🚁 DECK 3 — Controls & Handling

Question 1

What does the collective control?

Answer 1

Blade pitch, lift, and power demand.

Question 2

What does the cyclic control?

Answer 2

Tilt of rotor disk and helicopter attitude.

Question 3

What do pedals control?

Answer 3

Tail rotor thrust and heading.

Question 4

Increasing collective requires which pedal?

Answer 4

Left pedal for CCW rotors.

Question 5

Decreasing collective requires which pedal?

Answer 5

Right pedal.

Question 6

Effect of forward cyclic?

Answer 6

Disk tilts forward and aircraft accelerates.

Question 7

Lateral cyclic controls what?

Answer 7

Roll and lateral movement.

Question 8

Why constant pedal use in hover?

Answer 8

Torque changes continuously.

Question 9

Define throttle correlation.

Answer 9

Mechanical link matching throttle to collective.

Question 10

Purpose of governor?

Answer 10

Maintain rotor RPM automatically.

Question 11

Tracking vs balancing?

Answer 11

Tracking aligns tip paths

Question 12

What controls altitude in hover?

Answer 12

Collective.

Question 13

What controls position in hover?

Answer 13

Cyclic.

Question 14

What controls yaw in hover?

Answer 14

Pedals.

Question 15

Pedal turns at speed behave how?

Answer 15

Yaw then roll tendency.

Question 16

Pedal input requirement at ETL?

Answer 16

Increased left pedal for torque spike.

Question 17

Why lead pedal inputs?

Answer 17

Torque changes are instantaneous.

Question 18

Common fixed-wing pilot error?

Answer 18

Overcontrolling cyclic.

Question 19

Hover taxi altitude?

Answer 19

1–5 ft AGL.

Question 20

Air taxi altitude?

Answer 20

Up to 100 ft AGL.

Question 21

Hot/high/heavy effect?

Answer 21

Reduces hover and climb performance.

Question 22

Determine OGE hover capability?

Answer 22

Compare power available vs required.

Question 23

How to control climb rate?

Answer 23

Collective plus pedal coordination.

Question 24

How is trim in hover maintained?

Answer 24

Micro pedal and cyclic corrections.