Rotorcraft Flying Handbook

£7.99

Rotorcraft Flying Handbook

Aviation skills and piloting Aircraft and aviation

Author: Federal Aviation Administration

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Language: English

Published by: Skyhorse

Published on: 11th February 2011

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 16 Mb

ISBN: 9781626366701


The Rotorcraft Flying Handbook

The Rotorcraft Flying Handbook is designed as a technical manual for applicants who are preparing for their private, commercial, or flight instructor pilot certificates with a helicopter or gyroplane class rating. Certificated flight instructors may find this handbook a valuable training aid, since detailed coverage of aerodynamics, flight controls, systems, performance, flight maneuvers, emergencies, and aeronautical decision making is included.

Contents

Chapter 1—Introduction to the Helicopter

Chapter 2—General Aerodynamics

Chapter 3—Aerodynamics of Flight

Chapter 4—Helicopter Flight Controls

Chapter 5—Helicopter Systems

Chapter 6—Rotorcraft Flight Manual (Helicopter)

Chapter 7—Weight and Balance

Chapter 8—Performance

Chapter 9—Basic Flight Maneuvers

Chapter 10—Advanced Maneuvers

Chapter 11—Helicopter Emergencies

Chapter 12—Attitude Instrument Flying

Chapter 13—Night Operations

Chapter 14—Aeronautical Decision Making

Chapter 15—Introduction to the Gyroplane

Chapter 16—Aerodynamics of the Gyroplane

Chapter 17—Gyroplane Flight Controls

Chapter 18—Gyroplane Systems

Chapter 19—Rotorcraft Flight Manual (Gyroplane)

Chapter 20—Flight Operations

Chapter 21—Gyroplane Emergencies

Chapter 22—Gyroplane Aeronautical Decision Making

Glossary and index.

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