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  • Chapter 4: Helicopter Components, Sections, and Systems › Stability Augmentations Systems › Autopilot

    functions depend on the type of autopilot and systems installed in the helicopter. The most common functions are altitude and heading hold. Some more advanced systems include a vertical speed or indicated airspeed (IAS) hold mode, where a constant rate…

  • Chapter 5: Rotorcraft Flight Manual

    Chapter Summary This chapter discussed all of the common components, sections, and systems of the helicopter. The chapter also explained how each of them work with one another to make flight possible. Chapter 5: Rotorcraft Flight Manual Title ... Rotorcraft Flight Manual,” a statement must be included on the title page indicating that the document is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Rotorcraft Flight Manual (RFM). [Figure 5-1] Not including the preliminary pages, an FAA-approved…

  • Chapter 4: Helicopter Components, Sections, and Systems › Main Rotor System › Rigid Rotor System

    Figure 4-4. Four-blade hingeless (rigid) main rotor. Rotor blades are…

  • Chapter 11: Helicopter Emergencies and Hazards › System Malfunctions › Antitorque System Failure

    rotor drive system failures include driveshaft failures, tail rotor gearbox failures, or a complete loss of the tail rotor itself. In any of these cases, the loss of antitorque normally results in an immediate spinning of the helicopter’s nose ... helicopter spins to the right in a counterclockwise rotor disk and to the left in a clockwise system. This discussion is for a helicopter with a counterclockwise rotor disk. The severity of the spin is proportionate to the amount…

  • Chapter 9: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Normal Takeoff from a Hover › Technique

    height/velocity diagram. Technique Refer to Figure 9-12 (position 1). Bring the helicopter to a hover and perform a hover and systems check, which includes power, balance, and flight controls prior to continuing flight. The power check should include ... used to hover and the power available at the existing altitude and temperature conditions. The balance condition of the helicopter is indicated by the position of the cyclic when maintaining a stationary hover. Wind necessitates some cyclic deflection, but there…

  • Chapter 10. Helicopter Operations › Section 1. Helicopter IFR Operations › 10-1-1. Helicopter Flight Control Systems

    including heading, altitude, vertical speed, navigation tracking, and approach. These systems typically have a control panel for mode selection, and system for indication of mode status. Autopilots may or may not be installed with an associated Flight Director System ... commonly known as a “vee-bar”) presentation superimposed over the attitude indicator. Some FDs also include a collective cue. The pilot manipulates the helicopter’s controls to satisfy these commands, yielding the desired flight path, or may couple the flight…