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    Static and Dynamic Rollover: Joonas Kursu

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    Static rollover occurs when a helicopter pivots around one skid or wheel in contact with the ground, causing its center of gravity to move beyond that point of contact. Dynamic rollover begins with a factor causing the helicopter to roll past its critical angle, at which point main rotor thrust continues the roll and recovery is impossible. Several conditions increase the risk of rollover, including crosswinds, lateral weight shifts, and slope operations where excessive cyclic or collective inputs could cause the helicopter to roll uphill. Pilots can reduce rollover risk by maintaining slow roll rates, touching down and lifting off gradually on slopes, and avoiding tailwinds and maximum cyclic inputs when slopes are involved.

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    Static rollover occurs when a helicopter pivots around one skid or wheel in contact with the ground, causing its center of gravity to move beyond that point of contact. Dynamic rollover begins with a factor causing the helicopter to roll past its critical angle, at which point main rotor thrust continues the roll and recovery is impossible. Several conditions increase the risk of rollover, including crosswinds, lateral weight shifts, and slope operations where excessive cyclic or collective inputs could cause the helicopter to roll uphill. Pilots can reduce rollover risk by maintaining slow roll rates, touching down and lifting off gradually on slopes, and avoiding tailwinds and maximum cyclic inputs when slopes are involved.

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    Static rollover occurs when a helicopter pivots around one skid or wheel in contact with the ground, causing its center of gravity to move beyond that point of contact. Dynamic rollover begins with a factor causing the helicopter to roll past its critical angle, at which point main rotor thrust continues the roll and recovery is impossible. Several conditions increase the risk of rollover, including crosswinds, lateral weight shifts, and slope operations where excessive cyclic or collective inputs could cause the helicopter to roll uphill. Pilots can reduce rollover risk by maintaining slow roll rates, touching down and lifting off gradually on slopes, and avoiding tailwinds and maximum cyclic inputs when slopes are involved.

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    Static and Dynamic Rollover: Joonas Kursu

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    Static rollover occurs when a helicopter pivots around one skid or wheel in contact with the ground, causing its center of gravity to move beyond that point of contact. Dynamic rollover begins with a factor causing the helicopter to roll past its critical angle, at which point main rotor thrust continues the roll and recovery is impossible. Several conditions increase the risk of rollover, including crosswinds, lateral weight shifts, and slope operations where excessive cyclic or collective inputs could cause the helicopter to roll uphill. Pilots can reduce rollover risk by maintaining slow roll rates, touching down and lifting off gradually on slopes, and avoiding tailwinds and maximum cyclic inputs when slopes are involved.

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    Static and Dynamic Rollover

    Joonas Kursu
    Static Rollover

     Static rollover occurs when the helicopter pivots about one


    skid/wheel in contact withthe ground to such an extent that the
    helicopter’s Centre of Gravity (C of G) moves beyond the
    skid/wheel.
     Once the static rollover angle is exceeded removal of the
    original force causing the roll will not stop the helicopter rolling
    motion.
     This typically corresponds to a roll angle in excess of 30° for
    most helicopters.

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    Dynamic Rollover

     Some factor has to first cause the helicopter to roll or pivot


    around a skid, or landing gear wheel, until its critical rollover
    angle is reached (Helicopter is landing, hovering, taking off)

     Beyond this point, main rotor thrust continues


    the roll and recovery is impossible

     If the critical rollover angle is exceeded, the helicopter rolls on


    its side regardless of the cyclic corrections made.

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    Critical Conditions

    For helicopters with counter-clockwise rotor rotation:


     Right side skid/wheel down, since translating tendency adds to
    the rollover force.
     Right lateral center of gravity.
     Crosswinds from the left.
     Left yaw inputs.
    ALSO
     The rate of rolling
     High gross weights with thrust (lift)
    approximately equal to the weight.

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     Dynamic rollover may also occur if you do not use the proper
    landing or takeoff technique or while performing slope
    operations

     The skid or wheel contacts a fixed object while hovering


    sideward, or if the gear is stuck in ice, soft asphalt, or mud.

     Quickly applying down collective is the most effective way to


    stop dynamic rollover from developing.

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    SLOPE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS

     Excessive application of cyclic control into the slope, together


    with excessive collective pitch control, can result in the
    downslope skid rising sufficiently to exceed lateral cyclic control
    limits, and an upslope rolling motion can occur.
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     Keep the roll rates small.
     Slowly raise the downslope skid or wheel to bring the helicopter
    level, and then lift off.
     During landing, first touch down on the upslope skid or wheel,
    then slowly lower the downslope skid or wheel using combined
    movements of cyclic and collective.
     The collective is more effective in controlling the rolling motion
    than lateral cyclic, because it reduces the main rotor thrust (lift).
    A smooth, moderate collective reduction,
     at a rate less than approximately full up to full down in two
    seconds, is adequate to stop the rolling motion.

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    PRECAUTIONS

     Use a two-step liftoff. Pull in just enough collective pitch control


    to be light on the skids and feel for equilibrium, then gently lift
    the helicopter into the air.
     Hover high enough especially when practicing sideways or
    rearward flight.
     When the wind is coming from the upslope direction, less lateral
    cyclic control will be available.
     Tailwind conditions should be avoided when conducting slope
    operations.
     When the left skid/wheel is upslope, less lateral cyclic control is
    available due to the translating tendency of the tail rotor.
     If passengers or cargo are loaded or unloaded, the lateral cyclic
    requirement changes.
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     Do not allow the cyclic limits to be reached. If the cyclic control
    limit is reached, further lowering of the collective may cause
    mast bumping. If this occurs, return to a hover and select a
    landing point with a lesser degree of slope.
     During a takeoff from a slope, if the upslope skid/wheel starts to
    leave the ground before the downslope skid/wheel, smoothly
    and gently lower the collective and check to see if the
    downslope skid/wheel is caught on something. Under these
    conditions vertical ascent is the only acceptable method of liftoff.
     During flight operations on a floating platform, if the platform is
    pitching/rolling while attempting to land or takeoff, the result
    could be dynamic rollover.

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