There's another important lesson for people to learn here; the dynamic between these two is that they don't mind calling things out, never be embarrassed about it. The back and forth in this about keeping a check on each-other is gold, done with respect. Keep on keeping on you fine chaps!
I am not a pilot (hope to be one day, just a lowly aerospace engineer at the moment) but this sort of attitude applies to all sort of things other than aviation. Having this sort of dynamic with your coworkers, family, friends…anyone you know and work with on a regular basis can be extremely beneficial for accomplishing goals. This video is educational on a much larger scale than just IMC flight.
@@kevinwells4986 Not going to lie, when I first read your response, I thought you were calling me stupid. That I responded with an inane comment on a whole new level of inanity lol. But thank you for the kind words! As with most things, it's all about the money. Slowly but surely saving up to be able to attend a decent local flight school.
@@LV_223 Yeah, sorry about that. I just read it again, and I see your point! I need to go to bed earlier, but now-a-days I'm in bed to often. I hope you get into the air and I hope you have fun. I miss it. I'm thinking about it, but then again I'm thinking about a great many things as I have too much time to do that. Good luck LV.
I was a JTAC but in the British Army, one thing I witnessed from the ground was whilst in Iraq, I had called in a US 9 line for one of our guys who had life threatening injuries & had to at the same time try & coordinate a pair of British Army AH64s that we had come in to act as protection for the US Med helicopter, we had a pre-known brown out conditions which had been hampering us for days, I knew the AH64s were in opposite wheel turns from each other, the US Case-vac helicopter all of a sudden called blind & had to reset for another run at it. I felt physically sick thinking that it just wasn’t going to all workout & everyone was on different radio nets to further hamper us. Luckily by the 3 aircrews shear skill & bravery managed to make it workout in the end but that was one of my worst ever days, but watching this helps me understand just how deadly these type of conditions can be.
After watching all these training videos with Lester I think I’ve forgotten that Mover is an instructor himself. Pretty cool to see him go into training mode. Maybe having a little bit too much fun torturing Lester with the hood…
That is a cool device, CW I have probably seen just about all of your vlogs and I cant recall ever seeing you living in your skin so comfortably. Either you are in your sweet spot in this instructional video or something good is happening in your life that is coming across big time on this vlog. Whatever it is keep it going it is working for you
Love it just before 6m where Lester sings the lead bits of the theme tune, just as you were departing. It was like an old cop show hearing the theme being riffed on, in between scene-changes.
Story at 37:45 reminded me of one of my early cross country training flights. Going from Florida up to NC; landed in Georgia for fuel. Sun had just set, and as I was comming in, I noticed that the runway lights were very dim. Landed, taxied up to the pumps, got out, and looked at my instructor realising just at that moment my sunglasses were still on. Took them off, and said "guess I don't need these anymore." Both of us had a good laugh.
Not in the air but my elderly mother drove her sister from Denver to Pueblo Colorado at night. She thought she was going blind. Turns out she had her sunglasses on too. They laughed too after they made it.
I hope you continue flying with Lester from time to time after you finish your commercial license. Really interesting listening to two experienced pilots trading knowledge and techniques.
Man, I saw that helo crash video, I'm sure most pilots did. Knew it was in your area but never asked out of respect - Of COURSE Lester knew him... Makes it all the more sad and personal. Good training, keep it up, man.
You and Lester on this channel has brought me back for every episode. I love the flying videos. I'd like to see some more GA fixed wing as well. Even if it's a 152 just flying around. I wanna get my license and I've been up once at the controls. I need to get back in a plane. Love these videos for sure Mover.
Love to see technology like this. Whatever that can be done to simulate the situations you really can and will get into before they happen = score for everyone.
Great video. I really hope you keep on doing flights with Lester. I think most people who watch your helicopter vids would say the same thing. You and Lester have this sorta calm but very thorough thing going on that is highly cool but also instructional too.
I do like the team work dynamics here- as an instructor I think this is key to the learning pace. Feeling that it is formal enough to have controls and effective protocols but not oppressive or pressurising.
Mover: With the blast shield down, I can't even see. How am I supposed to fight? Lester: Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them. Stretch out with your feelings.
Very good point about crew resource management. As an enthusiast that’s what all of the channels I watch they stress CRM. If you have the second pilot it would make a huge difference.
I saw this demo'd recently on the FlightChops channel and it looks like a really good new piece of technology for training. Not necessarily something you buy for yourself, but definitely something any flight school that does Instrument instruction should have.
I HATED my instrument training when I was going through my rotor wing training. BUT I am glad I went through it. I learned a lot about the national airspace system, my radio work improved and it did get me through a couple of tense situations. I wish I had that "hood" in my training days. Interesting device.
Amazing vid Mover + Lester, thank you for sharing this experience with us and the valuable lessons learned for anyone that is looking into getting into aviation or upskilling and keeping themselves sharp! Condolences for Lester's friends family and hope that this story resonates throughout the following you both have, making the skies safer for everyone!
i was playing kerbal on first person, and i just couldn't wrap my head around the fact that every time i pulled back on the stick i would suddenly speed up while i was climbing, after some confusion i stopped looking out the cockpit and checked the instruments, and i saw the artificial horizon and it was completely brown, no blue at all, i was climbing into the ocean, that happened in a video game, i can only imagine how bad it is when you lose the horizon and your body starts to play tricks on you.
I can imagine it’s a lot more disorientating that you could imagine, and it’s probably a fight to focus on your instruments rather than your body’s senses.
It was interesting to see the reverse of the normal. Mover is an extremely experienced instrument pilot versus Lester who is inexperienced with IFR. The teacher became the student and vice versa.
Nice job Mover, Lester fogged ya up and those needles didn't move. I was supposed to do some chores around the house today, but a new video was up and there's always tomorrow.
Excellent video. And I’d cut the weeds growing in the tarmac with a string trimmer. That’s just me. The problem with that though is loose debris.keep up the good work.
Nice. I wonder how far the software goes. Could you say link it to gps and historic weather data and then simulate specific conditions that you could fly around in?
That was awesome.👌 I'm seeing an E ticket ride at Disneyland/Disney World. Hope you two can do more of these rides. The owners just can't sell OUR helo.‼️ 🌝💜
Try working the radios and GPS when in IMC by yourself and you will want an autopilot. Most countries don't allow single pilot helicopter IFR. When you throw in all the things in a pilot has to do during an IFR and still control the helicopter. Now if you have two pilots then you should be good.
Maybe you can do it, but I think it would be really neat if you could pull up a map on the app for the hood and draw a cloud cover with a top and bottom altitude that you could simulate flying through.
Damn good video gents, very educational. Sorry to hear about your friend Lester, will be checking out the website you referenced in the description. Where can I get one of Lester’s shirts? 3GEEZ TOPPA TEES!!
Great device...hope the price drops......at $1500, it's tough to justify over awareness and regular hood/foggles for the individual pilot but schools should be able to swing the price to make it work.
There is a video on TH-cam of a experimental who went into clouds and goes over his mistakes (not turning around, etc.). It's great to see what he does well, his mistakes etc. N783V
Couple questions. How do you guys simulate loss of engine (auto rotate)? Is the engine physically disconnected from collective when you flip a switch? 2. Isn't this practice with the hood the same as flying at night (When Mover took that hot chick up over New Orleans)? Sorry I am novice with aviation terminology. Enjoying the channel Mover! Great work.
I've always thought it interesting that so many aviation equipment companies are named after Icarus, a Greek whose only claim to fame is that he crashed.
Are there realistic full motion heli sim hardware platforms out there that can give you a realistic depth-aware (3d ? vr?) and "feel like you are in the helicopter" level hardware heli flight sims?
Lester is the coolest dude ever!!!
There's another important lesson for people to learn here; the dynamic between these two is that they don't mind calling things out, never be embarrassed about it. The back and forth in this about keeping a check on each-other is gold, done with respect.
Keep on keeping on you fine chaps!
I am not a pilot (hope to be one day, just a lowly aerospace engineer at the moment) but this sort of attitude applies to all sort of things other than aviation. Having this sort of dynamic with your coworkers, family, friends…anyone you know and work with on a regular basis can be extremely beneficial for accomplishing goals. This video is educational on a much larger scale than just IMC flight.
@@LV_223 I've read a few replies to comments before many which are inane, but you took that one to another level. Good job! Work on becoming a pilot.
@@kevinwells4986 Not going to lie, when I first read your response, I thought you were calling me stupid. That I responded with an inane comment on a whole new level of inanity lol.
But thank you for the kind words! As with most things, it's all about the money. Slowly but surely saving up to be able to attend a decent local flight school.
@@LV_223 Yeah, sorry about that. I just read it again, and I see your point! I need to go to bed earlier, but now-a-days I'm in bed to often. I hope you get into the air and I hope you have fun. I miss it. I'm thinking about it, but then again I'm thinking about a great many things as I have too much time to do that. Good luck LV.
I was a JTAC but in the British Army, one thing I witnessed from the ground was whilst in Iraq, I had called in a US 9 line for one of our guys who had life threatening injuries & had to at the same time try & coordinate a pair of British Army AH64s that we had come in to act as protection for the US Med helicopter, we had a pre-known brown out conditions which had been hampering us for days, I knew the AH64s were in opposite wheel turns from each other, the US Case-vac helicopter all of a sudden called blind & had to reset for another run at it. I felt physically sick thinking that it just wasn’t going to all workout & everyone was on different radio nets to further hamper us. Luckily by the 3 aircrews shear skill & bravery managed to make it workout in the end but that was one of my worst ever days, but watching this helps me understand just how deadly these type of conditions can be.
Cheers m8, to easier days
After watching all these training videos with Lester I think I’ve forgotten that Mover is an instructor himself. Pretty cool to see him go into training mode.
Maybe having a little bit too much fun torturing Lester with the hood…
That is a cool device, CW I have probably seen just about all of your vlogs and I cant recall ever seeing you living in your skin so comfortably. Either you are in your sweet spot in this instructional video or something good is happening in your life that is coming across big time on this vlog. Whatever it is keep it going it is working for you
Love it just before 6m where Lester sings the lead bits of the theme tune, just as you were departing. It was like an old cop show hearing the theme being riffed on, in between scene-changes.
Story at 37:45 reminded me of one of my early cross country training flights. Going from Florida up to NC; landed in Georgia for fuel. Sun had just set, and as I was comming in, I noticed that the runway lights were very dim. Landed, taxied up to the pumps, got out, and looked at my instructor realising just at that moment my sunglasses were still on. Took them off, and said "guess I don't need these anymore." Both of us had a good laugh.
Not in the air but my elderly mother drove her sister from Denver to Pueblo Colorado at night. She thought she was going blind. Turns out she had her sunglasses on too. They laughed too after they made it.
Watching that foggle screen change is crazy cool!
The student becomes the teacher. That’s awesome. I love these videos.
I hope you continue flying with Lester from time to time after you finish your commercial license. Really interesting listening to two experienced pilots trading knowledge and techniques.
24:51 - I love the trade-out, putting Lester through the paces, too-
Man, I saw that helo crash video, I'm sure most pilots did. Knew it was in your area but never asked out of respect - Of COURSE Lester knew him... Makes it all the more sad and personal. Good training, keep it up, man.
Man, this is good stuff. So great to get to sit in and watch two highly competent people working and thinking together.
You and Lester on this channel has brought me back for every episode. I love the flying videos. I'd like to see some more GA fixed wing as well. Even if it's a 152 just flying around. I wanna get my license and I've been up once at the controls. I need to get back in a plane. Love these videos for sure Mover.
That hood is some slick kit. That would be really valuable in training.
Lester trying to figure out how this sorcery works, "this is 21st century technology". Love the videos MOVER keep them comin!
Hello Moover & Lester tyvm for the video.
Love to see technology like this. Whatever that can be done to simulate the situations you really can and will get into before they happen = score for everyone.
Great video. I really hope you keep on doing flights with Lester. I think most people who watch your helicopter vids would say the same thing. You and Lester have this sorta calm but very thorough thing going on that is highly cool but also instructional too.
I do like the team work dynamics here- as an instructor I think this is key to the learning pace. Feeling that it is formal enough to have controls and effective protocols but not oppressive or pressurising.
Lester makes a pretty good Dominic!
Mover, Lester ... really good vid. Extremely informative and interesting from a pilot perspective.
Mover: With the blast shield down, I can't even see. How am I supposed to fight?
Lester: Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them. Stretch out with your feelings.
Very good point about crew resource management. As an enthusiast that’s what all of the channels I watch they stress CRM. If you have the second pilot it would make a huge difference.
Cool content I learned something new about the hood and Lester is THE GREATEST!
More Lester!
I saw this demo'd recently on the FlightChops channel and it looks like a really good new piece of technology for training. Not necessarily something you buy for yourself, but definitely something any flight school that does Instrument instruction should have.
That's an awesome training tool.
Looks like you both are enjoying the training. Thanks!
I HATED my instrument training when I was going through my rotor wing training. BUT I am glad I went through it. I learned a lot about the national airspace system, my radio work improved and it did get me through a couple of tense situations. I wish I had that "hood" in my training days. Interesting device.
Amazing vid Mover + Lester, thank you for sharing this experience with us and the valuable lessons learned for anyone that is looking into getting into aviation or upskilling and keeping themselves sharp! Condolences for Lester's friends family and hope that this story resonates throughout the following you both have, making the skies safer for everyone!
Great! another video from Mover!!
49:41 - Thanks for showing! ICARUS for fixed-wing, and rotary craft, needs to be put out there (I'll do my part)!
Always good to see the both of you.👍🤙
Good video you two are fun together . Thanks Lester/Mover
Not a pilot but thought this was fascinating. Thanks for the video
Lester and Mover in a helicopter always gets 👍🏻👍🏻
Looks like lifesaving training. Thanks!
i was playing kerbal on first person, and i just couldn't wrap my head around the fact that every time i pulled back on the stick i would suddenly speed up while i was climbing, after some confusion i stopped looking out the cockpit and checked the instruments, and i saw the artificial horizon and it was completely brown, no blue at all, i was climbing into the ocean, that happened in a video game, i can only imagine how bad it is when you lose the horizon and your body starts to play tricks on you.
I can imagine it’s a lot more disorientating that you could imagine, and it’s probably a fight to focus on your instruments rather than your body’s senses.
Neat training device. Back in my day I would put an IFR chart under my visor! Great job Mover!
Love watching you guys fly!
The tables have turned now Mover is teaching Lester
This is a very cool device. Thank you for the demo and the video efforts. Love that opening shot.
You two are a hoot together. Lester needs to have a sub-channel.
Now that was an awesome training video! Very cool
It was interesting to see the reverse of the normal. Mover is an extremely experienced instrument pilot versus Lester who is inexperienced with IFR. The teacher became the student and vice versa.
Lester's grin at the 24min mark.
I saw sunglasses doing something similar, I never thought about using something like that for replicating IMC
5:41 - Lester, has _"Airwolf"_ on demand! (that's too cool, for school, broth'a!)
Nice job Mover, Lester fogged ya up and those needles didn't move. I was supposed to do some chores around the house today, but a new video was up and there's always tomorrow.
Very interesting video! This is nice stuff! Go mover go!
That would be hard with snow...
Not saying it is easy though anyways. Or what do I know, but..
~@27:00, I think Lester described exactly what happened with the crash that killed those 8 people along with Kobe Bryant a few years back.
Great video.
Enjoyed that. Great video gents. 🙏👌👏
Excellent video. And I’d cut the weeds growing in the tarmac with a string trimmer. That’s just me. The problem with that though is loose debris.keep up the good work.
Hey, that's Piaggio P180 N8GF! Have seen it a few times. Based out of San Antonio. Have seen it pass through KDWH here in Houston.
Love the Piaggio. Superfast turboprop
Wish they had that when I went through flight school. Great item.
43:06 - Even have the _"Sheldon"_ reference - 👍
I always practiced instrument"s at night after I got the rating. It made it a lot more realistic.
Great altitude maintaining on the gauges, Mover.
Great job guys! Looks like Mover is an aspiring instructor!
Very cool device. I wish we had these instead of the hood in 1975 when I got my instrument ticket (fixed wing).
Nice. I wonder how far the software goes. Could you say link it to gps and historic weather data and then simulate specific conditions that you could fly around in?
Great video. Always training and learning.
That was awesome.👌 I'm seeing an E ticket ride at Disneyland/Disney World. Hope you two can do more of these rides. The owners just can't sell OUR helo.‼️ 🌝💜
Yes… love this mover
7:48 - I thought I was the only 'goof' that used that term, lol
Try working the radios and GPS when in IMC by yourself and you will want an autopilot. Most countries don't allow single pilot helicopter IFR. When you throw in all the things in a pilot has to do during an IFR and still control the helicopter. Now if you have two pilots then you should be good.
It would be tough in this R-44 because of the layout, but with a more advanced cockpit and newer displays, I don’t think it would be that bad.
Maybe you can do it, but I think it would be really neat if you could pull up a map on the app for the hood and draw a cloud cover with a top and bottom altitude that you could simulate flying through.
Great video greetings from SUNNY Yuma,Az
love the Airwolf music
Gotta love the "not airwolf" theme song.
Excellent!
After flying F-16s and F-18s for the navy, it must be like standing still flying this thing!
Excellent.
Very cool! Love the helo videos!
Just got my instrument rating at KNEW! Good Stuff
Great video, Mover
Damn good video gents, very educational. Sorry to hear about your friend Lester, will be checking out the website you referenced in the description. Where can I get one of Lester’s shirts? 3GEEZ TOPPA TEES!!
You got Lester hooked on Airwolf as well???
Please get lester a new t-shirt, I'll pay for it!
6:21 - I don't know why, I thought that was a Carly Simon, song ... 🎶 _"it's gonna be a bright..., bright..., bright..., bright, sun-shiney day!"_
I can tell Mover is current in flying IFR ....
Great Vid.
"just hope we don't get shot" haha. pack body armor and a glock!
#1- Trust your instruments. #2 - TRUST YOUR INSTRUMENTS! (says this rookie student pilot.)
Great device...hope the price drops......at $1500, it's tough to justify over awareness and regular hood/foggles for the individual pilot but schools should be able to swing the price to make it work.
There was a tragic incident of a doctor who refused to land at a military airfield. He eventually ran out of fuel. Land and Live.
Lester not wearing his helmet!!?😱
I know this is a stupid question, but what are those shoes you are wearing? I've now seen them several times.
There is a video on TH-cam of a experimental who went into clouds and goes over his mistakes (not turning around, etc.). It's great to see what he does well, his mistakes etc.
N783V
Good morning Mover!
I thought I could feel it
Couple questions. How do you guys simulate loss of engine (auto rotate)? Is the engine physically disconnected from collective when you flip a switch?
2. Isn't this practice with the hood the same as flying at night (When Mover took that hot chick up over New Orleans)? Sorry I am novice with aviation terminology. Enjoying the channel Mover! Great work.
Dawn that is a cool intro
Looked like there was a film on the hood that should be removed. Unless it's on loan and you don't want to. Nice Piaggio Avanti on the ramp.
I've always thought it interesting that so many aviation equipment companies are named after Icarus, a Greek whose only claim to fame is that he crashed.
Getting instrument certified is a great decision, Mover.
I’m not…. This was just IIMC training and trying out the Icarus.
@@CWLemoine Yeah I agree, instrument certification is overrated….
Are there realistic full motion heli sim hardware platforms out there that can give you a realistic depth-aware (3d ? vr?) and "feel like you are in the helicopter" level hardware heli flight sims?
Yes. I will be doing the Airbus IIMC course in February which includes full motion simulator training.
Could you tell me about your iPad mount or reply with a link please?
Thanks.