This content was created by Kenny Keller. This content was uploaded by Kenny Keller. This is a YouTube video titled "Day #24 Normal Take Off Helicopter Helicopter Online Ground School" created on January 25, 2012. It features Kenny Keller providing instructional content on helicopter takeoff procedures, emphasizing a slow and steady approach to avoid engine failure during power changes.
Things that you can do to get through a normal takeoff without changing your power. One method of taking off. This isn't an absolute. This is what we do here, and I do this all year round. Whether it's summertime, whether performance is good, performance is bad. We don't change the power on a takeoff. We set the hover power. That's number one. Set the hover power for the day. Start creeping forward the aircraft very slowly, so slow that it's painful, like painfully slow. Keep that slow speed and keep just building it, building it, building it until you get to etl. So step number two is once you get to etl, push through that ETL to keep the aircraft low to the ground. Continue your takeoff. And then once you get to around 30, you're going to be above ETL. Number three, adjust your cyclic to get your climb speed. And in most helicopters you can do your entire takeoff, never change that power. And the beauty of that is you get your airspeed for a climb, get your altitude that you want, get over a clear area, then change your power. Whether you need to lower the power, add the power. And the reason that is, they tell us that if you're going to have an engine failure, if the engine is kind of on the verge, it's probably going to happen during a power change. It's not most likely going to happen when the power is just at one setting. It's not an absolute, but what they tell us, that's the way it works. If it's going to quit, it's probably going to quit when you're changing that power. So that's a good procedure for doing takeoffs. A lot of guys like to pull the max power and stick that nose in the ground and take off like a madman. And that's okay. I mean, you can take off like that. A lot of guys do that aggressive takeoff. We don't do that here. We prefer the slow takeoff. That way if you have an engine failure, the nose is straight and you can just slide that thing right on the ground. Being level. If you have your, your nose like this, engine quits and you could possibly nose dive the thing into the ground. So the second one I want to throw in was a cool thing a guy taught me years ago in Cleveland was 30 and 30 make 60 if you're having a good performance day in an instrument. And again, this isn't every instrument out there. We've had our problems in the past where we didn't always make the power we needed. But right now in our instrument, if you hold 30 pounds of manifold pressure and you do that slow takeoff, that slow summertime takeoff. Wait until you get going and if you push through ETL and right about 30, you start your climb, you can then adjust your cyclic to make 60. And it's a proven fact as far as I've seen. I've done it and it's really how it's really cool when it works. 30 inches. Hold that to you get through ETL until you get 30, then adjust your cyclic accordingly and 30 and 30 will give you 60, which is pretty neat when it works out. And it's a good method to use. So hopefully you like this. Please click the like button or the Share button. Don't be afraid to leave comments with feedback and we will see you on day 25. Thanks for stopping by. See you later.
