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Loss of Control
For safety information about helicopter loss of control issues, find it here.
RECOMMENDED PRACTICES
Automatic Flight Control Systems in Light Helicopters
Recommended Practice – Spatial Disorientation Induced by DVE
AUTOROTATIONS
Airmanship – Touchdown Autorotation
Video – Autorotations: Reality Exposed
Safety Bulletin – Autorotation Energy
Safety Bulletin – Autorotation Survival
Safety Bulletin – Autorotation Success
Essay – Autorotations: Reality Exposed
VORTEX RING STATE
Airmanship – part 1 Vortex Ring
Airmanship – part 2 Power Available
Airmanship – Vuichard Recovery Technique
Video – The Vuichard Recovery Technique
Repository – Airbus Notice on Vortex Ring State
MISC. LOC
Safety Bulletin – Loss of Control
Video – Degraded Visual Environment and Loss of Control
Essay – A Squirrel, a Moose, and Loss of Control in Helicopter Accidents
Safety Bulletin – Emergency Decision Making
Fact Sheet – 5 Ways to Manage an Inflight Helicopter Crisis
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