JasonJ
Senior Heliman
Location: North Idaho
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| all you have to do is smoothly lower the collective and gently let the heli down. And you are out of the trouble situation. Without doing anything to any other controls.
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I have to very respectfully disagree. You are constantly flying the cyclic, and just lowering the collective when the helicopter is in an iffy situation can result in a debris field. I had some awesome awe inspiring crashes with training gear on. Training gear doesn't prevent the Pendullum Of Death when you are chasing the helicopter with overcorrections and eventually eating it.
My belief is, when you are up higher and use a bailout maneuver you are teaching yourself to save the helicopter. It is something you can always use. Lowering collective and landing when you get in trouble is something that you end up having to unlearn later on, so why bother getting in the habit in the first place? This whole thing comes from that RADDS way of learning to fly, scooting around on training gear, which was introduced before simulators became common place. I tried it briefly and it didn't work well for me. If you have the skill to overcome the ground effect that occurs from flying 2 inches off of the ground and can land gently, you have the skill to fly without the gear altogether.
If some want to learn with gear, that is fine, but it does reinforce bad habits and eventually you have to learn how to save the helicopter. Might as well just start from the beginning. |
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