R22 Startup

Instructor and myself preparing for flight out of KVNY.

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[colin5016]

Very good wheres this???

Colin...UK Pilot

[fr8ycat]

Van Nuys, California.

[IronOvercast]

Is this the one they crashed in piru?

[fr8ycat]

Noth that I'm aware of. It was retired shortly after my checkride.

[christychackojohn]

Hey is that school is twin air helicopters/

[fr8ycat]

Yes.

[bigblockz8]

I LOVE that clutch noise! Best part of the start imo

[Satchmo10th]

@TaRAAASHBAGS They have doors. They're just optional. I usually choose not to fly with them because it gives you a bit of extra space as well as extra air through the cabin.

[TaRAAASHBAGS]

I hate the R22s... The fact that they don't have doors scares the hell outta me...

[DillA380pilot]

@TsuKing Ok, that sounds great! Il try my best to find one :)

Thanks for the advise :)

[TsuKing]

@DillA380pilot

"what didgits to press and what leavers to pull"

You might want to have a look around on the internet for the R22 Pilot's Operating Handbook. I had a look myself but I couldn't find it, except places where to buy one. When you go fly a R22 you would need to know most of the stuff in it by heart anyway. There is time to do that while doing the flying course, but I guess you could start early. Just don't go flying without a license :P

[DillA380pilot]

@TsuKing Ha ha thats amazing! I would love to fly r22's and Im trying to find out how to do it, but thats all I want is a written list of what didgits to press and what leavers to pull but what ever web site I look at its just never there. I think it would be good to know how to start one bacause in the flying lession I wont get confused when the instructor tells me what to do:)

Oh well I hope somebody who knows reads this comment and writes back:)

Untill then I am clueless:)

[TsuKing]

@DillA380pilot

it gets so terrible hot in there with the doors closed on a summers day. If you knew how hot, you would gladly take the doors off too :) Can't have any loose articles in the cabin though or they could fly out and hit the tail rotor. During sling operations you take one door off so you can stick your head out the window to look at the load under the helicopter. Yes even in winter :) Very cold.

[csapilot1]

It is so smal :-D

[DillA380pilot]

I can believe they sometimes fly those things without doors, I mean what if the pilot forgot about the seat-bealt

[r3d3r3d3r3d3]

Ah the good old HP... man, screw those Betas and their higher-than-thou tails. :D

[fannybaba]

V BELTS!!!??? you mean like a cheap upside down ride on mower. is it a briggs and stratton engine? i wouldnt fly in one of them.

[alanbstard4]

turbines are easier. The R22 was designed as a cheaper, less expensive learing machine

[Data1701E]

The R22 was designed for ease of learning and ease of flight. It is small, but for a first timer they are a LOT of fun.

[conradragzoff]

Holy yikes, there's not enough room for your d**k in there!

[AussieAviator]

Is it radio controlled ? ;-)

[22640cal]

love that sound when the vee belts tighten, and the govenor takes it above 80%

[headstockfagburn]

some vids don't show this

[headstockfagburn]

At last a low RRPM horn check 4.54!

[motokid032]

Notice the K in front of the Airport ID?

[emforty2]

i saw a cyclist on a bike flipped in an airport parking lot in Canada

[speedbird6431]

One of those flipped over at my airport. (CYBW) Calgary, Canada