Helicopter Flight Training Manual Topics:

EXERCISE 1 - FAMILIARISATION

• Flight Instruments
• Engine Instruments

EXERCISE 2 - PREPARATION FOR FLIGHT

• Flight Planning
• Aircraft Documents
• Weight and Balance
• The Influences C OF G in Flight
• Inspection of the Aircraft

EXERCISE 3 - EFFECTS OF CONTROLS

• Adjusting the Controls
• Cyclic Stick
• Collective Lever
• Throttle
• Tail Rotor Pedals
• Ancillary Controls
• Carburetor Heat Control
• Mixture Control
• Windshield Defogging
• Engine Anti-Icing
• Hydraulic System
• Rotor Brake
• Heater

EXERCISE 4 - AIRSPEED AND POWER CHANGES

• Flight
•  Changing Airspeed
• Power Changes
• Straight and Level Flight

EXERCISE 5 - CLIMBS AND DESCENTS

• Climbs
• Decent's

 
EXERCISE 6 - TURNS

• Load Factor
• Standard Rate Turns

EXERCISE 7 - AUTOROTATIONS 1 (UPPER AIR)

• Checks
• Entry
• Turning
• Overshooting

EXERCISE 8 - HOVERING

• Effects of Controls
• The Cyclic
• The Collective
• The Pedals
• Visual Cues
• Summary

EXERCISE 9 - TAKEOFF AND LANDING

• Takeoff to Hover
• Hover Check
• The Landing

EXERCISE 10 - HOVERING EXERCISES

• Pedal Turns at the Hover (Turns Around the Mast)
• Hover-Taxiing

EXERCISE 11 - ENGINE FAILURE

• Engine Failure at the Hover/Hover-Taxi
• Hovering Engine Failure
• Hover-Taxi Engine Failure

EXERCISE 12 - TRANSITIONS

• Transition to the Climb
• Transition from Straight and Level Flight to the Hover
• Height Reduction
• Speed Reduction
• Overshooting from the Transition to the Hover

 
EXERCISE 13 - AUTOROTATIONS 2 (LANDINGS)

• Power Recovery

 EXERCISE 14 - EMERGENCIES

 EXERCISE 15 - THE CIRCUIT

• Flying the Circuit
• Racetrack Pattern
• Square Pattern
•  Spacing
• Wake Turbulence
• Air Traffic Services (ATS)
• First Solo

EXERCISE 16 - SIDEWAYS AND REARWARDS FLIGHT

• Sideways Flight
• Rearward Flight
•  Turns Around the Tail
• Turns Around the Nose

EXERCISE 17 - STEEP TURNS

EXERCISE 18 - AUTOROTATIONS 3 (RANGE VARIATIONS)

• Airmanship
• Extending the Range
• Maximum Range Autorotation
• Reducing the Range

EXERCISE 19 - PRACTISE FORCED APPROACHES

• Distress Call

EXERCISE 20 - PILOT NAVIGATION

• Preparing for the Flight
• Weather
• Charts
• The Route
• Preparing the Chart
• The Flight Planning Form 
• Track Line Measurement
• Airspeed Corrections
• Wind Velocity (W/V)
• Navigation Log
• Flight Plan and Flight Itinery
• General Technique 
• Map Reading
• The Flight
• Diverting to an Alternate Destination

EXERCISE 21 - RAPID DECELERATION

• Into Wins 
• Downwind (180° Emergency Turn)

EXERCISE 22 - LOW LEVEL OPERATIONS

• Consideration

EXERCISE 23 - SLOPING GROUND

• Reconnaissance
•  Manoeuvring 
• Landing
• Takeoff
• General

EXERCISE 24 - ADVANCED TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS

• No-Hover Takeoff
• Cushion Takeoff
• Towering Takeoff
• Vertical Takeoff
• No-Hover Landing
• Run-On Landing
• Approaches 

EXERCISE 25 - CONFINED AREAS

EXERCISE 26 - VORTEX RING

EXERCISE 27 - PRACTICAL LOADING

• Power Requirements
• Loading and Unloading
• Passengers

EXERCISE 28 - SLING LOAD OPERATIONS

• Pre-Flight Checks
• Picking Up the Load
• The Takeoff
• Approach to Release Point
•  Releasing the Load
• Safety Precautions
• Unusual Loads
• Operational Tips

EXERCISE 29 - TYPE CONVERSION

• Knowledge
• Systems and Procedures
• Performance
• Experience

EXERCISE 30 - INSTRUMENT FLYING

• Aircraft Control
• Attitude Control
• Power Control
• Control and Performance Instruments
• Pitch Attitude Control
• Bank Attitude Control
• Trim
• The Radial Scan
• Applying the Scanning Pattern
• Instrument Exercises
• Straight and Level Flight
• Climbs
• Decent's
• Turns
• Unusual Attitudes
• Rule of Thumb
• Emergencies
• Malfunctions

EXERCISE 31 - NIGHT FLYING 1

• Planning
• Circuits
• Emergencies

EXERCISE 31 - NIGHT FLYING 2

• Introduction
• Planning
• En Route

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