Nah, there’s an instructor in with you giving one to one. And he lets you find the limits… obvs if you drive like a tit, he’ll pull you up … my son got bollocked…
Has anyone ever tried one of those " Trial lesson in a helicopter " offers ? ..... they usually cost north of £400 per hour ..... on a par with " Rent a Ferrari for a day " . It's generally a con ..... you are not actually going to be getting any hands-on experience , and nor are you going to be getting much of "a lesson " ...... The main beneficiary is the pilot , because if he doesn't log enough flying hours each year , he has to get certified all over again . PS - when I started typing this I'm sure that I had a point to make .... ..... but I'm damned if I can remember what it was now .
I only have a pic taken on the return journey. I did have a few taken outside the headquarters, but dunno where they are now, was a while ago. Thread drift...
The best colour. I have a hankering (unlikely to be fulfilled) of a mid 70s air cooled 911 in Orange.
What ? .... just because there isn't a magic wand visible ? That doesn't prove anything ! ...... [..... but just kidding around here ]
I travel in helicopters a lot. And sometimes in the front seat. I watch the pilot like a hawk when taking off and landing and also try to figure out all the instruments- there’s a lot. I’ve concluded that flying a helicopter is tricky and something I’d only have a crack at under very close supervision.
Ha-ha-ha... tell me about it..... Sometimes I think I'm entering what I call the 'goldfish zone'. Ooo look a castellated arch, swim swim, ooo look a castellated arch, swim swim, ooo look a... and repeat ad nauseam.
Really ? Here's a brief guide in three easy steps .... 1] the left hand is on the "collective" ..... it's just like the handbrake on a car , except it has a bike-style twist-grip which controls the engine revs , and pulling it up or down controls the pitch of the rotor blades ( to vary the thrust ) 2] the right hand holds the "cyclic" ..... pull back and the helicopter climbs .... push left and it banks left 3] As for your feet , they are only controlling the tail rotor speed ..... there's no clutch , brakes etc ..... ..... push with the left foot and the tail swings to the left Think back to your very first attempts at a hill start , or a three-point turn , or even parking in a tight space ! You mastered all of them eventually ...... didn't you ? FFS - prince Andrew managed flying a helicopter just fine ..... ...... and he comes from a family of extraordinarily thick people !
Exactly so ! Just like the Chinook ...... twin main rotors , counter-rotating . so a tail rotor is unnecessary ( and totally pointless ) but an interesting point historically ..... Sikorsky and Kamov blazed a trail in helicopter design that continues to this day .
