@youdirtyarab before landing on a confined area you do high reconnaissance. That means you will overfly the landing spot. Right at the end of this particular approach you can see a windsock, indicating that the wind is coming from the forn. I checked this windsock when overflying the landing spot short before approach so I could plan the approach. If there is no windsock, you can
- look for flags (indicating wind direction)
- look at the surface of a river or lake ...continued below
- check nearby trees and look in which direction they bow
- check surface wind in weather report if you know where you are going to land in advance
- if you have none of these things, make sure you have the "right picture" on approach, which means: if you are on final and your airspeed indicator shows a much lower airspeed than it should be, the wind is most likely coming from behind
did my training about ten years ago in the U.S., private=> commercial => certified flight instructor (CFI). I flew the minimum required amount of hours and altogether this biggest adventure of my life cost me roughly 43.000 U:S. Dollars.....
It was worth the fun :-)
If you want to become a commercial Helicopter Pilot, make sure to have learned another job that will bring you and your family through winter time in case you are laid off!
Who was holding the camera?
Chopper894 8 months ago
how do you determine where the wind is coming from on an approach like this?
youdirtyarab 8 months ago
@youdirtyarab before landing on a confined area you do high reconnaissance. That means you will overfly the landing spot. Right at the end of this particular approach you can see a windsock, indicating that the wind is coming from the forn. I checked this windsock when overflying the landing spot short before approach so I could plan the approach. If there is no windsock, you can
- look for flags (indicating wind direction)
- look at the surface of a river or lake ...continued below
heloaddicted 8 months ago
@you.....
- check nearby trees and look in which direction they bow
- check surface wind in weather report if you know where you are going to land in advance
- if you have none of these things, make sure you have the "right picture" on approach, which means: if you are on final and your airspeed indicator shows a much lower airspeed than it should be, the wind is most likely coming from behind
hope this helped...if not, feel free to ask :-)
heloaddicted 8 months ago
why this music? brrr
iggiguggi 1 year ago
It took me awhile to figure out where you were going to land. Its got to be fun to land in someones backyard........Cool!
askcaptainscott 1 year ago
It took me awhile to figure out where you were going to land. Its got to be fun to land in someones backyard........Cool!
askcaptainscott 1 year ago
How much money roughly for a Commercial Heli License?
motokid032 1 year ago
did my training about ten years ago in the U.S., private=> commercial => certified flight instructor (CFI). I flew the minimum required amount of hours and altogether this biggest adventure of my life cost me roughly 43.000 U:S. Dollars.....
It was worth the fun :-)
If you want to become a commercial Helicopter Pilot, make sure to have learned another job that will bring you and your family through winter time in case you are laid off!
heloaddicted 1 year ago
nice
gluca90 1 year ago