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Civil / Airliner45 min lesson
Helicopter Autorotation
Execute an autorotation from power failure to touchdown — the emergency every helicopter pilot drills and sim pilots rarely practise.
About this lesson
Autorotation is timing under pressure. Your tutor simulates engine failures and coaches you through entry, descent, flare, and collective application.
Why a human tutor? Every second of an autorotation matters. Only real-time feedback teaches the timing.
What you'll learn
- ✓Entry — lowering collective immediately
- ✓Maintaining rotor RPM in descent
- ✓Speed control on the glide
- ✓Flare timing — the critical moment
- ✓Collective pull at touchdown
Prerequisites
- •Confident hovering and forward flight
- •Basic helicopter type you know well
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Prep material
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