Heiko Schulz schrieb: > long time I wondered why my autorotatings > shortly after start (simulatinng engine failure) don't > work and I crashed. It is really nice to compare the > different helicopters in FGFS: The EC135 is hardly to > autorotate comparred to the S76c. I didn't try the > R22, but it should be more difficult. > You should check the behaviour of the FG EC 135. Last year I asked an experienced pilot of the German Federal Police after he has got his typerating for the EC 135 which replaced their BO105 how the EC135 handles compared to the BO135. He told me that they are pretty the same regarding the behaviour in flight. I have to believe that because I could not ask more due to an emergency flight. May be there is another chance this year to go more into detail. And I heard from another pilot that the EC135 autorotates quite nice but that they stopped to train autorotations with this helicopter at the German Army due to a) a lot of (expensive!) Fenestron case damages during the last autorotation flare b) new philosophy that a two engine helicopter is more safe and an autorotation is scarcely to be expected c) simulator training of dangerous procedures. And - contrary to former times - our professional pilots have NOT to make an autorotation during their checkflights anymore!!!
> Regards > HHS > > > Georg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
