Not sure about best practice but I have always used throttle hold for stated reasons. As a beginner I feel less likely to get in to trouble with the power off.


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I always do that baby autorotations because I think if you land a bit harder, the gears are not that much under load. But make sure you have an even surface to land. The heli can fall to one side if its not even and the disk is loosing speed and stability. I was lucky on the gras sometimes. There is not enough time to swich one the engine again and get lift in this situation.

 

hi iggy if you permit me to comment on your last note regarding no time to bail out.

wouldnt that imply that landing under power and learning to land gently everytime to avoid stripping gears and or topling over due to head instability makes more sense?

 

I used to hit hold and land. But recently I took was advised by an instructor to learn how to properly land under power.

I have just completed my Silver Wings and it is a requirement to land under power after every move.

 

I don't land under power unless required to do so...

Basically do what you feel comfortable with.. If your doing low head speed under power may be wiser.. But I find under windy conditions it's easier tip throttle hold..

Ultimately do what you want.. It's you're model

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I always throttle hold before landing.

 

My take on the matter -
1. With larger heli's I generally try and perform some sort of auto to finish a flight.
2. If the landing space is extra small or rough and it's too risky to pull off a full auto I will do a tail in mini auto.
3. If I'm flying a small heli like my G380 I generally do a mini auto.
4. Also when flying small heli's in very strong wind I will land under power to give me maximum authority. Once I'm on the ground with a little negative pitch then I'll hit TH to minimise chance of tip over.

I'm a big believer in being prepared for loss of drive to the rotor at any time, hence performing at least one auto per flight if possible to keep in practice. My first heli larger than a 450 was the Trex 600N and I had my fair share of flame outs with that biatch. Luckily even when I was learning on the 600N I never had an unsuccessful auto eventhough my first 5 flights with it ended in a flame out...

 

When I was first starting I used to land under power.. Now it's when the situation requires.. Ie f3c. But I had a lot of trouble landing in high wind under power when I was starting out.. I was then suggested to baby auto.. And it made life easier...

I can land under power or not.. Just used to not...

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Hi

Of course you have more stability with power on. But if its very windy your model can be pushed hard to the ground when trying to land it smooth and you have no chance to correct.

I can land it anyway. You have to be prepared to everything when flying. So learn all possible options.

Normal landing
Baby autorot
Big autorot (maybe even inverted)

And last but not least - the skid ride! Hahaha

Good luck.

 

I used to land under full power in stunt mode. Infact i would have only one switch position.... either on full power or off full power. This means that when you land under full power you better put it down nice and gently otherwise things can get rather ugly if a blade clips the ground. So now i usually cut the throttle 1 meter above the ground.

 

I can land by way of full power, or by hitting throttle hold. I rarely land under power though, because I prefer ending my flights with an auto.

 

I fly for fun. Auto that baby every time. Come in fast with a big blade fart & float to the ground. WOOT!

 

My autos suck... lol.. I should really try to improve them. I like the inverted autos the best.

 

When I was learning to fly, I learned to land under power first. It was only after I got into forward flight, that I started learning to land in throttle hold. Now I always finish off a flight with an auto....just a fun way for me to end a flight.
My throttle/pitch curves on the Electric are:
Normal mode: 0,30,30,30,30 Pitch curve 40%,45% 50$ 75% 100%
IU1: flat 70% Pitch curve: linear
IU2 Flat 100% Pitch curve: linear

On the nitros:

Normal mode: Throttle is linear, and pitch is 40,45,50,75,100
IU1: Throttle is 95,90,85,90,95 and pitch is linear.
IU2: Throttle is 100,95,90,95,100 and pitch is linear.

 

I have had a look through the MAAA MOP's and I can not see where it stipulates the landing has to be under power, It seems to me there is no stipulation about landing under power. Maybe an instructor can point me to the relevant MOP , because cannot see it.
Simon