Ground School: Hover Training, Part 2 - 2015/04
Part one of this hover training series (December 2014 issue) detailed all of the control techniques required to maintain a stationary hover. This issue’s article builds on that knowledge by applying the crawl-walk-run approach to learning how to hover in the shortest amount of time.
Ground School
As the saying goes, some of the most rewarding activities are often the most challenging, and learning to fly helicopters often fits into that category. Indeed, merely hovering a helicopter has been compared to trying to balance a marble on top of a bowling ball, so those who become successful heli pilots have something to be proud of.
MASTERING THE IMMELMANN AND CUBAN 8
As soon as a pilot has become proficient performing loops and rolls, the different ways that loop and roll elements can be combined are practically infinite. This article applies the timeless efficiency of the crawl-walk-run process to the Immelmann turnaround and the Cuban 8.
Mastering Takeoffs 2013/07
Rather than rehashing an ideal
takeoff scenario, my goal is to
explain the reasons why certain
pilots routinely perform perfect
takeoffs regardless of the type of
airplane they fl y, and at the same time,
provide pilots with simple solutions to
avoid several common takeoff mistakes.
Mastering the Landing Approach-2013/04
Lessons in proactive flying
vs. reactive flying
