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Purpose
To simulate landing the aircraft in the event of a power loss while in a hover or during hover taxiing.
Description
- Demonstrate the procedure for a hover autorotations.
- Allow the student to practic hover autorotations.
Instructional aids and pre-requisites
Lessons PS-1 through PS-2 are pre-requisites
Content
- Position the aircraft into the wind over the taxiway in a 2-3΄ hover
- Identify a distant vertical structure the student can use as a reference
- Reposition hand so that the throttle can be completely closed
- After a 3-count, smoothly roll the throttle into the detent position and simultaneously correct yaw with right pedal
- As the aircraft settles, increase collective to cushion the landing
- Keep the throttle in full detent
- Correct sideward drift with cyclic
- Apply slight forward cyclic as the aircraft makes ground contact
- Once firmly on the ground, lower the collective to full down
Common errors
- Excessive yaw
- Encourage the student to slowly and smoothly roll of throttle to allow ample time to make compensating ATP inputs
- Hard landing
- Early application of collective, causing loss of rotor RPM prior to touchdown
- Not using all available collective
Completion standards
- Heading ±10°
- Touchdown in a level attitude
Teaching considerations
- Teach “Throttle-Pedal, Settle-Pull”
- Guard against aft or sideward drift
- Performing a hover autorotation during a slow forward taxi may help isolate the inputs
- Guard against student inadvertantly increasing throttle
- Practice rolling throttle down several times while on the ground, just prior to practicing hover autorotation
Video on how to perform hovering autorotations
Additional practice
- Not applicable
Additional resources
- None currently