Bell206B3 Pre-Purchase Flight

[wkrwkr]

Does anyone have a checklist that could be used for a Pre-Purchase test flight for a 1982 Bell206B3 Jet Ranger Helicopter. Thank you in advance.

Bill

[ericferret]

You could always use the UK CAA airtest schedule for the Bell 206.
This used to be a 3 yearly requirement.
Go to www.caa.co.uk/docs/397/SRG_FLT_CFS_125_issue%202_07082006.pdf

[wkrwkr]

Thank you for your prompt reply. It is much appreciated.

Bill

[OverRun]

The full list of available check flight certificates is at (and there indeed seems to be two .pdfs in the address):
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/397/CFS_AlphabeticalList_18072007.pdf.pdf

Once you have found which document you want, they are not easy to find in the CAA website, but a search on the relevant number in the CAA site search feature may work. For example, the A340-642 check flight certificate is 325, and a search on '325' yielded the right document.

[Red Borun]

I am sorry this is a new thread..but I havent a clue of how to go about making a new one. I believe that the Bells are peculiarly prone to LTE as opposed to the Fenestron bladed Eurocopter/Aerospatiale. Could anyone throw some light on this, apart from the obvious "two bladed symmetrical aerofoil sectioned tail rotor"?

[rotorfossil]

The Bells are not prone to LTE any more thanany other type and some fenestrons have had issues in the past. LTE has become a cloak for poor piloting ie allowing a high rate of turn to develop in the hover before doing anything about it and turning downwind at low level and allowing the speed to fall.

[Senior Pilot]

wkrwkr (and others),

You may well find a lot more answers to these questions over on Rotorheads forum: there's a wealth of knowledge there, and I believe that not many of the rotary community would be visiting Flight Testing :ok: