Robinson R22 Quick Stops and Low Level Turns

[oceansdoor1]

It's shakin like a Model T

[glysik]

The video is great. I haven't seen one yet that is able to also capture the collective. I'd love to see the pedals, the cyclic, AND the collective at the same time. Thanks for sharing!

[Neuguy69]

Why is everybody complaining? Sound works fine

[cdcomcard]

thanks for the comment. There was sound but I had trouble with my BoseX headset and it all came out garbled, which was a shame as my instructors comments were excellent training.

[misterperfekt1001]

nice video ,why isn"t there any sound?

[bakkerrich1979]

if you look at statistics....you might notice that helicopters are safer than planes...safer than cars....safer than walking in fact. what you should really fear is iatrogenic death (when doctors make mistakes). Iatrogenesis causes +- 225,000 deaths per year in the United States. About 115 people die every day in vehicle crashes in the United States.

[schmitti9]

jop!

[crferrara]

@stevebailey69 The left pedal is actually to pay off the torque of the rotor against the fuselauge. (sorry, english is not my native tounge). Anyways, the pedal raises the angle of the tail rotor's blades, causing the helicopter to change directions in low speeds, taxi's and whatknot. When you are flying up high at about 70knots, you barley use your pedals do to the horizontal and vertical stabalizers.

[cdcomcard]

@stevebailey69 That's correct, I can't remember the wind speed on that day but it took a little correction.

[stealhty1]

@cdcomcard i think its more like an change in torque

as you move the collective

[ratz600]

what do u do in it muster

[cdcomcard]

Flare!

[xav233]

it's a shaky airframe

[cdcomcard]

@xav233 , it may look it but it's just the camera bracket movement. It's mounted on the headset hook which on the R22 is quite flimsy.

[xav233]

thanks

[LiveAfterDeath69]

Thanks for the info guys

[LiveAfterDeath69]

roughly how much does it cost for a PPL in helicopters? looks like a lot of fun

[charlieechovictor]

You should go to you're local flight school and ask them.

;-)

[LiveAfterDeath69]

just did this weekend, seems pretty do-able for me.

[razorx71]

around 15,000 where i'm from.

[LiveAfterDeath69]

thanks, its about the same for me too

[motokid032]

It depends, a commercial certificate is roughly around $65,000

[motokid032]

Usually around $20-25,000

[artemis92400]

hello, around 18000 / 20000 € so in $ a bit more or équivalent ?!

[circumcised8]

mayb you should try to land a few times under 40ft to see if you could really put the machine on the ground safe?

[tornadowilkes]

This was always my favourite lesson, its the strangest thing trying to fly the airspeed indicator for the turn into wind, rather than trying to judge speed based on how fast the ground appears to be going when so low.

[mxpenguin]

getting down low really is teh most fun. today we flew up and down and all around and in between foothills at 60-80 knots 20'-30' off the ground. most fun i've had yet.

[xlqex]

Why the fish-eye lens?

[spidey692003]

Anyone who flys the 22 can fly anything pretty much! I learnt on the R22 then jumped to the R44 and love them both, but yes you gotta get the autos right in the R22, but if u worry about crashing all time then dont be a pilot, drive a bus instead.

[SkYBOSS]

lol... agreed!

[kajsing]

Agreed... i jumped to R44 and a Bell206L, and i did'nt belive how easy it was to make fulldowns compaired to the R22

[brinkmanheli]

300c way better then a robinson safer by far. if the engine fails you have to be spot on with the robinson the schweizer well from experience of having an engine fail. It does good.

[swatz85]

The problem is if the single engine fails in low altitude... Bye bye pilots...

[xxGH05TX]

You don't fly helicopter's if your afraid to crash my friend.

[cessnaclub]

@xxGH05TX Well im sorry to tell you but you have to have some fear otherwise you are just a recless pilot.....

[minotaur878]

So you would want to crash then. If you are not apprehensive of the risk, you would indeed have a very high chance of crashing! That cyclic is so sensitive trust me, I've basically flown the bigger version of this in a lesson.

[supasquirrel2000]

Easiest to fly?? Yep those low inertia blades sure make it easy to fly.

[cdcomcard]

correctamundo..! Fast reflexes are the order of the day!

[raduboy19]

it is the eseyest helicopter to fly!!an the most cheaper.

[SjSchwellenbach]

ummm NOOOO

[nais26]

I'm learning in a schweizer 300c

[cdcomcard]

what's the schweizer 300c like to fly?

[nais26]

I've only flown the 300c so i can't really compare to anything else... but the cyclic, collective and anti-torque inputs are pretty smooth, I've lately been doing hovering, Spot turns, Turns about the tail and the nose, Taxiing and (Just 2 days ago) Transitions, Can't wait to be as good as my instructors... I really think (Lucky enough as I am) I'm living my dream!Never tried a robinson... But more than likely that will come soon!

[nais26]

I have just bought a video camera and am making a mount to sit in the chopper as i learn so stay tuned... I've been a member of youtube for so long now, It's about time I got off my butt and made some vids... I've seen a few of your vids now, I'm gonna do the same... Stay tuned!

[TrueAiR]

why no sound???

[cdcomcard]

Yes you are correct..! It's been said that if you can fly a Robinson R22 you can fly anything. There's a steep learning curve when you first start, trying to hover one in the early stages is quite frustrating as it's very difficult. You soon pick it up though, then you can concentrate on honing your skills.

[greatdaine]

these are very hard to fly