See if you can find an old copy of this book.

Keeps it fairly simple.

Amazon.com: Basic Helicopter Handbook (Faa Reprints Series): United States. Federal Aviation Administration: Books

Book for a new trainie Pilot
 

Hi,

I have just started my PPL H (done 6 hours so far) and I want to get a good book.
Now, the stuff in the transair shop etc does not interest me. I am looking for an old school classic so to speak!

I am a fixed wing pilot and I had the same problem when I was doing the fixed wing training a number of years ago. I found, the older the book, the better it was!!

An old pal gave me a copy of "Stick and Rudder by Wolfgang Langewieschie" which is ancient but I have NEVER come across a book like it today. I learned so much from it when I did my PPL A years ago. Trevor Thom is like reading the Bible compared to it (who has the time to digest that!!!!)

Is there a PPL H version?
What did you guys read in the 60's/70's for your basic rotary training?

Thanks.

Call me old fashioned but I think our pilot training books where better back in the old days!

Hi,

I've just started my PPL and was thinking to get some books. Does anyone has used Pooley's books that don't need anymore and want to sell them?

Also after passing your license does anyone still use books from time to time?

Thanks

I could mention that a certain PPL(H) book is tablet friendly and has all the material required for the new questions in it - and before anyone mentions that they don't want to read too much information, I suggest they take a look at the syllabus :)

Phil

Yes, I do, really often.

For PPL studies I would recommend Wagtendonk; once you have some experience, or for CPL ground school add Coyle "The Art ... of Flying Helicopters". At that level Coyle's Cyclic & Collective might still be overwhelming, but later that's the ultimate book.

I'd recommend (before or after license doesn't matter)

- Shawn Coyle's "Cyclic&Collective" and "Little book of autorotations"
- Greg Whyte's "Fatal traps for helicopter pilots"
For some more aerodynamical insights:
- Ray Prouty's "Helicopter Aerodynamics" (a 2 volume collection of his articles)

By the way, the FAA "Rotorcraft Flying Handbook" is freely available at https://www.faa.gov/regulations_poli...uals/aircraft/ as a pdf.
Keep in mind, that the new version is called "Helicopter Flying Handbook" which is also available at https://www.faa.gov/regulations_poli...ying_handbook/ as seperate pdfs per chapter or as one big pdf.
On these pages you'll also find many more interesting stuff (not only, but partly also rotorcraft related).

Have fun

Thracian