Use heading hold during circuit?
03-17-2002 | 01:45 AM
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Use heading hold during circuit?
Hi,
I'm practicing how to fly a helicopter using Dave Browns simulator.
I am trying to fly a circuit, should I keep heading hold on or off for my practice? How about when I'm hovering?
Jason
I'm practicing how to fly a helicopter using Dave Browns simulator.
I am trying to fly a circuit, should I keep heading hold on or off for my practice? How about when I'm hovering?
Jason
03-17-2002 | 03:24 AM
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From: irvine,
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Use heading hold during circuit?
it is an ongoing discussion if you should use heading hold while learning basic flying. i say leave it off until you REALLY need it (like sideways, backwards flight)
why? you may teach yourself bad "habbits" with heading hold on all the time. you tailrotor setup might be completly off and you won't even notice.
of course it is a great help to start flying, but I think you are better off laerning without it.
this is MY opion and i do not want to start a flaming discussion about HH.
thanks
why? you may teach yourself bad "habbits" with heading hold on all the time. you tailrotor setup might be completly off and you won't even notice.
of course it is a great help to start flying, but I think you are better off laerning without it.
this is MY opion and i do not want to start a flaming discussion about HH.
thanks
03-17-2002 | 11:59 AM
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Use heading hold during circuit?
Here is a different point of view.
I learned with a HH gyro in HH mode. Once I was comfortable I started using it in normal mode to see what it was like. I now fly in HH mode 100% of the time. Flying circuits can be harder in HH mode as you have to learn to fly the tail a little more in the turns so you come out straight.
I think it is a toss up and just use what you've gotten used to. I fly with CSM 540 gyros and they hold almost as well in normal mode as they do in HH. I've flown in normal mode not realizing I had the switch wrong and not even noticed it.
I'm not advocating one over the other just letting you know that you can go either way.
I learned with a HH gyro in HH mode. Once I was comfortable I started using it in normal mode to see what it was like. I now fly in HH mode 100% of the time. Flying circuits can be harder in HH mode as you have to learn to fly the tail a little more in the turns so you come out straight.
I think it is a toss up and just use what you've gotten used to. I fly with CSM 540 gyros and they hold almost as well in normal mode as they do in HH. I've flown in normal mode not realizing I had the switch wrong and not even noticed it.
I'm not advocating one over the other just letting you know that you can go either way.
03-17-2002 | 09:46 PM
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From: Leduc,
AB, CANADA
Use heading hold during circuit?
I just learned to fly helis last year and am now into forward flight and will try looping next time the weather turns good.
I went the way of learning with the heading hold on, and only started to fly with it off after I was comfortable in the hover etc. Having the HH help control the tail for me, let me focus more on the other controls. Then once I was flying without thinking about it, I started to turn off the HH. This allowed me to focus a bit more on one or two controls at a time.
just my .02 cents.
Dean
I went the way of learning with the heading hold on, and only started to fly with it off after I was comfortable in the hover etc. Having the HH help control the tail for me, let me focus more on the other controls. Then once I was flying without thinking about it, I started to turn off the HH. This allowed me to focus a bit more on one or two controls at a time.
just my .02 cents.
Dean
