Hovering a Helicopter is Hilariously Hard - Smarter Every Day 145
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I’m a helicopter pilot. Like anything else, hovering just takes practice. It seems really hard at first but it only took 2-3 lessons to get it down and then it seemed as easy as riding a bike.
its like recoil control
It's not that difficult. Why are you trying to crush future pilots' dreams. Just because you can't do it, doesn't mean it's difficult for others. Jerk.
where are them "came in my recommendations" comments at
I would let the expert do it first for safety.😊
Imagine being a stick enjoying your day and some random helicopter stomps on you TWICE
The new helicopters should implement a system where you can control the entire helicopter like a normal game... Just have a screen with a mouse and some WASD keys Lol.
...1 foot off the ground
love the nervous laughter. 😂
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You should watch FlyingMAir as she blows off cherries in Washington with her R22.
Waaay back in flight school, after learning the basics in the T-34, we headed to Whiting Field for rotary wing training in TH-57s. The instructors would take us to outlying fields near Milton, where large squares were painted on the ground. I can't remember any student winning that 'case of beer' from the instructor if they could keep the bird in the box on the first try. But bit by bit over a period of a couple of hours....cyclic-collective-pedals...and in that order and one on top of the other...it finally clicks. Nothing was more satisfying than after moving on from this stair step training and additional knowledge, to actually look forward to full auto rotations from altitude, cut guns while in an air taxi. Nr is LIFE!!! So much energy stored in the (rotating) head. That knowledge confirmed when after shooting a full autorotation, engine still at idle, and the instructor has you THEN pick the bird up into a five foot hover. Best when done on a cooler day when you don't have a full bag of gas...but it could be done. Awesome memories.
After over 140 fatal crashes in recent years, Robinson helicopters are banned in my country for being unsafe.
also the ground effect makes it like 1000x more difficult than just flying a helicopter...
Like flying an airplane. The throttle controls altitude and the elevator controls airspeed.
Just press "X". Much easier flying with M&K
3:54 I was in the middle of solving one when he said that.
I know this is old but Battlefield 1942 DC Combat mod Helicopters taught you this but harder lol.. Constantly I mean constantly working the controls.. Tail rotor, power, side to side tilt and forward and back tilt.. Obviously I don't know the terms but it took people weeks and weeks to get good at it. Man I miss that because when they came out with BF2 and onward they were just watered down casual gameplay mechanics. I knew people that practiced for months and still couldn't fly them in Desert Combat mod.
My instructor just said to me don't do anything, react to what the Helicopter is doing .
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Hang on while i google how much this training costs.... i have always wanted to fly a heli.
I’m flying helicopters for over 40 years and certanly can say thay you got skills to be a helicopter pilot if you want. Congrats!
"It has it's up and it's downs" LOL!
So all that work I put into Battlefield 4 should still help though right?
I have learned to hover and fly radio controlled helis. I never had the advantage of sitting in the pilot's seat and all controls were normal. I bet I could find the hover button on a full size Robinson in less than 30 seconds. I bet I could solo a Robinson in 2 hours or less of instruction!!
I went for a discovery flight last year. So much fun! The controls are extremely sensitive! I was able to fly it but not hover. I was told it takes 3 to 5 hours to learn to hover.
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5:00 is the exact moment i understood how stupidly amazing is the concept of helicopter.
Dude I know you probably won't see this but I appreciate that you take the time to make these videos. They are very informative and you always explain the information simply so that everyone can comprehend. I also love that you include a Bible verse at the end of each video as well. Keep up the good work!
rubiks cube = helicopter
Just push auto hover and it's done, no video necesary!👌
Rocket League players watching this: We feel you man, aerials are hard af to control.
So, this is basically the flying version of bicycle.
I take it that more advanced helicopters do more automation for you, e. g. if you want to go up and raise the rotor speed or angle of attack for the main rotor, they also automatically change the other parameters to stabilize everything?
Michelle: *"Oh, just so you know, I'm a little bit more hands off."* Destin: *"So that basically means if I get myself into a pilot-induced "oscillation", there won't be any help?"* Michelle: *"You're gonna have to figure it out on your own."* The double entendre's were flying too, that day.
It's a balancing act kind of similar to flying a drone. If you lack decent hand/eye coordination in general, it's gonna be very very difficult. Unless you're able to find an instructor who's willing to commit to some heavy hours.
lol just press x and use autohover noob
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My instructor told me treat the aircraft as a women. Be gentle
I can fly a helicopter in Rust so I’m sure I can fly a real one too.
Try flying rc 3d helicopters. They can litterally fly in any direction and orientation (upside down, side to side. .) Lots of hand eye coordination plus the thinking of opposite steering from a fixed position. SEprom 3d rc helicopters and you will see how crazy it can be
Well now I wanna fly a helicopter
I held my first Hover in a R22 at three Hours, can't explain it but what seems impossible just suddenly clicks.
I was convinced when I had the opportunity that I could hover a helicopter, it was so hard! The only thing I can approximate it to was balancing a spinning basket ball on my finger, very hard. And that would only cover the cyclic stick! Once you add collective and rudder, it’s like doing a Rubiks cube and balancing spinning baseball on your finger!
Don’t helicopters always hover? 🤔
The 60s batman tilting of the camera tells you its Destin at the controls lol
Wish I could try. I know id be a natural.
I believe it. I can't even make it through the intermediate course in GTA 5.
Even my small RC heli is as simple as "up to go up", "left to yaw left", it has software that counteracts all coupled movements for me. Making it exactly as you would expect, (like a video game). And I assume military or commercial planes/helis do this to a certain extent as well. It just easier and pretty simple to implement. Of course for training you would want pilots that could fly manually with all the coupled movements, but you wouldn't want them to have to do it in all situations (200 passengers, dangerous combat zones).
Where the full length video riding it?
Specifically the one where you can see the beach and ocean!
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F-35 : hold my automatic hover mode.
I basically learned to fly helicopter by flying rc. I learned 3d smack flying. Can fly inverted, tic to, piro flip... got pretty good. Been awhile now.
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Now I wanna learn how to fly a helicopter
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Hovering a helicopter is way easier than riding a backwards bike
I did 80 hours in planes I no what u mean about the buz once u get it u get hooked just wanna be in the air all the time
I thought the first instructor was airforceproud95 for a while
Why do they tie a peice of yarn on the front though?
"Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them." - Psalm 111;2 (ESV) Great verse, Destin 😀
Is the instructor control reversed? I think it is, at least in one dimension.
Actually, hovering a heli can be ridiculously easy. It just depends on the kind of heli.
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My right foot is better than all of you
I will never understand why these videos get dislikes. This content is AMAZING!
I flew a Robinson R22 the controls are so sensitive its almost like all you do is think about it and it moves. Hover not so bad just getting used to torque pedals not easy on first try.
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Proud to say I hovered a Schweizer 269 during my 30 min introductory flight. The repeated failure to land on the trolly at the end of the lesson didn't make for a satisfying end of lesson and I eventually stopped.
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Makes me remember flight school. The hover was the deal breaker for many students. Once you got it, you felt like King Kong.
Student Pilot: "You have the craziest job in the world..." Helicopter Instructor: "It has its ups, and its downs..." Pundemonium. Best one I've heard in a while hahahaha.
I've always loved helicopters 🚁 but know nothing about flying them. Very interesting 👌 👍
It reminds me playing DCS Gazelle simulator for the first time.
In a previous job, I had the pleasure of meeting a few of the coolest chopper jockeys in the world. Even when a student came in hard and wrecked the landing gear, it's OK, we're driving a desk for the next few days filling out paperwork. Absolutely nothing bothered them. Many were from the Vietnam war era and had been pilots there... it takes a special breed to master helicopters.
the propellers on a helicopert are to keep the pilot cool not to fly the helicoper i say that cuz when they stop the pilot starts swetting
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The best experience I had for practicing to hover a helicopter is an RC helicopter hahaha
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Pfft, in unturned we just use left-shift
just dont press any movement keys lol
I don’t know why but he has the same watch as I have
Yeah... Michelle definitely has much less trust than the other instructors... Her hand barely left the vicinity of that stick anytime you were close to the ground.
“It’s like trying to stand up on a bicycle while standing completely still”
This is like me trying to learn how to fly a helicopter in rust. Lol. Lots of impacts later and I about got it down. Lol
So cool always wanted to learn to fly. Helicopters make me super nervous tho even tho I know they can be safer in crash scenarios w experienced pilots
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OMG the same type of heli crashed in my neighborhood and two died...
Was the Huey more difficult? Especially increase throttle physical push pedal to keep straight?
4th control system of... throttle. Make a change there requires changes to another or possibility 2 control points.
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Me in gta 5 for the first time flying a cargo bob
Not as hard as hovering an airplane
I took lessons in an R22 in Honolulu, Hawaii a few years ago and had the hardest time hovering until the instructor told me to look at the horizon - Bam! It was so easy after that. Why didn't you tell me that at the start??? And moving the controls is like driving a car at 70mph, you don't move the wheel drastically to change lanes you make a slight turn of the wheel.