- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd (22 Dec 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340652497
- ISBN-13: 978-0340652497
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,973,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Training a helicopter pilot is lengthy and intense, since flying helicopters is notoriously difficult, even for experienced fixed-wing pilots. This book comprehensively covers the subject from the pilot's perspective, and is arranged in two parts. The first part is devoted to basic helicopter theory and practice, and includes numerous examples of how the different fundamentals interact as seen from the cockpit. The section on auto-rotations, in particular, is fully comprehensive. The second part of the book, called the Advanced Helicopter Pilot's Manual, covers more advanced theory, of interest to the commercial or military pilot or to helicopter flight instructors. The author adopts a simple, humorous, although thorough approach, and the book should satisfy the technical requirements of any college course on rotor-wing aircraft, and should also be of interest to amateurs and enthusiasts, particularly radio control helicopter pilots.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you already are studying for your Private Pilot Licence or if you are still thinking about going for a trial lesson or if you are simply a helicopter fanatic, this book is a great read. Even difficult technical issues are explained very clearly - with many excellent line drawings. There is lots of practical advice on the how-to, spiced with many real-life stories. The theory and regulations are one thing, but in practice many other issues arise (or don't, as the matter may be). And everything is written in a fantastically entertaining way. For instance, there is a neat trick for smooth landings - namely to maintain just a very slight amount of forward speed on touch-down because humans have their eyes in front and can therefore judge depth better when moving forward, but extra-terrestrials (with differently located eyes) are told sort this out for themselves. :-)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm a recently qualified PPL, and I bought all the usual books and read them diligently. They are dry and don't appear to have been written by anybody who has ever had to apply the principals in the real world. This book will teach you all the theory you need to know (and more if you want to) but at the same time the author includes lots of advice and information which explains the real world uses for the information, obviously backed by a lot of flying experience. Shawn Coyle has obviously thought a great deal about his flying and instructing and has made a very good job of setting out the results of his careful reflection. It's all written in a very readable style - perhaps a few less joking footnotes would improve it, but that's down to personal taste. I wish I'd bought this book when I was learning, but I've got a lot out of it even after passing the exams and my GFT. Anything which helps you understand helicopter operations better will make you safer and save you money in the long run. I'm going to recommend to my instructor that he makes it required reading for his pupils.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book three times to get the full scope of all the information contained. It is technical but easy to read. The only complaint I had was many of the topics in the advanced section would loose the reader in a sea of information. over-all a really good book for someone who wants to learn to fly or just got thier PPL.
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hell of a book
this book is an excelent read . would reccomend it to any budding helicopter enthuseiast. if you are studying for pilots licence the experience and knowledge written in this book... Read more
Published 10 months ago by helifreek
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Fantastic book just as other reviews have stated. I am a commercial heli pilot and have almost completed my EASA heli engineering licence. Read more
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This book took longer to get to me, Book looks great & over all good service, Thanks
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