Viktor_UHPK Posted April 19, 2021 Author Posted April 19, 2021 (edited) Hi Jiri (Maverick)! No offence taken! I enjoy the discussions and I'm happy to learn something new! To be honest, I can be mistaken as well and maybe the 25-30 minute estimate was a bit overkill. Maybe it's just 20. I am studying the Mi-24 normal procedures at the moment. In the original Russian handbook it's all plain text with a lot of explanations. That does not give you a good overview, so I am converting all of that into a checklist format. So far it's 600 items that need to be checked, tested, switched or pressed before taxi out - with the list not yet finished. The air bleed flap check comes with 20 items, the autopilot check (performed before taxi) comes with 42 items, the DISS-15 check has 32. Most of this stuff you will not find on more modern types. You'll either not even bother (the system will tell you if something is not right) or run an automated "self test". Of course you can always prepare the helicopter to be ready for a quick departure. But you need to know the whole checklist and the technical details - and this is what I was trying to say. "Lurker" guessed the AH-64 might be more difficult to learn and my response was: "it depends". Edited April 19, 2021 by Viktor_UHPK 1 My cyclic stick - modded MS FFB2 and My Mi-8 training videos
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