First time seeing an IFR pre flight and departure of a rotor craft and as an ex bush pilot, got a huge kick out of it. Thank you very much Sir, and well done!
Flown in many a UH-1 & CH-47 in my Army career (73-94). NEVER have I ever seen a pilot completely release both the cyclic & collective and sit back. I guess the new-fangled equipment lets these newer birds pretty much fly themselves. Awesome video, Sir; thoroughly enjoyed the entire flight. Thanks for sharing! 💯👍🆙
NOW THIS IS A PERSPECTIVE I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. A HELICOPTER TAXIING, LOOKED AND FELT WEIRD, BUT INTERESTING NEVERTHELESS. GREAT VIDEO SIR. COIMNG SIDE WAYS TO HOLD SHORT WAS HILARIOUS TO ME. AGAIN, GREAT VIDEO SIR. SAFE TRAVELS.
@@errol6788 yea…I don’t like to hold short facing forward in case someone comes up behind me, I’d like to know about it. Always have to have tail rotor awareness. Plus I wanted a good view of that gulfstream landing at near minimums. 😜
Bell 429... one of my favourite helis... Got just 2 meters long RC model of it but I always imagine I'm flying the big one like you. 🙂 Enjoy the beauty... 😊
I live my fantasy life through videos like this. Always wanted to be a pilot mainly fighter jet but my dedication sucks haha 😂 thanks for sharing I sit in bed and watch every second like I’m in school learning
I was able to do actual IMC on a few medevac flights. One was an NDB out in the middle of nowhere. It got us down to 800AGL. We found a small hole in the clouds and hovered down. It was getting dark. The waiting ambulance turned the emergency lights on which acted as approach lighting.
@@ExtremeRecluse well two ways, when in ATT mode the helicopter will hold whatever attitude to you place it in. You can “trim” it into position using the trim hats on both of the collective and and cyclic. In the video I’m likely fully coupled to the flight director and the turns you are seeing are either commanded turns in heading mode or because of waypoints in the FMS. You can see the mode the FD is in by looking at the top of the PFD. HDG is heading, NAV is GPS guidance, LOC is localizer, VOR is well VOR. Hope this helps.
It’s been 20 years or better since I’ve seen that ranch. It may have been different owners at that that time. Still one of the most beautiful little valleys in the north state.
I don’t normally watch helicopter flight vids but i was surprised to learn that helicopters have an autopilot. It makes sense that they do but i always figured helicopter pilots always flew the helicopter.
You gained a subscriber with this video, beautiful helicopter and flight. Would love to see more exterior shots of this gorgeous machine, perhaps a quick walk around. Private owned?
Just found the channel…good stuff. I’ve got friends with 900 year old Cessnas that have plastic trim falling off 😂 It’s great to see high tech glass cockpits, which my brain can interpret better.
My Gosh things have changed. The last Bell I flew had a basic panel and a piston engine. Thanks for bringing us along. Would love to see more content just like this.
This helicopter is not approved for flight into known icing. We have pitot heat protection but icing must be avoided. You typically only ice protection systems on much larger helicopters such as S92, etc, which have electrically heated blades.
@@Jetjockgordo yea I don’t disagree. Fortunately the empty weight on this bird is 4856 lbs so pretty light so excellent usable load and like you said…performance is excellent. If I’m ever going to lose an engine in a helicopter, I’d want it to be a 429. 👍🏼💪🏼🙏🏼
Random question -- is there any value to adding helicopter/rotor rating to my CPL even if just for fun, assuming I can afford it? It seems like fun but wouldn't want to waste time. Any accretive flying value in your eyes?
There are jobs in flight departments that value a pilot who can fly both fixed wing and rotorcraft. In fact Sierra Pacific has job postings for a Bell 429 and PC24 pilot ironically enough. So I guess my perspective is: adding ratings never hurt anyone and there is someone out there willing to pay a premium for your extra set of skills.
@@davidfranklin2728 yes, not automatic. On the collective we have a switch that sets rotor from 100% to 104%. We use 104% until 58 knots then reduce back to 100%. This gives us better single engine performance if we were to lose an engine in that lower speed regime. It’s common of CAT A certified twin engine helicopters such as the 429.
Great inspiration for me! I'm currently training to get my EASA ATPL(H)IR and I am a bit concerned for the day I have to get an IFR clearance... seems a bit complex... XDD I would love to end up flying the 429 one day! Great vids!
@@LluisTheWoodWorker that’s awesome! Keep pushing! With more IFR capable helicopters than ever, the instrument ticket has never been more applicable in helicopters. Cheers and best wishes!
Hi 👋 more left pedal. I'm using the username Bell429. Was Bell525Relentless. Since watching your UA-cam videos. I had to change username. Just fell in love with this Helicopter. 👍✌️
@@more-left-pedal not eveer been around a jet in any way but do know in cold temps my tractor can be a real turd to start in the winter and all the trucks i been in they to was turds in the cold to start
When alone on long ferry trips I’ll bring with me a couple of those Travel John’s: www.sportys.com/travel-john-pack-of-18.html?srsltid=AfmBOop5XXGj3tU-AuOlACr4KfAsmVQEBorhISAtAnfhtD6U7VFE3LEe However when you have passengers on board this is not viable so you just get really good at knowing your bladder limits and not eating the “wrong thing”. In the PC24, there is a cockpit door so you could get some privacy from the cabin if you are single pilot. Plan A is don’t drink your coffee until ETR is 1 hour. 😊
Does your radio have VOX? I never saw you pushing a PTT when picking up your IFR. But then I also never saw you turn it off right after, so I'm a bit confused.
Great video! But I've spent most of it trying to figure out what kind of vodoo magic you are doing when using your PTT without touching controls lol. Do you have a button on the floor or something?
I have a question if you don't mind. I fly (well try to) the B206, B407, B429, UH-1 and Mil Mi-24 in the DCS, MSFS and X-Plane PC flight simulators and I try to fly as accurately and realistically as possible. I have a collective with twist throttle and a flight stick that is floor-mounted with a goose-neck extension such that the grip is between my knees and at about the same height and position as I see the cyclic is in this video. My question is - how much movement do you need to input to put the cyclic for full deflection in both pitch and roll? My stick isn't connected to any hydraulics so I can move it such that it touches my knees in the roll and I can move it a good 12 inches back (into my groin!) and forward in pitch which to me seems and "feels" totally unrealistic to have such a large degree of cyclic movement. I also use the stick for flying the likes of the F-16 in DCS and Cubs in MSFS and X-Plane so I am using the default joystick calibration settings which I'm sure will not be realistic and need "tweaking" on a per-aircraft basis. Also, I appreciate there is no realistic trim functionality using such hardware. Any help is greatly appreciated and I look forward to future helicopter videos from you.
This is why I love simmers! Dude that is awesome. Your set up sounds amazing. So your question about deflection is very interesting. It varies wildly between helicopters and rotor head types but I’m going try to answer your question for the types you mentioned. Basically for a two bladed teetering rotor head like you’d have on the 206 and UH-1 you will have more cycling movement than say a “semi rigid rotor head” such as the H145 and B429. Either way once the blades are turning the amount of deflection you would use for even aggressive maneuvers is likely only a couple inches in any direction. As for the teetering heads, those would have maybe twice that. So based on what you’re describing, your range of motion is plenty. You should able to fully fly your rotorcraft with nothing but finger and small wrist movements. If your using your arm your likely over controlling the head. Another point of limitation in rigid heads is called mass moment and you actually can’t deflect the head too far because you can cause stress to its components. The H145 has this limitation. Worth a Google. Good luck!!
@@more-left-pedal Many thanks for such a quick and informative response, I will look into mass moment and how the type of rotor head affects pilot inputs. I've had "Learning To Fly Helicopters By R. Randall Padfield" for nearly two decades but a book can't always answer my questions, so feedback from professional pilots such as yourself is most welcome and greatly appreciated. I've only had my current hardware setup for 10 months and I've had to buy the individual components over the past few years but the change from using my previous "HOTAS" setup with a stick in one hand and a throttle in the other is like night and day and I could never go back. I also have a yoke, rudder pedals, TPM throttle set and VR headset to make my experience as real as possible for a home setup. I've tried a few setups in terms of the calibration of my cyclic from the default very large and unrealistic range to much finer with just an inch or two of movement needing small finger/wrist movements as you say. But changing helicopter in sim and changing between sims requires re-calibration on basically a per airframe basis which can be a pain in the arse, hence starting with a realistic baseline is what I am striving for and I can then tweak that baseline calibration to what I am flying at the time. I appreciate that a hardware setup such as mine (despite seeming impressive) can never give a realistic feel as there is no hardware feedback to emulate the hydraulics and feel of a real-world system. Such feedback hardware for sticks is only just becoming available for home users with new systems that launched this year being very expensive, and I'm still paying off the £550 for my collective!!! With that said I'm about to jump in the 429 in X-Plane 12 for a few hours and fly around San Francisco Bay to try and get my cyclic movements reflecting those I see you applying in this great video. Many thanks again. PS - FYI these are the hardware components I use: Stick/Cyclic - Thrustmaster Warthog Flight Stick shop.thrustmaster.com/en_gb/hotas-warthog-flight-stick.html This is a one-to-one metal copy of the A-10/F-16 stick grip. I fly the F-16 in DCS as I worked on the code for F-16's HUDWAC (I also worked on the code for C-17, F-5 and Eurofighter HUDs and the fly-by-wire FCC for B777, all in the late 80s and through the mid 90s). The trouble is I have the metal base on the floor with the goose-neck extension for the grip when flying helicopters but then have to dismantle it to put the grip back on the base to fly it as a side-stick whenever I fly the F-16, hence I could do with two of these! Collective - Rotor TCS Plus Collective virpil-controls.co.uk/rotor-tcs-plus-collective-bundle.html I got the "plus" collective with twist throttle to make flying the B206, UH-1 and MD500 as realistic as possible, and I went with the UH-60 grip. Pedals - Thrustmaster T.Flight Rudder Pedals shop.thrustmaster.com/en_gb/t-flight-rudder-pedals.html Basic nasty cheap plastic pedals but they do what they're supposed to do, just. Yoke - Saitek/Logitech Flight Yoke System www.logitechg.com/en-gb/products/flight/flight-simulator-yoke-system.945-000004.html Pretty basic with very limited amount of roll authority but I've modded it with some electronics to give it much finer resolution and control in both axes. TPM - Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant flyhoneycomb.com/products/bravo-throttle-quadrant User-configurable quad with TPM levers for props and turboprops and commercial levers similar to those of the B737. Also has a gear lever, flap lever, trim wheel, autopilot functions and indicator lights. VR - Meta Quest 2 Other - 6DoF head tracking when not using VR to be able to look around and move in the cockpit. Octavi IFR-1 www.octavi.net/ control panel and inner/outer knob to provide input to radios, autopilots and Garmins for things like COM, NAV, FMS etc.
@ well some fields will just say departure from the ramp will be at your own risk…at that point it’s up to you if you want to accept. If the field is below 500 OVC I always request an instrument departure from the runway environment. At SFO, they require a runway environment IFR departure every time.
@@paulbickley658 most helicopters PIC from the right side. Mostly because of control configurations and the ability to monitor external loads. However there are exceptions such as the Airbus H130.
Although I’m not a pilot, I’ve always been interested in helicopters. A few of my favorites are the Chinook and the Huey. Were you a helicopter pilot in the Army?
@@rangerider51 They are a magic carpet ride. No I’ve only ever been a civilian pilot. But the military is a great way to get exposed to helicopter training. I have a friend who went through the coast guard program and loved it.
First time seeing an IFR pre flight and departure of a rotor craft and as an ex bush pilot, got a huge kick out of it. Thank you very much Sir, and well done!
Super smooth machine w amazing tech... like a grocery run to the corner store... thanks for taking us aloft
Amazing aircraft, beautiful scenery.......thanks for posting!
Old Huey pilot - blown away by the current nav gear
Flown in many a UH-1 & CH-47 in my Army career (73-94). NEVER have I ever seen a pilot completely release both the cyclic & collective and sit back. I guess the new-fangled equipment lets these newer birds pretty much fly themselves. Awesome video, Sir; thoroughly enjoyed the entire flight. Thanks for sharing! 💯👍🆙
Mr show off bragger 🙄🙄🙄
Man, I love helis. I have to live vicariously in MSFS. Love how the cows went running lol. What a beautiful spot.
I love MSFS. 💪🏼 ❤️ 🙏🏼
I love MSFS. 💪🏼 ❤️ 🙏🏼
Of course great video with the 429.😎 Learn so much about the 429.
Incredible as always!!! You have the best 429 vids on al of youtube without a doubt
NOW THIS IS A PERSPECTIVE I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. A HELICOPTER TAXIING, LOOKED AND FELT WEIRD, BUT INTERESTING NEVERTHELESS. GREAT VIDEO SIR. COIMNG SIDE WAYS TO HOLD SHORT WAS HILARIOUS TO ME. AGAIN, GREAT VIDEO SIR. SAFE TRAVELS.
@@errol6788 yea…I don’t like to hold short facing forward in case someone comes up behind me, I’d like to know about it. Always have to have tail rotor awareness. Plus I wanted a good view of that gulfstream landing at near minimums. 😜
Damned amazing! The 429 and the scenery.
Great video! Live vicariously too.
Thank you for bringing us along.
Thanks for taking us along. I had to follow on Foreflight just to nerd out!! Great Chops!
@@aaronmaclean4464 sweet!!
Watching this brought back great memories in the Hoskings Jet Ranger 502 and 58G in the Rockies: Unforgettable- thank you!
Love these videos!
Very nice....! The views where fine! Thank you
Waw , all new glass 👍💫
Cheers🎉
Bell 429... one of my favourite helis... Got just 2 meters long RC model of it but I always imagine I'm flying the big one like you. 🙂 Enjoy the beauty... 😊
@@MaxSupercars 2 meter model!!!! Wow…that’s huge! Super cool! Thanks for sharing.
Awesome man! I was just thinking when we'd see this bird back up.
great video Christian ... nice to see you're still enjoying the B429.
That’s a beautiful machine
I flew the standard TH-55 at Rucker followed by Hueys and then Blackhawks. No glass panels for me.
Yes but still a Blackhawk is awesome!! Nothing beats that power. Thank you for the comment and most of all thank you for your service.
Great flight!! Happy Holidays
That’s a big drone!
Haha practically
Very nice video to see! Thanks for sharing
I live my fantasy life through videos like this. Always wanted to be a pilot mainly fighter jet but my dedication sucks haha 😂 thanks for sharing I sit in bed and watch every second like I’m in school learning
Thank you. Definitely worth the watch! 🚁 😊
What a time to be alive!
I was able to do actual IMC on a few medevac flights. One was an NDB out in the middle of nowhere. It got us down to 800AGL. We found a small hole in the clouds and hovered down. It was getting dark. The waiting ambulance turned the emergency lights on which acted as approach lighting.
Nice how you can hold a turn without touching the cyclic.
@@ExtremeRecluse well two ways, when in ATT mode the helicopter will hold whatever attitude to you place it in. You can “trim” it into position using the trim hats on both of the collective and and cyclic. In the video I’m likely fully coupled to the flight director and the turns you are seeing are either commanded turns in heading mode or because of waypoints in the FMS. You can see the mode the FD is in by looking at the top of the PFD. HDG is heading, NAV is GPS guidance, LOC is localizer, VOR is well VOR. Hope this helps.
Great video thanks for sharing!
Very nice, Looks like fun, thanks
It’s been 20 years or better since I’ve seen that ranch. It may have been different owners at that that time. Still one of the most beautiful little valleys in the north state.
I don’t normally watch helicopter flight vids but i was surprised to learn that helicopters have an autopilot. It makes sense that they do but i always figured helicopter pilots always flew the helicopter.
Like you said before it's been awhile for your Bell429.🎉
😅 well not sure the camera work justifies that nice of a compliment but I appreciate it!!
Nice video man
Love the IFR helo content.
@@Pilotwisco Good to hear! With winter here in the Bay Area, there will be a lot more of it.
Beautifully done. You could add go-pro on ceiling between seats slightly be hide you ,would make great panoramic views. Cheers from Canada
I’ll consider it
Awesome. Subscribed...
This was good. More of this.
Amazing!
What a gorgeous bird, thanks for sharing the video!
You gained a subscriber with this video, beautiful helicopter and flight. Would love to see more exterior shots of this gorgeous machine, perhaps a quick walk around. Private owned?
Just found the channel…good stuff. I’ve got friends with 900 year old Cessnas that have plastic trim falling off 😂
It’s great to see high tech glass cockpits, which my brain can interpret better.
Haha that’s really funny! We’ve all put our first hours in a clapped out CJ. Those things are trucks. Nothing but respect.
My Gosh things have changed. The last Bell I flew had a basic panel and a piston engine. Thanks for bringing us along. Would love to see more content just like this.
Puts helicopter in Attitude mode: "You can't tell me what to do! You're not my dad! Mom only married you for the money!"
😂
Ive watched 1000's of helo videos on youtube... this is the first that ive seen the pilot not holding the stick this much. Wild.
Very cool. Thanks!
Nice bird.
That was fun.
I only flew pistons with steam gauges. Great to see all the newest stuff.
love pilots who like to write things down...very nicely done...
@@FLYBOY123456789 pad of paper has never run out of batteries or overheated yet on me… 😂 now pens are a whole other story.
That was fun as heck, I 'll take 2 of those heli's, please and thank you!!
I just subscribed.... great video.
How do these machines deal with IFR icing conditions in cloud ? Thanks for the share
This helicopter is not approved for flight into known icing. We have pitot heat protection but icing must be avoided. You typically only ice protection systems on much larger helicopters such as S92, etc, which have electrically heated blades.
Thank you for the reply !! I’ve only flown fixed wing in ice 🧊 Great Vid (:
I remember seeing this bird at Palmaz, nice family.
Hey I live in Santa Rosa!!! Come pick me up next time 🤣
The bane of every spiral-bound book.....re-spiraling!
Lol...yess!! Literally the worst!!
That hanger is cleaner than my kitchen floor.
@@mheib9904 it gets lots of elbow grease. 😉 💪🏼
My 8 hours were left seat in a USAF UH-1 in 1975. This is a whole new deal.
Cool Video! Could you make a video "from cold and dark to take off" with the heli like the PC24 video too?
Certainly.
@@more-left-pedal That would be great. Thank you.
Thank you.
Also just remembered if no more videos before the next two holidays. Have a safe and Happy Holidays. For you and the family. 😊
Thank you, Happy Holidays to you and your family as well!
What are the animals running away? Great vid, thanks for sharing!
Lol I'm not sure...seems like half the time they are running towards the helicopter.
Bell would have had a real winner in the 429 if they had the 7500lb MTOW. Performance is pretty fantastic with the 7K limit.
@@Jetjockgordo yea I don’t disagree. Fortunately the empty weight on this bird is 4856 lbs so pretty light so excellent usable load and like you said…performance is excellent. If I’m ever going to lose an engine in a helicopter, I’d want it to be a 429. 👍🏼💪🏼🙏🏼
Great content. Keep them coming. Any other aircraft besides the jet and the helicopter?
@@waltermengden8927 not that I’m flying currently. Just some other stuff personally, C172, etc but not that exciting. 😂
Sweet!!
That what I liked about the 500 I would have already been on my way before you got the engine going
@@bobcatman3844 lol totally…I have some time in the 530. Amazing machine.
Great Video TY You have your letters messed up in Helictoper (Helicopter)
Over 50k views and you’re the first to catch this. 🥇
Random question -- is there any value to adding helicopter/rotor rating to my CPL even if just for fun, assuming I can afford it? It seems like fun but wouldn't want to waste time. Any accretive flying value in your eyes?
There are jobs in flight departments that value a pilot who can fly both fixed wing and rotorcraft. In fact Sierra Pacific has job postings for a Bell 429 and PC24 pilot ironically enough. So I guess my perspective is: adding ratings never hurt anyone and there is someone out there willing to pay a premium for your extra set of skills.
@@more-left-pedal thank you.
You can fly these too? That's sweet
@@buckrodgers770 I’ll fly whatever they tell me to fly! 😂
Do my ears detect an automatic rpm reduction after takeoff?
@@davidfranklin2728 yes, not automatic. On the collective we have a switch that sets rotor from 100% to 104%. We use 104% until 58 knots then reduce back to 100%. This gives us better single engine performance if we were to lose an engine in that lower speed regime. It’s common of CAT A certified twin engine helicopters such as the 429.
Great inspiration for me! I'm currently training to get my EASA ATPL(H)IR and I am a bit concerned for the day I have to get an IFR clearance... seems a bit complex... XDD I would love to end up flying the 429 one day! Great vids!
@@LluisTheWoodWorker that’s awesome! Keep pushing! With more IFR capable helicopters than ever, the instrument ticket has never been more applicable in helicopters. Cheers and best wishes!
Hi 👋 more left pedal. I'm using the username Bell429. Was Bell525Relentless. Since watching your UA-cam videos. I had to change username. Just fell in love with this Helicopter. 👍✌️
Love it!
when the temps drop low 30's mid 20's is a jet engine hard to start like a diesel truck car tractor
No the FADEC on these modern turbines modulate the start to perfection in a very wide range of operating temperatures. It’s quite impressive.
@@more-left-pedal not eveer been around a jet in any way but do know in cold temps my tractor can be a real turd to start in the winter and all the trucks i been in they to was turds in the cold to start
I feel like a dinosaur. 40-plus years ago in a B3 with Bendix and Ceco fuel controls! Amazing progress with all new aircraft.
Out of curiosity, are you using MSFS 2024 at all? Great flight in a phenomenal area! Nice work sir
Yes I love MSFS 2024. I use it all the time.
"Landing Beer, Landing Beer"
😂
There’s a LOT of student rotary wing traffic at KMAN….
Private company? What do you do with the aircraft?
Quick question, what happens if you need to go to the bathroom?
When alone on long ferry trips I’ll bring with me a couple of those Travel John’s: www.sportys.com/travel-john-pack-of-18.html?srsltid=AfmBOop5XXGj3tU-AuOlACr4KfAsmVQEBorhISAtAnfhtD6U7VFE3LEe
However when you have passengers on board this is not viable so you just get really good at knowing your bladder limits and not eating the “wrong thing”.
In the PC24, there is a cockpit door so you could get some privacy from the cabin if you are single pilot.
Plan A is don’t drink your coffee until ETR is 1 hour. 😊
Does your radio have VOX? I never saw you pushing a PTT when picking up your IFR. But then I also never saw you turn it off right after, so I'm a bit confused.
I have a foot switch in the 429. It’s super handy. Good eye…
Great video! But I've spent most of it trying to figure out what kind of vodoo magic you are doing when using your PTT without touching controls lol. Do you have a button on the floor or something?
Haha yes there is a foot switch for PTT.
Is there a “hover” function on the autopilot?
@@BeechSportBill yes it is capable of MOT and HOV modes
What about the "landing gear" aural warning at initialization?
There is a variant of the 429 with retractable landing gear.
@more-left-pedal thanks, greetings from Brazil. I'm on the way to get my ppl (fixed wing) but I'm passionate with helicopters too. Good work man 👍🏻
@ fantastic! Keep working for those ratings! 💪🏼 🚁 🛩️
I have a question if you don't mind. I fly (well try to) the B206, B407, B429, UH-1 and Mil Mi-24 in the DCS, MSFS and X-Plane PC flight simulators and I try to fly as accurately and realistically as possible. I have a collective with twist throttle and a flight stick that is floor-mounted with a goose-neck extension such that the grip is between my knees and at about the same height and position as I see the cyclic is in this video. My question is - how much movement do you need to input to put the cyclic for full deflection in both pitch and roll?
My stick isn't connected to any hydraulics so I can move it such that it touches my knees in the roll and I can move it a good 12 inches back (into my groin!) and forward in pitch which to me seems and "feels" totally unrealistic to have such a large degree of cyclic movement. I also use the stick for flying the likes of the F-16 in DCS and Cubs in MSFS and X-Plane so I am using the default joystick calibration settings which I'm sure will not be realistic and need "tweaking" on a per-aircraft basis. Also, I appreciate there is no realistic trim functionality using such hardware.
Any help is greatly appreciated and I look forward to future helicopter videos from you.
This is why I love simmers! Dude that is awesome. Your set up sounds amazing. So your question about deflection is very interesting. It varies wildly between helicopters and rotor head types but I’m going try to answer your question for the types you mentioned. Basically for a two bladed teetering rotor head like you’d have on the 206 and UH-1 you will have more cycling movement than say a “semi rigid rotor head” such as the H145 and B429. Either way once the blades are turning the amount of deflection you would use for even aggressive maneuvers is likely only a couple inches in any direction. As for the teetering heads, those would have maybe twice that. So based on what you’re describing, your range of motion is plenty. You should able to fully fly your rotorcraft with nothing but finger and small wrist movements. If your using your arm your likely over controlling the head. Another point of limitation in rigid heads is called mass moment and you actually can’t deflect the head too far because you can cause stress to its components. The H145 has this limitation. Worth a Google. Good luck!!
@@more-left-pedal Many thanks for such a quick and informative response, I will look into mass moment and how the type of rotor head affects pilot inputs. I've had "Learning To Fly Helicopters By R. Randall Padfield" for nearly two decades but a book can't always answer my questions, so feedback from professional pilots such as yourself is most welcome and greatly appreciated.
I've only had my current hardware setup for 10 months and I've had to buy the individual components over the past few years but the change from using my previous "HOTAS" setup with a stick in one hand and a throttle in the other is like night and day and I could never go back. I also have a yoke, rudder pedals, TPM throttle set and VR headset to make my experience as real as possible for a home setup.
I've tried a few setups in terms of the calibration of my cyclic from the default very large and unrealistic range to much finer with just an inch or two of movement needing small finger/wrist movements as you say. But changing helicopter in sim and changing between sims requires re-calibration on basically a per airframe basis which can be a pain in the arse, hence starting with a realistic baseline is what I am striving for and I can then tweak that baseline calibration to what I am flying at the time.
I appreciate that a hardware setup such as mine (despite seeming impressive) can never give a realistic feel as there is no hardware feedback to emulate the hydraulics and feel of a real-world system. Such feedback hardware for sticks is only just becoming available for home users with new systems that launched this year being very expensive, and I'm still paying off the £550 for my collective!!!
With that said I'm about to jump in the 429 in X-Plane 12 for a few hours and fly around San Francisco Bay to try and get my cyclic movements reflecting those I see you applying in this great video.
Many thanks again.
PS - FYI these are the hardware components I use:
Stick/Cyclic - Thrustmaster Warthog Flight Stick shop.thrustmaster.com/en_gb/hotas-warthog-flight-stick.html
This is a one-to-one metal copy of the A-10/F-16 stick grip. I fly the F-16 in DCS as I worked on the code for F-16's HUDWAC (I also worked on the code for C-17, F-5 and Eurofighter HUDs and the fly-by-wire FCC for B777, all in the late 80s and through the mid 90s). The trouble is I have the metal base on the floor with the goose-neck extension for the grip when flying helicopters but then have to dismantle it to put the grip back on the base to fly it as a side-stick whenever I fly the F-16, hence I could do with two of these!
Collective - Rotor TCS Plus Collective virpil-controls.co.uk/rotor-tcs-plus-collective-bundle.html
I got the "plus" collective with twist throttle to make flying the B206, UH-1 and MD500 as realistic as possible, and I went with the UH-60 grip.
Pedals - Thrustmaster T.Flight Rudder Pedals shop.thrustmaster.com/en_gb/t-flight-rudder-pedals.html
Basic nasty cheap plastic pedals but they do what they're supposed to do, just.
Yoke - Saitek/Logitech Flight Yoke System www.logitechg.com/en-gb/products/flight/flight-simulator-yoke-system.945-000004.html
Pretty basic with very limited amount of roll authority but I've modded it with some electronics to give it much finer resolution and control in both axes.
TPM - Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant flyhoneycomb.com/products/bravo-throttle-quadrant
User-configurable quad with TPM levers for props and turboprops and commercial levers similar to those of the B737. Also has a gear lever, flap lever, trim wheel, autopilot functions and indicator lights.
VR - Meta Quest 2
Other - 6DoF head tracking when not using VR to be able to look around and move in the cockpit.
Octavi IFR-1 www.octavi.net/ control panel and inner/outer knob to provide input to radios, autopilots and Garmins for things like COM, NAV, FMS etc.
HOW come they taxi you down the taxiway. Instead of just a departure from the hanger?🏇
Most likely because we are not in sight of the tower at the hangar ramp. VFR they would.
@more-left-pedal OK was thinking that but wasn't sure.
Can't depart IFR from the ramp because of obstacle clearances. ODP's are predicated on departing from the runway environment.
@ well some fields will just say departure from the ramp will be at your own risk…at that point it’s up to you if you want to accept. If the field is below 500 OVC I always request an instrument departure from the runway environment. At SFO, they require a runway environment IFR departure every time.
Depends on the tower and airspace. Can’t clear an a/c from a nonmovement area hence departure at your discretion.
Do you have the 2 rear clam type doors curious about your cabin layout
This 429 has the 2 facing 3 vip interior without the clamshell doors. Common set up for exec transport.
Practically flies itself
Cast a shadow on that left pedal and turn 10 degrees left for traffic. ✈️
Wait, so it has auto pilot? Or did you just trim it. Auto hover too?
Yes very advanced double redundant autopilots. And yes the 429 can do hover and mark on target modes.
@@more-left-pedal I should have learned to fly rotary.
Its the 3 axle or 4 axle you have on your 429? Again thanks for all the replies. To my questions.👍
4 axis on this bird.
Very Nice!!!
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Why not fly left seat?
@@paulbickley658 most helicopters PIC from the right side. Mostly because of control configurations and the ability to monitor external loads. However there are exceptions such as the Airbus H130.
Although I’m not a pilot, I’ve always been interested in helicopters. A few of my favorites are the Chinook and the Huey. Were you a helicopter pilot in the Army?
@@rangerider51 They are a magic carpet ride. No I’ve only ever been a civilian pilot. But the military is a great way to get exposed to helicopter training. I have a friend who went through the coast guard program and loved it.
Does that have an APU
It does not.
Nice flight! Is the 429 a single or twin engine? What does she cruise at? Thanks.
The 429 has twin Pratt and Whitney PW207D1 engines. She cruises at 150 TAS…VNE is 155.
Does this heli have auto pilot?
It has dual 4 axis auto pilots. Amazing platform.
as a fixed wing pilot, trying to figure out how helicopters fly hurts my brain haha
It’s better not to think too much about it…😂
Is this a personal home of yours that you're able to fly to and from?
My landing doesn't look like this in MSFS. ;)
Flew helicopters out of KMCC for years into the Sierras. Scenic beauty beyond compare. Wish I was still there.
@@bombsaway6340 awesome. Calfire?
@ no USAF HH53. Air Rescue
@ wow even cooler!! 💪🏼
You didn't even hand fly the departure? 😅😅😅 Cmon man😂
😂 I’ll hand fly an approach but a departure, I’m pretty much always going to use automation on an instrument departure especially single pilot.