Basic Autorotations
(Updated on 28th March 2021) During your helicopter training, you will eventually have to learn how to glide the helicopter in unpowered flight. All helicopters can glide. We call it “autorotation“. We practice autorotations so much in the course of training that they become a part of normal helicopter flight. But do not think that […]
The Finer Points Of Autorotations
(Reviewed on 18th March 2021) Introduction Qualified pilots can all do autorotations. Low time pilots can do them but are a little nervous and tentative. Students enjoy doing the autorotations but wonder what it would really be like if they had to do one for real. The only people I know who are really good […]
