How to fly a Helicopter - The Basics
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
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Disclaimer:
I am not a flying instructor so my video content is for pleasure only and not to be used for training as editing removes context. Be aware some flight-critical checks and radiotelephony may have been edited out but are always completed on the actual flight. All video content is my own, or it falls under UA-cam's fair use policy and music used has been downloaded from either the UA-cam music library or Epidemic Sound where I have a UA-cam subscription! - Авто та транспорт
Thank you. All I need now is a helicopter.
Haha, unfortunately that's the hard part haha
And 50-80 k training fees
Helicopter 🚁 And 1000hrs Of Practice… It’s Not Like Riding A Bike
If you're not an instructor, you should be.Thanks for my first lesson!👌
@@travelinben1966 I Flew Hughes 300’s In 1988 🚁 I Always Pay Attention To Detail
Well that was a clean and easy to follow lesson! Thank you. If I ever need to steal a helicopter I feel confident to do so, and I will even give you credit when the judge asks how I learned. :)
Thanks and no problem! Just skip that last bit haha.
I don’t see that ending well, but confidence has won the day in the past, so…
It could happen.
Thanks for the great lesson.
Except he didn’t cover the first part, starting and getting up to rpm. I tried stealing one once and failed because I couldn’t figure how to attach the rope to get it started.
@@patbullard9276 I’ll be doing a starting video soon.
@@patbullard9276 Pat! Thank you for that tip... I sure would have looked stupid asking someone in the hangar how. I better google it before I get there. It's a pull start, you say? Like my old fat tire minibike? Easy Peasy!
My uncle was a helicopter instructor for the Navy back in the early 1960’s.
When I was 17 years old, I took a flight class and learned how to fly an airplane. I flew from Round Rock to Georgetown and back for a final grade. Soon as he learned that I could fly a plane, my uncle sat me down in a kitchen chair and taught me how to fly a helicopter. That was in 1976.
This video just brought all that knowledge back to the front of my brain.
👍🏻👍🏻
I just moved from g town. Looking to become an army pilot myself
😊
Your a good teacher. Simple, basic, thoughtful, thorough, and well edited
Anyone else go nuts that his door was open?
I came here for this comment...and yes.
Door isn't a big deal. Pilot/co-pilot are strapped in. If it's hot outside, the ajar door ventilates the cockpit. We do the same thing with small airplanes while we're going through the checklist, taxiing, etc. The "before takeoff" checklist covers making sure the doors are shut.
Besides building museum quality miniature machinery, this is another item on my bucket list. No Doubt. Thanks for the look inside.
No, thank you.
Greatest how to fly a helicopter video I’ve ever seen. 😎
I started lesson about a month ago and love it. I was flying remote control Helicopter for years and made the jump to the real thing. I was amazed at how similar they are and having an idea of how things worked really helped out.
CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY INFO ON HOW TO START HELICOPTER LESSONS OR LICENSING?
@@gibson5056 I researched a few aviation schools that had helicopter in my area. There was one real close to me but the one I chose was a 45 minute drive because the instructor was one of the top rated in the country. I got my private V.F visual flying license just a week ago. It usually takes about 6 months but I had the time to take extra classes during the week so I was able to get all my flight hours in in a little over 4 months. To me the actual book part of it was a little harder. If you're really interested there's some great simulators for helicopters there's one that goes for about $800 and it's very realistic I'm not quite sure what the name of it is but again if you're doing a little research you'll find them. I'm going to buy my own but when I started off my instructor gave me one he never used and I put a lot of hours on it.
As a fixed wing CFII I have always wondered about helps, but to everyone here, it takes a lot of time and training to get all three controls to work together, good video
Thanks :)
Oh yeah. Licensed, trained and time always makes it look easy. No delusion for me, but at least now I might be able to at least try to survive if I had too in an absolute emergency if in one and all was lost but a noble try. Aviating is so cool, especially to one who has this thing about heights. 😂. Yep- I’m not afraid to die, but the idea of falling is just out of sorts for me. Lol. Thx. Fly safe all.
The lesson was quite precise, I'm confident now that I can fly the helicopter.....
lmao if you think you can fly a helicopter after just watching a basic 11 minute video, you're mistaken. it's not that simple
Now just buy helicopter...
You're kidding, right?
Although I will never fly a helicopter, at least one of my lifetime curiosities has been settled. Thanks.
Ah yes, the “**in case i ever have to know how to do this**” type of video.
I know I am kinda randomly asking but does anyone know a good place to stream newly released series online ?
@@maddenhuxley2390 Like anime?
Nice job Tom - you may not be an instructor but you have the right approach and demeanor to be one! I’ve always been fixed wing but would love to fly a helicopter one day. This just makes me want to do it more! Happy landings.
Thank you Mark! Well hopefully after my CPL I shall start my instructors course.
@@TheMicroPilot It’s a great way to go. Flying is continuous learning of course, but you’ll learn so much from teaching and observing others. There’s the ‘white knuckle’ moments but there’s more ‘light bulb’ moments where you gain a deeper understanding of what you thought you already knew. Be kind, be calm, be FIRM.
This guy explained everything very simple. Looks like fun.
I have been meaning to come back to this video to thank you for a couple of weeks. I took my first flight in a chopper two weeks ago (An AugustaWestland 109). Despite being a helicopter fan for many years and flying plenty in games over the years, I never really understood exactly how they operated. Watching this video put my mind at ease as I had some anxiety, so thank you very much!
I've been in Helicopters five times in New York. Fabulous way to travel.
Finally someone did the explanation right.
Haha thanks!
Thanks for a simple clear and easy to follow instructions- run through. You make it look so easy. Please keep these types of videos coming.
You're welcome and thanks for watching! More are on the way!
Great video. Well explained and organized. Thanks!
Super awesome and detailed video. Thank you! Helicopters are my passion and I’m intrigued by the dynamics of it all!
Thank you and glad to hear it. Helicopter principles of flight are very interesting and the books will teach you somethings you never even considered.
RogerAlpha Bravo. Excellent and calmy explained . Understood Roger ready for take off !
thanks for the basics this will.help me.understand it more for battlebit
That was easy and pleasing to watch. You make it look so effortless and simple.
Thank you, very kind of you to say!
Brilliant, thank you. Just had my trial lesson. Another lesson on the way, hope I can continue to a licence!
Thanks so much for the video. Growing up I wanted to fly a helicopter, but somehow never got an op. Did go up twice, both times a Hughes 500-D, but only as passenger. You've given me a new respect for helicopter pilots 🚁 and I thank you for that. Happy landings.
Great video! I've often wondered about the controls of a helicopter. Thanks for sharing!
No problem, thanks for watching!
Many thanks, natural trainer/instructor very clear step-by-step detail, thanks again you make me love flying helicopters.
Great to hear!
Brilliant video Tom. Very confident delivery!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
EXCELLENT VIDEO THANKZZZ FOR SHARING!!!!
I sure would love to go on a whirly-bird ride sometime. Have always been excited with choppers and the sound they make. Flying in or Piloting a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane while lifting something heavy would be most exciting, as well as an Apache and firing the guns. Both would be top tier experiences for me. 😎👍
Very cool, thanks for sharing.
I’ve been watching plenty of videos of how to fly a helicopter and really didn’t fully get the concept, but your video explains it best and I finally got it. Now I’m ready to go for me second lesson. Thank you sir!
Welcome, thanks!
Best teacher ' made it very nice and simple ' for basics nice & simple
Thanks for instructions...looks easy. I m gonna try now.
I learnt how to fly (virtual) helicopters in a computer game called Rust. Turns out the controls with the mouse and keyboard basically line up with what you have demonstrated in this video... I would enjoy having a proper flight one day!
I had exactly the same idea😂😂😂😂 a fellow rust mini copter player here🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@NGGaming1 I'm sure we can totally do it mate! 😂
Your video answered a lot of questions that has puzzled me for ages. Thank you
No problem! There is a whole load more to it than what's in this video, they are very interesting things to learn about.
Thankyou. This will make my bucket list
Good training video. Thank you.
Absolutely great video!
This was such a great video! Thank you!
Thank you for that. I had no idea. Now I do and it was cool. Perfect introduction instruction too. Thx again. Safe aviating bro! 😊
Splendid! I always wondered. I did read a book about helos. It explained lift, yaw, pitch & roll but I never fully understood the concept till now. Thanks that was cool.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this wonderful and informative Video!
No problem :)
That was actually a great video. You explained it in a way that could be understood very easily Thanks for that. Looking forward to more videos.
Thank you!! There is more good stuff on the way 😀
@@TheMicroPilot I'm looking at learning and getting my licence.
Any recommendations on flight schools?
Hi Tom thank you for taking the time to post this video - I need to book a trial lesson in 2022.
No problem at all! Yes you should, it’s a lot of fun!
Very nice video. Thank you!
Nice, clear content. I would have liked to see more about power management.
This was great. Thank you sir.
That was really interesting thank you for sharing
Nice job instructing , I'd love to learn to fly from you
Interesting lesson, thank you.
Helicopter: A million parts rotating rapidly around an oil leak, waiting for metal fatigue.
Yea, i wonder how about the helicopter in afganistan being left by american..metal fatique and ermm....heheeheh
So basically what you saying i ,heli no good winged planes good?
Clear and simple explanation. Pretty sure there's more to the skill, still feel confident I could look for a place to land the aircraft if needed.
Watch the continual movement of his right hand on the stick. That was the most shocking for me during the few lessons I had; you are continually inputting tiny movements when hoovering and moving slowly. I described it to friends as feeling like you're controlling the most slippery vehicle imaginable. The other surprise for me was the delay on the controls and the way they catch up with your input, and it's also a little different with each control. On top of that as described in the video, when you push forward with the stick you need to counter the aircraft's yaw to the left by giving it a little right peddle (a phrase I heard so much I'm sure instructors must have nightmares around this phrase!). Hovering, as a learner, I used to describe to friends as being the hardest video game you'd never play! Interestingly, having only taken eight lessons, I never got to land. It's by far the best experience I've had, and while I never went any further I remember the experience like it happened last week; the lessons were over 13 years ago now. I described the overall experience as being the most incredible fairground ride imaginable.
A very informative video for someone, me, looking to learn, thank you
No Problem, you're welcome!
Very interesting video. Thank you very much from 🇨🇦
Welcome! Thanks for watching!
I love Helicopters
& This Video did the job
Thank you so much
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the video
Great and informative video
This is awesome. I've always dreamed of flying a helicopter. ❤
Very clear explanation . It looks so easy when you see a expert doing it . I think if it was me , and I'm a glider pilot . I would be all over the sky ! 😉
Haha thank you
W goes up, so you need to use the mouse to point the front of the helicopter down to move forward. S goes down. A rotates left, D rotates right. Q moves right, and E moves left. ABACABB is the blood code if you want to see blood when you fire your rockets and machine guns.
thanks for the lesson
That was so cool! Thanks for the video.
Glad you liked it!
I watched the video out of simple interest. I think he did an excellent job and very informative.
Thank you, very kind of you to say!
you got one new subscriber here, this was so cool and easy to follow, love it
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed, have a look at some of my over vids 😀👍🏼
Thanks for the video.. now i am ready to fly the helicopter
Never flown a heli but it looks to be exactly as I'd imagined. You've got a joystick (sidestick) and "rudder" pedals, but instead of adjusting the thrust horizontally, you do it vertically in a heli.
Nicely done 👍🏽
Greetings from one of the Helimed 72 pilots
Hi Mark! North West Air Ambulance is my absolute dream job as it's what got me into flying in the first place! If it would be possible to message you privately or do some filming with you that would be amazing?
Top I love it and go for it soon
That wasn’t so hard, I want to become a helicopter pilot now
one year later: person tries to fly helicopter but crashes his words at the beginning of his career we’re quote (That wasn’t so hard, I want to become a helicopter pilot now) end quote.
You should pilot a Fartcopter
Really great, I would love to fly one.
Awesome 👌👌as soon as my folks leave for aspen , I'm trying out his jet ranger , cheers bro 👍👍👍
Very much enjoyed this video. Wish I knew more about the gauges. Was difficult in places to understand the accent, but that's my fault. Look forward to more videos from you. Thanks
Thank you
That was the best I ever seen you did an excellent job.
Thank you! More stuff on the way soon.
Thank you sir. Easily explained and I learnt alot.
You are welcome
Epic. Thank you! Subbed.
Cool video.
Thank you mate 🚁 That was very interesting and informative 👍🏼
Welcome, thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tutorial, getting a helicopter soon
Great Video
I enjoyed a helicopter ride over Niagara falls. I watched the pilot at the controls. I thought I could do this. WRONG!!!! The basics just scared the heck out of me! Great video!
Thank you, anyone can do it with the right training!
Great video, thanks for sharing:)
Easy Peasy think I might buy one!
Great video! It’s amazing how they fly and now I know why. Thanks 🙏🏻
I was just playing Comanche and I remembered why I never pick a heli in X-Plane. it's truly an art form to fly one - much respect!
Thank you! Flying one is just like any other skill, it just takes time to master!
What always gets me is I look at the throttle control and I don't instinctively think up/down. I had to assign one of the side sliders on my Winwing Orion 2 so I don't get confused. The other problem is the slightest turn can make it go crazy, and it's bad enough when you're not getting shot at. I don't think I'll be flying a chopper IRL any time soon! @@TheMicroPilot
Thanks!
Thanks sir 😀
I like it. Thank you ♥
Omg a helicopter pilot license is so good to have. I'd enjoy having it right in my yard and taking off to go to anyone's place. Driving to and from certain places gets quite stale and if their is backups, with a helicopter you don't have to worry about that lol
Can you do one specifically for a UH-60 Blackhawk? We recently acquired some for free but we can't even figure out how to start them...
Just press start button. Do you need some spare parts too?
.. the the optional sling for transporting camels underneath.
Awesome always wanted to fly a Wirly bird 🥰👍🚁
Great video thanks I learned something!
You're welcome!
Heard from a Vietnam war helicopter pilot,he flew soldiers in and out of their AOO,he said on documentary that flying a helicopter was like walking down the stairs reading a book as you juggle,you made it look alot smoother ☘️🇮🇪
I'm former U.S.A.F. in an Air Rescue unit during the Vietnam Era and piloting a helicopter like his is easy, try to handle a H-3 or an H-53.
top tier video. seriously.
Much appreciated
They have one of those at silverwater corrections centre in Australia 🇦🇺
Superb piloting I’m impressed kind regards to you Mark from Billericay Essex 😀👍☀️🇬🇧
Welcome
Well that made it nice and simple and almost made me feel like I could hop right in one and do it.
I read it very challenging to learn to fly a helicopter but you made that look so easy
Thank you
Thank you! It's like anything, just takes time to learn.