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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…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 3-3
  Chapter 3: Helicopter Flight Controls › Cyclic Pitch Control

  Cyclic Pitch Control The cyclic pitch control (or simply “cyclic”) is usually projected upward from the cockpit floor, between the pilot’s legs or between the two pilot seats in some models. [Figure 3-4] This primary flight control allows ... pilot to fly the helicopter in any direction of travel: forward, rearward, left, and right. As discussed in Chapter 2, Aerodynamics of Flight, the total lift force is always perpendicular to the tip-path plane of the main rotor…

• 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…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 4-1-15
  Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-18. Terminal Radar Services for VFR Aircraft

  Traffic information is provided on a workload permitting basis. Standard radar separation between VFR or between VFR and IFR aircraft is not provided. (a) Pilots of arriving VFR aircraft should initiate radio contact on the publicized frequency with approach control ... when approximately 25 miles from the airport at which sequencing services are being provided. On initial contact by VFR aircraft, approach control will assume that sequencing service is requested. After radar contact is established, the pilot may use pilot navigation…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 3-4
  Chapter 3: Helicopter Flight Controls › Antitorque Pedals › Heading Control

  Pressing on the left pedal has the opposite effect: the nose of the helicopter yaws to the left and the tail swings right. [Figure 3-6] With the antitorque pedals in the neutral position, the tail rotor has a medium ... positive pitch angle. In medium positive pitch, the tail rotor thrust approximately equals the torque of the main rotor during cruise flight, so the helicopter maintains a constant heading in level flight. A vertical fin or stabilizer is used…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 3-3
  Chapter 3: Helicopter Flight Controls › Antitorque Pedals

  This results in maximum downward deflection of the rotor blade in front of the helicopter and maximum upward deflection behind it, causing the rotor disk to tilt forward. Figure 3-4. The cyclic pitch control may be mounted vertically between ... pilot’s knees or on a teetering bar from a single cyclic located in the center of the helicopter. The cyclic can pivot in all directions. Antitorque Pedals The antitorque pedals, located on the cabin floor by the pilot…