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Discover the Amazing Handling of the Sikorsky S76 Helicopter

General.

History of the Sikorsky s76.

Learn to fly the Sikorsky s76 helicopter with me. The Sikorsky s76 is a great helicopter and has been around since the late 1970s. It has proven popular achieving many speed range and height records in its development. It is quite fast at a top speed of 155 Knots with seating for around 11 passengers and crew is spacious cabin depending on requirements. THe range for the Sikorsky s76 is about 511 Nm at an altitude of 13,800ft. The engines have inbuilt vibration dampening and offer a very smooth ride for a helicopter. 

The Sikorsky S76 came originally with two 650 SHP engines but has modified over time to accept a range of different engines. It is build impressed the military enough to create the UH-60 Blackhawk. 

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk .

I have personally flown in the UH-60 Black Hawk and even fired machine guns out the side. The aircraft is very responsive but smooth compared to the Iroquois Helicopter I flew in. The additional technology and extra blades make the Black Hawk smooth and doing low level flights around Woomera where I went from looking at the wall of a canyon to the sky to the salty sand flats I was very impressed with its power and the agility the pilot could extract from it.

Helicopter Controls Explained.

Sikorsky s76 Joystick & Cyclic Controls.

The joystick is called cyclic control in a helicopter and does a number of complex jobs. It controls roll and pitch but also controls your forward speed by holding the rotor in a forward or nose down attitude. This nose down attitude directs air back as well as down pushing the aircraft Sikorsky 270 forward. Moving the stick from side to side or up or back and forward gives pitch and roll commands.

Throttle and Collective Controls.

The Collective control moves the rotors to give them more angle into the air and therefor lift. Working along with the collective and incorporated in the control is the throttle required to give us enough power to rise from the ground under control.

Rudder – Torque Control

The rudder pedals in a helicopter help to control the torque effect that without any control input will rotate the aircraft against the rotation of the main rotors. This is very serious and causes helicopter crashes especially at low speeds if the tail rotor fails.

Controls.

Helicopter flight is a real ballet of movement with every movement effecting another control require an action to counter it. Increasing power brings torque which is countered by a rudder input. Pulling the collective up adds even more torque effect needing more rudder. Pushing the Cyclic control forward causes the aircraft to tilt and then start to move forward. Moving the cyclic control backward will slow the Sikorsky S76 until it hovers or even flies backward. Its a busy time in a helicopter but so much can be achieved that an aircraft cannot.

X Plane 11 – Sikorsky s76 Helicopter.

X Plane 11 has a great model of a Sikorsky s76 and I have flown it a number of times on LetsFlyVFR YouTube channel landing on platforms at sea as well as ships. This is a real challenge and done in Virtual Reality its just jaw dropping realistic. 

Creating a great flight simulator helicopter cockpit will make the experience so real you will think your there. The sweat will bead on your brow as you approach the ground or a landing platform on a ship or oil platform. You can do all of this 

Author

Brendon McAliece (Aka Gunnie) is a military veteran with 23 years working on Jet Fighters, their weapons systems and ejection seat/module systems as well as munitions and R&D. Involved with flight simulation since the 1980s, he has flown all the major flight simulators over the years.

He is an Australian expat who has lived in Malaysia, UK, Saudi Arabia and more recently Thailand. He is a multi-lingual blogger who loves to share his life experiences here on LetsFlyVFR.com and DreamingGuitar.com, with his lifestyle and Travel experiences Blog plus his Dreaming Coffee website.

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