buckeyefarmer
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Flying a Helicopter?
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Saw these saturday.
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Can't remember which is which, but, there are two versions of the Chinook, CH47 and CH46. One has single nose wheel and is used by Navy/Marines. One has two nose wheels and is used by Army.
When you need it, nothing sound better than approaching Cobra gun ship or a Huey.
When you need it, nothing sound better than approaching Cobra gun ship or a Huey.
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I had a friend who took me up in a two seater glider once. It was very, very cool, but I was surprised at how noisy it was, simply because of the wind.
I have also been up in a small plane, most recently when we circumnavigated the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The scenery was spectacular, but I was so "seasick" by the end of the ride that I had to lay down for an hour! Will never do that again, but I would love to ride in a helicopter. Is it really less obnoxious in terms of the effects on your stomach? That is what I've heard, namely that a helo shakes you up but you don't get those long ups and downs which are what really upsets the vestibular system and makes you seasick in a small plane. Any comments?
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I am a flight instructor CFII, commercial pilot, advanced ground instructor and instrument ground instructor. I do not have rotor.
Flying fixed wing is something that requires lots of time and practice only because everyone grows up riding in cars and therefore it comes naturally. Since most have never been in a cockpit everything has to be learned over and over. You practice with a flight instructor till you get it right and then you practice till you can't get it wrong.
You can learn in a typical nose gear vs taildragger requires about the same time from someone with zero time. It's not harder, just different.
As a side note I had a student that threw up every time we went up. Flights usually last around an hour and later on a little more. He it took a while to get that amount of time before he would throw up. He was persistent and ended up getting certified and is flying to this day. I learned, from him, doughnuts and coffee are the worst to hurl up in a cockpit. Orange juice the best. It smells the same going down as it does coming up...be kind to your Flight Instructor.
Flying fixed wing is something that requires lots of time and practice only because everyone grows up riding in cars and therefore it comes naturally. Since most have never been in a cockpit everything has to be learned over and over. You practice with a flight instructor till you get it right and then you practice till you can't get it wrong.
You can learn in a typical nose gear vs taildragger requires about the same time from someone with zero time. It's not harder, just different.
As a side note I had a student that threw up every time we went up. Flights usually last around an hour and later on a little more. He it took a while to get that amount of time before he would throw up. He was persistent and ended up getting certified and is flying to this day. I learned, from him, doughnuts and coffee are the worst to hurl up in a cockpit. Orange juice the best. It smells the same going down as it does coming up...be kind to your Flight Instructor.
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If you didn't go to military helicopter flight school, forget it, you'll kill yourself. HS
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I had an uncle who made one for himself. It was a time when Popular Science had small helicopter and gyrocopter kits advertised in the back pages. He thought the kits were too expensive. So he made one from scratch. He wanted it to scout old mining claims in Arizona. For the test flight he chained it down so it could only get a foot off the ground. One of my other uncles was there to help. He started it up and took it up to the limits of the chains held it there then brought it down. Then he climbed out said "too e**ing scary" and immediately started taking it apart. That was it for the helicopter.