Not sure about the AS350, but for Helobeez & Dupsspud EC135) you should check out the Eurocopter website T.I.P.I. You'll need to register for it but their latest Tech Info Letter has just announced Flight Manual & Supplement updates will be available on-line, and you get e-mailed when one is released - or anything else relevant to types you might fly and have registered on the site. They have said that the electronic update will be official, although the paper ones will still be sent out. To date, T.I.P.I. Seems to have been concentrating more on the engineering side, with announcements of ASB / SB etc, so good to see they're moving towards 'servicing' the pilots!
You can, of course, purchase the Flight Manual on CD rom, but will need to contact your country sales office. And pay them a wodge, I suspect!
If you use Turbomeca engines, the Turbomeca Operator OnLine Support (T.O.O.L.S) website is also available in similar manner to the above:- Good luck!:ok. The day before yesterday I passed the flight test for my CPL(H) add-on rating:D and I'm now looking to get some time in the Schwiezer 333. Now before you all start advising me which ship(s) would be a better choice for an intro to turbine power, let me explain the 3 reasons for going with the Triple3.
It's available at the school where I fly. At $595 wet rate (including a CFI) it's only ridiculously (rather than outrageously) expensive.
Being mostly similar to the 300C that I've been flying it will be easier to focus on the turbine aspects of the operation without having to get familiar with flight charactaristics of a whole new aircraft. Or at least that's how I'm thinking right now. That may change after a couple of flights, but we'll see.
Since the 333 is the only turbine ship currently available to me it's sort of a moot point anyway. But here's my question/request: Does anyone have a copy of the 333 POH in electronic format they'd be willing to share (to be used for familiarization and training purposes only, of course)? All I can offer in return is to post my impressions as a low time pilot of the transition from 300C to 333 FWIW. How 'bout it, can anyone help?:). As a collector of flight manuals in pdf format, with over 1000 in my collection including over 100 for military and civil helicopters, I am interested in expanding my collection. I will trade of course - just let me know what you are interested in. There is some pretty exotic stuff in my collection.
I am looking for: A-109 any model S-76 any model AS-365 any model EC-135/145 Also interested in FSI pilot training manuals - any type. Feel free to PM for confidentiality. Let me know what manuals you would like in return. These are most of the Military helicopter manuals in my collection.
Multiple variants of some types ie AH-1 Cobra. This is 4 distinct manuals. AH-1 F/G/S and W Cobra AH-64A Apache CH-34A/C Choctaw CH-46 D/E Sea Knight Ch-47D Chinook CH-53E Sea Stallion Ch-54B Tarhe Ch/HH-3E Jolly Green Giant H-13E/G Sioux H-23A/ B/C Raven H-43 Huski H-60F/H Seahawk HH-3F Pelican HH-52 Seaguard MH-53E Super Stallion OH-6A Cayuse OH-58A/C Kiowa OH-58D Kiowa Warrior SH-2G Seasprite SH-60B Seahawk Th-57 Sea Ranger UH-1 B/D/HV Iroqouis UH-1N Twin huey UH-2C Seasprite UH-60A/L Blackhawk UH-60Q Blackhwak medivac UH/HH-1N Twin Huey Westland Lynx AH 9 Westaland Scout Westland Wasp.
For making PDFs, the first choice would be the Adobe Acrobat, although it may be a bit pricy but its 100% guarantee it will do what you want. The second, are freeware PDF makers, first from Google search is Primo PDF: Free PDF Creator - Convert to PDF from Any File You Can Print - PrimoPDF (. Don't know how good it is, but it's free, and making PDFs from pictures shouldn't be a problem. Probably like in Acrobat, just chose option to make one from multiple files, select those you want (remember to name them with noumbers in correct maner) and click 'create'. Does anyone have a copy of the CH-53E/MH-53E NATOPS manual in PDF format? I have a copy, but it is somewhat blurred and I would like to have a clean copy. I know they are available online for purchase via eflightmanuals.com and rareaviation.com, but I would like to offer something from my massive list of manuals in exhange for a copy of the CH-53E/MH-53E manuals.
Please contact me at if you are interested in trading manuals. Please send a list of available manuals and I will send you a copy of my list. Following eivissa posting of manuals, It enabled me to further research a project i had been working on. Thanks Julien. I think a helicopter knowledgebase is overdue - shared information.
So many times i myself have been trying to get the answer to something buried deep somewhere in a manual I know i have seen, or engineers are trying to fix something that only one person in some dark corner of the factory can answer. I've always thought we needed a central repository of info where we can quickly search a technical topic to help us through our days of toil. This knowledge base will be searchable online and with a capable smartphone (for those in the back of beyond where things always seem to break). Using some of the info from Julien, I have started putting together a searchable database. I would very much appreciate any feedback on usefulness (or lack of). I am working on manufacturer support, as accurate and good quality documentation is what we all want.
So far i have put together some info for the AS350, AW139 and EC135 as examples of what is possible. I really wanted to include an S76 and Bell product as examples as well, but just didn't have quite the quality in docs i felt would justify the products. I will be working on a simple means for user contribution to User Materials where people can submit their own hard won knowledge for the benefit of all. There is an example in the knowledgebase under AS350, topic - 'Fault Diagnosis' for any that have struggled with AS350 generator issues:). If you want to check out these examples, go to the test site RotorInfo Home (and pm me with any feedback.
Just go to Knowledgebase and select an aircraft from the menu. Then enter a topic and see if its of use.
One word of caution, this site is constantly being updated and if you see something strange, it's probably me doing something with it.:8 Thanks again to eivissa for his sterling efforts and all those who contributed. Thanks for your comments.
When I first saw your post, I wondered what you were talking about:confused: but then I realized that I had inadvertently left the subscribe option in the main menu even though I had removed the Library menu option itself:eek. Thanks for pointing that out. It has been removed. Originally before anything was available, I intended developing a subscription library which would have been developed from materials available but would require manufacturer support. I realized that to redevelop all the material would be an extensive process ( I did start putting together things like interactive caution panels which would highlight details and actions, an example of this is in the knowledgebase ).
I think it was Heliwrench that got the Dear John letter from our friends at EC. There is a huge difference in the quality of materials and even the methods of conveying it. In Marignane, I've seen EC use interactive electronic training materials for some of their aircraft but in the US, it's often a power point presentation done by one of the instructor pilots, coupled to a ring binder (I should mention that the guys over at Eurosafety.us seem to have some pretty good stuff with interactive presentations etc). That's just training of course, but even having searchable information from the flight manuals and other handbooks can be very useful.
Whatever the material out there in books or people's heads, I think that there must be a better way of structuring it for general use. The most interesting point would be to gather knowledge collected by individuals in notes and by other means which might contribute to problem solving or just plain knowledge, like FRC's and other check lists (who knows, it might even make us safer) - simple things that aren't always to hand. Think of it as a wikipedia or google for our industry. I started constructing a knowledge base which is searchable and provides a way of quickly referencing topics of interest because i thought it may be useful - We were always trying to find those notes or that piece of paper that gave us the magic answer even though we had the DVD's and volumes of manuals. This of course could be extended to regs and other areas of our industry.
There is no substitute for good training and in my career, I have always favoured the factory for myself and anyone i worked with, but many times not all the knowledge could be conveyed in the time available, and often the most valuable pieces were mentioned in the hallways and over lunch with someone in the factory or periphery. I often think that whilst we are technically advanced in terms of EFIS etc (even though if you look at the intuitive user interface of an iphone and compare it with a Garmin, Honeywell or any other wizbang piece of glass, you must wonder) when it comes to the administrative side of the industry - well we're behind to say the least.
Proprietary hardware and software architectures which are veiled in the regulatory nature of approval still prevail in the cockpit, but that needn't be on the ground where we can make full use of all the tools and the changing tide of information access. Thanks again for your input and if anyone has any high quality S76 or Bell 407 materials, I would be happy to throw those examples up there as well. I am sorry guys, but there won't be any more official updates. I was happy to help out, but the helicopter companies are using more and more legal pressure to stop this service. They obviously don't want pilots to have easy access to their manuals, so I have removed all the uploaded manuals from rapidshare.
I am still offering help in case you need information on a certain type, just drop me a PM. Feel free to comment on the service or the legal actions by the manufacturers. It would be great to hear your opinion!Oh and don't blame MD Helicopters. They are a role model on how it should be done:ok. Well on the one hand I respect that a business must assert it's rights over things it produces. On the other, I know of no other product where the documentation required for it's safe operation, maintenance, and use is not freely available.
Free, shouldn't mean 1-5 years if you buy a shiny brand new one. It should mean as long as you are operating our product, we are going to make sure you remain supported and current with our product best practices. With a new era of information access, most manufacturers (outside of aviation) are embracing the opportunity to share information with their customers, both current and potential (even curious perhaps). It's analogous to the software or music industry where open source and new methods of collaboration changed business models, and often what became public domain; in the case of the software industry free open source operating systems eg.
Linux and it's various flavours, productivity suites eg. Open office, enlightened those who might not otherwise have had access to tools before. Then there are companies like Google who continue to innovate and provide tools that are available to all, changing the very landscape itself. It doesn't necessarily mean that people went out of business, it just meant that they had to rethink the way that they executed their business - even companies as powerful as Microsoft are making changes.
One might argue a strong case as I am suggesting, that it is in the very best interest of all concerned in the industry from manufacturers, pilots, engineers to regulators, that such information is published and available to all who seek it. I don't think that any qualified industry individual should have to plead for information or places to find it.
It should be obvious and easy to access, even if it's qualified by a license registration process. Thanks to eivissa and his unselfish efforts, which I'm sure seemed unrewarding at times, but are appreciated none the less by many here. For my part, I will continue working on my little search engine, hopefully with the support of manufacturers, and not in spite of them. If they start publishing this material themselves in useful ways, and making it readily available - hats off to them, one for the good guys. MD Helicopters exception noted where access appears to require simple registration.
We will see who breaks out of the box and shows a little lateral thinking.
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