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Helicopter Flight Training Manual (TP 9982)

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Second Edition, June 2006

• INTRODUCTION
• EXERCISE 1 - FAMILIARIZATION
  • Flight Instruments
  • Engine Instruments
• EXERCISE 2 - PREPARATION FOR FLIGHT
  • Flight Planning
  • Aircraft Documents
  • Weight and Balance
  • The Influences of C of G in Flight
  • Inspection of the Aircraft
• EXERCISE 3 - EFFECTS OF CONTROLS
  • Adjusting the Controls
  • Cyclic Stick
  • Collective Lever
  • Throttle
  • Tail Rotor Pedals
  • Ancillary Controls
  • Carburettor Heat Control and Mixture Control
  • Windshield Defogging
  • Engine Anti-icing
  • Hydraulic System
  • Rotor Brake
  • Heater
• EXERCISE 4 - AIRSPEED AND POWER CHANGES STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT
  • Changing Airspeed
  • Power Changes
  • Straight and Level Flight
• EXERCISE 5 - CLIMBS AND DESCENTS
  • Climbs
  • Descents
• EXERCISE 6 - TURNS
  • Load Factor
  • Standard Rate Turns
• EXERCISE 7 - AUTOROTATIONS 1 (UPPER AIR)
  • Checks
  • Entry
  • Turning
  • Overshooting
• EXERCISE 8 - HOVERING
  • Effects of Control
  • The Cyclic
  • The Collective
  • The Pedals
  • Visual Cues
  • Summary
• EXERCISE 9 - TAKEOFF AND LANDING
  • Takeoff To The Hover
  • Hover Check
  • The Landing
• EXERCISE 10 - HOVERING EXERCISES
  • Pedal turns at the Hover (Turns Around The Mast)
  • Hover-Taxiing
• EXERCISE 11 - ENGINE FAILURE
  • Engine Failure At The Hover/Hover-Taxi
  • Hovering Engine Failure
  • Hover-Taxi Engine Failure
• EXERCISE 12 - TRANSITIONS
  • Transition To The Climb
  • Transition From Straight And Level Flight To Hover
  • Height Reduction
  • Speed Reduction
  • Overshooting From The Transition To the Hover
• EXERCISE 13 - AUTOROTATIONS 2 (LANDINGS)
  • Power Recovery
• EXERCISE 14 - EMERGENCIES
• EXERCISE 15 - THE CIRCUIT
  • Flying The Circuit
  • Racetrack Pattern
  • Square Pattern
  • Spacing
  • Wake Turbulence
  • Air Traffic Services (ATS)
  • First Solo
• EXERCISE 16 - SIDEWAYS AND REARWARDS FLIGHT
  • Sideways Flight
  • Rearward Flight
  • Turns Around The Tail
  • Turns Around The Nose
• EXERCISE 17 - STEEP TURNS
• EXERCISE 18 - AUTOROTATIONS 3 (RANGE VARIATIONS)
  • Airmanship
  • Extending The Range
  • Maximum Range Autorotation
  • Reducing The Range
• EXERCISE 19 - PRACTICE FORCED APPROACHES
  • Distress Call
• EXERCISE 20 - PILOT NAVIGATION
  • Preparing For The Flight
  • Weather
  • Charts
  • The Route
  • Preparing The Chart
  • The Flight Planning Form
  • Track Line Measurement
  • Airspeed Corrections
  • Wind Velocity (W/V)
  • Navigation Log
  • Flight Plan And Flight Itinerary
  • General Technique
  • Map Reading
  • The Flight
  • Diverting To An Alternate Destination
• EXERCISE 21 - RAPID DECELERATIONS
  • Into Wind
  • Downwind (180^o Emergency Turn)
• EXERCISE 22 - LOW LEVEL OPERATIONS
  • Considerations
• EXERCISE 23 - SLOPING GROUND
  • Reconnaissance
  • Manoeuvring
  • Landing
  • Takeoff
  • General
• EXERCISE 24 - ADVANCED TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS
  • No-Hover Takeoff
  • Cushion Takeoff
  • Towering Takeoff
  • Vertical Takeoff
  • No-Hover Landing
  • Run-on Landing
  • Approaches
• EXERCISE 25 - CONFINED AREA
• EXERCISE 26 - VORTEX RING
• EXERCISE 27 - PRACTICAL LOADING AND MAXIMUM WEIGHT OPERATIONS
  • Power Requirements
  • Loading and Unloading Cargo
  • Passengers
• EXERCISE 28 - SLING LOAD OPERATIONS
  • Pre-Flight Checks
  • Picking Up The Load
  • The Takeoff
  • Approach To Release Point
  • Releasing The Load
  • Safety Precautions
  • Unusual Loads
  • Operational Tips
• EXERCISE 29 - TYPE CONVERSION
  • Knowledge
  • Systems and Procedures
  • Performance
  • Experience
• EXERCISE 30 - INSTRUMENT FLYING
  • Aircraft Control.
  • Attitude Control.
  • Power Control
  • Control and Performance Instruments
  • Pitch Attitude Control
  • Bank Attitude Control
  • Trim
  • The Radial Scan.
  • Applying the Scanning Pattern
  • Instrument Exercises
  • Straight and Level Flight
  • Climb
  • Descents
  • Turns
  • Unusual Attitudes
  • Rule of Thumb:
  • Emergencies/Malfunctions
• EXERCISE 31 - NIGHT FLYING #1
  • Planning
  • Circuits
  • Emergencies
• EXERCISE 31 - NIGHT FLYING #2
  • Introduction
  • Planning
  • En Route

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2010-05-20

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