Hélicoptères Guimbal
SECTION 4
CABRI G2
NORMAL PROCEDURES
4-10
Warning :
•
The clutch may have stayed engaged,
or
engage
unexpectedly,
allowing the rotor to turn at starter engagement.
•
The blades can be very dangerous
particularly at low speed, and
with gusts or wind. They are very heavy and flexible.
Never engage the starter
while the area is not completely clear of
people and foreign objects in a
6 meter (20 foot) radius
. The
blades may turn unexpectedly.
The pilot must not leave the cockpit
as long as the engine or the
rotor turns. He must wait complete stop.
Strictly forbid all people presence
in the rotor area
–
6 meter
(20 foot) radius, while the engine is running or the rotor is turning,
unless controlled by the pilot in command as follows :
To allow a person enter or exit the cabin or rotor area
–
6 meter
(20 foot) radius, the pilot must :
1. Make sure the
wind is less than 20 kt
,
2. Hold the collective down,
3. Hold the cyclic slightly aft,
4. Maintain the RPM steady in the yellow
–
green arc,
5. Watch the person in lateral sector and allow by a head sign.
Do not move the cyclic while the person has started
moving towards the helicopter.
It is the pilot’s responsibility
to make sure that take-off and landing area is
clear from all people that could be endangered, and that all people
approaching the helicopter are well aware of above warnings, and
briefed to :
1. Stay clear 6 meters (20 feet) of the helicopter,
2. Watch the pilot and wait his sign before moving into the
rotor area,
3. Bend forward and keep hands, cloths and objects low,
4.
Move in the lateral area, in pilot’s sight.
