Hughes OH-6A/500C Cayuse
Vertical rate at touchdown
Up to 100fpm
Full marks for the vertical rate at touchdown up to 100 fpm, on the rotorcraft curve; no note for a soft touchdown.
- G-force
- 1.20Gfull marks, the general curve
Not part of this aircraft's grade: an approach-speed target, a tail-strike check and a touchdown-zone window.
Observation helicopter from Hughes with an Allison turboshaft, first flown in 1963 for the US Army and sold in civil form as the Hughes 500.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Rotorcraft (Helicopter) category's curves. The figures it uses are below.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Hughes
- Model
- OH-6A/500C
- Variant
- Cayuse
- FAA approach category
- A
- MTOW
- 1,157 kg (2,551 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Not used
- MSFS source
- Payware (Taog's)
- Category
- Rotorcraft (Helicopter)
Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains
Hughes OH-6A/500C CayuseOH-6A/500C CayuseOH-6A/500CCayuseHughes OH-6A CayuseOH-6A CayuseOH-6 CayuseOH-6ACayuseHughes 500C
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Every landing in the Hughes OH-6A/500C Cayuse, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.