Welcome!
This area of the Gyrodyne Helicopter Historical Foundation
(GHHF) web site is
devoted to the training of DASH Controllers (both DECK and CIC) and for those
interested in HOW the QH-50D drone operates within the DASH program. The Ten separate
sections within this area constitutes the FLIGHT MANUAL for the QH-50D
DASH Weapon System.
SCOPE
This
Flight Manual contains descriptive and procedural information for the Navy Model
QH-50D Drone and Target Control System AN/SRW-4B. The purpose of this manual is
to acquaint you (drone controllers) with the drone and its guidance system, and to
provide normal and emergency operating procedures.
It
must be remembered that the vehicle described in this manual is unique in that
it is a rotary-wing drone. Users of this manual must, therefore, remain continuously aware of the
distinction between this vehicle, on the one hand, and conventional piloted
aircraft or fixed wing drones (like Predator) on the other hand. Read this manual carefully; it
contains valuable information specific to the drone and its guidance system. It
is the drone controller's responsibility to know everything in this Flight
Manual.
SOUND
JUDGMENT
This manual provides the best available operating instructions, but no manual
can substitute for sound judgment, good operating practices, and a thorough
understanding of the system. Get to know the equipment.
Remember the fundamental principles of helicopter aerodynamics. Develop good
drone controller habits. You can handle emergencies best if you
know everything about the system.
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Figure 1; Navy Model QH-50D Drone
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YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY
This Flight Manual is maintained current through an active revision program.
Frequent conferences with operating personnel and review of accident reports,
flight test reports, performance analysis control directives, etc., assure
inclusion of the latest information in the manual. If you have any
recommendations for improvement of the manual, or if you have any information
you would like to pass along to other drone controllers, we should like to know
of it.
Please contact the GHHF's Program Manager at the following
address: Gyrodyne_History@Yahoo.com to make any such reports.
To begin your education, start with Section I and work your way through the
materials, but work through the sections IN ORDER as knowledge in the preceding
section is required for the subsequent sections. Click on the
"section" button or the hyper linked "name" of the section
to enter that section. Best of luck to you in your education, as a DASH DRONE
CONTROLLER!
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The Gyrodyne Helicopter Historical Foundation dedicates
this DASH Drone Training Section to the memory of
Mr. Don Hollis, Gyrodyne QH-50 Test-Pilot (seen left flying a
manned-QH-50C)and one of the first DASH Drone Controllers and to all the
Navy, ARMY and Civilian DASH Drone controllers that subsequently followed
in Don's footsteps.
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