F . A . Q
This is a list of questions most frequently asked by our clients both on the regular line and on charter flights or during their first flights. If you have any general or technical questions, or concerning the pilots, we will be happy to answer.
- At what altitude does a helicopter fly?
Although the altitude record for a helicopter above 10000 meters, flights are generally between 500 and 1000 metres.
Cdt Christian MEYROUX
- What is the autonomy and the speed of a helicopter?
The maximum flight duration of a helicopter is about 2h30, its speed is about 230 km/h
Cdt Michel MATHIEU
- Why are there helicopters, whose rotors turns to the right and others with rotors spinning to the left ?
During the Second World War, Mr Fokker invented in Austria a helicopter with 2 rotors contrarotatifs, on both sides of the cell and presented it to the Fuhrer. At the end of the war, wreckage of this helicopter was recovered by the Allies in Cherbourg and dismantled in England. The Americans recovered a rotor with its transmission box and the French kept the second to increase their manufacturing programme helicopters. The 2 rotors working contrarotatif, one turned to the right and one to the left. It can therefore be inferred that the Americans have recovered the rotor turning to the left (BELL for example) and the French rotor turning to the right (EUROCOPTER for example).
Cdt Michel DRELON
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