AOPA Pilot Magazine - April 2011 - 78

out (the upper pulley is slowly going up to tighten the belts and spin drive system as the rotors spool up). When the 25-foot main rotor blades get going, surprisingly it’s not as loud as you’d think. We bring rotor rpm to 75 percent to conduct a warmup. We conduct a magneto check and look at the tachometer to ensure the needles are together. A carb heat check, and then remove friction locks. Turn on the governor, which adds power as the collective is increased; then conduct a low rpm check. Anything less than 97 percent will trigger a warning light and a horn. To fly is heavenly, to hover divine When the R22’s skids leave the ramp, it is Digital Adaptive Noise Reduction a gentle sensation, not unlike that of an A HS 400 Signum elevator headed for the fourth floor. We Cell phone / iPhone & music player connection taxi about three feet above ground level to the hover practice area, a large quadA Excellent German Audio Engineering rant marked off by four white-painted since1924 tires. I have been following along on the controls. “When I give them to you, don’t ever let go,” Greenwalt says. First I try to turn the R22 to the right using only the anti-torque pedal. Since the blades turn counterclockwise and the helicopter wants to go to the right, just a bit of pressure causes a smart turn on 2 DAY GROUND SCHOOLS and CFI Refresher Clinics* 17:09:44 Uhr our axis. A slight press to the left anti24.02.2011 HS400_HS600_4,6"x4,9"_02-2011_Versionen.indd 5 or visit Aviation Seminars - 36 years of excellence * Callfor FIRCour website torque pedal produces the same result in Schedule FREQUENT CLASSES HELD IN 100 MAJOR CITIES the opposite direction. Private/Commercial - $429 Instrument/CFII - $429 CFI Refresher Clinics $189 (FAA Approved) Now all hands and feet are on deck, • 800-257-9444 - www.aviationseminars.com • so to speak, because it’s time to try hovAL Birmingham May 14-15 P,C FL Orlando May 14-15 P,C MD Baltimore Apr 16-17 I OK Oklahoma City Apr 2-3 I AZ Phoenix Apr 9-10 P,C Pensacola May 7-8 I ME Portland May 7-8 P,C Oklahoma City May 7-8 P,C ering. Widely acknowledged to be one Phoenix Apr 30-01 I Tampa Apr 9-10 P,C MI Detroit Apr 2-3 P,C OR Portland Apr 30-01 I CA Anaheim Apr 16-17 I Tampa May 7-8 P,C Detroit Apr 30-01 I Portland May 14-15 P,C of the most difficult aspects of flying a Anaheim May 7-8 I GA Atlanta Apr 2-3 P,C Kalamazoo Apr 16-17 P,C PA Allentown Apr 9-10 I Redlands Apr 30-01 P,C Atlanta Apr 9-10 I MN Minneapolis Apr 9-10 P,C Lancaster Apr 2-3 I helicopter, hovering usually isn’t taught Sacramento Apr 2-3 P,C Atlanta May 7-8 I Minneapolis May 14-15 I Pittsburgh Apr 16-17 P,C Sacramento May 7-8 I IA Des Moines Apr 16-17 P,C MO St Louis Apr 30-01 P,C SC Columbia May 7-8 P,C until the fourth or fifth lesson. But since San Diego Apr 2-3 I ID Boise May 7-8 P,C St Louis May 14-15 I TN Memphis Apr 9-10 I it’s part and parcel of the challenge, San Diego May 21-22 P,C IL Chicago Apr 2-3 P,C MS Jackson May 7-8 I Memphis Apr 30-01 P,C San Jose Apr 30-01 I Chicago Apr 30-01 I NC Charlotte Apr 9-10 I Nashville May 7-8 P,C Greenwalt brings us about 30 feet off San Jose May 14-15 P,C IN Indianapolis Apr 2-3 I Charlotte May 7-8 P,C TX Austin Apr 16-17 P,C Van Nuys Apr 9-10 P,C Indianapolis Apr 9-10 P,C Raleigh Apr 30-01 P,C Dallas Apr 9-10 I the ground and tells me to look outside. CO Denver Apr 2-3 I KS Wichita Apr 2-3 P,C Raleigh May 14-15 I Houston Apr 2-3 I Denver Apr 16-17 P,C Wichita Apr 30-01 I NH Manchester Apr 30-01 I Houston May 7-8 P,C Don’t look at the instruments or conCT Oxford Apr 2-3 I Wichita May 14-15 P,C NJ Somerville May 14-15 I Houston May 14-15 I FL Fort Lauderdale Apr 16-17 I MA Boston Apr 2-3 P,C NM Albuquerque Apr 9-10 I WA Seattle Apr 9-10 P,C trols, and don’t let go of the controls. Fort Lauderdale May 21-22 P,C Boston Apr 16-17 I OH Cincinnati Apr 16-17 I PLEASE CALL FOR Jacksonville May 14-15 P,C MD Baltimore Apr 9-10 P,C Cincinnati May 14-15 P,C FUTURE DATES Small movements with the cyclic—see P=PRIVATE C=COMMERCIAL I=INSTRUMENT AND INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTOR Orlando Apr 16-17 I AND LOCATIONS SUNDAY NIGHT TESTING IN MOST CITIES - VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DATES AND LOCATIONS how he is just barely moving his hand? Annnnnddddd….Go. Our helicopter correspondent Tim McAdams describes hovering as trying to balance on top of a basketball (http:/ aopa.org/blog/hoverpower). For me, it’s more like trying to tap dance and juggle while balancing on a basketball. I am looking outside, trying to feel how to keep the helicopter upright and relatively motionless. In a matter of seconds, things come apart. The R22 begins a tipsy, side-to-side, forward-backward movement that threatens to get bigger no matter how carefully I move the controls. “I think you need to help me,”
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