R22 Helicopter Trivia for Santa Fe, NM

The R22 uses a horizontally mounted Lycoming O-320 (O-360-J2A on the Beta II), four-cylinder, air-cooled, normally aspirated, carburetor-equipped piston engine. It is fueled with 100LL grade aviation gasoline.

The capability to efficiently hover for extended periods of time allows a helicopter to accomplish tasks that fixed-wing aircraft and other forms of vertical takeoff and landing aircraft cannot perform.

Fun Helicopter and Airplane Facts for Santa Fe, NM

U.S. military primary flight training teaches the basics of flight and flying applicable to most aviation situations. Depending on the military branch, once primary flight training is completed the trainee requests intermediate training in an aircraft type, such as jets.

Fixed-Wing Aircraft Factoid - Wing Configurations

Both the leading edge and the trailing edge of the wing may be straight or curved, or one edge may be straight and the other curved. One or both edges may be tapered so that the wing is narrower at the tip than at the root where it joins the fuselage. The wing tip may be square, rounded, or even pointed. Figure 1-19 shows a number of typical wing leading and trailing edge shapes.