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• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 11-6
  Chapter 11: Helicopter Emergencies and Hazards › Common Errors › Autorotation with Turns

  Autorotation with Turns Turns (or a series of turns) can be made during autorotation to facilitate landing into the wind or avoiding obstacles. Turns during autorotation should be made early so that the remainder of the autorotation is flown identically ... straight-in autorotation. The most common turns in an autorotation are 90 degrees and 180 degrees. The following technique describes an autorotation with a 180-degree turn. The pilot establishes the aircraft on a downwind heading at the recommended airspeed…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 11-3
  Chapter 11: Helicopter Emergencies and Hazards › Autorotation › Straight-In Autorotation

  Risk Management during Autorotation Training The following sections describe enhanced guidelines for autorotations during rotorcraft/helicopter flight training, as stated in Advisory Circular (AC) 61-140. There are risks inherent in performing autorotations in the training environment, and in particular ... degree autorotation. This section describes an acceptable means, but not the only means, of training applicants for a rotorcraft/helicopter airman certificate to meet the qualifications for various rotorcraft/helicopter ratings. You may use alternate methods for training if you establish that…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 9-8
  Chapter 9: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Hovering Turn › Technique

  this point, the rate of turn has a tendency to increase at a rapid rate due to the tendency of the tail surfaces to weathervane. Because of the tailwind condition, hold rearward cyclic pressure to keep the helicopter over ... with additional left pedal and increased throttle. Refer to this graphic throughout the remainder of the discussion on a hovering turn to the left. The horizontal stabilizer has a tendency to lift the tail during a tailwind condition. This…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 9-7
  Chapter 9: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Hovering › Common Errors

  helicopter to respond. Confusing attitude changes for altitude changes, which results in improper use of the controls. 4. Hovering too high, creating a hazardous flight condition. The height velocity chart should be referenced to determine the maximum skid height ... hover and safely recover the helicopter should a malfunction occur. 5. Hovering too low, resulting in occasional touchdown. 6. Becoming overly confident over prepared surfaces when taking off to a hover. Be aware that dynamic rollover accidents usually occur over…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 2-14
  Chapter 2: Aerodynamics of Flight › Hovering Flight

  Hovering Flight Hovering is the most challenging part of flying a helicopter. This is because a helicopter generates its own gusty air while in a hover, which acts against the fuselage and flight control surfaces. The end result is constant ... helicopter where it is required to be. Despite the complexity of the task, the control inputs in a hover are simple. The cyclic is used to eliminate drift in the horizontal plane, controlling forward, backward, right and left movement…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 7-4
  Chapter 7: Helicopter Performance › The Effect of Weight Versus Density Altitude › Hovering Performance

  Hovering Performance Helicopter performance revolves around whether or not the helicopter can be hovered. More power is required during the hover than in any other flight regime. Obstructions aside, if a hover can be maintained, a takeoff can be made ... especially with the additional benefit of translational lift. Hover charts are provided for in ground effect (IGE) hover and out of ground effect (OGE) hover under various conditions of gross weight, altitude, temperature, and power. The IGE hover ceiling…