Long Line Training
Prerequisites:
- 100 h PIC on helicopters
- valid medical
Duration:1 day with FI (ECS), made up of
1 training day with two ground crew members
Contents:2 hours 20 minutes flight lessons
Detailed theoretical briefing before and after flights
The course begins with several theoretical explanations concerning individual landing routines as well as an introduction to the function and design of the external lifting hook, the slinging equipment, the external cargo ropes, the load-meter, the mirror and the bubble doors. During the introduction course participants learn how to manoeuvre the helicopter with utmost precision simply by looking back, down and to the side, in the case of the Robinson helicopter back and to the right side. With this special technique the entire helicopter can be landed and lifted up with precision, just by considering the right skid and the corresponding aft right-hand connecting point between strut and skid.
A further objective of the introduction training is to introduce participants to the pilot’s seating position with which they may be unfamiliar. In Robinson helicopters pilots must bring themselves into a lateral position so that the seating position grants the best possible view over their right shoulder to the aft right-hand strut, and vertically downwards to the external cargo hook with and without external cargo.
The flight time of 2 h 20 min is divided into 7 training units of 20 min. During these units participants practise using vertical reference points when lifting off and landing the helicopter and the procedures for picking up and laying down utility ropes and for approaching a landing area using long lines of different lengths.
The training begins with a 10 m synthetic rope and increases through 20 m, 30 m, 50 m to a length of 60 m (200 foot), which is used for the Long Line Course. The main target of these training units is to teach participants the handling of Long Lines of different lengths.
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