Day 1 Student Pilot Helicopter flight lesson - How to Hover - Robinson R44
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Back in the instructor seat at Sevier County Choppers. This was day 1 of training, and were learning some of the basics under some pretty windy conditions. Although not ideal on day 1, if you can learn in windy conditions you can fly in anything.
This is part 1 in a video series covering a student going from zero helicopter time to a private license. Each lesson will be filmed if able. This video series will follow one student's progress, on good days and bad, to let people get an insight into the natural progression of training.
There are multiple ways to get to the final goal of learning how to fly. Different instructors, different students, different techniques. Full-time / Part-time.
This video makes me want to continue my 300 dollar an hour lessons.
Am I the only one moving hands and feet around pretending to have the controls?
You are not.. I kicked my desktop trying to slam on the right rudder pedal.
No,but I want to shut my eyes as well! How the hell did he stay in the air?
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Michael,
Do you think I would have a advantage learning how to hover & do forward flight, from my 16 years of flying RC helicopters? I can hover on spot & fly plus auto-rotate to the ground without damage.
Helicopter instructors really have guts :) Great video, would love to take a lesson flying one myself.
You wouldn't last kid
@@cornell833 big man over here lmao
Great video. I thought the student did well for his first lesson. Nice relaxed atmosphere in the cockpit. I am going to enjoy this series. I recall how nervous I was on my first flight in my SEL training. Nice job Jimmy. RWW
This guy makes ME nervous and I am watching him on you tube. Hovering is hard tho!
Sir you have a great patience ratio and the way you bring in corrections in a very interactive way. Patiently and creatively smooth and with a touching feeling heart.
BLESSINGS GRATITUDES
This was very interesting to watch! Thanks for posting Michael.
I have had several R/C helicopter guys and they have done very well in regards to learning how to fly the real deal.
I learned in a TH55. Hovering was very hard for me. One day my instructor asked if I was trying to kill him when the rear of one skid dug into the ground and we started to roll. Later my instructor told me and my stick buddy that this was the first time he may fail at teaching students to fly, all because we could not hover after several attempts. This is about the worse thing you can hear from an instructor who has been teaching for many years. A little more practice and we both got it.
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Well, this was 7 years ago so it's a little late now but in case anyone else is reading this...for me clearing my head was key. I've driven all types of heavy machinery, pretty much everything except cranes and I got really good at driving them all. But when I was 19 I was very nervous on heavy equipment, I didn't want to cause thousands or even millions of dollars worth of damage so my mind was focused on failing which caused me to think too much when in the seat. Until one day I jumped in a forklift and was already mad as all hell at someone else, I didn't care about my driving at all but I got the job done quicker than anyone else could do it. It turns out I was much better at driving different machinery than I thought I was but since I was always focused on failing I never realized it. So then I started to practice not caring so much about hitting things, I don't mean to brag but with a clear mind I was better than anyone else I have met at driving forklifts (from 4k all the way to 50k shipping container forklfits), pavers, backhoes, skidsteers, track hoes and many more, and I even successfully applied that care free attitude to hovering a helicopter and within a few minutes of my first attempt I was able to achieve a steady hover. Every time a gust of wind hit us it would throw me off and I would have a difficult time getting it stable again but I knew how rare it is to do this so I was ecstatic, I fully expected to take 3 days to achieve what I did in 3 minutes. So yeah, sorry for the long post but for any new heli pilots out there, clear your mind! Watch your CFI's hands before he hands the control over to see what kind of movements he is making and how little of pressure he applies to the cyclic and pedals, keep that info in the back of your mind and focus on nothing but a target in the distance like this CFI was saying. Let your subconscious learn to hover!
some people do better with all 3 controls, rather than just 1, HAH. Just be glad your instructor has thousands of hours.
As a retired airline pilot, I've occasionally thought of taking some helo flying lessons, up to the point of at leastbeing able to hover satisfactorily.....
Okay,,,, I want lessons from you! I am a farm kid, I have operated almost every piece of farm machinery and dirt construction equipment there is. Small inputs make small changes.
That is the noisiest governor I've ever heard!
It's a lot harder than it looks. there's a lot of subtlety involved to go from zero time to actually hovering.
Being a former airline pilot and aerobatic instructor......a memory: Many years ago one of the Bell Helicopter notables dropped in at a local airport in North Texas.....Then, he asked me, "You want to go for a ride?" Well, you know my response! A beautiful Jet Ranger with someone incredible! So, off we go! He gave me the controls (minus the collective) and allowed me to to fly around, a couple of airspeed challenges, and then, the horrible directive: "Let's go hover." SO we went down between two hangars, of all things! "Ok, you got it." I think, puke and throw up." So I manage to not bend any metal, after a couple of minutes......
Well done!
I got my first hour with out you Michael, I did a intro flight lesson in a Schweizer 300CBi last week. 20 degrees F 10 Mph side wind, flying was fun & easy, hovering was a real bear. I will be doing another session soon to hone my hovering skills, I was only able to keep it in a 20 foot area I was hoping to hold it stationary.
The cyclic is so touchy!
10 years ago....huh. But i have a question - why not to make cyclic less touchy?
Good video, He did a good job but he had a good instructor. Thanks Mike.
Looking forward to the series, a innovative idea!
I appreciate having the ability to listen carefully to what is being said from the comfort of my armchair. When I had control, I was busy learning, now I can listen and even replay the instructions. Thank you Mr. Miller. David from Zurich.
Damn, I'd wish private helicopter training would be even remotely affordable here in Germany … great video! Looking forward to seeing more…
Dude should try flying the mini in Rust first.
Jk, guy did great work and progressed well with repetition.
I've seen a lot worse for day 1. I always think toe pressure on the pedals, lol. Best people I have seen on day 1 is overhead crane operators. I see it just like a overhead crane with a steel coil on the end of it. Not sure why this came up on my recommended after 10 years, lol.
you begin to realize, just how much money and commitment you have to put in, and most people at that point drop off figuring its more of a lifestyle than just a license.
I always wanted to fly, but by the time I could afford lessons my health went to shit. Open heart surgery triple bypass. Life sucks sometimes.
Hang in there buddy. You can do it.
where are you instructing at. I am working on my CFI and have watched your videos for awhile. I could use some one on one instruction. I live in NE indiana
Yep, just got it about 2 months ago.
Man I missed these. Really happy to see this again, your videos motivate me so much to keep flying and sticking with it even when I can only afford an hour every other month. Great work as always.
so the R22 has a governor so you don't have to worry about the throttle?
Might I recommend the Contour! The GoPro, although a great little camera is a bear to mount properly. I have to use 6 AA batteries on the other side of my headset for counterweight. I simply used one of the mounts which came with the camera in conjuction with another GoPro mount which I ordered and stuck in on. The audio I got in with an audio splicing cable which hooks up in the headset plugin.
I'm using the GoPro Hero 2 camera. It is a great camera but would probably recommend the Contour HD camera, although having never used it. From what I have heard they are less bulky and easier to mount places like on a headset etc.
Good question. I have seen some pretty tall people in the R22. Just depends on how determined you are. Sorry, I don't have a number for you.
Over the years this is one point that I have learned. And it usually is true for most.
It's interesting that his flying is almost identical to my terrible flying in VR.
It shows me that the flight modelling in the simulators is accurate.
It's very hard to do at first, but after a while you get the idea of what's happening.
You have the cyclic, the collective, the throttle and the rudder pedals; and you have to operate them all together at different times.
But when you get it, it's brilliant 😂👏👏👏👍👍🚁
Well done to the guy, it's really hard.
This was a R44. I have never instructed in a 300.
Gracias 🎉
awesome videos- about to start my heli pilot training- how did you mount your gopro to your head and connect it to the audio system? I think it will be a good idea for me to film all my flights for debrief and post flight reviews..- thanks for your great channel!
The helicopter provokes you to become disquieted, but you must remain cam.
Hello Michael!
I'm brazilian, and I'm 17 years old, and I would like to be an helicopter pilot. I didn't start the course yet. Because I'm thinking in the possibilite of do it in USA. So, How can I send you a private message? And can you tell me how much is the "flight hour" in R22 and R44? Thank you so much! (Sorry for my bad english haha)
Hello Michael
I've been following your work here in youtube for a long time, and i want to congrats you for your videos, all with great qualily, Im a aspiring heli pilot and I love your videos...Can you tell me what camera do you used to film it, thanks ( sorry for my simple english,and for the mistakes )
I think it's funny that your English is better than most Native speakers but you'd never here them apologise for saying 'more then you to'. So well done. Hope you get to become a pilot too! Fly safe.
I don't know how, and I don't know when... But I NEED to do this. The thought of learning is terrifying but thrilling. Great video! Hats off to Instructor and student.
Thanks for that first hand info. I have been thinking of doing a introductory flight & possibly lessons.
Keep up the videos I really enjoy them!
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East Tennessee. GKT
Great video! I was crapping my pants along with the FNG!
Just part-time CFI
does this student have a private in fixed wing? i plan on doing an add on.
I'm just a few hours in myself and it's going to be great following this series
Fascinating and completely counter-intuitive to what one would expect.
Really enjoyed this video! Thanks for posting.... keep them coming please.
I'm going to enjoy these watching him progress
Do you instruct on a Schweitzer 300? To tall for the 22 and 44?
Seems we start out the exact same way trying to tame these angry palm trees.
how tall is too tall for the 22 and the 44?
I wish I had the money to do this! arghhhh
Hey I am 17 years old and interested in learning to fly helicopters. Is there a big demand for pilots? And if so how much do they make roughly?
www.glassdoor.com/Salary/CLASSIC-HELICOPTER-Flight-Instructor-and-Pilots-Salaries-E430867_D_KO19,47.htm
love your videos, I am also helicopter student in r22 right now and it is great to see all of your videos, and all the md500 videos to know safely how to start a turbine engine :)
I've been wanting a heli-chair since the day I saw it.
You did well Brother!
excellent video!!!
No more air ambulance
6 ' 6 and 300 lbs???
Awesome series btw
Full integration. Full blending. Full Oneness. Nice cooperation understanding between instructor student. Very calm and responsive.
RESPECT FOR BOTH.