Autorotations - quick poll for everyone (be honest)
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From: longwayplace
Doing the HEMS thing, I try and do at least one PFL each day, on the way back from the hospital if location permits.
Beneficial for both myself and the paramdedics to practice our respective "bits", even if they are all power recoveries to the hover. Haven't done a full touchdown in years!
Beneficial for both myself and the paramdedics to practice our respective "bits", even if they are all power recoveries to the hover. Haven't done a full touchdown in years!
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From: USA
Every day to both power recovery and to a hover. Someone early on asked what we think of the FAA practice of teaching power recoveries only. It is true that for both the private and commercial there is no requirement to teach full touchdown autorotations. Having said that any school that does not teach full touchdown autorotations is failing the student. We teach everyone full touchdown autorotations and lots of them.
Chopperpilot47
Chopperpilot47
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From: Southern England outside the M25
So where do I go to find
The video's of these happening.
Have seen the Sywell R22 images, but what about the EOL's in a bigger machine. Like our new three turbined EH101, can the training captain select which engine he/she wishes to "die"?
Have seen the Sywell R22 images, but what about the EOL's in a bigger machine. Like our new three turbined EH101, can the training captain select which engine he/she wishes to "die"?
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From: UK
chopperpilot47
Considering a requirement of the PPL(H) skills test is to demonstrate "A simulated Engine Off Landing to touchdown", it would be somewhat remiss of a training school not to instruct students how to do so..... Maybe requirements are a different with the FAA??
In my time as an instructor, I must have sat in on over 1000 practise engine off landings to the ground, including one which went through the ground!! It was a number of years ago that I last did an engine off, but I still get to do an autorotation to the go-around once a year as part of my commercial licence renewal.
....... Just checked requirements for FAA Private Helicopter licence as written in FAA-S-8081-15 - No mention of a requirement to perform a engine off to the ground during the test, only to initiate a recovery at a safe altitude....... Bit hard to do that when the donk has really stopped!!
Considering a requirement of the PPL(H) skills test is to demonstrate "A simulated Engine Off Landing to touchdown", it would be somewhat remiss of a training school not to instruct students how to do so..... Maybe requirements are a different with the FAA??
In my time as an instructor, I must have sat in on over 1000 practise engine off landings to the ground, including one which went through the ground!! It was a number of years ago that I last did an engine off, but I still get to do an autorotation to the go-around once a year as part of my commercial licence renewal.
....... Just checked requirements for FAA Private Helicopter licence as written in FAA-S-8081-15 - No mention of a requirement to perform a engine off to the ground during the test, only to initiate a recovery at a safe altitude....... Bit hard to do that when the donk has really stopped!!
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From: Alba
Today , 5 all the way to the ground in a 206.
After originally learning in a R22, I still can't get over the fact that you can come to hover before gently touching down
Come to think of it, most of my practice autos have better touch downs than my normal landings....
After originally learning in a R22, I still can't get over the fact that you can come to hover before gently touching down
Come to think of it, most of my practice autos have better touch downs than my normal landings....