R44 Performance Standards (5/18/2024) Flashcards
Landing Checklist (5 items)
- Lights out (verifying no warning lights)
- Needles Married (Tach and engine)
- 3 in the green (oil pressure, oil temp, cylinder head temp)
- Fuel for the mission (Fuel gauges and also check fuel timer based off time we calculated before hand)
- Amps good (Not showing a drain)
Lift Collective _________ Pedal
Left
Reduce Collective __________ Pedal
Right
Up Collective, _________ will rise, ___________ cyclic
Nose, Forward
Down Collective, ___________ will fall, ___________ cyclic
Nose, Rear
_______________ controls RPM
Governor
Governor Failure, up collective, what happens to RPM?
It goes up
Governor Failure, down collective, what happens to RPM?
It goes down
Throttle, up RPM
Tighten grip
Throttle, down RPM
Loosen grip
Descent and Climb speed (3 items)
- 60 knots
- 500 fpm
- Find MP that correlates to 500 fpm
Climb Process (7 items)
- Verbalize “Clear above”
- Raise collective to “climb power” aka a target MP
- Left pedal
- Aft cyclic to 60/500
- Forward cyclic to 75/50 before
- Lower collective
- Right pedal
Descent Process (7 items)
- Verbalize “Clear below”
- Lower collective to “descent power” aka a target MP
- Right pedal
- Aft cyclic to 60/500
- Forward cyclic to 75/50 before
- Decrease collective
- Right pedal
Accelerate (3 items)
- Raise collective (approx 2” MP)
- Left pedal
- Forward cyclic
Deaccelerate (3 items)
- Lower collective (approx 2” MP)
- Right pedal
- Aft cyclic
Vertical T/O and Landing, (Performance Standards)
Altitude +/- 2 feet, Heading +/- 10 degrees, Circle 2 foot, no aft movement
Slope Operations (Performance Standards)
Specific heading +/- 5 degrees
Hover Taxi (Performance Standards)
Within 25 feet of the ground.
+/- 2 feet of designated point
+/- 2 feet of designated track
+/- 10 degrees of headings
Air Taxi (Performance Standards)
Within 100 feet of the ground.
+/- 5 feet of designated altitude
Normal Takeoff and Climb (Performance Standards)
Climb within +/- 5 knots of designated altitude
Normal Approach (Performance Standards)
Terminates the hover +/- 2 feet of the designated point.
Max Performance (Performance Standards)
Transitions to normal climb attitude, airspeed, +/- 5 knots and power setting
Steep Approach (Performance Standards)
Maintain approach angle not to exceed 15 degrees
Steep Approach (Performance Standards)
Maintain approach angle not to exceed 15 degrees
Terminates the hover +/- 2 feet of the designated point.
Go Around (Performance Standards)
Transitions to normal climb speed within +/-5 knots
Rapid Decel (Performance Standards)
Maintain heading +/- 5 degrees
Straight in auto (Performance Standards)
Establishes proper autorotation airspeed within +/- 5 knots
Terminate within 100 feet of designated point
180 auto (Performance Standards)
Establishes proper autorotation airspeed within +/- 5 knots
Terminate within 100 feet of designated point
Power Failure at a Hover (Performance Standards)
Maintain heading +/- 5 degrees
Power Failure at Altitude (Performance Standards)
Maintain autorotation speed +/- 5 knots
Settling with Power (Performance Standards)
Selects an altitude that allows recovery above 1,000 AGL
