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Rotorcraft Flying Handbook (FAA Handbooks)
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Product Description
Written for applicants preparing for the private, commercial, or flight instructor certificate with a helicopter or gyroplane class rating, this guide covers both aeronautical knowledge and skill for operating rotorcraft vehicles. It is also a valuable tool for flight instructors as a teaching aid. This is the Basic Helicopter Handbook (Advisory Circular 61-13B) updated and renamed. This is FAA handbook FAA-H-8083-21.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #19675 in Books
- Published on: 2001-09-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 208 pages
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About the Author
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the government agency that regulates and sets standards for the aviation industry. The National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO) is a division of the FAA dedicated to aeronautical chart research, drafting, maintenance and publication.
Customer Reviews
It won't inspire you, but you gotta do it
Not too bad for government work, but it's just a statement of the facts... Well, mostly. This book contains some really confusing errors, and glazes over some fundamental concepts (what are all those vectors on the autorotation diagram???). But, the FAA is always right, and this book does hit almost everything you need to know, so you need to read it. Also, as a CFI, you'll want to know the "Common Errors" that follow each maneuver (altho many of them are pretty obvious). To really learn how to fly a helicopter from an armchair, I'd consider Wagtendonk's Principles of Helicopter Flight my primary source, and come back to the RFM only as a supplement.
Found an error
Just an observation.
On Page 2-2, the last paragraph of the page, under Angle of Attack, the book states, "Angle of attack should not be confused with pitch angle. Pitch angle is determind by the direction of the relative wind."
This is not correct. Angle of attack is determinded by the direction of relative wind, not pitch angle.
A good read
This is a good FAA publication on the basics of airmanship of rotorcraft including gyro copters. I found it somewhat ironic that this FAA publication was printed in China!
