Sunday, February 5, 2012

Where can I learn about the technology and operation of military helicopters without joining the Army?

I have always been fascinated by US military utility helicopters such as the UH-60, UH-1 and CH-47 and I'd like to learn more about these great machines. Specifically, the technical aspects relating to flight instruments and operation of the aircraft as well as techniques for hovering, autorotation etc. Are there any books, videos or declassified manuals you can recommend? I want to feed my brain!!Where can I learn about the technology and operation of military helicopters without joining the Army?This page has the basics: http://www.helicopterpage.com/html/geo00鈥?/a>



You won't learn enough details to fly one from a book. Each helicopter has different RPM settings,etc. I think that site covers the basics of autorotation.



You can search books at Amazon.com and find books on the principals of flight,etc.



The only way to really learn to fly a Huey is a few months in intense combat. Pilots in Vietnam knew the tricks of getting another 5 or 10% of power to clear a tree line or have added rotor RPM to be able to soften the landing when going in hard into an LZ. It's an art learned with experience.



A single rotor aircraft like a Huey wants to turn under the rotor. As you add collective you also add left rudder to keep it flying straight. When you autorotate you have to push right rudder because you just took power off your tail rotor. If you are gaming, learn to autorotate like pilots do, choose a certain altitude as your ground level, take your aircraft up high and shove your collective down, reduce power, and hold right rudder until you are about 100 feet above your imaginary ground. Then use the centrifigal force to soften the landing by pulling collective and pushing left rudder. Also, older Hueys liked to nose up a little and pressure was required on the cyclic. Every helicopter is different. Different models of the Huey requires a different rpm for your rpm limiter.



If you are interested in how pilots flew them in combat this book has descriptive narratives, some including how they were able to get more from their aircraft. http://books.google.com/books?id=5Aqfk-k鈥?/a>



Some books on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Fly-Helic鈥?/a>Where can I learn about the technology and operation of military helicopters without joining the Army?Except for the communications and weapons systems...they will be no different than any civilian helicopter
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