ROTOR SPEED

Mastering Dead-stick Landings The flare of a normal autorotation has the nose high and well away from the ground and dissipates much of the rotor disk energy. Landing from a backward approach uses less energy and is much safer. Years ago at the flying field it was not uncommon to hear a pilot call out “I don't have it,” or “dead-stick landing!” or some other phrase to alert everyone he had some type of an...