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. :)
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 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 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.
@@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
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.
Thats cool, those are the mechanical ways to controll a helicopter, but to actually fly it, i think we need to know what those little round things with needles in them are and why. When I went up in a bell 47, the pilot asked if I wanted to hover the helicopter, I said yes, so... he let me take controll of it, sitting 50 feet above the west east tarmac at the Burbank Airport , as I started hovering it, he was shocked and said it took him 21/2 years to do that, and asked how I knew how to do it, even though it's my first time flying a helicopter, I told him, all my family is in the aircraft industry, my uncle's a pilot who was the first person in the world to own a still classified COBRA JET. SO I UNDERSTAND A FEW THINGS, THEN I SHOWED HIM THAT I GRIPPED THE CYCLIC ALMOST BELOW THE HAND GRIP WHICH GAVE ME MORE CONTROLL. SINCE THEN, IVE BUILT SEVERAL TYPES OF AIRCRAFT, AND THATS WHERE DRONES COME FROM.
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!
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
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!
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.
@@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.
watched this while hijacking a Heli, really helped bro! the owner almost got me but the timing was right!! i really appreciate your effort in making this video for us, From Philippines!
Hi ! Going on my first flight in a R22 with an instructor at Cannes Airport soon . Watched your video again to understand every function of the flight controls. Thank you for all the excellent information. Tango Hotel Alpha November Kilo Sierra !!!!
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.
It's completely safe. I once took a helicopter tour of NYC and the doors were completely removed from the helicopter. If you're strapped in the doors being open is going to make no difference.
It’s funny I had a dream I was flying a helicopter 🚁 So, I wanted to see if I was right about the controls. A bit more complicated tian I thought but not too bad and I was close. I was in the Army and you just never know, so it’s good to have some basic knowledge. The pilots in the Army flew Blackhawks I was on, they called it the Porche of the sky, because they could turn on a dime‼️😎 Never got to fly in an Apache those were really awesome, but that’s more likely for eliminating hostiles when I was in Iraq and possibly surveillance and reconnaissance. I was only ever transported from place to place in Blackhawks and chinooks, the double bladed helicopter, which was really fast the Blackhawk could barely keep up with it because obviously with two rotors it was way faster.‼️😎👍 nice video
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.
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!
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.
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?
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 ☘️🇮🇪
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.
I promise you all, in reality this is nowhere near as simple as it looks in this excellent video. Helicopter controls are minutely sensitive in a way which cannot compare with fixed-wing flight. It’s possibly the most intense concentration I’ve ever needed! Look left, you go left. Look right, you go right. Sneeze and you die!
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 ! 😉
I've just started my journey to become a pilot. I don't know what the rules are in your country but here in America, I have to learn how to fly fixed Wing aircraft before I can even attempt to get a rotor aircraft certification. So far this is the best video I've seen about how helicopter controls work. Keep up the good work.👍
@SvenNeff I don't think the guy that told me that was a real flight instructor. The more I learned from real pilots, The more I think he was just a gamer trying to rolpay as a pilot... He still inspired me to pursue my pilot's license, So I can't really get pissed at the guy.
Nice lesson and video. I’ll stick to flying my helo in GTA. One thing I’ve always wondered is what do you do if you have to touch a button on your display, wave to someone or scratch your nose?
I literally had a dream the other night that I was flying a Helo. it was a emergency situation where something happened to the pilot, and I just wanted to see if what I did in my dream just to land was correct and actually it was pretty close, I recall I did use the collective to land it was a little rough but I landed it, I hope that dream does not come true it was pretty freighting, you make it look easy.
While in the Army I was a crew chief on a Huey. Over the years some pilots gave me the opportunity to get some stick time. Got fairly good at straight and level flight, but Texas wouldn’t be big enough for me to hover a helicopter.
@@maddenhuxley2390 Yes. Get one of these apps : Athena movie app, cetus movie app or aria movie app and maybe Scorpio movie app. Every movie and tv show for free. My cousin showed it to me
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 keeping the videos coming, cheers me up no end! What was the fuel staining you were referring to? Did you have your door - fixed - open in the taxy phase? The skills you describe are not only muscle memory, but the four stages of learning; unconsciously unaware, consciously unaware, consciously aware, unconsciously aware (second nature/automatic).
Thank you, it's really kind of you to say! When the Carb is fully primed any excess fuel simply falls out onto the ground as it's an updraft carb meaning you can't flood the engine. Also yes, the door is open slightly kept from fully opening by a really high tech bit of kit (a string haha). The vents in the cabri aren't great so you can fly with the door slightly open or even completely off if you want.
Hi Tom, you're most welcome. Thanks for the reply and the info, really interesting stuff. The Cabri looks a very smart helicopter, but if string works for ventilation, K.I.S.S!
A lot of automatic coordination, not thinking about every move. Kind of like riding a motorcycle it seems, where you are automatically shifting, clutching, giving it gas, balance, but you’re not consciously thinking of every reaction. I’ve always wanted to fly a helicopter, but my eyesight kept me from it. Very interesting video. Thank you for such a thorough explanation
Great explanation and demo... but you never showed what you do in terms of power (throttle) settings. It seemed like it is set to some power level, and then all up & down is done with the collective? So you never change the power (e.g. RPM's) as part of the flight control inputs? Can you clarify? Thx!
Hi Mike, that's a good question and maybe I should have clarified that a little better. The governor automatically alters the power for me when I demand differing amounts of power when I pull the collective. We are trained to used the throttle in case of a governor failure but normally it does it for us.
A really great video matey you explained that very well. My god, I did struggle with the trial flight that I did on heli's although I thoroughly enjoyed it I couldn't wait to get back to my piper cub I could easily cope with that LOL!! I will forgive you for not having any crumpet in this video but don't think I hadn't noticed LOL!! take care mate!
David, flying a helo can be likened to patting your head and stomach in different directions, whilst drinking a glass of water and reciting the alphabet lol! My dad and his buddies flew taildraggers, in some go arounds can be busy, balancing the aeroplane, it's archaic engine systems etc - making 'landomatic' tri gear look very easy.
@@musoseven8218 Muso you have summed flying taildraggers to perfection and Helo's as well, to be honest, I just love all flying from Boeing 757's to Microlights, to Piper Cubs, and yes even landomatic tri-gear stuff LOL!!!
Question what about engine RPM? Does that stay at a somewhat fixed level? Does that change with how you go faster and slower? Coming from totally clueless just curious thanks
Harry good question! It's mainly about how much you pull the collective. The more you pull it the more power the blades need to keep spinning at the required RPM. The governor automatically controls the throttle (twist grip on the collective) but we are also trained to use the throttle when flying manually in the event of a governor failure.
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
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.
I like the way these controls are in this helicopter. I still like to be in the left seat. The controls in the Robinson helicopter see all wrong. I like the cyclic between my legs and the collective on my left side as I sit in a helicopter on the left side (Captain Side).
@@TheMicroPilot I have watched the start up procedure on the turban helicopters so many times I have it about memorized. I have a friend that flies the Citation. He says a lot of things you had to do manual are now automatic. You still need to know what is happening in what order to know what is going on.
Nope, it takes close to ten to fifteen hours with an instructor pilot just to be able to give within a football field. Watch all the videos you want but film your first flight for us
But, but, they were all rendered useless, never to be used again! (Unless you take parts from a couple to make a few working ones. But they'd never think of THAT!)
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.
How to fly a helicopter... Don’t. Helicopters don’t fly, they beat the air into submission, and there’s plenty of windows so you can watch the air reach up and smack you. They fall “with style”, and consistently beat emergency crews to the scene of the crash by at least 30 minutes. The fan on top is just that, a fan, designed expressly to keep the pilot cool. When it stops turning, you can watch the pilot start to sweat. FI here. 😉
I love helos - but they're really NOT airframes, just a collection of spare parts, flying in close formation, and all held together by The Jesus Nut. So named, because if it ever comes off the threaded shaft in-flight, you scream "Oh, Jesus!" and get an answer, very quickly.
So it would seem that to do an unpowered descent (to auto rotate) I think it's called you would use the (collective?) push downward, and as you near the ground you would pull upward to slow the aircraft's descent to gently land?
Step 1 join the dark side... Though flying is flying I guess, get it where you can at the moment. Working in aerospace we have a joke about the definition of Helicopter - "a collection of parts rotating around an oil leak"
Im not a pilot, but to me i think i could relate it to a session rubbing your head in a circular motion and your stomach in an opposite circular motion. While you move your feet from left to right with bent knees in a sitting position. Than twitch your eyes from right to left and pretend your talking to the traffic control guy, until you're in control of each independent movement Then one can know if that's a thing for them.
Where is the throttle? What increases the RPM's? Because thats what makes you finally lift off from the ground. The engine doesn't just run at one RPM the moment you start the engine.. there has to be a "gas peddle" somewhere. I'm thinking theres a motorcycle type grip on the end of the collective, and you twist with your wrist to increase the RPM's
Very informative. I'm a lapsed PPLA with IMC rating. I'm also 66 years old this year. Am I too old to start learning to do this? You make it look straightforward but of course it's not at all.
I always thought there was a throttle on the collective like a motorcycle twist grip , but you added power from the right pedal, so that pedal adds power as well? But if that causes it to turn as well how do you counteract that? More left at the same time?
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Thanks from Syria. This really helped me to fly my Mi8
Are you Syrian Opposition? God bless you
Lmfao I came for this comment
@@YBbetterRati0 Trust me man Syria will become like Afghanistan now.
did it actually work ? have you tried flying to Jerusalem yet ? hope to read your feedback soon or I'll assume that something went wrong .
ههههه ازاي ، انت تبع مين؟
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
😊
What's the different of airplane with helicopter?
Although I will never fly a helicopter, at least one of my lifetime curiosities has been settled. Thanks.
Your a good teacher. Simple, basic, thoughtful, thorough, and well edited
Besides building museum quality miniature machinery, this is another item on my bucket list. No Doubt. Thanks for the look inside.
No, thank you.
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.
@@RtaniDean
Thats cool, those are the mechanical ways to controll a helicopter, but to actually fly it, i think we need to know what those little round things with needles in them are and why.
When I went up in a bell 47, the pilot asked if I wanted to hover the helicopter, I said yes, so... he let me take controll of it, sitting 50 feet above the west east tarmac at the Burbank Airport , as I started hovering it, he was shocked and said it took him 21/2 years to do that, and asked how I knew how to do it, even though it's my first time flying a helicopter, I told him, all my family is in the aircraft industry, my uncle's a pilot who was the first person in the world to own a still classified COBRA JET. SO I UNDERSTAND A FEW THINGS, THEN I SHOWED HIM THAT I GRIPPED THE CYCLIC ALMOST BELOW THE HAND GRIP WHICH GAVE ME MORE CONTROLL.
SINCE THEN, IVE BUILT SEVERAL TYPES OF AIRCRAFT, AND THATS WHERE DRONES COME FROM.
Greatest how to fly a helicopter video I’ve ever seen. 😎
I've been in Helicopters five times in New York. Fabulous way to travel.
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! 😂
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
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 took lessons in a cessna in my 20s wish I kept it up. A helicopter was always a goal. Need to revisit it now I think.
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.
watched this while hijacking a Heli, really helped bro! the owner almost got me but the timing was right!! i really appreciate your effort in making this video for us, From Philippines!
This may be the only financially viable option for getting behind the wheel (or cyclic whatever) for your average human
@@AlexHall-g7z i couldn't say financially, but, yeah LOL
This guy explained everything very simple. Looks like fun.
Hi ! Going on my first flight in a R22 with an instructor at Cannes Airport soon . Watched your video again to understand every function of the flight controls. Thank you for all the excellent information. Tango Hotel Alpha November Kilo Sierra !!!!
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.
@@shannonak907 same here :)
It's completely safe. I once took a helicopter tour of NYC and the doors were completely removed from the helicopter. If you're strapped in the doors being open is going to make no difference.
Same. I was like what if he accidentally falls
It’s funny I had a dream I was flying a helicopter 🚁 So, I wanted to see if I was right about the controls. A bit more complicated tian I thought but not too bad and I was close. I was in the Army and you just never know, so it’s good to have some basic knowledge. The pilots in the Army flew Blackhawks I was on, they called it the Porche of the sky, because they could turn on a dime‼️😎 Never got to fly in an Apache those were really awesome, but that’s more likely for eliminating hostiles when I was in Iraq and possibly surveillance and reconnaissance. I was only ever transported from place to place in Blackhawks and chinooks, the double bladed helicopter, which was really fast the Blackhawk could barely keep up with it because obviously with two rotors it was way faster.‼️😎👍 nice video
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?
It's not that hard.
@@LiquidSnakeSSJ4it's actually guite easy bud, if you can run a skid steer you can fly a chopper
RogerAlpha Bravo. Excellent and calmy explained . Understood Roger ready for take off !
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.
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.
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!
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!
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?
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.
I was always under the influence that a throttle existed on the collective handle like a twisting motorcycle throttle. Is this not true?
In older ‘copters, yes, modern ones have electronic governors.
Newer ones come with electronic Forms
Thank you for this because I've been studying my books, ready for the test now and gonna get my flight hours in. You're great!
Many thanks, natural trainer/instructor very clear step-by-step detail, thanks again you make me love flying helicopters.
Great to hear!
They have one of those at silverwater corrections centre in Australia 🇦🇺
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?
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.
Did i miss something??? His door was open at 4:50 ???
Pretty cool that it a Cabri and that one comes with MSFS. Looked like I saw it before ever seeing it.
Great video! I've often wondered about the controls of a helicopter. Thanks for sharing!
No problem, thanks for watching!
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.
That was easy and pleasing to watch. You make it look so effortless and simple.
Thank you, very kind of you to say!
I promise you all, in reality this is nowhere near as simple as it looks in this excellent video. Helicopter controls are minutely sensitive in a way which cannot compare with fixed-wing flight. It’s possibly the most intense concentration I’ve ever needed! Look left, you go left. Look right, you go right. Sneeze and you die!
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
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!
I've just started my journey to become a pilot. I don't know what the rules are in your country but here in America, I have to learn how to fly fixed Wing aircraft before I can even attempt to get a rotor aircraft certification. So far this is the best video I've seen about how helicopter controls work. Keep up the good work.👍
Thank you very much. That's great to hear, yes, the USA seems to work quite differently from us. We can start learning on helicopters straight away.
This was a lie or you were robbed lol. You do not need to fly fixed wing first.
That is what your school requires. It isn’t a law.
That school is screwing you.....
@SvenNeff I don't think the guy that told me that was a real flight instructor. The more I learned from real pilots, The more I think he was just a gamer trying to rolpay as a pilot... He still inspired me to pursue my pilot's license, So I can't really get pissed at the guy.
Nice lesson and video. I’ll stick to flying my helo in GTA. One thing I’ve always wondered is what do you do if you have to touch a button on your display, wave to someone or scratch your nose?
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.
Nice, clear content. I would have liked to see more about power management.
Brilliant video Tom. Very confident delivery!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
I literally had a dream the other night that I was flying a Helo. it was a emergency situation where something happened to the pilot, and I just wanted to see if what I did in my dream just to land was correct and actually it was pretty close, I recall I did use the collective to land it was a little rough but I landed it, I hope that dream does not come true it was pretty freighting, you make it look easy.
Thanks from Syria 😂😂❤
I just watched that reel lol
While in the Army I was a crew chief on a Huey. Over the years some pilots gave me the opportunity to get some stick time. Got fairly good at straight and level flight, but Texas wouldn’t be big enough for me to hover a helicopter.
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?
I'm going on one this year with my family, I'm so excited!
I'm never gonna watch Paw Patrol the same way again lol
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?
@@maddenhuxley2390 Yes. Get one of these apps : Athena movie app, cetus movie app or aria movie app and maybe Scorpio movie app.
Every movie and tv show for free. My cousin showed it to me
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 keeping the videos coming, cheers me up no end!
What was the fuel staining you were referring to? Did you have your door - fixed - open in the taxy phase?
The skills you describe are not only muscle memory, but the four stages of learning; unconsciously unaware, consciously unaware, consciously aware, unconsciously aware (second nature/automatic).
Thank you, it's really kind of you to say! When the Carb is fully primed any excess fuel simply falls out onto the ground as it's an updraft carb meaning you can't flood the engine. Also yes, the door is open slightly kept from fully opening by a really high tech bit of kit (a string haha). The vents in the cabri aren't great so you can fly with the door slightly open or even completely off if you want.
Hi Tom, you're most welcome. Thanks for the reply and the info, really interesting stuff. The Cabri looks a very smart helicopter, but if string works for ventilation, K.I.S.S!
A lot of automatic coordination, not thinking about every move. Kind of like riding a motorcycle it seems, where you are automatically shifting, clutching, giving it gas, balance, but you’re not consciously thinking of every reaction. I’ve always wanted to fly a helicopter, but my eyesight kept me from it. Very interesting video. Thank you for such a thorough explanation
Great explanation and demo... but you never showed what you do in terms of power (throttle) settings. It seemed like it is set to some power level, and then all up & down is done with the collective? So you never change the power (e.g. RPM's) as part of the flight control inputs? Can you clarify? Thx!
Hi Mike, that's a good question and maybe I should have clarified that a little better. The governor automatically alters the power for me when I demand differing amounts of power when I pull the collective. We are trained to used the throttle in case of a governor failure but normally it does it for us.
… the big red button is the ejector seat.
A really great video matey you explained that very well. My god, I did struggle with the trial flight that I did on heli's although I thoroughly enjoyed it I couldn't wait to get back to my piper cub I could easily cope with that LOL!! I will forgive you for not having any crumpet in this video but don't think I hadn't noticed LOL!! take care mate!
As always thanks David, and sorry to disappoint but COVID is getting in the way haha
For some, Piper Cubs are a challenge to fly (taildraggers).
@@musoseven8218 LOL not as challenging (for me) as a helicopter but I know what you mean!
David, flying a helo can be likened to patting your head and stomach in different directions, whilst drinking a glass of water and reciting the alphabet lol! My dad and his buddies flew taildraggers, in some go arounds can be busy, balancing the aeroplane, it's archaic engine systems etc - making 'landomatic' tri gear look very easy.
@@musoseven8218 Muso you have summed flying taildraggers to perfection and Helo's as well, to be honest, I just love all flying from Boeing 757's to Microlights, to Piper Cubs, and yes even landomatic tri-gear stuff LOL!!!
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!
Question what about engine RPM? Does that stay at a somewhat fixed level? Does that change with how you go faster and slower? Coming from totally clueless just curious thanks
Harry good question! It's mainly about how much you pull the collective. The more you pull it the more power the blades need to keep spinning at the required RPM. The governor automatically controls the throttle (twist grip on the collective) but we are also trained to use the throttle when flying manually in the event of a governor failure.
@@TheMicroPilot
That answered my question as well. I was wondering if the throttle was a twist grip on the collective.
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
Some bad guys in Syria:
Mahmood turn that switch on
The thing is they are the good guys
@@tabish- well if you are in Syria and you think they are good ,well maybe they are
Bad guys ? They just want their land back bruh 💀
@@tabish- congrats on freeing your country
I'm so happy for you☺️
Just like flying an RC heli. Blending inputs, micro adjustments; I've often wondered how (if) it translates.
How do you judge the rotor span to account for adequate clearance?
It sounds silly to say but you just know! It’s like after driving your car you have a good idea what spaces you can fit it into.
Can you teach that to my wife
@@sailormarttiki3197 😆
thanks for the basics this will.help me.understand it more for battlebit
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
I like the way these controls are in this helicopter. I still like to be in the left seat.
The controls in the Robinson helicopter see all wrong. I like the cyclic between my legs and the collective on my left side as I sit in a helicopter on the left side (Captain Side).
I do agree. It took a while learning and getting used to the R44 when also flying the Cabri.
@@TheMicroPilot I have watched the start up procedure on the turban helicopters so many times I have it about memorized.
I have a friend that flies the Citation. He says a lot of things you had to do manual are now automatic.
You still need to know what is happening in what order to know what is going on.
So THIS is how the taliban in afghanistan learned how to fly our American helicopters. TH-cam video here.
Nope, it takes close to ten to fifteen hours with an instructor pilot just to be able to give within a football field. Watch all the videos you want but film your first flight for us
But, but, they were all rendered useless, never to be used again! (Unless you take parts from a couple to make a few working ones. But they'd never think of THAT!)
Or the government is lying like usual.
When you finally find out 911 was an inside job what and the earth is flat all you got to do is search and study and the truth will reveal its self
Why Americans do not put their equipment in india for safty purpose we are near to afganistan latter American can carry them to home
You're a great teacher. I fly remote control helis and I want to learn to fly real helis.
Nice to see that at about 6:50 he closed his door 😂
It’s designed so you can fly with it partially open for better ventilation.
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!
How to fly a helicopter... Don’t.
Helicopters don’t fly, they beat the air into submission, and there’s plenty of windows so you can watch the air reach up and smack you. They fall “with style”, and consistently beat emergency crews to the scene of the crash by at least 30 minutes. The fan on top is just that, a fan, designed expressly to keep the pilot cool. When it stops turning, you can watch the pilot start to sweat. FI here. 😉
I love helos - but they're really NOT airframes, just a collection of spare parts, flying in close formation, and all held together by The Jesus Nut. So named, because if it ever comes off the threaded shaft in-flight, you scream "Oh, Jesus!" and get an answer, very quickly.
So it would seem that to do an unpowered descent (to auto rotate) I think it's called you would use the (collective?) push downward, and as you near the ground you would pull upward to slow the aircraft's descent to gently land?
My pilot just fell unconscious, I gotta land it now
Awesome 👌👌as soon as my folks leave for aspen , I'm trying out his jet ranger , cheers bro 👍👍👍
Step 1 join the dark side... Though flying is flying I guess, get it where you can at the moment. Working in aerospace we have a joke about the definition of Helicopter - "a collection of parts rotating around an oil leak"
Hahaha yes, even after studying how they work I can say that is pretty much accurate haha
Everyone knows helicopters can’t fly, they just beat the air into submission 🤷♂️🤣
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.
I figure the taliban watched this a lot the last 2 weeks…
Im not a pilot, but to me i think i could relate it to a session rubbing your head in a circular motion and your stomach in an opposite circular motion. While you move your feet from left to right with bent knees in a sitting position. Than twitch your eyes from right to left and pretend your talking to the traffic control guy, until you're in control of each independent movement Then one can know if that's a thing for them.
Please help Bastian Trinklein, he doesn't understand how to do it😕
Are there helicopters that exist that incorporated system that keeps pressure on the right pedal to counter the torque from the main rotor🤔
How do you keep the hey level not tilting left right back forward. Thank you my dear
Brilliant, thank you. Just had my trial lesson. Another lesson on the way, hope I can continue to a licence!
Collective up/down left/right pedal twist. Joy stick to tilt in any direction. I know how to fly now xD
You deffo have some basic knowledge!
Nice. I get mine next week cant waot to fly to Atlantic station
Thanks
That was the best I ever seen you did an excellent job.
Thank you! More stuff on the way soon.
Where is the throttle? What increases the RPM's? Because thats what makes you finally lift off from the ground. The engine doesn't just run at one RPM the moment you start the engine.. there has to be a "gas peddle" somewhere. I'm thinking theres a motorcycle type grip on the end of the collective, and you twist with your wrist to increase the RPM's
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.
Nice job instructing , I'd love to learn to fly from you
A very informative video for someone, me, looking to learn, thank you
No Problem, you're welcome!
Very informative. I'm a lapsed PPLA with IMC rating. I'm also 66 years old this year. Am I too old to start learning to do this? You make it look straightforward but of course it's not at all.
Good to go. Where do I pick up my license?
I always thought there was a throttle on the collective like a motorcycle twist grip , but you added power from the right pedal, so that pedal adds power as well? But if that causes it to turn as well how do you counteract that? More left at the same time?
Thank you for explaining and showing the basics so well. Why does it look like your door is open (in the back, the space there)
Cool video.
Great and informative video
Could you explain more about the throttle in your left hand …does the throttle always stay at the same setting or do you alter that during a flight 😕🤔