Proactive vs reactive takes muscle memory experience .The instructor automatically puts this all together the student is trying to understand all of the inputs coming to brain and decide what to do and how much and what to do about it if not completely correct. A very good demonstratin of learning in a trusting environment.
What's also important, what I've noticed during my (still ongoing) training: You don't notice, in the moment, just HOW overloaded your brain is! Some instructor once said "You may know things on the ground, but flying makes you 50% dumber". Well not dumber, but you're much more occupied with things than you notice. In my first flight, even though the instructor was still very hands-on, I was barely able to communicate, even in straight flight! Then, doing circuits, I had just exactly the same experience: Processing what you just heard is hard when you're focussed on flying the damn thing! You hear the words, and it's just easy to let yourself think "yep got it" and forget it before it's even reached your concious mind. Same happens again once you get into the radio work. Talk to ATC no problem in the class room, but when you're flying, you need to try real hard not to forget things, and to process everything ATC tells you. I'm still scared of a more complicated clearance or taxi instruction than I can keep in my head :D
This remind me so much of my student pilot time. Thanks for not only sharing the beautiful and smooth flights but also training stuff where not everything is running well at first time. Important to keep in mind: Learning to fly definitely takes its time.
It's good to see It's not going to be as easy as it looks in so many other videos. Thanks for this one. I've always wanted to learn but have never taken that first step. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
This one brings back some really great memories. I'm not rotorcraft rated but I have earned a fixed wing private pilot single and multi rating. The first few hours of my primary training in a C-150, I remember my instructor seeming to talk continuously. When the hour was over, I didn't remember one word he had said. We were driving home and he wanted to know if I had any questions, which I didn't, and he seemed kind of disappointed by that. The thing was, I was still overloaded at that point and simply couldn't think. Come the next lesson, after having a day or two to process the experience, I had plenty of questions on the drive to the airport. After a few hours, this became much less of an issue. Given how much more challenging a helicopter is to fly than a fixed wing airplane for a new primary student, I can imagine this scenario going on for quite a while. Great video!
Good to see that I am not the only one dealing with the same problems... now being 6h into my training. The learning curve feels like a wall. And this hovering is sooooo hard. But will get there too... someday 🤣
Its hard at the start , lots to do and take onboard , as for the hovering , I was told it will just click one day and sure enough it did, I cant explain it , but I remember one afternoon where it appeared to click , I found a little bit of hover taxiing helped me to understand better the relationship of the controls - you'll Get there , stick at it - nothing better than flying a helicopter !
@@paulbury2366 thx for the encouraging words! You are now the second person telling me about the „click moment“... will watch out for this! Indeed, it was a dream since I was a small boy and turning it now with 40y into reality 🤞🏻
I felt that way for the first six hours .. then between seven and twelve ... it stated to come together .. progress on many skills . not quite there ... but progress felt really good and helped with the self confidence. Keys for me .. are to relax my feet, take the death grip off the cyclic and collective and bond with the aircraft in flight. Smile and have fun.
Hi Mischa . I have come across your channel recently and have to say am addicted to it . You are by far the best instructor period. I am a microlight pilot living in the Uk , always wanted to fly helicopters too am considering your flying school as my training camp and a school that i have to drive 2.5 hrs that is the closest schools from where i live a bit of the pain tbh ... as the way i see driving 2.5 hrs each way makes 5hrs of travel every day plus 1 hr of flight 1 hr of brief and some extra time for additional questions we are talking 8 hrs mission every day not sure if i can keep it up for too long may get tired along the training that may put me off in some way ... don't know what to think plus would really want you to train me. Another thing is the covid they all this drama the restrictions etc hard to travel these day in and out of Europe they gonna come up with new covid probably in the next few months name it covid 22 or 25 and impose more restrictions its never easy . Wish you were in the UK. Best wishes buddy you are an amazing guy.👊
Aww thanks man. Well if you can make it to Canada we can get you trained up for a Canadian commercial license in 4 months. You could stay in our student housing that’s 5 minutes away.
@@PilotYellow Hi Buddy thanks for your reply , ill do everything i can to get to you, really wouldn't want to be trained by anyone else the way you explain everything is si clear even for a random person who hasn't got any clue about helicopters like myself. Learned more from your videos in 4 weeks then i learned in 4 years in flying microlights lol its true . One day buddy one day . It will be a dream come tru to fly with you . Best wishes Paul.
That was so cool watching the instructor execute the approach so smooth and easy looking..so relaxed .Then when it's the students turn you can tell it's not that easy at all..things got rough.shaky.all over the place.. seems those controls are extremely sensitive.i wish .I dream of being able to afford taking lessons!! I have the money but not the time.and if I get the time then I will run out of the money for not working!! Need to keep saving
That looks so fun, yet difficult! One of these days I'll have enough cash flow to afford it! Already have my fixed wing! Mastering instrument approaches for my instrument license was really intense, appears to be similar precision and difficulty.
I did my first helicopter lesson today and I got nauseous flying. I get motion sickness on boats and even getting motion sickness when im in a car unless I'm driving the car. Is this something my body will adjust to or won't be as bad when I know how to fly or are some people just doomed to not fly because they can't overcome the motion sickness/nausea?
You should get used to it. I too get sick in the car unless I'm driving. Once you start being able to get more time actually having your hands and feet on the controls an flying id imagine it would work the same way.
My prior work was in wide open spaces. My using the tracks for the climb out, its a high-stakes flight path .. forces me as the student to take on additional consideration, avoid the trees .. through a narrow path. One thing Mischa does stream well, is layer on more to consider from time to time, then relax the layering ... the add it back in. Its teaching me to take on more concurrent activities/workload.
Anybody have tips on affording training? I'm 22 and I work in IT but I've wanted to fly for a very long time. I've had trouble looking for financial assistance that isn't catered to people who already have bigger money.
Proactive vs reactive takes muscle memory experience .The instructor automatically puts this all together the student is trying to understand all of the inputs coming to brain and decide what to do and how much and what to do about it if not completely correct. A very good demonstratin of learning in a trusting environment.
What's also important, what I've noticed during my (still ongoing) training: You don't notice, in the moment, just HOW overloaded your brain is! Some instructor once said "You may know things on the ground, but flying makes you 50% dumber". Well not dumber, but you're much more occupied with things than you notice. In my first flight, even though the instructor was still very hands-on, I was barely able to communicate, even in straight flight! Then, doing circuits, I had just exactly the same experience: Processing what you just heard is hard when you're focussed on flying the damn thing! You hear the words, and it's just easy to let yourself think "yep got it" and forget it before it's even reached your concious mind. Same happens again once you get into the radio work. Talk to ATC no problem in the class room, but when you're flying, you need to try real hard not to forget things, and to process everything ATC tells you. I'm still scared of a more complicated clearance or taxi instruction than I can keep in my head :D
This remind me so much of my student pilot time.
Thanks for not only sharing the beautiful and smooth flights but also training stuff where not everything is running well at first time. Important to keep in mind: Learning to fly definitely takes its time.
It's good to see It's not going to be as easy as it looks in so many other videos. Thanks for this one. I've always wanted to learn but have never taken that first step. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
This one brings back some really great memories. I'm not rotorcraft rated but I have earned a fixed wing private pilot single and multi rating. The first few hours of my primary training in a C-150, I remember my instructor seeming to talk continuously. When the hour was over, I didn't remember one word he had said. We were driving home and he wanted to know if I had any questions, which I didn't, and he seemed kind of disappointed by that. The thing was, I was still overloaded at that point and simply couldn't think. Come the next lesson, after having a day or two to process the experience, I had plenty of questions on the drive to the airport. After a few hours, this became much less of an issue. Given how much more challenging a helicopter is to fly than a fixed wing airplane for a new primary student, I can imagine this scenario going on for quite a while. Great video!
You know your student has been focused and working hard when they start fogging up the window! Haha, @6:15
This was a great video seeing a student learn as we watch finally its not as easy as it looks :)
Great Video and instruction!
Good to see that I am not the only one dealing with the same problems... now being 6h into my training. The learning curve feels like a wall. And this hovering is sooooo hard. But will get there too... someday 🤣
Its hard at the start , lots to do and take onboard , as for the hovering , I was told it will just click one day and sure enough it did, I cant explain it , but I remember one afternoon where it appeared to click , I found a little bit of hover taxiing helped me to understand better the relationship of the controls - you'll Get there , stick at it - nothing better than flying a helicopter !
@@paulbury2366 thx for the encouraging words! You are now the second person telling me about the „click moment“... will watch out for this! Indeed, it was a dream since I was a small boy and turning it now with 40y into reality 🤞🏻
I felt that way for the first six hours .. then between seven and twelve ... it stated to come together .. progress on many skills . not quite there ... but progress felt really good and helped with the self confidence. Keys for me .. are to relax my feet, take the death grip off the cyclic and collective and bond with the aircraft in flight. Smile and have fun.
Love this stuff about this channel, nice work guys
Hi Mischa . I have come across your channel recently and have to say am addicted to it . You are by far the best instructor period. I am a microlight pilot living in the Uk , always wanted to fly helicopters too am considering your flying school as my training camp and a school that i have to drive 2.5 hrs that is the closest schools from where i live a bit of the pain tbh ... as the way i see driving 2.5 hrs each way makes 5hrs of travel every day plus 1 hr of flight 1 hr of brief and some extra time for additional questions we are talking 8 hrs mission every day not sure if i can keep it up for too long may get tired along the training that may put me off in some way ... don't know what to think plus would really want you to train me. Another thing is the covid they all this drama the restrictions etc hard to travel these day in and out of Europe they gonna come up with new covid probably in the next few months name it covid 22 or 25 and impose more restrictions its never easy . Wish you were in the UK. Best wishes buddy you are an amazing guy.👊
Aww thanks man. Well if you can make it to Canada we can get you trained up for a Canadian commercial license in 4 months. You could stay in our student housing that’s 5 minutes away.
@@PilotYellow Hi Buddy thanks for your reply , ill do everything i can to get to you, really wouldn't want to be trained by anyone else the way you explain everything is si clear even for a random person who hasn't got any clue about helicopters like myself. Learned more from your videos in 4 weeks then i learned in 4 years in flying microlights lol its true . One day buddy one day . It will be a dream come tru to fly with you . Best wishes Paul.
@@pablopablito9990 sounds great. Any of our instructors here are as good or better than I am.
@@PilotYellow Not a chance lol training with you or not not training at all 😉😉
That was was very informative, I think it translates into many other activities. THANKS
That was so cool watching the instructor execute the approach so smooth and easy looking..so relaxed .Then when it's the students turn you can tell it's not that easy at all..things got rough.shaky.all over the place.. seems those controls are extremely sensitive.i wish .I dream of being able to afford taking lessons!! I have the money but not the time.and if I get the time then I will run out of the money for not working!! Need to keep saving
Another great insight into training👌 wish you guys had a school in Oz
Love your videos. Would love to come and take some lessons with you.
That looks so fun, yet difficult! One of these days I'll have enough cash flow to afford it! Already have my fixed wing! Mastering instrument approaches for my instrument license was really intense, appears to be similar precision and difficulty.
Can remember when Sanch used to take me there in the 300 You did well 👍
Due to Corona, Still no training flights here in Belgium. last was 3 months agow :-( . I will come and fly a few lessons with you in the future :-D.
Op welk toestel leer je vliegen en waar leer je vliegen ? EBKT ?
@@lieventacq406 R44, EBKW
Last time I was this early I was still to poor to afford a pilots license
It’s tremendously cheaper than a wife and kids ; )
I did my first helicopter lesson today and I got nauseous flying. I get motion sickness on boats and even getting motion sickness when im in a car unless I'm driving the car. Is this something my body will adjust to or won't be as bad when I know how to fly or are some people just doomed to not fly because they can't overcome the motion sickness/nausea?
You should get used to it. I too get sick in the car unless I'm driving. Once you start being able to get more time actually having your hands and feet on the controls an flying id imagine it would work the same way.
It seems that you guys are using the R44 more and more instead of the Guimbal. Is there a cause for this or is my statement wrong?
Wow i wish i explained that to my instructor because he said nothing to me about that and i felt like that i had to be as good as him.
Lovely it
Damm bro, this shit looks tricky
Why choose to depart down the railway line with trees both sides? Looked more open space to your left.
My prior work was in wide open spaces. My using the tracks for the climb out, its a high-stakes flight path .. forces me as the student to take on additional consideration, avoid the trees .. through a narrow path. One thing Mischa does stream well, is layer on more to consider from time to time, then relax the layering ... the add it back in. Its teaching me to take on more concurrent activities/workload.
Dope video
I wish I had the money to do it in Israel. A helicopter flight time costs like a full /90% month's salary.
Misha, if I could possibly do helo training I would definitely choose you!
Steve looks like you might be taller than me.
-Rick
6'4"
I’m 6’6” it must be the helmet that makes you look taller than me when I was sitting next to Mischa.
have you ever hat a engine failure?
No I haven’t
🔥🔥🔥
Your student is TALL for that a/c.
Anybody have tips on affording training? I'm 22 and I work in IT but I've wanted to fly for a very long time. I've had trouble looking for financial assistance that isn't catered to people who already have bigger money.
how tall is Steve?
I'm wondering if I'd even fit in a R22 or R44
6'4 ... maybe 6'3". will be a much better fit in an HX50