DCS Gazelle: Autorotation Tutorial

[Charly_Owl]

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A tutorial on autorotation with the SA-342M Gazelle. This procedure is as per the Eurocopter flight manual.

 

Let me know if it helped!

[Sporg]

Super, thanks!

Made my first survivable autorotation directly from your guide.

 

And I have even had difficulties autorotating in the Huey.. :)

[Charly_Owl]

I'm glad you found it useful, mate. Good job!

[Sarge55]

Nice instruction Chuck, good to know it's doable.

 

I would love it if you could do one showing the control panel in the corner so I can see how you use the controls during the process.

[Mt5_Roie]

Very nice and love that picture!

[EagleEye]

Well done Charly! I was about to ask how to do a AR in the Gazelle, because I failed doing that.

Full left pedal is not necessary to counter the moment to the right?

[Charly_Owl]

Well done Charly! I was about to ask how to do a AR in the Gazelle, because I failed doing that.

Full left pedal is not necessary to counter the moment to the right?

 

Full right pedal might just send you spinning around. If you need to stay centered, I would advise very light pedal just to make sure the slip ball is centered.

 

At "high" airspeeds (above 100 km/h) the helicopter remains fairly straight without requiring much pedal input. However, this takes into account that you do not have a nasty crosswind throwing you left or right (which is why I specificy: approach facing nose into the wind).

[Redglyph]

Nice, thanks!

 

It's true that emergencies is one of the important chapters that still haven't made it yet in the manual... hopefully for later.