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• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 8-3
  Chapter 8: Ground Procedures and Flight Preparations › Engine Start and Rotor Engagement › Rotor Safety Considerations

  Therefore, when hovering backward or turning in those helicopters, allow plenty of room for tail rotor clearance. It is a good practice to glance over your shoulder to maintain this clearance Another rotor safety consideration is the thrust a helicopter ... capable of blowing sand, dust, snow, ice, and water at high velocities for a significant distance causing injury to nearby people and damage to buildings, automobiles, and other aircraft. Loose snow, sand, or soil can severely reduce visibility and obscure…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 2-4
  Chapter 2: Personal Minimums › Personal Minimums › Step 5—Adjust for Specific Conditions

  Step 4—Assemble and Evaluate Combining all these numbers results in a baseline personal minimums table as shown in Figure 2-8. Figure 2-8. Sample baseline personal minimums. Step 5—Adjust for Specific Conditions Any flight a pilot makes ... involves an infinite combination of pilot skill, experience, conditions, and proficiency. Aircraft equipment and performance, environmental conditions, and external influences vary considerably. Both individually and in combination, these factors can compress or expand the safety buffer provided by baseline personal…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 8-4
  Chapter 8: Ground Procedures and Flight Preparations › Engine Start and Rotor Engagement › Aircraft Servicing

  However, this can be hazardous if not properly conducted. Pilots should remain at the flight controls; and refueling personnel should be knowledgeable about the proper refueling procedures and properly briefed for specific helicopter makes and models. The pilot may need ... train the refueling personnel on proper hot refueling procedures for that specific helicopter. The pilot should explain communication signs or calls, normal servicing procedures, and emergency procedures as a minimum. At all times during the refueling process, the pilot should…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 2-3
  Chapter 2: Personal Minimums › Personal Minimums › Step 3—Consider Other Conditions

  this example, the pilot did not fill in the LIFR boxes for known “comfort level” in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) after deciding to avoid flight in those conditions. 12402 Experience and “Comfort Level” Assessment Figure 2-4. A sample pilot ... single table, the summary of a pilot’s known “comfort level” for VFR, MVFR, IFR, and LIFR weather conditions might appear as shown in Figure 2-5. Figure 2-5. Experience and comfort level assessment for combined…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 1-4
  Chapter 1: Introduction to the Helicopter › Rotor System › Tandem Rotor

  Tandem Rotor Tandem rotor (sometimes referred to as dual rotor) helicopters have two large horizontal rotor assemblies, instead of one main assembly and a smaller tail rotor. [Figure 1-6] Single rotor helicopters need a tail rotor to neutralize ... twisting momentum produced by the single large rotor. Tandem rotor helicopters, however, use counter-rotating rotors, each canceling out the other’s torque. Counter-rotating rotor blades will not collide with and destroy each other if they flex into…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 8-4
  Chapter 8: Ground Procedures and Flight Preparations › Safety in and Around Helicopters › Passengers

  inexperienced pilots while they are developing confidence and ability to operate in the aviation environment. Inexperienced pilots should consider building up their passenger carrying experience while remaining in good flying conditions and in a familiar area. All persons boarding ... helicopter while its rotors are turning should be briefed on the safest means of doing so. The pilot in command (PIC) should always brief the passengers prior to engine start to ensure complete understanding of all procedures. The exact procedures…