Training
The Helicopter Engine (Turboshaft)
(Reviewed on 12th March 2021) Helicopter Engines One of the most common helicopter engines used today is the turboshaft engine. A turboshaft engine is effectively a jet engine and normally runs on a kerosene based fuel. There are many variants of turboshaft engines but they all follow basic concepts and principles. To keep things simple, […]
Common Helicopter Training Mistakes
(Updated on 2nd April 2021) Introduction When you first start learning to fly a helicopter, you soon realize that it is not as easy as it looks. Students make common training mistakes. Your instructor seems to do everything so effortlessly and moves the helicopter sometimes as if by mental control, as the flight controls do […]
Frontology – Weather Charts for Pilots
(Reviewed on 6th February 2021) Introduction Just today, one of my students asked me to post some information about fronts. Meteorology is such a large subject, it is sometimes difficult to know where to begin learning. For this post, I am going to concentrate on “Frontology” – the study of weather fronts. As helicopter pilots, […]
Visual Cues When Hovering Helicopters
(Reviewed on 1st March 2021) Visual Cues The next time you watch a helicopter take off and lift into the hover and it takes off smoothly and comes to a really steady hover; ask yourself how the pilot is holding everything so steady. The main reason is lots of practice. Good co-ordination and muscle memory […]
