Touchdown / Fulldown autorotations in the R44 Robinson with narration. Information about how we adjust the glide of the helicopter to land on a specific spot.
Free flying lessons! Watching these a few times gives you a really good idea of what the R44 can do. You can clearly see the attitudes you are looking for in a high flare and get a sense of the timing involved. All with no risk or nervousness so you can really pay attention and learn. Outstanding real time instructional commentary!
Makes me damn glad I’m learning in a 44! Instructor demo’d a hovering auto from 5ft and we missed the ground - so much momentum that we could take two bites.
Awesome video. I just started doing these at the end of my CFI course in a 44, still getting used to the ground rush at the end. Explanations of what your doing and how with energy exchange are spot on thank you for the video.
Thank you for the video! I'm in CFI training about to start full downs soon and this is really helping me get an idea of what to expect. Great video and instruction!
"S" turns to loose altitude? In Army flight school, 1967/68...our "SPOT" autorotations were started at pattern altitude (1,500') by putting the RW numbers under the chin bubble at speed, drop the collective, split the needles, pull the cyclic back to stop forward movement, push the cyclic over and become an elevator. Carefully keeping close watch on our position and rotor rpm- we repeated this 'pull/stop - push/drop process - until our last gyration and flare to the ground - right on the numbers. We were taught every conceivable method to autorotate our UH1s to the ground every time. Spot Autos were my favorite and we would bet the IPs we could do better! We were trained by the most experienced Vietnam Vets in existence and carried that confidence into Vietnam when our turn came. Today's helo instruction is rare to nonexistent for full autos to the ground...teaching recovery with power instead. Sad.
The last autos were way better then the first ones. Personally i prefer airspeed manipulation over S turns since in real life scenarios u might loose sight of selected field. Airspeed manipulation keeps u aligned and u dont have to bother about the field getting lost
May be moving from Seattle area to Bedford area soon. Does ECAC have R22's in fleet or just R44's? I am looking to finish up my training (through CFI/II level).
Paul, would sideways flare be an option, to avoid ground slipping or being too high at the end of the flare? If it is difficult to eliminate ground slipping at sea level, what’s your chances at 8,000 ft DA?
