Helio HT-295 User Manual

(2)In that most radvimble tcchniquct,
the aimraft approach pattern
is; LiO,et up arr to avafd any fntantional devfstfon fram a straight
line appralech cwer the barrier, Nec~mar~ corrgCtiuns for
turbulsnce ur for errem fn inftial judgment are then rcccrmplished
t?umugh changes $a the rate,of-descent by power adjustment8.
The attttude of the rsircraft remalrsr more csr liedcs the nmme
thrcsughout the entire a;pprosch.
The me and only sotatian 5s
the lasr abrupt xaund-out just p&w to touch-dawn.
- for the S,ToL pflot to
of htgh rstes-of-sd.nk. In the
importsince af this awarene~a, STOL.technfques differ mmte-
what frum the custmmry techaitques with conventianal dsiircraft,
A n~)mal, though not goad, aeactioa with an aircrrft, whea it
appears to be sinking a bft fast, is ta rafee the uww oceordingSp,
With the STOL-type eixcsaft, bouever, when the fhpr are set
at or cwet 20 degrees reand when the airspeeds are btkw thit
conventPun~1 aircraft mih&mmm, amy raising of the nose vSthout
caxpeasatiag pews wift reswft 31n the ofrcraft ainking rapidly,
A convanticmal eircrrft iu that conditfoa might thm simply
stall out and crash, The llelia su abused ~111 pat #tall out,
but if the p1161tt failer to xecognize this condition scmn mwmgh,
the aircraft will thea necersitatt rcrstng a substantial mount
of power to arrest thrr rate-afmsiuk, atherwfae, the aircraft
will touch duwn wmn~r and her&r than intsndad,
The STOL hmding ia essentially “throttlG flyiag'*. The pilot
mat become I? thrQtt3t-conssiuus’~,
The pilot% hand should always
be on the throttle during the STOL final approach aad landing,
The key to aaey poaftioely controlled landings with the Courier
then becmes stntple, mmn far inexperienced pilota.
It He8
entireliy kn the me 06 81~~11 varfatians in crmouutr af paw=
during the approach aad m mmremss of the importance of the
throttle to cmtrof glide-path, flare-out, and touch-down.
There
Is nothing difficult about STOL tmhniques that any pilot, with
proper indocttinatioa aab instructi u, cannot reasonably expect
to master ia a few how-s.
Until STOL tschaiqner are mastered, the me of lmlf*flapr aad
convtntfanal approach permits the aeaiest posaiblo flying with
least dependence ua piloting ukill, After STOL techaiqucss have
been martered, #hart-fic!Id operations that are tough or impossible
far ecmventiaaal aircraft C&Q be easily rccemplirhcd arr a
matter of routine withI-the Elelio CaurXct.
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Helio HT-295 Specifications

General

Brand	Helio
Model	HT-295
Category	Aircrafts
Language	English