Cole Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Note the "just kidding" underneat it there Skids Up, I saw the same thing and my jaw hit the floor... haha pull that one on the flight test... see how that goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Up Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 I guess I need to learn to read all of the post before adding a comment. Just kind of scared me to think that anybody would even consider doing this... Thanks for the correction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpelton Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 When I trained one of my instructors always flew with a very small bit of friction on the cyclic in the 300. Made the controls feel smoother but I prefer no friction myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcheli Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Nothing wrong with a little friction. Just enough to take out the shake. When your in an A-star it sure makes things smother and even in the R44. Just enought to take the slip and slide feeling out. But the collective friction is the one i use most. Free's up my hand to tune radios and such...but never put so much on the pole that u cant lower in an auto....dont need to add one more frustration to an engine failure..... 3 cents.... DC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidz Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Nothing wrong with a little friction. Just enough to take out the shake. When your in an A-star it sure makes things smother and even in the R44. Just enought to take the slip and slide feeling out. But the collective friction is the one i use most. Free's up my hand to tune radios and such...but never put so much on the pole that u cant lower in an auto....dont need to add one more frustration to an engine failure..... 3 cents.... DC Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but one of the design requirements on helicopters states that friction may not be so strong as to prevent immediate lowering of the collective in an emergency... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 That's correct skidz, in fact I believe the mandate is that you must be able to control the aircraft with full friction applied, however Im not so sure how well that would work out. It might look like someone flying without hydraulics I would think. I heard of an R22 pilot at a school that took off not once but twice with the frictions on, so it must be possible in them haha. Cheers. Cole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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