DURATION: 0.75 Hrs

OBJECTIVES
This lesson will introduce the student to the training helicopter components while also looking at some variants of other types of helicopters.

CONTENT
A) Helicopter Components
1) Airframe, tail boom and empennage
2) Main rotor systems
a) Tip path plane 
b) Swashplate assembly and linkages
c) Fully articulated, semi-rigid, rigid, tandem, coaxial
(I) Number of blades
(II) Feathering, flapping, dragging
(III) Coning
3) Tail rotor
4) Transmission &amp; Drivetrain
a) Gearboxes
b) Flex-plate couplings
c) Clutch
(I) Belt driven
(II) Centrifugal
d) Freewheeling unit 
e) Rotor brake
5) Landing gear
a) Fixed skid
b) Oleo struts
c) Wheels
6) Seats

B) Flight Controls and Operation
a) Cyclic
b) Collective
c) Throttle/throttle correlator 
d) Anti-torque/tail rotor pedals

COMPLETION STANDARDS
This lesson will be complete when, by oral examination, the student displays an understanding of the material presented and has completed the reading assignment