic to gain range. The important part of this above statement is LEAD with collective and NOT aft cyclic.

HOVER:

Absolutely under NO circumstances whatsoever do you lead with aft cyclic- PERIOD.
In the hover after sustaining total engine(s) failure you lead with down lever. You ALLOW the attitude of the a/c to nose down. Down lever contains decaying Nr and nose down allows you to gain fwd speed which in 'most' cases is what you want.
If you lead with aft cyclic in the hover and then follow with collective you will enter a whole new world of hurt.


These above processes have been tried and tested - probably hundreds of thousnads of times in training and in real life scenarios.
There is no SECRET Never has been ...never will be.

Does Peter Gillies honestly think 99% of all helo pilots out there are harbouring a myth? Does he honestly think there really is some "secret" being kept from end users about this. Stop reading your Marvel mags PG and join the rest of us in the real world.
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