Lesson 4 Helicopter Flight Controls and Airframe

Question 1

ALWAYS have your ________ on the collective when the blades are turning.

Answer 1

Hand

Question 2

What is the correlator?

Answer 2

As you raise the collective up, the correlator is making fuel adjustments (up collective, adding fuel…down collective, decreasing fuel)

Question 3

What is the governor?

Answer 3

Keeps the rpm constant, no throttle adjustments are required

Question 4

When you push cyclic forward, what happens to the blade angles?

Answer 4

Increases the blade pitch on the left side, force is felt 90 degrees later (in the rear) and the helicopter moves forward.

Question 5

How should you adjust up and down in a helicopter?

Answer 5

By using the collective

Question 6

Why does the nose of the helicopter want to go to the right in hover flight?

Answer 6

Torque

Question 7

In forward flight, what are the pedals used for?

Answer 7

They are used to keep the helicopter in trim

Question 8

What are the three major controls of the helicopter?

Answer 8

Collective, cyclic, anti-torque pedals

Question 9

What are the three main uses of the pedals?

Answer 9

• Counteract the torque of the main rotor
• Maintain trim in forward flight
• In a hover, allows the pilot to control heading