This is "six-one-november" and she is my helicopter. We alway get paired and so far I like her. There is real value in getting used to one machine, you start to feel vibrations and notice small changes in the machine. For instance, 61N is an oily little biatch... and when you know that, you look an notice small changes in the drip patterns.
Right side of the engine. You can see some of the results of the oil drops on the bottom of the fan scrolling - dust. The engine is in great condition, and the mechanics do a good job of keeping an eye on it all... but, as I said, it is good to know what normal is.
The instrument panel.
Top Row, left to right:
- VSI - Vertical Speed Indicator
- Artificial Horizon / Turn Indicator
- Airspeed
- Tachometer. Left needle, Engine RPM. Right needle, Rotor RPM
- Altitude
- Manifold Pressure
Gauges.
Left column:
- Clock
- Carburetor temperature
- Amps
- Oil Pressure
- Auxiliary fuel tank gauge
- Oil Temperature
- Main fuel tang gauge
- Cylinder Head Temperature
- OAT - Outside Air Temperature
- GPS
- Radio
- Transponder
- POH - Robinson R22 Pilot's Operating Handbook
- Circuit breaker pannel
- Cabin Heat
- HOBBS Counter
- Zoe & Dad in an R22.
2 comments:
The "No hover autos" placard is interesting, since it's not required by the POH (limitations section), so I presume the school put it there on their own (there's nothing wrong with that).
What's confusing though, is that it's not clear what they mean: an auto from an OGE hover, or the so-called hovering auto from 2-3' (which is not an auto at all and should be called something else).
I believe that the "no hover autos" policy is to avoid damage to the gyroscopic instrument in the aircraft. The IFR trainers at HAI also have the placard, but most of the other aircraft don't.
In the civilian training world that I came from (specifically Hillsboro Aviation), "hover auto" means a Power Failure Below 8' AGL. It's way easier to say. I've never given it any thought, but you're right, it isn't really an auto, is it? Oh well--as with most colloqualisms, it isn't technically accurate.
BTW, we called Power Failure from OGE Hover above 500' AGL a "zero airspeed auto." Oh, and great blog!
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