Love your simply explained, relaxed delivery videos and instructions. The only problem is not being able to experience the flight, but the clarity and full screen image, along with your easy delivery makes your videos so enjoyable..
Thank you ma’am for the video. Since i was kid i’ve always wnated be a heli pilot and now im 34 your video makes me one step close to my dream thank you! Greetings from TEXAS
I've watched several videos about flying helicopter s and they all just point at the general area so thanks for the more interesting explanation and demonstration I will look out for others thanks Maria
Great video (content and quality-wise)! One thing also worth mentioning is that once you lose ETL, the trim strings start to fall, and from then on they are still of good use since they will indicate where the wind is coming from! Can be nicely evidenced during your approach where you see a windsock to the right (5:23) indicating a light right crosswind, and consequently a little later on the strings are being blown to the left (5:45) shortly before you make your left pedal turn to touch down.
@Maria - Great shoes and, a great video showing the control articulation of the pedals and, the corresponding surface response of the tail rotor! Cheers-
Hello Maria. Greetings from Ireland. I'm a fellow pilot and am really enjoying your videos. They're well produced, interesting and informative without the usual hype and testosterone most flying videos display!! Never heard of the Heli being used as a crop dryer before. But then we don't grow cherries in Ireland. Well done.
I know. The hype is absurd. But apparently a lot of people like it. I think we've been conditioned by reality TV to be on the edge of our seats all the time. I don't fly like that and don't think other pilots should promote flying like that. Thanks!
Interesting, if I ever learn to fly a helicopter, (which is on my bucket list) glad to know the rotor pedals causes the aircraft to yaw in the same direction as rudder pedals an airplane! Thanks for the demo, Maria. Fly safe.
very, very good demonstration and class about the rudder (ups, sorry) anti-torque pedals and what they do in a helicopter, I enjoyed it a lot... looking forward to the next video
Such a great video!! Love watching your channel, the communications, knowledge, and footage quality are all excellent. Flying a helicopter is such an impressive skill and they are incredible machines.
Thanks for sharing these videos. I only have experience in fixed wing aircraft and find this very interesting. I'm always grateful to learn new things 😁
Very cool! Would like to see a full cold start up, zoomed in on the gauges/controls. That way if I had to make a James Bond escape in a Robinson I could..jk.
I have to say this: that scene in a James Bond movie where they dump the helicopter out of a plane and start it in flight is CRAZY IMPOSSIBLE. First, the damn thing would be tumbling like crazy. Second, the pressure of the wind against the stopped/slow blades would bend the blades. Third, they would never get enough RPM up to arrest that descent. The scene makes me cringe. Another impossible James Bond helicopter scene? The one where they're on a motorcycle and a helicopter is using its blades to chop everything in front of it. If a helicopter was pitched that far forward, it would be flying at max speed -- not inching along. And the blades would break before it did any serious damage on the ground. So don't get me started! LOL!
@@FlyingMAir yeah, in the tv series Airwolf, they did a escape from a c-130 in pretty much the same fashion. However there is one bond helicopter scene that is based on real equipment. The one where they have saw blades hanging underneath the chopper cutting everything up. That is real. They use that rig to trim right of ways for power lines in hard to reach areas. Doubt it would cut cars up, but hey Hollywood.
Thank you for being such a good resource of information about helicopters. Always enjoy your point to point flights not possible to me as a fixed winger. Bravo!
THANK YOU. I have never had a complete unrestrained of the purpose of the strings until today. And I never really knew the purpose of the tail stabilizer. But the faster you fly the helicopter wants to fly straight because of it. I knew it had to do something to help the helicopter fly. just did not have a complete understanding on the physics to the helicopter it had.
Superb video, I am building a Lego Technic model of a helicopter with realistic flight control mechanism and your video was very useful. It looks pretty darn challenging and scary to fly a helicopter! Safe travels.
This was really kool Thank you for sharing. I am a native of AZ. Loved the state. But live in Northern CA up in the Truckee and Grass Valley area. I have allways wanted to fly a Helicopter. They do allot of Rice planting here with Helicopters.
I might be wrong, but I think what you’re seeing is the helicopters scaring birds off the rice. A friend of mine does that work. I’ve never heard of planting with helicopters, but I don’t know everything we do with them. 🤷🏻♀️
Hi, Shaun. You might enjoy Matt Sligar's Rice Farming TV channel (th-cam.com/channels/hGgTSaa-uh9u5EQWX4H1Zg.html). Matt is located near Gridley, California. Starting with Video 1 (he's now up to No. 112), he takes you through the day-by-day activities in a rice farmer's life. I've seen light planes and drones in his videos, but no helicopters. (However, other rice farmers may have a use for them, as Maria mentioned.)
Thank you for an informative video Maria. Would like to see more of these. Now if we can get you to mount a camera looking to the rear and looking forward and looking at the gauges, that would be great, but probably not in the budget.
I'm getting a good foothold on the subject! The question is raised that for flying helicopters a light shoe or sneaker is best for getting a better feel, however, military helicopter pilots have to use the boots they are issued n they fly just fine. Is foot wear a big issue? I prefer a light weight shoe like Sketchers, Chuck Taylors, or some decent driving moccasins. Big heavy hiking boots I think may be a problem, add unnecessary weight n may slow down your movements..
OOH! These vids are gonna be fun! I got my SEL in 2011 but the only experience I have in helicopters is what I got from Microsoft Flight Simulator. They seem like too much work!
I assume that only experience in each AC will teach you how much pedal is needed at liftoff, and that if you're far off the mark, you'll spin a bit when you get light on the skids. Is there a standardized direction for rotor system rotation in helicopters, or do some AC require opposite pedal?
Excellent observation and question. One of the reasons we pull pitch slowly to get light on the skids for takeoff is to get a feel for the aircraft to start adding other control inputs. When the helicopter just starts to rise, we’re technically flying and may start to feel lateral drift (controlled with the cyclic) and/or yaw (controlled with the anti-torque pedals). Some helicopters do have blades that rotate the other way and the forces (and intros inputs) are opposite. I never really thought about it, but it would probably be pretty weird for the first few minutes flying a helicopter where the blades spun in the opposite direction.
Actually switching from main rotor blades turning clockwise to blades turning counter clockwise never required any extra attention from me. As you pick the aircraft from the ground you're conditioned to add opposite pedal to control yaw regardless of the direction the main rotor turns.
@@FlyingMAir I googled the rotation direction and it seems that USA and European rotorcraft tend to be opposite. I suppose this is akin to driving on the other side of the road; very weird at first. I drive by the Robinson plant by Zamperini field often and now I think of YOU. (Love the MAir pun)
Hello, Maria Langer and other helicopter pilots. Does a tail rotor auto re-center to it's center position when you release the foot pedal? Or should I ask were they spring loaded so that it will return to center position upon releasing the foot pedal? Does the cyclic spring loaded as well? Does it return to center like those computer joysticks? Thank you in advance.
Thanks for the video, when flying How Can I lose speed to make helicopter steady in the air to get it to the H pad with wright way? Nose up? or another action I have to do?
Nice to see the Wenatchee valley from the air! Quick question....does flying a helicopter after enough training and experience (obviously) become as second nature as driving a car?
So when you make a turn at level flight while moving forward, you rotate with your feet by pressing in with the foot on the outside of the turn and contract on the inside foot while adjusting the collective with your right hand to bank into the turn all while maintaining rpm with your left hand on the throttle... And I thought patting my head while rubbing my belly was hard.
No. You generally do NOT need to use the pedals in a turn while in forward flight at speed. All turns are made with the cyclic in your RIGHT hand. Pedal turns are just for hovering and slow speed maneuvering. The throttle on most helicopters is controlled by an electronic governor (or mechanical correlator or both) so there’s no work for the pilot there. The collective is in your LEFT hand and that’s used to adjust altitude and power. It really isn’t that difficult once you get the hang of it. Hell, even my wasband could do it (to a certain extent).
Once upon a time, when I was part of the Search and Rescue Wing in the Royal Air Force, we had a test pilot who would take a helicopter and "spin" it up the length of the runway, that way he exercised all the flight controls. Is that possible in a Robinson?
Hello Maria, great videos. I have a question: do the pedals in the R22/R44 have a return spring? Or do they auto-center when e.g. in forward flight? And what about the B206 pedals instead?
No, there is no return spring. And there isn't really a "neutral" position in fight. To my knowledge, no helicopter's pedals have a return spring, but others may correct me on that. My experience with different models is limited to R44, R22, Bell 47, Huey, Schweizer 300, Bell 206L Long Ranger, Bell 206B Jet Ranger, Rotorway, and Hughes 500C.
@@FlyingMAir Thank you for the reply! Well with all those models, looks like your experience is not so limited then! I only use a flight simulator at home, and I'm amazed how closely it recreates the real thing, and all the subtle effects of helicopter handling, so much that I can use youtube videos as a reference! Finally let me say that your love and enjoyment of flying and helicopters shines through in each of your videos, and that's really nice to see.
You said about speed. The speed on the cyclic is it the helicopters flying lspeed and you said about throttle on the collective is that throttle for the rotor speed?
Neat i think ive mentioned before that ive ridden in several types of military copters never really watched what the pilots were up to lol but they dod use the pedal turns quite frequently when landing. Chinook helicopters dont have tail rotars like yours cause the blades are counter rotating I've always wondered how they do pedal turns.
On that type of heli the blades rotate in opposite directions to counteract torque. In this configuration a pedal turn is achieved by varying the speed of the rotors so torque is applied more in one direction or the other. Hope that makes sense.
I'm sure you know a lot of this already, so this is mostly for other folks (and fair warning, it won't be detailed and 100% accurate; I just have an interest in how it all works, not a degree): OK, so, in a regular helicopter, the rotor spinning causes an equal and opposite torque on the fuselage below it. It doesn't feel perfectly equal because of differences in mass, etc, but there is an effect that is quite noticeable when you're not on the ground with friction to stop you from turning. The tail rotor is tuned to prevent this when the anti-torque pedals are neutral (within reason); moving the pedals changes the pitch of the tail rotor blades and increases or decreases that force, which then yaws the aircraft left or right. In a counter-rotating setup, the two rotors are rotating in opposite directions at equal speeds which negates that torque applied to the fuselage. To turn in one of these, you need that torque to come into play. You do that by varying how much force one or both of those rotors is applying, which induces that yaw moment. I'm not sure exactly how they do it...But the overall point is that you are varying how much those rotors are actually countering each other, and in doing so create the yaw moment that the design normally eliminates. Anyone who knows more, feel free to correct me.
Love the shoes without strings.. they be funky for sure, way to go girl!!!! I see where your shoe strings goes, for you trim strings on the windscreen... LOL
Great video. You mentioned hovering is a little complicated. Is it because you have to use all controls at once? I live in Houston and see the news helicopters hovering over breaking news events. But I never thought about it or what’s involved.
Yes, hovering is the hardest thing to do -- that's why they teach it first (LOL). The reason is because you're maneuvering all of the controls -- well, the governor controls the throttle -- and every time you move one, you need to move another one. You never stop, but after a while, it becomes automatic. I should mention that a lot of the news helicopters have autopilot that does the high, out-of-ground-effect hovering for them.
I believe I can shed some light on this subject for you. It actually has to do with the tail rotor. The tail rotor is there to counteract the torque of the main rotor. I am going to base my explanation on a counterclockwise rotating main rotor system like the helicopter in this video. So here we go... So we have the main rotor rotating counterclockwise, the torque from the main rotor will cause the fuselage to rotate clockwise, to prevent this, the tail rotor produces thrust that opposes that clockwise rotation. Think of it as a fan back on the tail blowing the fuselage counterclockwise. Now, not only its it blowing the fuselage counterclockwise, it is also blowing the whole aircraft to the right, something we call translating tendency or tail rotor drift. Now to counteract that and to stay in a stationary hover, we need to add left cyclic, which is going to give us a little low left skid attitude. So if flying solo, the pilot being on the right side is going to add more weight to the right side counteracting the low left skid attitude. The main rotor mast is actually tilted a little to the left to help with this as well. Even with all that going on, the helicopter still usually picks up a little lower on the left side.
Many years ago when I was getting all my ratings, I had an old Bell 47 driver tell me the pedals were backwards from a fixed wing aircraft. After watching you do pedal turns I'm not seeing it, and I couldn't see which way the ball went when you threw it out of trim but I'm going to bet it's just like a plane. Step on the ball to bring it back, correct?
That was great Maria, thanks, and question.. if you lost the tail rotor say at 2000 ft, could you save it?...always wanted to know the answer to that..thanks in advance..
You mean if the tail rotor stopped functioning, like it fell off (or was ripped off by a bird strike)? It all depends on whether or not I still have my vertical stabilizer. In forward flight, the vertical stabilizer helps keep the helicopter pointed in the right direction. Emergency procedures say it’s possible to fly at low power settings at at least 70 knots to reach a suitable landing area, then perform an autorotation.
I love you videos, I’m a PPL h, and I’m learning a lot watching them, but I got a question about you tip to keep the pedals neutral with one foot, is this safe on the ground with the rpm at 100%?, and in flight? Instructors told me that it’s ok during cooling down at 60/70%, but never in flight neither on the ground. Thanks!
I've watched a couple or more of your videos and I would like to suggest a pro tip - do a quick hover check right after you come to a hover. A quick glance - rotor, power, green systems. It will probably save you some heartache one day. 6000+ hours, retired military, still flyin"....stay safe...
Just because I don't verbalize my instrument checks doesn't mean I'm not doing them. I've never been a flight instructor and never got into the habit of verbalizing everything I do. Even the verbalizing I do in these videos requires a lot of effort. Just saying.
@@FlyingMAir Sounds good, and I guess I should have said to pause at a hover as well as a quick hover check before you transition to forward flight. In some of your videos you takeoff and immediately start to transition to forward flight. There have been times the pilot has finished the before takeoff checks, decided everything was good, took off and immediately began transitioning to flight and something went sideways. More than one accident (some fatal) could have been prevented if the pilot had hesitated at a hover to quickly confirm the checks that were done before pulling up on that collective. My .02...stay safe...
Do you adjust neutral on the pedals. Like when you touch both pedals with one foot that is true neutral according to the tail rotor. Or is that a mechanic thing during maintenance? I'm going to like this new series of videos. Thanks.
It’s set at the factory. To my knowledge it is never adjusted. For the purpose of flight, there is no true “neutral” for any control. As soon as you make an input on one control you have to make an input on at least one of the others. That’s why hovering is so hard.
I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos, thank you for taking the time to post them! I always thought that you used the pedals to control the intensity of the angle of the helicopter on a turn. I didn’t know you kept them neutral. Is there ever an occasion where you would use the pedals during a turn at flight speed?
I thought I mention in the video that you might use the pedals to do a better coordinate turn in a crosswind situation. I wouldn’t necessarily say the pedals are neutral in turns - we just don’t use the pedals to make turns in flight. Frankly, I’ve been flying the same helicopter so long that I couldn’t really tell you if I use my pedals in a turn. I just add pedal when I need to; at this point, no thought is required.
I flew a B1B for 19744 hours 3000 combat hours. I have always wanted to fly a helo. Nice n slow over the mountains. I have civilian ratings ATP CSEL CSES CMES INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE CFI AIRPLANE CFIIA AIRPLANE CFMEI AIRPLANE AND ADVANCED AND INSTRUMET GROUND INSTRUCTOR. I was told it is pretty easy to get a commercial helo add on. But I would also want CFI HELO AND CFII HELO. any suggestions. Where are you flying outta. I live in Monaco. Marbella Spain London Denver and Malibu.
Love your simply explained, relaxed delivery videos and instructions. The only problem is not being able to experience the flight, but the clarity and full screen image, along with your easy delivery makes your videos so enjoyable..
OH MY GOD this was so useful. Thank you for your service ma'am.
Thank you ma’am for the video. Since i was kid i’ve always wnated be a heli pilot and now im 34 your video makes me one step close to my dream thank you! Greetings from TEXAS
Keep the how to fly videos coming. Great to see how to control your helicopter
Excellent tutorial video. Learnt more than I anticipated just by watching you balance everything so well and explaining it as you go.
You seem very calm and laid back I wish I had you for an instructor! Thanks for sharing!
I've watched several videos about flying helicopter s and they all just point at the general area so thanks for the more interesting explanation and demonstration I will look out for others thanks Maria
Very cool. Looking forward to watching the other 3.
Two of the others are already online. Haven’t done the throttle yet.
Great video (content and quality-wise)! One thing also worth mentioning is that once you lose ETL, the trim strings start to fall, and from then on they are still of good use since they will indicate where the wind is coming from! Can be nicely evidenced during your approach where you see a windsock to the right (5:23) indicating a light right crosswind, and consequently a little later on the strings are being blown to the left (5:45) shortly before you make your left pedal turn to touch down.
Good point about the trim strings.
@Maria - Great shoes and, a great video showing the control articulation of the pedals and, the corresponding surface response of the tail rotor! Cheers-
Hello Maria. Greetings from Ireland. I'm a fellow pilot and am really enjoying your videos. They're well produced, interesting and informative without the usual hype and testosterone most flying videos display!! Never heard of the Heli being used as a crop dryer before. But then we don't grow cherries in Ireland. Well done.
I know. The hype is absurd. But apparently a lot of people like it. I think we've been conditioned by reality TV to be on the edge of our seats all the time. I don't fly like that and don't think other pilots should promote flying like that. Thanks!
Interesting, if I ever learn to fly a helicopter, (which is on my bucket list) glad to know the rotor pedals causes the aircraft to yaw in the same direction as rudder pedals an airplane! Thanks for the demo, Maria. Fly safe.
Short, interesting and to the point. Thanks!
Enjoying your video's AND learning as well. Thanks for sharing.
Your amazing videos relax me so much! Thank you for all your hard work Maria!
Me too...but I got a little tense while hovering at touchdown!
very, very good demonstration and class about the rudder (ups, sorry) anti-torque pedals and what they do in a helicopter, I enjoyed it a lot... looking forward to the next video
Such a great video!! Love watching your channel, the communications, knowledge, and footage quality are all excellent. Flying a helicopter is such an impressive skill and they are incredible machines.
Great how-to-fly video!
Many thanks and greetings from Poland!
Awesome video!! Thank you for taking us along!!!
This is great!! I’ve looked for copter basics vids a long time. Nice!!
Very interesting to see your uploads. I've been always interested in helicopters and you bring your knowlegde very clear, thank you
Thanks for sharing these videos. I only have experience in fixed wing aircraft and find this very interesting. I'm always grateful to learn new things 😁
Thanks for Tech Thursday (on Wednesday). I really enjoyed it.
Very cool! Would like to see a full cold start up, zoomed in on the gauges/controls. That way if I had to make a James Bond escape in a Robinson I could..jk.
I have to say this: that scene in a James Bond movie where they dump the helicopter out of a plane and start it in flight is CRAZY IMPOSSIBLE. First, the damn thing would be tumbling like crazy. Second, the pressure of the wind against the stopped/slow blades would bend the blades. Third, they would never get enough RPM up to arrest that descent. The scene makes me cringe.
Another impossible James Bond helicopter scene? The one where they're on a motorcycle and a helicopter is using its blades to chop everything in front of it. If a helicopter was pitched that far forward, it would be flying at max speed -- not inching along. And the blades would break before it did any serious damage on the ground.
So don't get me started! LOL!
@@FlyingMAir yeah, in the tv series Airwolf, they did a escape from a c-130 in pretty much the same fashion. However there is one bond helicopter scene that is based on real equipment. The one where they have saw blades hanging underneath the chopper cutting everything up. That is real. They use that rig to trim right of ways for power lines in hard to reach areas. Doubt it would cut cars up, but hey Hollywood.
What About Mission Impossible when helicopter is inside tunnel chasing the Bullet train LMAO!!! you gonna say its impossible hahaha!!
I like your Woodstock 50 yr anniversary sneakers.
Good instruction video.
Thank you for being such a good resource of information about helicopters. Always enjoy your point to point flights not possible to me as a fixed winger. Bravo!
awesome video, thanks for your hard work in filming it all for us couch pilots
As a low-timer, I have more trouble with the pedals than any other control. Thanks for the vid!
Excellent video I love helicopters but can not afford to train or fly so thanks for your time in explaining how it works x 😃
Thank you for the video! Looks like so much fun!
THANK YOU. I have never had a complete unrestrained of the purpose of the strings until today. And I never really knew the purpose of the tail stabilizer. But the faster you fly the helicopter wants to fly straight because of it. I knew it had to do something to help the helicopter fly. just did not have a complete understanding on the physics to the helicopter it had.
Superb video, I am building a Lego Technic model of a helicopter with realistic flight control mechanism and your video was very useful. It looks pretty darn challenging and scary to fly a helicopter! Safe travels.
I throughly enjoyed your commentary...nice flying. I will be waiting for your next video. Congratulations on your first! Loved it. Sub added.
This was really kool
Thank you for sharing. I am a native of AZ. Loved the state. But live in Northern CA up in the Truckee and Grass Valley area. I have allways wanted to fly a Helicopter. They do allot of Rice planting here with Helicopters.
I might be wrong, but I think what you’re seeing is the helicopters scaring birds off the rice. A friend of mine does that work. I’ve never heard of planting with helicopters, but I don’t know everything we do with them. 🤷🏻♀️
Hi, Shaun. You might enjoy Matt Sligar's Rice Farming TV channel (th-cam.com/channels/hGgTSaa-uh9u5EQWX4H1Zg.html). Matt is located near Gridley, California. Starting with Video 1 (he's now up to No. 112), he takes you through the day-by-day activities in a rice farmer's life. I've seen light planes and drones in his videos, but no helicopters. (However, other rice farmers may have a use for them, as Maria mentioned.)
I’ve always wanted to fly Helicopters . I fly fix wing . SeaRey just started out not long ago. I have a few vids up flying panhandle Florida .
Marie, Thank you so much for sharing the information!
I had no idea the platform you use was that close to the airport....
Love your channel. Really love your kicks
Excited for the collective/throttle vid.
Thank you for an informative video Maria. Would like to see more of these. Now if we can get you to mount a camera looking to the rear and looking forward and looking at the gauges, that would be great, but probably not in the budget.
Beautiful instructions! Mam, what controls are you using to generate forward flight?
Cyclic. More on that in another video.
@@FlyingMAir Thank you
I'm getting a good foothold on the subject!
The question is raised that for flying helicopters a light shoe or sneaker is best for
getting a better feel, however, military helicopter pilots have to use the boots they
are issued n they fly just fine. Is foot wear a big issue?
I prefer a light weight shoe like Sketchers, Chuck Taylors, or some decent
driving moccasins. Big heavy hiking boots I
think may be a problem, add unnecessary
weight n may slow down your movements..
OOH! These vids are gonna be fun! I got my SEL in 2011 but the only experience I have in helicopters is what I got from Microsoft Flight Simulator. They seem like too much work!
Great video! Thanks for the explanation.
Great video as always, thanks!
Great video! Battery check at 5:36.
That was from the vibration going through ETL. It stayed connected.
The unlimited complement. That looks so easy.....👍
Loved the flight instructional well done as well as safety info 👍👏👍
I assume that only experience in each AC will teach you how much pedal is needed at liftoff, and that if you're far off the mark, you'll spin a bit when you get light on the skids. Is there a standardized direction for rotor system rotation in helicopters, or do some AC require opposite pedal?
Excellent observation and question. One of the reasons we pull pitch slowly to get light on the skids for takeoff is to get a feel for the aircraft to start adding other control inputs. When the helicopter just starts to rise, we’re technically flying and may start to feel lateral drift (controlled with the cyclic) and/or yaw (controlled with the anti-torque pedals). Some helicopters do have blades that rotate the other way and the forces (and intros inputs) are opposite. I never really thought about it, but it would probably be pretty weird for the first few minutes flying a helicopter where the blades spun in the opposite direction.
Actually switching from main rotor blades turning clockwise to blades turning counter clockwise never required any extra attention from me. As you pick the aircraft from the ground you're conditioned to add opposite pedal to control yaw regardless of the direction the main rotor turns.
@@FlyingMAir I googled the rotation direction and it seems that USA and European rotorcraft tend to be opposite. I suppose this is akin to driving on the other side of the road; very weird at first. I drive by the Robinson plant by Zamperini field often and now I think of YOU. (Love the MAir pun)
Hello, Maria Langer and other helicopter pilots. Does a tail rotor auto re-center to it's center position when you release the foot pedal? Or should I ask were they spring loaded so that it will return to center position upon releasing the foot pedal? Does the cyclic spring loaded as well? Does it return to center like those computer joysticks? Thank you in advance.
Thanks for the video, when flying How Can I lose speed to make helicopter steady in the air to get it to the H pad with wright way? Nose up? or another action I have to do?
Nice to see the Wenatchee valley from the air! Quick question....does flying a helicopter after enough training and experience (obviously) become as second nature as driving a car?
I think so.
So when you make a turn at level flight while moving forward, you rotate with your feet by pressing in with the foot on the outside of the turn and contract on the inside foot while adjusting the collective with your right hand to bank into the turn all while maintaining rpm with your left hand on the throttle... And I thought patting my head while rubbing my belly was hard.
No. You generally do NOT need to use the pedals in a turn while in forward flight at speed. All turns are made with the cyclic in your RIGHT hand. Pedal turns are just for hovering and slow speed maneuvering. The throttle on most helicopters is controlled by an electronic governor (or mechanical correlator or both) so there’s no work for the pilot there. The collective is in your LEFT hand and that’s used to adjust altitude and power. It really isn’t that difficult once you get the hang of it. Hell, even my wasband could do it (to a certain extent).
@@FlyingMAir I feel like a boob. LOL
Love your shoes. Thanks for the video!
This video was GREAT. Waiting to see more!
Once upon a time, when I was part of the Search and Rescue Wing in the Royal Air Force, we had a test pilot who would take a helicopter and "spin" it up the length of the runway, that way he exercised all the flight controls. Is that possible in a Robinson?
If you mean hover taxi in a straight line while spinning on the rotor blade axis, yes. It’s a good control exercise. Not easy to do smoothly.
Terrific explanation!!! Thank you!!!!
Hello Maria, great videos. I have a question: do the pedals in the R22/R44 have a return spring? Or do they auto-center when e.g. in forward flight? And what about the B206 pedals instead?
No, there is no return spring. And there isn't really a "neutral" position in fight. To my knowledge, no helicopter's pedals have a return spring, but others may correct me on that. My experience with different models is limited to R44, R22, Bell 47, Huey, Schweizer 300, Bell 206L Long Ranger, Bell 206B Jet Ranger, Rotorway, and Hughes 500C.
@@FlyingMAir Thank you for the reply! Well with all those models, looks like your experience is not so limited then! I only use a flight simulator at home, and I'm amazed how closely it recreates the real thing, and all the subtle effects of helicopter handling, so much that I can use youtube videos as a reference!
Finally let me say that your love and enjoyment of flying and helicopters shines through in each of your videos, and that's really nice to see.
Thanks.
New to the channel.
New to ANYTHING helicopter.
You said about speed. The speed on the cyclic is it the helicopters flying lspeed and you said about throttle on the collective is that throttle for the rotor speed?
Neat i think ive mentioned before that ive ridden in several types of military copters never really watched what the pilots were up to lol but they dod use the pedal turns quite frequently when landing. Chinook helicopters dont have tail rotars like yours cause the blades are counter rotating I've always wondered how they do pedal turns.
On that type of heli the blades rotate in opposite directions to counteract torque. In this configuration a pedal turn is achieved by varying the speed of the rotors so torque is applied more in one direction or the other. Hope that makes sense.
I'm sure you know a lot of this already, so this is mostly for other folks (and fair warning, it won't be detailed and 100% accurate; I just have an interest in how it all works, not a degree): OK, so, in a regular helicopter, the rotor spinning causes an equal and opposite torque on the fuselage below it. It doesn't feel perfectly equal because of differences in mass, etc, but there is an effect that is quite noticeable when you're not on the ground with friction to stop you from turning. The tail rotor is tuned to prevent this when the anti-torque pedals are neutral (within reason); moving the pedals changes the pitch of the tail rotor blades and increases or decreases that force, which then yaws the aircraft left or right.
In a counter-rotating setup, the two rotors are rotating in opposite directions at equal speeds which negates that torque applied to the fuselage. To turn in one of these, you need that torque to come into play. You do that by varying how much force one or both of those rotors is applying, which induces that yaw moment. I'm not sure exactly how they do it...But the overall point is that you are varying how much those rotors are actually countering each other, and in doing so create the yaw moment that the design normally eliminates.
Anyone who knows more, feel free to correct me.
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Great video! Quick and easy understandable.
Great video. You mentioned hovering is a little complicated. Is it because you have to use all controls at once? I live in Houston and see the news helicopters hovering over breaking news events. But I never thought about it or what’s involved.
Yes, hovering is the hardest thing to do -- that's why they teach it first (LOL). The reason is because you're maneuvering all of the controls -- well, the governor controls the throttle -- and every time you move one, you need to move another one. You never stop, but after a while, it becomes automatic.
I should mention that a lot of the news helicopters have autopilot that does the high, out-of-ground-effect hovering for them.
As always...great watch.
love the flying ,but understood 3 miles, it looked more like 5 possibly 6.. anyway , awesome pilot skills ..Wish I had some too... bless you ..
Great class!!! Thanks and please keep sharing so magnificent videos.
I love your Videos! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Nice vid. Why are helicopterpilots mostly sitting on the right side?
I believe I can shed some light on this subject for you. It actually has to do with the tail rotor. The tail rotor is there to counteract the torque of the main rotor. I am going to base my explanation on a counterclockwise rotating main rotor system like the helicopter in this video. So here we go... So we have the main rotor rotating counterclockwise, the torque from the main rotor will cause the fuselage to rotate clockwise, to prevent this, the tail rotor produces thrust that opposes that clockwise rotation. Think of it as a fan back on the tail blowing the fuselage counterclockwise. Now, not only its it blowing the fuselage counterclockwise, it is also blowing the whole aircraft to the right, something we call translating tendency or tail rotor drift. Now to counteract that and to stay in a stationary hover, we need to add left cyclic, which is going to give us a little low left skid attitude. So if flying solo, the pilot being on the right side is going to add more weight to the right side counteracting the low left skid attitude. The main rotor mast is actually tilted a little to the left to help with this as well. Even with all that going on, the helicopter still usually picks up a little lower on the left side.
Many years ago when I was getting all my ratings, I had an old Bell 47 driver tell me the pedals were backwards from a fixed wing aircraft. After watching you do pedal turns I'm not seeing it, and I couldn't see which way the ball went when you threw it out of trim but I'm going to bet it's just like a plane. Step on the ball to bring it back, correct?
Correct!
Great video, thank you!
Please make a video of the startup and shutdown procedures
You can find a good part of it here: th-cam.com/video/FEln0moJB6E/w-d-xo.html
Really nice video, thanks for the demo.
I used to fly model helicopters found this very interesting cheers
What pedals are BEST for helicopter sim?
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IS trim referring to your yaw?
How many yarns to make a helicopter?
Nice instructions ma'am.
That was great Maria, thanks, and question.. if you lost the tail rotor say at 2000 ft, could you save it?...always wanted to know the answer to that..thanks in advance..
You mean if the tail rotor stopped functioning, like it fell off (or was ripped off by a bird strike)? It all depends on whether or not I still have my vertical stabilizer. In forward flight, the vertical stabilizer helps keep the helicopter pointed in the right direction. Emergency procedures say it’s possible to fly at low power settings at at least 70 knots to reach a suitable landing area, then perform an autorotation.
@@FlyingMAir Ok, thank you very much..
Can you explain how the “Governor” works in your Helicopter? Also maybe a video on how the clutch works ?
Very good video ty
I love you videos, I’m a PPL h, and I’m learning a lot watching them, but I got a question about you tip to keep the pedals neutral with one foot, is this safe on the ground with the rpm at 100%?, and in flight? Instructors told me that it’s ok during cooling down at 60/70%, but never in flight neither on the ground. Thanks!
I wouldn’t do this in flight. At 100% RPM on the ground, it should be okay.
Thankyou, this was fascinating
I've watched a couple or more of your videos and I would like to suggest a pro tip - do a quick hover check right after you come to a hover. A quick glance - rotor, power, green systems. It will probably save you some heartache one day. 6000+ hours, retired military, still flyin"....stay safe...
Just because I don't verbalize my instrument checks doesn't mean I'm not doing them. I've never been a flight instructor and never got into the habit of verbalizing everything I do. Even the verbalizing I do in these videos requires a lot of effort.
Just saying.
@@FlyingMAir Sounds good, and I guess I should have said to pause at a hover as well as a quick hover check before you transition to forward flight. In some of your videos you takeoff and immediately start to transition to forward flight. There have been times the pilot has finished the before takeoff checks, decided everything was good, took off and immediately began transitioning to flight and something went sideways. More than one accident (some fatal) could have been prevented if the pilot had hesitated at a hover to quickly confirm the checks that were done before pulling up on that collective. My .02...stay safe...
Good video. Thank you, Maria.😊. P.S.Next time - warn us before hand so we’re not scared by those hideous shoes...LOL😆
Hey! Some people LIKE those shoes!
Your a good teacher not that I need to know but it’s good to know thanks
Great stuff...my dream is to be a heli pilot...but money.....cant afford it....fan of your vids......
I flew helicopters almost 40 years. Regardless of the money required it was the most fun I ever had with my pants on.
Great explanation/demonstration!.
Thanks!…
Do you adjust neutral on the pedals. Like when you touch both pedals with one foot that is true neutral according to the tail rotor. Or is that a mechanic thing during maintenance? I'm going to like this new series of videos. Thanks.
It’s set at the factory. To my knowledge it is never adjusted. For the purpose of flight, there is no true “neutral” for any control. As soon as you make an input on one control you have to make an input on at least one of the others. That’s why hovering is so hard.
In this Vid where is your GP3 mounted for that inflight PiP view?
Hi, Mike. Maria always covers this type of information in the description.
Great video
So does the main rotor move up and down like the anti torque rotor
The blades change pitch. I'll do a video about the cyclic and collective so you can see it.
I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos, thank you for taking the time to post them!
I always thought that you used the pedals to control the intensity of the angle of the helicopter on a turn. I didn’t know you kept them neutral. Is there ever an occasion where you would use the pedals during a turn at flight speed?
I thought I mention in the video that you might use the pedals to do a better coordinate turn in a crosswind situation. I wouldn’t necessarily say the pedals are neutral in turns - we just don’t use the pedals to make turns in flight. Frankly, I’ve been flying the same helicopter so long that I couldn’t really tell you if I use my pedals in a turn. I just add pedal when I need to; at this point, no thought is required.
Oh, you did mention adding pedal in cross winds. Sorry, I forgot about that. Thanks for the information.
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Awesome video, thanks
Thank you for good vids
I flew a B1B for 19744 hours 3000 combat hours. I have always wanted to fly a helo. Nice n slow over the mountains. I have civilian ratings ATP CSEL CSES CMES INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE CFI AIRPLANE CFIIA AIRPLANE CFMEI AIRPLANE AND ADVANCED AND INSTRUMET GROUND INSTRUCTOR. I was told it is pretty easy to get a commercial helo add on. But I would also want CFI HELO AND CFII HELO. any suggestions. Where are you flying outta. I live in Monaco. Marbella Spain London Denver and Malibu.
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