yxcapt
28th Jan 2002, 01:38
I've been flying a Bell 47G-2A1 with a boosted collective and a 47G-2 without a boosted collective. After flying the G-2 for the first 3 hours of the day and then switching to the G-2A1 I find my self overcontrolling the collective. I started to use some collective friction to help the situation. But this bothers me some. The hydrolic pump is engine (not transmission) mounted, so if the engine quits I'm auto-ing with out hydrolics. I'm beginning to think that flying with collective friction on (even though slightly) is bad idea.
It takes a good solid hour before I get use to the boosted collective, but shortly there after, fatigue (sic?) sets in and I never get as smooth as I like. On the other hand going from the G-2A1 to the G-2 is great.
I would appreciate your thoughts on using the collective friction.
Thanks
It takes a good solid hour before I get use to the boosted collective, but shortly there after, fatigue (sic?) sets in and I never get as smooth as I like. On the other hand going from the G-2A1 to the G-2 is great.
I would appreciate your thoughts on using the collective friction.
Thanks