copterfamily
27th Oct 2005, 00:54
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‘Lesson Plans for Helicopter Flight Instructors’ is a compilation of lesson plans covering the most popular topics for today’s helicopter ground lessons. A much needed resource specifically designed to cater for helicopter CFI’s and CFII’s, these lesson plans illustrate how the whiteboard should look and leave the student with comprehensive and intelligible plans from which to revise. The author has a passion for helicopters and has given instruction in Bell, Schweizer and Robinson helicopters. He decided to create these lesson plans after becoming frustrated with the traditional “words only” plans, geared around the fixed wing community. Each lesson plan conforms to FAA standards and includes timings, definitions and objectives for every subject.
Whilst written in America this book refers little to FAA regulations and concentrates mainly on maneuvers, principles of flight and flight systems - all of which are the same the world over. Still a valuable purchase for those wanting to train, teach or revise from it in the UK - or even better for those guys going to the US to get their training.
And by the way - the author is a Brit.:p
the plans included are suitable for R22 Bell 47 and Schwiezer - and also any other 2 seater trainer (enstrom maybe) the ones included in the book are:
Power and Drag Curves
The Height Velocity Diagram
Performance
Weight & Balance
Coriolis Effect
Coning
Dissymmetry of Lift
Stability and Pendulocity
Transverse Flow Effect
Translating Tendency
Effective Translational Lift
Retreating Blade Stall
Low G Conditions
Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness
Settling with Power (Vortex Ring State)
The Normal Take off
The Normal Approach
The Pattern
The Go Around
The Pick Up and Set Down
The Shallow Approach (with run on landing)
The Steep Approach
The Pinnacle Approach
Maximum Performance Takeoff
Quickstop (Precision Transition or Rapid Deceleration)
Sloping Ground
Surface Taxi
Confined Area
Diversions
Settling with Power Demonstration
Engine Failure at altitude
Straight in Autorotation
Hovering Autorotation
180° Autorotation
The Flight Controls
The Carburetted fuel system
Magnetic Compass
Pilot Restraint Systems
Pitot Static system
Rotor Systems
Electrical System
Transmission System
Airspace
Special Use Airspace
Airport Lights (runway environment & signals/aids)
VFR Route Planning
VFR Cloud Clearances
Endorsements required by Student Pilots
Airworthiness & Minimum Equipment Lists
Hypoxia
Hyperventilation
The Eye
Visual Illusions
Drugs
The Characteristics of a CFI
The Responsibilities of a CFI
Maslow’s Human Behaviour
The Laws of Learning
Evaluation
Critique
The Learning Process
IFR regulations
Primary and Supporting Scan method
Emergencies in IMC
IFR Clearances
Holding
Mandatory Reporting
IFR Flight Planning
Instrument Approach Plates
Marker Beacons
VOR’s
Weather Services
Low Level Windshear avoidance
Diversion Overheads for Diversions lecture
Hypoxia Overheads for Hypoxia Lecture
‘Lesson Plans for Helicopter Flight Instructors’ is a compilation of lesson plans covering the most popular topics for today’s helicopter ground lessons. A much needed resource specifically designed to cater for helicopter CFI’s and CFII’s, these lesson plans illustrate how the whiteboard should look and leave the student with comprehensive and intelligible plans from which to revise. The author has a passion for helicopters and has given instruction in Bell, Schweizer and Robinson helicopters. He decided to create these lesson plans after becoming frustrated with the traditional “words only” plans, geared around the fixed wing community. Each lesson plan conforms to FAA standards and includes timings, definitions and objectives for every subject.
Whilst written in America this book refers little to FAA regulations and concentrates mainly on maneuvers, principles of flight and flight systems - all of which are the same the world over. Still a valuable purchase for those wanting to train, teach or revise from it in the UK - or even better for those guys going to the US to get their training.
And by the way - the author is a Brit.:p
the plans included are suitable for R22 Bell 47 and Schwiezer - and also any other 2 seater trainer (enstrom maybe) the ones included in the book are:
Power and Drag Curves
The Height Velocity Diagram
Performance
Weight & Balance
Coriolis Effect
Coning
Dissymmetry of Lift
Stability and Pendulocity
Transverse Flow Effect
Translating Tendency
Effective Translational Lift
Retreating Blade Stall
Low G Conditions
Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness
Settling with Power (Vortex Ring State)
The Normal Take off
The Normal Approach
The Pattern
The Go Around
The Pick Up and Set Down
The Shallow Approach (with run on landing)
The Steep Approach
The Pinnacle Approach
Maximum Performance Takeoff
Quickstop (Precision Transition or Rapid Deceleration)
Sloping Ground
Surface Taxi
Confined Area
Diversions
Settling with Power Demonstration
Engine Failure at altitude
Straight in Autorotation
Hovering Autorotation
180° Autorotation
The Flight Controls
The Carburetted fuel system
Magnetic Compass
Pilot Restraint Systems
Pitot Static system
Rotor Systems
Electrical System
Transmission System
Airspace
Special Use Airspace
Airport Lights (runway environment & signals/aids)
VFR Route Planning
VFR Cloud Clearances
Endorsements required by Student Pilots
Airworthiness & Minimum Equipment Lists
Hypoxia
Hyperventilation
The Eye
Visual Illusions
Drugs
The Characteristics of a CFI
The Responsibilities of a CFI
Maslow’s Human Behaviour
The Laws of Learning
Evaluation
Critique
The Learning Process
IFR regulations
Primary and Supporting Scan method
Emergencies in IMC
IFR Clearances
Holding
Mandatory Reporting
IFR Flight Planning
Instrument Approach Plates
Marker Beacons
VOR’s
Weather Services
Low Level Windshear avoidance
Diversion Overheads for Diversions lecture
Hypoxia Overheads for Hypoxia Lecture