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Rotorcraft Flying Handbook (Gyrocopter Use Only)

FAA-H-9093-21 Version 2000

Chapter 10

Advanced Maneuvers

Common Errors

  1. Failure to perform, or improper performance of, a high or low reconnaissance.
  2. Flying the approach angle at too steep or too shallow an approach for the existing conditions.
  3. Failure to maintain proper r.p.m.
  4. Failure to consider emergency landing areas.
  5. Failure to consider how wind and turbulence could affect the approach and takeoff.

Airspeed over Altitude— This means that in this maneuver, obstacles are not a factor, and it is more important to gain airspeed than altitude.