Principles of Flight books
DH - as Cornish Jack says, the key to hovering is being able to make very small movements (finger pressure) with the cyclic - the enabler for this is a good seating position so that your forearm rests on your right thigh and is relaxed, this allows wrist and finger movements to control the cyclic. If your arm is off your leg then you are far more likely to overcontrol as you are moving your whole arm.
The other critical factor is understanding how very small attitude changes have instant results in moving the helicopter - once you recognise the hover attitude (helicopters hover one skid/wheel low in most conditions) and can reselect it when it has changed, you are most of the way to good hovering.
The other critical factor is understanding how very small attitude changes have instant results in moving the helicopter - once you recognise the hover attitude (helicopters hover one skid/wheel low in most conditions) and can reselect it when it has changed, you are most of the way to good hovering.
Hi Delta,
I found two great books that helped me, they may have been mentioned prior! Phil Crouchers 'Private Helicopter Pilot Studies' with a full chapter on the principles and Pooleys 'JAR PPL-CPL Helicopter Manual-Principles of Flight, Technical H' in addition Helen Krasners 'Flying Helicopters-A Companion to the PPL (H) is a cracking read! All the very best
I found two great books that helped me, they may have been mentioned prior! Phil Crouchers 'Private Helicopter Pilot Studies' with a full chapter on the principles and Pooleys 'JAR PPL-CPL Helicopter Manual-Principles of Flight, Technical H' in addition Helen Krasners 'Flying Helicopters-A Companion to the PPL (H) is a cracking read! All the very best
If you are going to pass a test for your issuing authority make sure you use the P of F book that they base their examinations on.
You need to answer the questions correctly not actually know how a helicopter flies - 2 different things!!
You need to answer the questions correctly not actually know how a helicopter flies - 2 different things!!
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With ref to RVDT's post, the EASA POF exams have been realigned with Wally Wagtendonk's book, after the abysmal episode where they (or the CAA) based things on POF for engineers - I know that, because I rewrote the syllabus I also edited the Pooley book
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