Kenny KellerCreator Helicopter Online Ground School LLC

#1 Robinson R22 R44 Training Safety Tip Never push cyclic forward Online Ground School

26 Apr 2013 · 1 min

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Short Online Ground School video by Kenny Keller offering helicopter safety guidance (focused on the Robinson R22 but broadly applicable). Main point: do not push the cyclic forward to descend or to terminate a pull-up — doing so can produce a low-G (near weightless) condition that may allow the main rotor blade to strike the cabin; instead, always use the collective (lower collective) to initiate descent. The speaker also endorses the Robinson factory safety course.

Questions this video answers

Kenny Keller

April 26, 2013

Use the collective (lower the collective).

A low-G, near weightless condition which can result in a main rotor blade striking the cabin.

Chapters

General section. And then we have safety tips and we have safety notices. What I want to put in here is I read these back when I was training, back as a student pilot. No matter what, you're going to be flying later on. Right now we're talking about the Robinson R22, but you're going to move on to probably another aircraft. You're going to be a private pilot, maybe commercial pilot, maybe you're going to be an instructor. This stuff all pertains and it pertains pretty much to all helicopters. There's a few that are Robinson specific, but the majority of them are not. A majority of them are good general safety stuff. And that's when I preach about the Robinson factory safety course. I went 10 years ago and I can't wait to go again. It's one of the best schools you'll ever get for the money. It's an incredible school. So we're going to go right down through these. Never push the cyclic forward. Never push the cyclic forward to descend or terminate a pull up you would in an airplane. This may produce a low G, near weightless condition which can result in a main rotor blade striking the cabin. Always use the collective to initiate a descent. Anytime you're going to descend lower collective. There's never a reason to use a large forward abrupt input. You do not want to put the aircraft in a low G situation. So again, I've been flying going on 20 years pretty soon and I've been flying, flying a little bit of everything and not one of those helicopters. There's there ever been a need for a large forward abrupt cyclic input? Never.