I just want to make a few points clear: We do not fly into clouds at any point in IFR training in a Robinson R22. Any helicopter that you can legally fly in IMC will have many redundant systems that we do not have in this helicopter which means that a lot of these emergencies are very unlikely to occur in IMC. This is not a typical IFR lesson. That being said, practicing emergency procedures in all kinds of different situations helps with ingraining those procedures and is still beneficial to the progression of a competent pilot.
You have proven UA-cam is such a great tool. There are many great points in your video. Thank you for making a helicopter channel and you have become my favorite by far!
That is some neat stuff Ian!! I am excited to dig into my instrument ratings. For now I am digging into being a CFI, with some fun flying around Hawaii.
Hey, meant to ask you, did you already get your commercial rating? Are you on a 141 program for your CFI? Thought it was strange that you were training to be a CFI from the right seat.
Critical Angle i am doing my CFI training in the left seat, what i posted previously was just a taste of verbalizing during my Comm Training. I'm also doing Comm CFI, instead of the traditional Comm instrument.
Oh okay, good deal. Why no instrument rating though? If you’re going for CFI, you should definitely be IFR and CFII as well. You have to build hours towards commercial anyways, you can get an instrument rating on the way. Then it’s only 15 hours to get your CFII after your CFI and you’re a lot more marketable. Since you need 200 yours before you can instruct in Robinson’s, why would you not get those extra ratings out of the time that you have to fly anyways?
Critical Angle yea man, I will be getting my instrument rating and CFII. We all do it a little different! During this period of time, like you said for marketability, i will get long line, high DA, night vision goggles, mountain and valley, off shore, advanced off airport, and class bravo. Then R44 time for IFR.
Student fixed wing pilot got your channel from Mr aviation 101 finally a helicopter Chanel. I'm a student emt and dream job is life flight. Too bad you guys are Austin tx
Hey Ian, I just started taking lessons and was told by my instructor to read the "Helicopter Flying Handbook", and PHAK for my main study sources. However, talking to a bunch of friends who are fixed wing pilots, they all say that they had supplementary study books and videos (i.e. Sporty's videos, and this book www.amazon.com/Pilots-Manual-aeronautical-knowledge-Commercial/dp/1560276770) that are a lot less dry and easy to learn from than the FAA published stuff. However, I'm having trouble tracking down similar good supplementary material - there seems to be less of it. Can you share what you mainly used for your ground study, and if there are some extra books/videos/online courses you'd recommend? Thanks!!
Those two are must have for books for sure. Pick up Principles of Helicopter Flight as well. Unfortunately for study books, there's a lot of dry stuff in private ground school. It's one of those things where you just have to put your head down and dig through and remind yourself of the goal at the end, to be a helicopter pilot. What I did was take my books to a coffee shop, get a nice hot coffee and a snack, and just get into it. Break it down into chapters to make it easier. AOPA has some great free online courses that you can take and get certificates from as well. I'm also a huge fan of their accident case studies. Do a little ground, then watch one of those videos to break it up. For test prep, I used the ASA (asa2fly.com) prepware online for $40. Got a 95 on the PPL written with it so it works pretty well.
Got it thanks! Yeah absolutely, I understand that it requires some slogging through. Just finished Chapter 4 of HFH - that first 4 chapters is slow going. Just looked at the AOPA online courses - nothing helicopter specific is there? There's a bunch of helpful looking stuff I'll check out though. I like the coffee shop approach too. I'll definitely use ASA once I'm nearing test time. Any thoughts on www.helicopterground.com/ ? Seems like some solid stuff to also break up/reinforce reading with, but I've had trouble finding information on its reputability.
Hockeysktr17 never heard of that site, but I don’t see how it could hurt. On your point of nothing being helicopter related, welcome to the FAA! They don’t really care much about helicopters. Once you start taking written exams, you’ll see what I’m talking about. There’s quite a few questions in helicopter tests that reference subjects that only apply to airplanes. That being said, there’s a lot of similarities and subject matter that applies to both, so the AOPA info is still useful.
Got a light? LAND LAND LAND. The POH says land as soon as practicable. It doesn't say "Go to New Braunfels". You're teaching so you know better. What you can get away with vs what you should do are two different things. Ehud Gavron Tucson AZ FAA CPL-H
I just want to make a few points clear: We do not fly into clouds at any point in IFR training in a Robinson R22. Any helicopter that you can legally fly in IMC will have many redundant systems that we do not have in this helicopter which means that a lot of these emergencies are very unlikely to occur in IMC. This is not a typical IFR lesson. That being said, practicing emergency procedures in all kinds of different situations helps with ingraining those procedures and is still beneficial to the progression of a competent pilot.
Excellent flying. Good use of instruments. Kobe needed pilots like these.
Still blows my mind that you can do an entire ifr rating in an R22 in the USA.
You have proven UA-cam is such a great tool. There are many great points in your video. Thank you for making a helicopter channel and you have become my favorite by far!
Great video, Ian. It was nice having lunch with you in Pearland. BTW, I passed my flight check :) looking forward to more vides.
Kobe brought me here. That day had 300 foot visibility with zero ceiling where we were. Pea soup.
That is some neat stuff Ian!! I am excited to dig into my instrument ratings. For now I am digging into being a CFI, with some fun flying around Hawaii.
Hey, meant to ask you, did you already get your commercial rating? Are you on a 141 program for your CFI? Thought it was strange that you were training to be a CFI from the right seat.
Critical Angle i am doing my CFI training in the left seat, what i posted previously was just a taste of verbalizing during my Comm Training. I'm also doing Comm CFI, instead of the traditional Comm instrument.
Oh okay, good deal. Why no instrument rating though? If you’re going for CFI, you should definitely be IFR and CFII as well. You have to build hours towards commercial anyways, you can get an instrument rating on the way. Then it’s only 15 hours to get your CFII after your CFI and you’re a lot more marketable. Since you need 200 yours before you can instruct in Robinson’s, why would you not get those extra ratings out of the time that you have to fly anyways?
Critical Angle yea man, I will be getting my instrument rating and CFII. We all do it a little different! During this period of time, like you said for marketability, i will get long line, high DA, night vision goggles, mountain and valley, off shore, advanced off airport, and class bravo. Then R44 time for IFR.
Student fixed wing pilot got your channel from Mr aviation 101 finally a helicopter Chanel. I'm a student emt and dream job is life flight. Too bad you guys are Austin tx
Love the shirt “Freedom Fries”
Thanks! That particular shirt seems to get a lot of complements.
awesome stuff
Currently working on my instrument rating. Great videos! I take it you’re a working CFI/Commercial pilot nowadays?
Great video. Great flying. Super instructor, too. Are you training with a particular helicopter flying school in these videos?
This was amazing! I really need to get another discovery flight or my PPL ahah
Bravo 👏🏻 bravo 👏🏻 bravo 👏🏻
7:53 Squirrels..
wait, why are there auto-rotative speeds? couldn't it happen at anytime?
Hey Ian,
I just started taking lessons and was told by my instructor to read the "Helicopter Flying Handbook", and PHAK for my main study sources. However, talking to a bunch of friends who are fixed wing pilots, they all say that they had supplementary study books and videos (i.e. Sporty's videos, and this book www.amazon.com/Pilots-Manual-aeronautical-knowledge-Commercial/dp/1560276770) that are a lot less dry and easy to learn from than the FAA published stuff.
However, I'm having trouble tracking down similar good supplementary material - there seems to be less of it. Can you share what you mainly used for your ground study, and if there are some extra books/videos/online courses you'd recommend? Thanks!!
Those two are must have for books for sure. Pick up Principles of Helicopter Flight as well. Unfortunately for study books, there's a lot of dry stuff in private ground school. It's one of those things where you just have to put your head down and dig through and remind yourself of the goal at the end, to be a helicopter pilot.
What I did was take my books to a coffee shop, get a nice hot coffee and a snack, and just get into it. Break it down into chapters to make it easier. AOPA has some great free online courses that you can take and get certificates from as well. I'm also a huge fan of their accident case studies. Do a little ground, then watch one of those videos to break it up. For test prep, I used the ASA (asa2fly.com) prepware online for $40. Got a 95 on the PPL written with it so it works pretty well.
Got it thanks! Yeah absolutely, I understand that it requires some slogging through. Just finished Chapter 4 of HFH - that first 4 chapters is slow going. Just looked at the AOPA online courses - nothing helicopter specific is there? There's a bunch of helpful looking stuff I'll check out though.
I like the coffee shop approach too. I'll definitely use ASA once I'm nearing test time.
Any thoughts on www.helicopterground.com/ ? Seems like some solid stuff to also break up/reinforce reading with, but I've had trouble finding information on its reputability.
Hockeysktr17 never heard of that site, but I don’t see how it could hurt. On your point of nothing being helicopter related, welcome to the FAA! They don’t really care much about helicopters. Once you start taking written exams, you’ll see what I’m talking about. There’s quite a few questions in helicopter tests that reference subjects that only apply to airplanes. That being said, there’s a lot of similarities and subject matter that applies to both, so the AOPA info is still useful.
Got a light? LAND LAND LAND. The POH says land as soon as practicable. It doesn't say "Go to New Braunfels". You're teaching so you know better. What you can get away with vs what you should do are two different things.
Ehud Gavron
Tucson AZ
FAA CPL-H