Autorotation (R 22)

    I tried the autorotation with the Robinson. Here are the results, I need to practice a little more. The playback is a bit choppy.

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    To autorotate, I set the Helicopter to takeoff position in the Location menu, then reduced the throttle on the collective.

    Then I raise the helicopter with the up arrow and, dropping the nose, accelerate it to between 60-70 kts.

    The autorotation process in the R 22 manual:

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    I tried the autorotation with the Robinson. Here are the results, I need to practice a little more. The playback is a bit choppy.

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    To autorotate, I set the Helicopter to takeoff position in the Location menu, then reduced the throttle on the collective.

    Then I raise the helicopter with the up arrow and, dropping the nose, accelerate it to between 60-70 kts.

    The autorotation process in the R 22 manual:

    Try to roll in a bit more speed so you have more air going thru the props=more stable under pressure if that makes sense

    Best,

    War

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    Try to roll in a bit more speed so you have more air going thru the props=more stable under pressure if that makes sense

    Is that what you're thinking? So that I don't slow down completely before landing?

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    Is that what you're thinking? So that I don't slow down completely before landing?

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    Yes something like that but try to pull her back a bit more before comming fully down don’t try to land on the full skids and that will be a bit deadly irl

    Best,

    War

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    Yes something like that but try to pull her back a bit more before comming fully down don’t try to land on the full skids and that will be a bit deadly irl

    Ok thanks but since the engine failure can also occur outside the airport, the goal is to land at as low a speed as possible. Therefore, this must be practiced as well. Anyway, this is even harder than sliding down.

    And the manual says to try to touch the ground with horizontal skids.

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    Ok thanks but since the engine failure can also occur outside the airport, the goal is to land at as low a speed as possible. Therefore, this must be practiced as well. Anyway, this is even harder than sliding down.

    And the manual says to try to touch the ground with horizontal skids.

    Interesting the R22 I was taught in my instructor told be aim the tip of my skids

    But now I’m on wheels so

    Best,

    War

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    Interesting the R22 I was taught in my instructor told be aim the tip of my skids

    But now I’m on wheels so

    Yes, it's easier to land forward, I think that's why they teach it. Your instructor may have told you to land with the tail hanging slightly so that the front of the skid plate doesn't get caught on something, which could easily cause a rollover. The manual might say level landing because they're afraid the tail rotor will hit the ground. I don't know, I've never been in a Robinson helicopter.

    In an older topic, someone said that the simulator is bad because you can't stop at the end of an autorotation with the helicopters. Well, you can with the Robinson and that's all I really wanted to try.

    An R-44 autorotation video.

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