BWS Solo Exam Flashcards
Weather
Take-Off
CURRENT OBSERVED weather, which is forecasted to remain
VIS 5 sm
Ceiling 1500 ft
Weather
Recovery/ Termination
If weather goes below
1500 ft Ceiling
5 sm VIS
If greater 1000’ and 3 sm -> Return to Shell
If below that: Weather PL
Weather
Wind
Surface wind below (including gusts) 15 kts and gust spread below 10
Prohibited maneuvers
EP training
Formation Flights
SVFR/ IFR flight
Dont take your smartphone out
General
Equipment
Minimum Essential Equipment has to be installed
General
Fuel
Min 1100 lbs in Main tank (Preflight)
General
Lights
Landing and Searchlight on and extended
General
Restart
Only with supervising IP
General
Preflight
Min. 1 IP per 5 Solo A/C
General
Landing
NO landing w/o permission or acknowledgement of Holmes or Chase
General
Passengers
…. No
General
RT selection
Marked as Solo and approved by IP
General
T/O after Precautionary Landing
No
General
Downtime
30 min before A/C downtime
General
Altitude
min. 600 MSL
General
RT Frequency
Monitor if w/in 3 km
General
RT Overfly
Not w/in 1 km w/o intention to land
General
Callsign
Add “SOLO”
General
Direct Return if..
Flight time > 2:30 hrs
Fuel < 200 lbs in the main tank
General
Corridor Final Altitude
Climb to 1000’ inbound 3 km before entering WARHO
General
Entering TP at Troy
Call Tower that you are entering
General
Seat Swap
Cyclic neutral, Collective Locked, Twist Grips IDLE
Left seat first
Than right seat
Right seat comes left and holds controls
“Old” Left seat enters right side and sits down
New Left side enters and sits down
Start checklist at page N-23
General
Right Seat Responsibilities
PC
fly the A/C
General
Left Seat Responsibilities
Co-Pilot
Enhance flight safety
Take controls: Forced Landing, Incapacitation of PC
General
Co-Pilots Duties
Pre T/O or Landing Checks
Clears A/C in turns
Assists in monitoring Mast moment
Fuel Consumption Checks
Other duties as assigned
Refuel Procedure
Only if Fuel < 450 lbs in main tank
Right seat remains
Left seat is fireguard
Complete Checklist for Hot-Refuel
If something happens: Emergency Shutdown. Don’t reposition A/C
Dynamic Rollover
Definition
Susceptibility to a lateral rolling tendency
Dynamic Rollover
Physical Factors
Main and Tail Rotor thrust
Center of Gravity
Crosswind
Ground Surface area
Large Slope Angle
Low Fuel condition
Dynamic Rollover
Human Factors
Inattention
Inexperience
Failure to take timely corrective action
Inappropriate Control Input
Loss of visual reference
Dynamic Rollover
Common Errors
Failure to detect drift
Large Pedal Input
Large cyclic inout
Large and abrupt collective movement
General
NOE/ Contour
No
General
Solo LOST Procedure
When unable to re-orient w/in 1:15 hrs or Fuel < 350 lbs in main tank
Climb to 1000’ MSL
Remain VMC
Notify Chase and Holmes
If still unable: Enter WARHO in Garmin, direct to, remain 1000’ MSL
If still unable: Contact Cairns Approach
If still unable: Land ASAPossible
General
Lost COMM Procedure
If one radio fails: Contact Chase
Complete:
Climb to 1000’ MSL
7600
Return to Stage- or Basefield
Light Signals
Steady Green
Clear to Land
Light Signals
Flashing Green
Return for landing
Light Signals
Steady Red
Give way for other A/C
Light Signals
Flashing Red
Airport unsafe - Do not land
General
Lost contact with chase
Maintain 600’ MSL or above and continue planned route w/o RTs
After landing proceed to parking, if no IP’s available -> shut down
General
Landing Off-Site
Attempt to relay location and reason for landing
If shutting down A/C, record exact location with Phone or CSEL
Remain in or close to A/C
At last resort use IMM on CSEL
Settling with power
Conditions
(near) vertical descent > 300ft/min
Airspeed below ETL
20 - 100% power applied with insufficient power to arrest the descent
Settling with power
Flight conditions conducive to settling with power
Downwind approaches
Formation flight
Hovering above max Hover ceiling
(Un-)Masking
Inappropriate Control input HOGE
Steep approach with high rate of descent
Settling with power
Recovery
Initial: Arrest Descent
Later: Gain airspeed (lower collective if height permits)
