This is the nineteenth training flight in a series following a student through his flight training from day 1 to checkride in an R22.
Due to flying with one door off, the airflow creates some extra noise, which means some interference in the audio in some parts of the video.
Some highlights of this lesson:
- Autorotations
- Towered airport operations
- Dealing with radio failures and other emergency procedures
Below the video are time-stamped notes/tips for the flight.
NOTES/TIPS:
03:40 learning the standard radio phrases and having good situational awareness helps predict and therefore interpret scratchy/faint/mumbling radio calls
05:05 keep radios and intercom at different volume levels based on priority of information
05:50 use compass, hands, kneeboard, airport diagrams, moving map displays etc to help visualize runways in use and how to enter pattern
08:40 avoid blade slap on descent by keeping speed up and avoid overflying houses
16:20 steep approach
21:25 things can be a bit overwhelming when first working with ATC, so don’t be too proud to admit if you don’t understand (ask instructor or ATC for clarification)- it is the safest option
23:00 straight in autorotation
25:50 straight in autorotation, nose too high during entry
26:40 the start of our avionics problem, the loud intermittent scratchy noise
30:20 straight in autorotation, too slow and low RPM at the end
29:50 remember collective adjustments will affect pitch attitude, through a time delay of about a second or two. Keep adjustments small and look outside to detect attitude changes
32:00 think ahead of possible traffic conflicts that will require ATC to give you instructions – like the left 360 fir spacing with take off traffic
34:40 autorotation – a good one but avionics problem starts again at the end of the flare
37:20 avoid automatic response to tower’s traffic advisories- make sure you have the correct traffic in sight
39:00 autorotation and avionics buzz is back
41:50 trouble shooting the avionics buzz
44:10 don’t let an issue consume your attention – make sure to keep flying and eyes outside
45:05 problem found – the alternator -post flight inspection showed a loose connection on the alternator
45:50 electrical fire emergency procedure
To view all the videos in this series, check out this YouTube playlist of all the Flight Training Sessions (Full-Length Unedited)
