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Old 1st Dec 2008, 12:00
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I think that quite seriously the idea is to work out why it is that you wish to learn the low level auto.

It's not hard to work out, where are you in any take off profile for a short while?

Even in the landing profile you will be in a similar profile and your instructor should be saying- "never below forty knots above 100 feet."

Different from the T/O profile? yes, but the difference is that when you are in descent you are pushing down on the collective, which means that you have much more to pull up. always attack the collective with this idea, it helps your longevity.

Also at busy airports you are oft required to taxi at fifty knots, fifty feet, well, so make sure that you know how to land if the donk quits.

The serious bit is this.
After you have been taught to do EOL's where you go straight into the flare (termination area because that is where you are positioned) then your instructor should take you up a hundred feet or more and watch you go straight into a flare and be perfectly positioned to crash your machine from zero A/S at a too high height. BE careful, THINK about it
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Old 1st Dec 2008, 21:00
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I think that quite seriously the idea is to work out why it is that you wish to learn the low level auto.
That's exactly it, I've been thinking about the HV diagram, and how you'd cope with any sort of terminal failure whilst you're inside the shaded areas. Which it turn got me thinking about nap of the earth and gazelle only having one donk anyway. the importance of the TO profile, through the HV diag is critical.

Also at busy airports you are oft required to taxi at fifty knots, fifty feet, well, so make sure that you know how to land if the donk quits.
Very true, and really the basis for my original question.
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