Documenting my helo training

[ScottM]

With a little over 6 hours of helicopter time I decide to embarrass myself publicly by posting a few videos on Youtube of my adventures.

The training is so fun and a lot of work, but good hard work! It is nice to be challenged.

If anyone is so board that they want to watch a few here are the links:

 

[Velocity173]

Nothing embarrassing about that. Good job. At 6 hrs I could barely hover in the same state.

 

[Dr. O]

That's OK. I'm at roughly 6 hours and you have not seen my pirouettes around a point - especially inverted. Ugly man, ugly (splat)

Luckily the sim does not seem to care

OK, that fun aside, you are doing just great. My buddy who is a many thousands of hours rotor head jock (owns an R-22) says at ten hours he was so discouraged he quit. Only because he was 5 states away from home and had paid up front, and for two CFI's cornering him and talking a blue streak for a half an hour, did he keep going. Says he would have missed the best part of his life had he quit.

Keep going and have fun.

 

[ScottM]

Nothing embarrassing about that. Good job. At 6 hrs I could barely hover in the same state.

Thanks

At first I could not hover to save my life, literally! But at around 4 hours it started click. As you can see in the videos quarter tail winds and left crosswinds can still mess me up a little, I am still getting better and faster than I thought. We are working on the approaches and more hover practice. Straight and level flights, turns, etc. are all easy. Since I already have CP-ASEL radio work, airspace, rules, etc. are something we do not cover much. The weirdest thing is for me to be doing the right traffic to avoid fixed wing traffic. I commute to my helo lessons in my plane. I have to quickly convert from fixed wing thinking to helo thinking.

 

[Seanaldinho]

Well now I need to add helos to the list.

 

[austinglasair]

You're doing great! Guys I went through Army flight school in the Bell 206 couldn't do this in 15 hours. Keep it up! Stay on those pedals.

 

[LifeInverted]

I don't fly helos myself but I really liked how you documented them. I can see these becoming pretty popular instructions pieces in the future for aspiring rotorwing pilots! Keep up the good work

 

[Blackhawk]

Hey, you're able to keep it in the same state.