A Transition to Forward Flight procedure brings an aircraft from hover mode to forward flight mode. The procedure contains one control point - the procedure site - as indicated in the diagram below.
The aircraft will execute a translating maneuver if the final conditions of the previous procedure dictate any altitude, heading The direction that the aircraft is pointing. or translation rate. If there are any rates in heading, altitude or translation entering the procedure, the aircraft will immediately commence (or continue) the translation at the performance model translation rate while rotating its heading and continuing its altitude rate until established on the translation heading, at which point the aircraft will accelerate to its forward flight airspeed.
If this procedure is interrupted, the transition will be incomplete and the aircraft will remain in hover mode.
Transition Course
The course of the transition maneuver. Select from the following options:
- Transition into Wind - define the course of the aircraft according to the wind direction.
- Relative - define the course of the aircraft manually, from its previous course.
- Absolute - define the course of the aircraft manually, from north. Specify a True or Magnetic north reference using the drop-down menu.
Flight Path Angle
The pitch angle of the flight path at the end of the procedure.