Hour building exercises for CPL
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Hi all,
Hope everyone has been well.Its been a while so please be patient!
Just a short one which may have many answers..
I've got 80 or so hours now,mostly in the R22,and I am hoping to get some commercial subjects out of the way by next year July but what Im more interested in is knowing what exercises I can do in order to 'better' my flying in some what.
I do the usual 'holding speed,holding altitude,rate one turns' and so forth but due to my fixed wing experience it kind of becomes monotonous...(NOT THAT ITS A BAD THING!)
But is there anything else I can do thats got a slight challenge (keeping safety in mind) to it?
I do the usual confined with simulated limited power and I enjoy slopes but I believe you need a GrII beside you for that as well as advanced hovering...
Anyone recommend anything?
As always,thanks a million
Dan'
Hope everyone has been well.Its been a while so please be patient!
Just a short one which may have many answers..
I've got 80 or so hours now,mostly in the R22,and I am hoping to get some commercial subjects out of the way by next year July but what Im more interested in is knowing what exercises I can do in order to 'better' my flying in some what.
I do the usual 'holding speed,holding altitude,rate one turns' and so forth but due to my fixed wing experience it kind of becomes monotonous...(NOT THAT ITS A BAD THING!)
But is there anything else I can do thats got a slight challenge (keeping safety in mind) to it?
I do the usual confined with simulated limited power and I enjoy slopes but I believe you need a GrII beside you for that as well as advanced hovering...
Anyone recommend anything?
As always,thanks a million
Dan'
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IMO I would say that you need to practice any exercises that you are not comfortable with, to take for example the EASA PPL-H as a template with the aim of being able to do all the exercises to a good standard.
Practice those on your own that are safe to do so, take an instructor with you for those that require their input (autorotations for example)
If you give yourself some structure for your remaining hours rather than just fly from airfield to airfield, you will have no problems later.
should you wish to do an instructor course for example where the aim is to teach you to teach, not to rebrief you how to fly, you would be glad you did all this, but even for CPL the philosophy is the same I think.
Exercise 1a: Familiarisation with the helicopter
Exercise 1b: Emergency procedures
Exercise 2: Preparation for and action after flight
Exercise 3: Air experience
Exercise 4: Effects of controls
Exercise 5: Power and attitude changes
Exercise 6: Straight and level
Exercise 7: Climbing
Exercise 8: Descending
Exercise 9: Turning
Exercise 10: Basic autorotation
Exercise 11a: Hovering
Exercise 11b: Hover taxiing and spot turns
Exercise 11c: Hovering and taxiing emergencies
Exercise 12: Take-off and landing
Exercise 13: Transitions from hover to climb and approach to hover
Exercise 14a: Circuit, approach and landing
Exercise 14b: Steep and limited power approaches and landings
Exercise 14c: Emergency procedures
Exercise 15: First solo
Exercise 16: Sideways and backwards hover manoeuvring
Exercise 17: Spot turns
Exercise 18: Hover OGE andvortex ring
Exercise 19: Simulated EOL
Exercise 20: Advanced autorotation
Exercise 21: Practice forced landings
Exercise 22: Steep turns
Exercise 23: Transitions
Exercise 24: Quick stops
Exercise 25a: Navigation
Exercise 25b: Navigation problems at low heights and in reduced visibility
Exercise 25c: Radio navigation
Exercise 26: Advanced take-off, landings and transitions
Exercise 27: Sloping ground
Exercise 28: Limited power
Exercise 29: Confined areas
Exercise 30: Basic instrument flight
Exercise 31a: Night flying (if night rating required)
Exercise 31b: Night cross-country (if night rating required)
Practice those on your own that are safe to do so, take an instructor with you for those that require their input (autorotations for example)
If you give yourself some structure for your remaining hours rather than just fly from airfield to airfield, you will have no problems later.
should you wish to do an instructor course for example where the aim is to teach you to teach, not to rebrief you how to fly, you would be glad you did all this, but even for CPL the philosophy is the same I think.
Exercise 1a: Familiarisation with the helicopter
Exercise 1b: Emergency procedures
Exercise 2: Preparation for and action after flight
Exercise 3: Air experience
Exercise 4: Effects of controls
Exercise 5: Power and attitude changes
Exercise 6: Straight and level
Exercise 7: Climbing
Exercise 8: Descending
Exercise 9: Turning
Exercise 10: Basic autorotation
Exercise 11a: Hovering
Exercise 11b: Hover taxiing and spot turns
Exercise 11c: Hovering and taxiing emergencies
Exercise 12: Take-off and landing
Exercise 13: Transitions from hover to climb and approach to hover
Exercise 14a: Circuit, approach and landing
Exercise 14b: Steep and limited power approaches and landings
Exercise 14c: Emergency procedures
Exercise 15: First solo
Exercise 16: Sideways and backwards hover manoeuvring
Exercise 17: Spot turns
Exercise 18: Hover OGE andvortex ring
Exercise 19: Simulated EOL
Exercise 20: Advanced autorotation
Exercise 21: Practice forced landings
Exercise 22: Steep turns
Exercise 23: Transitions
Exercise 24: Quick stops
Exercise 25a: Navigation
Exercise 25b: Navigation problems at low heights and in reduced visibility
Exercise 25c: Radio navigation
Exercise 26: Advanced take-off, landings and transitions
Exercise 27: Sloping ground
Exercise 28: Limited power
Exercise 29: Confined areas
Exercise 30: Basic instrument flight
Exercise 31a: Night flying (if night rating required)
Exercise 31b: Night cross-country (if night rating required)
Do a mountain course, night rating and then finish your hours with an instructors rating.... Test prep and then test with instructors test at the same time.
Depending on where you want to go, think about an IF rating (for off shore)
Depending on where you want to go, think about an IF rating (for off shore)
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In UK CAA land the following document lets you know what you can expect for a CPL skills test, you can use it as a structure to work towards.
Notes for the Guidance of Applicants taking the CPL Skill Test (Helicopters)
https://www.caa.co.uk/application.as...detail&id=1713
Notes for the Guidance of Applicants taking the CPL Skill Test (Helicopters)
https://www.caa.co.uk/application.as...detail&id=1713
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CF-thanks for your input.Ive gone through the syllabus but I've only done 2 quarters of the safe stuff so I guess there is more I can work on.
Flyting+jemax-thanks for the link.ill be sure to take a look at that sometime this evening.As for getting my instructors,night rating and so forth in order to get hours,I thought about that 2 weeks ago although I thought of it like this:
1
night rating
2IF
3instructors
If finances allow,this is pretty much what I had in mind.Ive still got a year and half of school so hopefully I can get some comm subjects out of the way before matric and have one or two ratings.
If anyone has any advice or recommendations,please don't hesitate to speak out.
Many thanks
Dan
Flyting+jemax-thanks for the link.ill be sure to take a look at that sometime this evening.As for getting my instructors,night rating and so forth in order to get hours,I thought about that 2 weeks ago although I thought of it like this:
1
night rating2
IF3
instructorsIf finances allow,this is pretty much what I had in mind.Ive still got a year and half of school so hopefully I can get some comm subjects out of the way before matric and have one or two ratings.
If anyone has any advice or recommendations,please don't hesitate to speak out.
Many thanks
Dan
Rather than just drill holes in the sky, it can be valuable to spend some time in the training area going through practice emergencies. Some things you're only going to be able to do with an instructor, but there's quite a lot of value just going through solo 'thought experiments', if you like:
1. Do HASEL checks to ensure traffic clear, carb heat on if needed etc
2. Think of an emergency - any one, spring it on yourself eg "I hear the engine rough running", or "my TR chip light has come on".
3. Aviate, navigate, communicate - fly the aircraft; turn for wind and locate a suitable landing area if appropriate (or start tracking back to a suitable airfield via good forced landing areas if that's the appropriate action), give a distress call to yourself over the intercom (frequency? content?); set the aircraft up in an appropriate flight profile (if you would enter auto in the real case, don't, but while looking out for traffic enter a normal descent to give something of the sense of urgency); warn imaginary passengers; go through simulated emergency checklists and so on.
A lot of good practice can be safely had by just running scenarios.
4. Keep an eye on minimum heights and go round in good time.
1. Do HASEL checks to ensure traffic clear, carb heat on if needed etc
2. Think of an emergency - any one, spring it on yourself eg "I hear the engine rough running", or "my TR chip light has come on".
3. Aviate, navigate, communicate - fly the aircraft; turn for wind and locate a suitable landing area if appropriate (or start tracking back to a suitable airfield via good forced landing areas if that's the appropriate action), give a distress call to yourself over the intercom (frequency? content?); set the aircraft up in an appropriate flight profile (if you would enter auto in the real case, don't, but while looking out for traffic enter a normal descent to give something of the sense of urgency); warn imaginary passengers; go through simulated emergency checklists and so on.
A lot of good practice can be safely had by just running scenarios.
4. Keep an eye on minimum heights and go round in good time.
