I'd love to see an annual breakdown of true cost of ownership. Cheers for an informative vlog and it was cool to see the pics of you guys when your daughter was much younger!
You can easily look this up online for that model helicopter, but it ain't cheap. Plus every 12 years you have to pay a hundred grand for a refurb so that alone factors into $12,000 per year not including any maintenance whatsoever
As a fixed wing pilot many years ago and knowing a bit about helicopters, I really appreciated the frankness of your video. You make flying look so easy (especially in the congested LA airspace) but the video shows non-pilots that there is a whole lot of planning, judgement, contingency preparation, and specific knowledge involved. I completely understand how you can like functioning at that high level, but you made it clear that you have to WANT to do it and do it WELL! And Evie's knowledge is likely growing with every flight-she seems so confident! Pretty soon that yellow cap on the cyclic needs to be replaced! Happy and Safe Holidays and New Year's to all three of youi!
Perfect picture painted on aircraft travel. Both heli and fixed wing have a number of pro and con lists. Yet, no giving up my Diamond DA62. Safe travels!
Watching the flight over Ventura County was very cool. We're headquartered in Santa Paula, which is about a 20-30 minute drive east of Camarillo/Ventura. When you're on the ground and in that traffic, it feels so busy and congested. Feels quite different looking down from the air.
..keep em coming, Micah..from a former Wichita..NYC..LA..San Diego..OC...and SLO resident..and thanks again for sharing..and Best Holiday Wishes to You..and Your Great Little Family..
I think I'd enjoy flying by helicopter except that I have Meniere's Disease, and I think the constant noise and being forced to wear headphones would be very very fatiguing. And I don't even want to think about having to *pilot* a helicopter for that long! I'm quite happy to watch your happy family travel though.
Great shots of Hearst Castle but way too brief. If you have never visited there, be sure to when it is open again! Wish i had known about your visit to San Luis Obispo!! I could have given you a county tour in one of my vintage automobiles!! ,
@@MicahMuzio ...that will be great! I been fortunate over the years to have the state invite me on the hill to drive for the San Luis Obispo film festival, Central Coast Wine Classic, Steve and Barbara Hearst being honored by the Friends of Hearst Castle with a special dinner in their honor and helping fill in their historic files with automobile photos when none of Hearst's cars were available as he would take a special private train up from L.A. and Steve Zegar would drive W.R. And his guests up to the ranch from slo station!!! Fun times...keep up the good work!
Hah that's the 10 right after the 605 interchange, very familiar since that's my daily commute. My 17 mile drive typically takes 45 minutes or so, 20 minutes without traffic. 10/605 is always terrible.
FYI ~ My boss had an airplane. He was married with two daughters. He & the wife never flew on the same aircraft. He wanted to protect their estate in case there was a plane crash.
This was an awesome video and the first one that made me really connect with your helicopter content. I have always loved your car content but this video made me a lot more interested in helicopters. Some more videos about the logistics of planning a helicopter trip, perhaps comparing it to driving or a short haul flight, as well as some stuff about the cost/difficulty of learning and getting licensed (if you haven’t already made that) would be really cool! If you wanted to go big with a video like this, I would *love* to see something a bit TG (I guess it’s Grand Tour now) style where you race a car to a destination that you might conceivably take either to, perhaps that’s Tahoe or Vegas or San Fran or some such place.
Thanks for everything you have posted in 2021. I look forward to seeing what's coming in 2022. In the meantime have a great, restful, Christmas and a happy new year.
Micah, making me want to buy a helicopter if ever a major lottery winning comes my way! Lol but in all honesty, great video and great list of the pros and cons of travelling by helicopter. Someone else already said it but I fully agree, would be interesting to see a full vlog start to finish of planning and taking a flight trip. My questions: 1, what’s the furthest you’ve flown the helicopter (not including when you brought it to Cali), and 2, is there a “dream helicopter trip” you’ve or the fam have always wanted to do?
1: Our farthest trip has been from San Bernardino to Napa. 2: A dream trip would be to fly to Alaska…but I doubt I could carve out enough time in my schedule. That’s a LONG flight. 😁
Seems having loose things in helicopter very dangerous. A chinook crashed in Idaho firefighting when an I-pad fell down into the rudder peddles and pilots couldn't retrieve it. They lost control of the helicopter.
Not really. You have to have permission from the land owner first (except in an emergency). That can be complicated for public land. You have to ensure that you do not endanger or damage any people or property. Safety is always the first priority.
GREAT Flight over my Teenage Home town, Ventura !! Left in 1981.. At 5:47, that is Ventura Pier and above it is Holiday Inn and their parking garage. Used to be a guy and his wife came to H.I in his helo and landed on the top of the garage. They'd have Brunch at H.I. Drove the cops nuts. But no law against it . So the city council finally passed an ordinance that you CANNOT land a helicopter on the parking garage roof !! True story. Thanks for a Great memory ! Edit: At 7:38, for those that have never been here, That is Highway One (the Coast Route). On the left is the Original Two Lane, then the U.P. railroad tracks, then the 'New' 6 lane road built in the 70's. About 300 ft higher than the beach along here ! Go See California !!
Amazingly, yes! The old helicopter had a tendency to yaw left and ride. The new chopper is more stable. Despite her air sickness in the past, Evie has yet to puke in the R44. 🥳
You can. The is an aux-in in the R44. There's also Bluetooth connectivity via our Lightspeed headsets. That said, I like focusing on flying when I'm in the chopper. So I don't listen to music.
Great shots of the coast. The R44 provides such a great view. Are you using a RAM mount for the camera on the seat back bar? It looks like the medium arm. I use the long arm and it vibrates like a metronome on high! I just ordered a medium arm to try. I can't really see much with the short arm. I use a GoPro Hero 8 Black and with Hypersmooth on I only occasionally notice the vibration. At 10:05 in this video th-cam.com/video/qlI7aUmJ_ew/w-d-xo.html you can see me and my instructor vibrate as I start the turn in a 180 auto. I'm sure it's due to the camera shaking left-to-right. This R44 does shake a bit, but it's not bad below 90 knots. The blades have been checked and they're within allowable margins ... barely.
Your selling pitch was going so good for me until you said you couldn't "high five" (for a sec) because you have to fly the helicopter. That was a deal breaker ☹
Funny you mention it. I just had a conversation with someone from HeliPaddy, an app specifically made for helicopter pilots looking for off airport landing spots. I’m hoping they’ll bring their app to the US. We could use a definitive database of heli friendly businesses.
@@MicahMuzio out of the UK. I had talked to them a number of months ago. I have augmented a number of the sites in British Columbia for them .. but there is not much. Just a bunch of us, sharing favourites. Awaiting SN50 HX50 ..flying a raven II right now.
@@heli.thatSTEVE I’m long overdue for a trip to Vancouver. It’s one of my favorite cities! One of these days when I can carve out the time I’ll return. When I do, it’d be awesome to sync up with my fellow heli people.
Micah - Just saw this hit piece on your model helicopter. I say that because they were de facto blaming the teeter ability of the semi rigid rotor system on the R44 before they knew anything about what actually happened in this video: th-cam.com/video/Nw5Cmjul4dw/w-d-xo.html This kind of reporting loosely based on the data from other crashes is what has turned many a pilot off from Robinsons. I have flown in at least 2 of these R44 models and had a great experience like you have already had time in and time out both alone and with your family. I am hoping that at some point you or other Robby pilot friends of yours can help set the record straight.
Thanks for sharing the link. On one hand, I can see how folks who lack a detailed understanding of the R44 might think it's dangerous. On the other hand, it drives me crazy reading the comments on that video from keyboard crash investigators. Of course what really matters is that it is a massive tragedy whenever someone dies in an aviation related accident. For me the bottom line is that there are known scenarios where mast bumping or chopping of the boom can occur in the R44. Low rotor rpm, aggressive control inputs, low G flight, major turbulence. Consequently I fly conservatively to leave a good margin of safety. Though I have my suspicions, I don't know exactly what happened during the crash in Texas. Instead I'll wait for the accident investigation. And when it's released, I'll do my best to honor those who died by learning everything I can from their tragedy.
@@MicahMuzio No problem. I suspect a low G situation like you describe leading to the mast bumping followed by tail boom strike. I found another video here that gives other points in a fair manner that you might enjoy or maybe learn from as a Robby pilot: th-cam.com/video/weGnUmRrNKM/w-d-xo.html I just saw another low G situation unfold in another video, but from inside the aircraft... makes sense this is what happened in that crash.
I don’t see the appeal or desire to own and operate a helicopter that cost 3-4 times the hourly cost of a fixed wing when 99% of the time you’re landing at airports…🤷🏻♂️
Fixed wing is certainly the more practical choice. What did say is that the off-airport landings, though less frequent, are amazing. Also, the altitudes and places helicopters can operate makes for a uniquely thrilling kind of travel. A good analogy is that cars are to airplanes as motorcycles are to helicopters. It’s more pragmatic to travel by car but riding a motorcycle is more thrilling.
@@MicahMuzio I totally understand and get the comparison. Mine would be: I’m a sport bike guy and also very much a ADV rider. My analogy would be owning an off-road ADV bike and riding at 99% of the time on the road. I’m a fixed wing guy and own a bush plane. That being said I’ve taught myself how to fly RC Heli’s and would love to fly one for real. However I’d be guilty of blowing leaves and creating dust storms hovering places I probably shouldn’t.
@@Captndarty As a fellow motorcyclist I appreciate the analogy. 👍 I’m guessing your bush plane takes you most places a helicopter might land. If I wasn’t a rotary wing pilot, I’d definitely be drawn to some sort of STOL plane. Hmm. Maybe I should do a video about flying a bush plane. 🤔
Uhh Sir, it is no longer airmen, we are in the political correct age and as of Jan/Feb it will be changing to air people or something. Cancel culture is about to strike!!! :) Keep on flying man, I love these videos. This hits home as I take my plane to Illinois, Indiana and Missouri from Florida several times a year! I have had to divert before and end up flying back home as I didn't even make it out of Florida due to severe Summer thunderstorms. More than once I have been in Illinois and could not fly out on the day planned because of thunderstorms all along my path, pilot time!
Helicopters and race cars. A man of culture.
He also writes all the music in the videos too,
I’m just grateful my less cultured attributes aren’t shared via TH-cam. 😁
I'd love to see an annual breakdown of true cost of ownership. Cheers for an informative vlog and it was cool to see the pics of you guys when your daughter was much younger!
You can easily look this up online for that model helicopter, but it ain't cheap. Plus every 12 years you have to pay a hundred grand for a refurb so that alone factors into $12,000 per year not including any maintenance whatsoever
@@codmott286
Maths not your strong suit.
$8,333 per annum.
Michael,
You are a great dad and husband for making the adventures as a part of your family life. Best wishes. Have a safe flight. Every time.
I don't have any experience with civilian helicopters but it blows my mind how simple the cockpit and engine are. Great video!
no matter how you travel keep that special wife and her understanding sidekick lucky guy!
As a fixed wing pilot many years ago and knowing a bit about helicopters, I really appreciated the frankness of your video. You make flying look so easy (especially in the congested LA airspace) but the video shows non-pilots that there is a whole lot of planning, judgement, contingency preparation, and specific knowledge involved. I completely understand how you can like functioning at that high level, but you made it clear that you have to WANT to do it and do it WELL! And Evie's knowledge is likely growing with every flight-she seems so confident! Pretty soon that yellow cap on the cyclic needs to be replaced! Happy and Safe Holidays and New Year's to all three of youi!
you should vlog a whole trip, from the planning to flying to arriving to coming back home
What a stunning sunset 🌅
I wish you'd been my dad. Had my first flight in an R44 last weekend. Best experience ever and it only took me 59 years to get there.
Perfect picture painted on aircraft travel. Both heli and fixed wing have a number of pro and con lists. Yet, no giving up my Diamond DA62. Safe travels!
I say this every time… coolest parents ever,
Watching the flight over Ventura County was very cool. We're headquartered in Santa Paula, which is about a 20-30 minute drive east of Camarillo/Ventura. When you're on the ground and in that traffic, it feels so busy and congested. Feels quite different looking down from the air.
Kido is a growing up,such nice parents! Great video brother. Be safe guys.
Woooww... Happy Family.... Enjoy low flying... Thanks for sharing..
..keep em coming, Micah..from a former Wichita..NYC..LA..San Diego..OC...and SLO resident..and thanks again for sharing..and Best Holiday Wishes to You..and Your Great Little Family..
8:43 Magnificent
I think I'd enjoy flying by helicopter except that I have Meniere's Disease, and I think the constant noise and being forced to wear headphones would be very very fatiguing. And I don't even want to think about having to *pilot* a helicopter for that long! I'm quite happy to watch your happy family travel though.
Great breakdown, I love the behind the scenes type stuff.
You live my dream I wish I had a buddy like you
I love an Evie hi five! I came and got it! Thank you for such an awesome video!
You flew over my home. Well beside it and my favorite strip of beach to watch the sunset. Just past Ventura where those surfers were.
yawl are very fortunate... hope yawl had a Merry. keep smilin
Great vid Micah. Loving the R44!
04:18 Absolutely, Positively Priceless! How Cute!! 🖖😄
Nice perspective and cool video but I'll stick to road trips in my TDI.
This was nice. I enjoy it very much, plus you are in my backyard. TFS
If you take out all of the good parts then that just summed up all the years I drove a NGV (Natural Gas Vehicle). Fuel was cheaper - good parts done
I love this video. Informative, yet filled with spectacular views of Southern California. You're an awesome person, Micah 😀🤚
Thanks, Mike! 😊
Such a great video! Thank you for sharing your experience with helicopters. Btw, beautiful family! God bless you all!
..way to go Micah..thanks again for sharing..and Wishing You All..a Very Merry Christmas..and a Very Happy New Year..
And thank you for supporting and encouraging us. Wishing you all the best in the new year!
yoooo you guys are AMAZING!!!!!!!! I love and admire the energy between you and your wife. God bless you guys and thanks for the very cool video.
Dude. Thanks for taking the time to leave such an uplifting comment. Cheers!!
0:48 According to FAA, Notams are Notice to Air Missions
Thankyou for your videos!
Great shots of Hearst Castle but way too brief. If you have never visited there, be sure to when it is open again! Wish i had known about your visit to San Luis Obispo!! I could have given you a county tour in one of my vintage automobiles!!
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We’ve actually got a dedicated video showing the Hearst Castle coming soon. I think you’ll dig it. Cheers!
@@MicahMuzio ...that will be great! I been fortunate over the years to have the state invite me on the hill to drive for the San Luis Obispo film festival, Central Coast Wine Classic, Steve and Barbara Hearst being honored by the Friends of Hearst Castle with a special dinner in their honor and helping fill in their historic files with automobile photos when none of Hearst's cars were available as he would take a special private train up from L.A. and Steve Zegar would drive W.R. And his guests up to the ranch from slo station!!! Fun times...keep up the good work!
FBO - food business operator! Missing the 101/405 traffic on the way to SLO is cool. I lived in Santa Maria...going to LA and back by car.....not fun.
Micah's music is so good!
Hah that's the 10 right after the 605 interchange, very familiar since that's my daily commute. My 17 mile drive typically takes 45 minutes or so, 20 minutes without traffic. 10/605 is always terrible.
FYI ~ My boss had an airplane. He was married with two daughters. He & the wife never flew on the same aircraft. He wanted to protect their estate in case there was a plane crash.
Just found your channel. Loving the first video. I’m big on helicopters !
We need a video on the yamaha MT09 in your hangar!!!
You saw your first palm tree on fire?! Welcome to LA! If you don’t live in LA already, you’re an Angeleno now🌴
Well done. Happy Holidays.
This was an awesome video and the first one that made me really connect with your helicopter content. I have always loved your car content but this video made me a lot more interested in helicopters. Some more videos about the logistics of planning a helicopter trip, perhaps comparing it to driving or a short haul flight, as well as some stuff about the cost/difficulty of learning and getting licensed (if you haven’t already made that) would be really cool! If you wanted to go big with a video like this, I would *love* to see something a bit TG (I guess it’s Grand Tour now) style where you race a car to a destination that you might conceivably take either to, perhaps that’s Tahoe or Vegas or San Fran or some such place.
Good suggestions. Lemme see what we can do to dig deeper into the logistics of heli travel.
Thanks for everything you have posted in 2021. I look forward to seeing what's coming in 2022. In the meantime have a great, restful, Christmas and a happy new year.
And a Merry Christmas to you! We appreciate the support and encouragement.
You guys make amazing videos
Terrific video, as usual! Merry Christmas to y'all.
And a merry Christmas to you, John!
I love it!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all the Muzio family!
Please accept a warm holiday hi5 from the Muzios! 🤚
I love it i fly to
Micah, making me want to buy a helicopter if ever a major lottery winning comes my way! Lol but in all honesty, great video and great list of the pros and cons of travelling by helicopter. Someone else already said it but I fully agree, would be interesting to see a full vlog start to finish of planning and taking a flight trip. My questions: 1, what’s the furthest you’ve flown the helicopter (not including when you brought it to Cali), and 2, is there a “dream helicopter trip” you’ve or the fam have always wanted to do?
1: Our farthest trip has been from San Bernardino to Napa.
2: A dream trip would be to fly to Alaska…but I doubt I could carve out enough time in my schedule. That’s a LONG flight. 😁
Seems having loose things in helicopter very dangerous. A chinook crashed in Idaho firefighting when an I-pad fell down into the rudder peddles and pilots couldn't retrieve it. They lost control of the helicopter.
oh wow what a wonderful helicopter video, umm where did you that Gopro mount, that shows the cockpit?
Micah, you daughter is so cute 🥰🥰 She's awesome...
Great Video. Greeting from Argentine
Thank you very much!
Micah! If your family needs another friend to hang out with, let me know. Everything y'all do is so cool!
Fun vid. TY.
Did you guys bypass Solvang? I see C.W. Lemoine has followed you, awesome.
Listening to to KLGB on live ATC and heard a familiar voice. Googled the N-Registry. You're flying over me right now.
Sorry for the noise! :)
Can you just land wherever there's space? Like could I just take my hypothetical heli from my home to like a shopping center?
Not really. You have to have permission from the land owner first (except in an emergency). That can be complicated for public land. You have to ensure that you do not endanger or damage any people or property. Safety is always the first priority.
What’s the equivalent of changing a flat and getting towed?
1:06 this is aviation in a nutshell
Spectacular. 😍
Thank you for a great ride and all the info.
Are any of you Libras? 🚁🌈
How far of traveling would you have to do to make flying advantageous when taking into consideration the prep for the flight vs prep for a drive?
What’s the satellite communication device you travel with?
GREAT Flight over my Teenage Home town, Ventura !! Left in 1981.. At 5:47, that is Ventura Pier and above it is Holiday Inn and their parking garage. Used to be a guy and his wife came to H.I in his helo and landed on the top of the garage. They'd have Brunch at H.I. Drove the cops nuts. But no law against it . So the city council finally passed an ordinance that you CANNOT land a helicopter on the parking garage roof !! True story. Thanks for a Great memory ! Edit: At 7:38, for those that have never been here, That is Highway One (the Coast Route). On the left is the Original Two Lane, then the U.P. railroad tracks, then the 'New' 6 lane road built in the 70's. About 300 ft higher than the beach along here ! Go See California !!
Are private helicopter licenses recognized internationally?
Your alls little girl is so freaking cute, she is such a little lady!
waw you look barely at 1000ft over a built up area!? we can't do that here in the UK 😅
Hi, how did you set up to get a audio from your camera.
可愛いお子さんです👪💘
14 gallons/hr, holy cow. What's the fuel capacity?
Fancy
You haven't mentioned Evie's air sickness anymore. Has that gone away with the new helicopter?
Amazingly, yes! The old helicopter had a tendency to yaw left and ride. The new chopper is more stable. Despite her air sickness in the past, Evie has yet to puke in the R44. 🥳
Micah. I really hope you would think about getting Evie her rotary . It would help in the event something (god forbid would happen)
How many total flight hours is on the airframe sir?
Micah, you need to brush up on your abbreviations: Notices to Air Missions (NOTAM)
In my defense, we shot this video in November before the new abbreviation went into place. But I greatly appreciate the correction! 👍
Don't you every worry about hitting drones? I think they would be pretty hard to avoid, if one is coming your way.
When you land how do you get to the hotel? Is there one near by an airport or you just do ride sharing?
It’s either ride share, a rental car, or occasionally airports will have a car you can borrow called a “crew car”.
Are you flying over clouds at 1.23?
It's actually a haze layer. But we wanted a shot that reinforced the point I was making about clouds and that one kinda did the job.
If I win the lottery, I'm getting an R44. Cheers!
Can you listen to music while piloting?
You can. The is an aux-in in the R44. There's also Bluetooth connectivity via our Lightspeed headsets. That said, I like focusing on flying when I'm in the chopper. So I don't listen to music.
R44 prone to Mast bumping and tail strikes, very unsafe I think.
You need to stop googling and doing something :) I think
What’s the white Apple box attached to the iPhone at 2:50?
Hi! That white square attached to my iPhone is a charger. Shooting video tends to run down my battery!
@@Eviedish Looks chunky, must be aviation grade.
how can u afford this ?
Interesting little video. I wonder if your daughter is going to grow up to be a pilot. I think you might pass on your love of it.
Naturally, I would love it if she shared my passion for flying. But I'll happily support her, wherever her interests land. :)
you need a Bell 206...
Great shots of the coast. The R44 provides such a great view. Are you using a RAM mount for the camera on the seat back bar? It looks like the medium arm. I use the long arm and it vibrates like a metronome on high! I just ordered a medium arm to try. I can't really see much with the short arm. I use a GoPro Hero 8 Black and with Hypersmooth on I only occasionally notice the vibration. At 10:05 in this video th-cam.com/video/qlI7aUmJ_ew/w-d-xo.html you can see me and my instructor vibrate as I start the turn in a 180 auto. I'm sure it's due to the camera shaking left-to-right. This R44 does shake a bit, but it's not bad below 90 knots. The blades have been checked and they're within allowable margins ... barely.
Your selling pitch was going so good for me until you said you couldn't "high five" (for a sec) because you have to fly the helicopter. That was a deal breaker ☹
Landing Fee to Pee, could get expensive, Ask me how I know.
Uh oh!! 😬
have you begun to collect a list of awesome off airport landing zones? If so, want to share? HCPL here.
Funny you mention it. I just had a conversation with someone from HeliPaddy, an app specifically made for helicopter pilots looking for off airport landing spots.
I’m hoping they’ll bring their app to the US. We could use a definitive database of heli friendly businesses.
@@MicahMuzio out of the UK. I had talked to them a number of months ago. I have augmented a number of the sites in British Columbia for them .. but there is not much. Just a bunch of us, sharing favourites. Awaiting SN50 HX50 ..flying a raven II right now.
@@MicahMuzio was thinking .. you should head up and visit us in Vancouver. We are based @ CYXX
@@heli.thatSTEVE I’m long overdue for a trip to Vancouver. It’s one of my favorite cities! One of these days when I can carve out the time I’ll return. When I do, it’d be awesome to sync up with my fellow heli people.
Micah... You sure do have a gorgeous wife. You lucky man.👍🏻
Toddler Car Seats.
@1:07 I hope I means $5.55 and not $555, yikes!
Micah - Just saw this hit piece on your model helicopter. I say that because they were de facto blaming the teeter ability of the semi rigid rotor system on the R44 before they knew anything about what actually happened in this video: th-cam.com/video/Nw5Cmjul4dw/w-d-xo.html
This kind of reporting loosely based on the data from other crashes is what has turned many a pilot off from Robinsons. I have flown in at least 2 of these R44 models and had a great experience like you have already had time in and time out both alone and with your family. I am hoping that at some point you or other Robby pilot friends of yours can help set the record straight.
Thanks for sharing the link. On one hand, I can see how folks who lack a detailed understanding of the R44 might think it's dangerous. On the other hand, it drives me crazy reading the comments on that video from keyboard crash investigators. Of course what really matters is that it is a massive tragedy whenever someone dies in an aviation related accident.
For me the bottom line is that there are known scenarios where mast bumping or chopping of the boom can occur in the R44. Low rotor rpm, aggressive control inputs, low G flight, major turbulence. Consequently I fly conservatively to leave a good margin of safety. Though I have my suspicions, I don't know exactly what happened during the crash in Texas. Instead I'll wait for the accident investigation. And when it's released, I'll do my best to honor those who died by learning everything I can from their tragedy.
@@MicahMuzio No problem. I suspect a low G situation like you describe leading to the mast bumping followed by tail boom strike. I found another video here that gives other points in a fair manner that you might enjoy or maybe learn from as a Robby pilot: th-cam.com/video/weGnUmRrNKM/w-d-xo.html
I just saw another low G situation unfold in another video, but from inside the aircraft... makes sense this is what happened in that crash.
Do you own this helicopter?
We do.
I don’t see the appeal or desire to own and operate a helicopter that cost 3-4 times the hourly cost of a fixed wing when 99% of the time you’re landing at airports…🤷🏻♂️
Fixed wing is certainly the more practical choice. What did say is that the off-airport landings, though less frequent, are amazing. Also, the altitudes and places helicopters can operate makes for a uniquely thrilling kind of travel.
A good analogy is that cars are to airplanes as motorcycles are to helicopters. It’s more pragmatic to travel by car but riding a motorcycle is more thrilling.
@@MicahMuzio I totally understand and get the comparison.
Mine would be: I’m a sport bike guy and also very much a ADV rider. My analogy would be owning an off-road ADV bike and riding at 99% of the time on the road.
I’m a fixed wing guy and own a bush plane. That being said I’ve taught myself how to fly RC Heli’s and would love to fly one for real. However I’d be guilty of blowing leaves and creating dust storms hovering places I probably shouldn’t.
@@Captndarty As a fellow motorcyclist I appreciate the analogy. 👍
I’m guessing your bush plane takes you most places a helicopter might land. If I wasn’t a rotary wing pilot, I’d definitely be drawn to some sort of STOL plane. Hmm. Maybe I should do a video about flying a bush plane. 🤔
I fly by UFO much faster and quieter 🛸
Mind sending me the contact for your UFO dealer?
@@MicahMuzio 🤣
Uhh Sir, it is no longer airmen, we are in the political correct age and as of Jan/Feb it will be changing to air people or something. Cancel culture is about to strike!!! :) Keep on flying man, I love these videos. This hits home as I take my plane to Illinois, Indiana and Missouri from Florida several times a year! I have had to divert before and end up flying back home as I didn't even make it out of Florida due to severe Summer thunderstorms. More than once I have been in Illinois and could not fly out on the day planned because of thunderstorms all along my path, pilot time!
flying a helicopter is costing you 500/hour
To be clear, it is an objectively silly way to travel. It's stupid expensive.