Kenny KellerCreator Helicopter Online Ground School LLC

#9 Robinson R22 R44 Safety Tip Never Allow RPM To Become Dangerously Low To Avoid Blade Stall

2 May 2013 · 1 min

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Kenny Keller gives a concise safety tip for Robinson R22/R44 pilots: never allow rotor RPM to become dangerously low because these helicopters have low-inertia rotor systems prone to blade stall. He repeatedly emphasizes constant RPM monitoring and instructs pilots to lower collective and add throttle promptly if RPM begins to decay, warning that late or incorrect control inputs can be deadly.

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You have to maintain at all cost. You're going to hear it two or three more times before we're done with this specific section. And when you're flying the R22, it's a great little aircraft, but it's a low inertia rotor system. Low rpm, man. You have to maintain RPM at all cost. There's just about anything more important than the rpm. Just always have to remember, rpm's low. Lower collective, add throttle. Because it can be. It could be the RPM is getting a little bit low. And if just a gentle smooth down collective and increased throttle can bring you right back, you make the wrong inputs when it's already low, that can be deadly. So again, you're going to be getting this instruction from wherever you're flying. And it's, it's just low, low rpm. You're always managing that RPM all the time.