R22 down at Cannes

[hargreaves99]

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Energy management is taught a lot more in the FAA system due to the SFAR 73 requirement, it's barely mentioned in the CAA PPL Syllabus.

[Robbiee]

Originally Posted by hargreaves99

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ8SAnwxD6I

Energy management is taught a lot more in the FAA system due to the SFAR 73 requirement, it's barely mentioned in the CAA PPL Syllabus.

Well, its been around since the mid/late 90's, so, there's really no excuse to not adopt the FAA's training syllabus if you're going to use our choppers.

[Agile]

Originally Posted by Casper24

In fact in the cruise it is possible to not lower the lever for some seconds even in a low inertia system with the steady application of aft cyclic

Yes it is a good exercise to train yourself, it takes a bit of finess to make the best of it, but one can easily get an extra 5 sec of no Nr change provided you are going fast.
you could also use that technique to get the Nr back in the green quick with a much more agressive flare, even if you are short on speed.

In that case, they were empty handed, taking off, I assume speed still arround 50knots +, altitude could not be much more than 500ft, and land was behind.

[jimjim1]

Originally Posted by n5296s

I don't follow. Have they made seconds longer since 1985?

Not that I have noticed. However Robinson added rotor tip weights to increase the rotor inertia and extend the time that a pilot has available to respond to an engine failure.

Change was made before about 1991 and as I understand it older aircraft were modified. Even with the weights time is short.