Unexpected Challenges: Running Landing Across the Runway in a Helicopter Checkride

Still moving forward, still moving forward, still moving forward. And here we go. Boom, there you go on my private. He said, hey, I want you to do a running landing across the Runway. And I said, well, I can't. And he goes, sure you can. He knew that the kid teaching me was teaching me this running landing that was like a quarter of a mile down the dang taxiway, which on any given day it might take that it might, depending on your situation, you might have to have a really long running landing. What this examiner wanted to show me, he goes, kenny, I'm talking through it. He said, there's no reason you have to slide so far. So we're going to do one across the Runway. So I'm just going to do this real nice and slow, take my time coming in. I'm going to use a shallow approach and if I time it out correct, I'll be able to make a nice little about six or eight or ten foot slide, keeping it across the Runway. And I like the fact that he showed that to me because he made it obvious to me. Depends on any given day, how hot is it? How heavy are you? What's your load? What is your circumst stance? Maybe a running landing could be just a few feet. And if I do this just right, taking my time, slowing the thing down, clearing the Runway left and right. I'm looking, don't see anybody. And I'm just going to manage my speed here. Again, taking my time. I'm coming in, pulling in power gently like you would if you had some kind of a partial failure. Look again left and right for the Runway. Looks clear. Here we come. Still moving forward, still moving forward, still moving forward. And here we go. Boom, there you go. And we're down. You could be in a situation where you had a partial power failure. You had power but you just don't have enough to go to a hover. Maybe that's all you would need. Everybody like those, you're skidding like a quarter of a mile down the Runway or the taxiway. That might be the case on your particular failure. Doesn't have to be that way. We're going to do a quick hover pre takeoff check, warning and caution, lights out, gauges in the green when I pick this thing back up. Using a good two step process while Heather tells you how you can get a hold of her to sign up.

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