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| Rotorcraft Flying Handbook | 
 enlarge | Creator: Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (17 reviews)
Sales Rank: 92133
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1602390606
Dewey Decimal Number: 629
EAN: 9781602390607
ASIN: 1602390606
Publication Date: July 2007
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Product Description
Designed by the Federal Aviation Administration, this handbook is the ultimate technical manual for anyone who flies or wants to learn to fly a helicopter or gyroplane. If you’re preparing for private, commercial, or flight instruction pilot certificates, it’s more than essential reading: it’s the best possible study guide available, and its information can be life saving. In authoritative and understandable language, here are explanations of general aerodynamics and the aerodynamics of flight, navigation, communication, flight controls, flight maneuvers, emergencies, engines, night operations, and much more. With full-color illustrations detailing every chapter, this is a one-of-a-kind resource for pilots and would-be pilots.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 It won't inspire you, but you gotta do it July 15, 2008
Not too bad for government work, but it's just a statement of the facts... Well, mostly. This book contains some really confusing errors, and glazes over some fundamental concepts (what are all those vectors on the autorotation diagram???). But, the FAA is always right, and this book does hit almost everything you need to know, so you need to read it. Also, as a CFI, you'll want to know the "Common Errors" that follow each maneuver (altho many of them are pretty obvious). To really learn how to fly a helicopter from an armchair, I'd consider Wagtendonk's Principles of Helicopter Flight my primary source, and come back to the RFM only as a supplement.
 Found an error June 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just an observation.
On Page 2-2, the last paragraph of the page, under Angle of Attack, the book states, "Angle of attack should not be confused with pitch angle. Pitch angle is determind by the direction of the relative wind."
This is not correct. Angle of attack is determinded by the direction of relative wind, not pitch angle.
 A good read April 24, 2008
This is a good FAA publication on the basics of airmanship of rotorcraft including gyro copters. I found it somewhat ironic that this FAA publication was printed in China!
As good as it gets April 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am thinking seriously about learning to fly helicopters at the age of 55. A private pilot's license can be purchased for a flat fee of $12,500 in my area, including a lot of extra hours to really add that extra safety factor of assurance beyond the minimum required.
I bought this book to get a sense of what I would be getting into, and I find it fully satisfactory. It is the "official" FAA book and unlike most government publications I have seen in the past, this one is well-organized, fully illustrated into color, with figures also in color.
It is divided into two parts, the first part deals with helicoptors, and the second part (chapters 15 through 21) with gyroplanes, which are a hybrid capable of achieving fixed wing speeds and often with wings that increase stability.
The final chapter is about aerunautical decision-making.
The FAA designation for this handbook is FAA-H-8083-21.
I appreciate this handbook--it makes it crystal clear that serious training will demand my total attention, and that in combination, the complexity of the aerodynamics of the helicopter, the instruments required to calibrate the operations of the helicopter, and the unpredictability and force of weather (not covered in this book, but I am also an offshore sailing skipper with an advanced weather certificate) all make piloting a helicopter a very challenging endeavor.
This handbook also persuaded me that the training facility I have found, which includes a flight simulator, the better for that--I definitely want to feel comfortable in a simulator as part of the training.
Great Handbook! January 23, 2008
Since this was the first book I have read regarding how helicopters fly i cant really give you a accurate rating. Although i can say that I did learn a hole lot of information. The pictures and graphs that accompanied the text goes together very well. There were a couple principles that the writers seemed to rush threw (but nothing Google couldn't solve)and others that still left me in question. I'm assuming that book was designed to coincide with a instructor. I was recommended "Principles of Helicopter Flight" by a friend pilot of mine upon completion of this book. Now anxiously waiting for it in the mail.
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