Chapter 17—Gyroplane Flight Controls Chapter 14—Aeronautical Decision Making Chapter 18—Gyroplane Systems Chapter 19—Rotorcraft Flight Manual (Gyroplane) GYROPLANE Chapter 15—Introduction to the Gyroplane Chapter 20—Flight Operations Chapter 16—Aerodynamics of the Gyroplane ix Preflight .................................................................20-1 Cockpit Management........................................20-1 Engine Starting ......................................................20-1 Taxiing...................................................................20-1 Blade Flap .........................................................20-1 Before Takeoff.......................................................20-2 Prerotation.........................................................20-2 Takeoff...................................................................20-3 Normal Takeoff .................................................20-3 Crosswind Takeoff ............................................20-4 Common Errors for Normal and  Crosswind Takeoffs ..........................................20-4 Short-Field Takeoff ...........................................20-4 Autorotation...........................................................16-1 Vertical Autorotation.........................................16-1 Rotor Disc Regions...........................................16-2 Autorotation in Forward Flight ........................16-2 Reverse Flow................................................16-3 Retreating Blade Stall ..................................16-3 Rotor Force............................................................16-3 Rotor Lift ..........................................................16-4 Rotor Drag ........................................................16-4 Thrust.....................................................................16-4 Stability .................................................................16-5 Horizontal Stabilizer .........................................16-5 Fuselage Drag (Center of Pressure)..................16-5 Pitch Inertia.......................................................16-5 Using the Flight Manual........................................19-1 Weight and Balance Section .............................19-1 Sample Problem ...........................................19-1 Performance Section .........................................19-2 Sample Problem ...........................................19-2 Height/Velocity Diagram .............................19-3 Emergency Section ...........................................19-3 Hang Test...............................................................19-4 Types of Gyroplanes..............................................15-1 Components...........................................................15-2 Airframe............................................................15-2 Powerplant ........................................................15-2 Rotor System ....................................................15-2 Tail Surfaces .....................................................15-2 Landing Gear ....................................................15-3 Wings ................................................................15-3 Propulsion Systems ...............................................18-1 Rotor Systems .......................................................18-1 Semirigid Rotor System....................................18-1 Fully Articulated Rotor System ........................18-1 Prerotator ...............................................................18-2 Mechanical Prerotator.......................................18-2 Hydraulic Prerotator .........................................18-2 Electric Prerotator .............................................18-3 Tip Jets ..............................................................18-3 Instrumentation......................................................18-3 Engine Instruments ...........................................18-3 Rotor Tachometer .............................................18-3 Slip/Skid Indicator ............................................18-4 Airspeed Indicator ............................................18-4 Altimeter ...........................................................18-4 IFR Flight Instrumentation ...............................18-4 Ground Handling...................................................18-4 Cyclic Control .......................................................17-1 Throttle ..................................................................17-1 Rudder ...................................................................17-2 Horizontal Tail Surfaces........................................17-2 Collective Control .................................................17-2 Propeller Thrust Line ........................................16-5 Rotor Force .......................................................16-6 Trimmed Condition...........................................16-6 Collision Avoidance at Night............................13-5 Approach and Landing .....................................13-5 Origins of ADM Training......................................14-2 The Decision-Making Process ..............................14-3 Defining the Problem........................................14-3 Choosing a Course of Action............................14-3 Implementing the Decision and  Evaluating the Outcome ...................................14-3 Risk Management..................................................14-4 Assessing Risk ..................................................14-4 Factors Affecting Decision Making ......................14-5 Pilot Self-Assessment .......................................14-5 Recognizing Hazardous Attitudes ....................14-5 Stress management ...........................................14-6 Use of Resources ..............................................14-6 Internal Resources ........................................14-7 External Resources.......................................14-7 Workload Management.....................................14-7 Situational Awareness .......................................14-8 Obstacles to Maintaining  Situational Awareness ..................................14-8 Operational Pitfalls.......................................14-8