Insights from a Professional Helicopter Pilot
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Bad Vibes – How to report vibrations on helicopters
In the modern helicopter era, some helicopters have Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) and Helicopter Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS). This means engineering teams have vast amounts of data to diagnose issues with helicopters. However, many helicopters do not have these systems. In other cases, a pilot’s experience of a fault can unlock the solution to a…
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Autopilots, cross-checks and low G in helicopter unusual attitude recovery
Loss of control of helicopters when in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) has sadly taken the lives of far too many helicopter crews. Whilst many of these incidents have been when non-instrument pilots inadvertently entered cloud, there are several accidents where instrument rated pilots have lost control. Training of instrument rated pilots in Unusual Attitude (UA)…
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Expert site surveys – Improving the assessment of onshore landing areas
For helicopter onshore operations at known landing sites, an accurate survey can de-risk operations and can be distilled down for the crew to use into a Company Landings Site Directory (CLSD). Various levels of scrutiny can be applied, with more rigorous surveys giving fewer restrictions than just an estimation taken by a customer. The survey…