Lesson on How to Hover a Helicopter

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Step by step instruction of how to hover a helicopter. At the beginning of the flight I realized my Bose headset was out of batteries, so hence my little frustration.

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[tinyman12323]

I thought your stupposed to say "clear prop"

[michaelmiller85]

@tinyman12323 The biggest thing is to make sure the area is clear. "Clear Prop" is more on the airplane side of things, at least that is my take.

[caioghiotto]

I got a question here... Is ok to turn on the helicopter with the clutch engaged? Either R22 or 300CB? I've seen other videos where its done with a r44. What this be bad?

PS: BTW the guy passing behind WTF.

[michaelmiller85]

On the R22 and R44, if everything is working correctly you should not be able to start the engine with the clutch switch engaged. There is a starter lockout to prevent that from happening. Depending on the aircraft and how the belts are tensioned, the blades may start to slowly move as you start the aircraft even before engaging the clutch.

You shouldn't start it with the belts fully engaged. It puts huge amounts of stress on the starter and ring gear.

[clintcollins]

PERFECT example of how NOT to approach a running helicopter. the guy at 0:51 coming up from behind and running up to the cockpit! What the heck was that all about??? Not smart! IMHO

[jhughes2013]

never approach a helicopter from the rear

[blinkandpearl]

nice

[fuji2failo]

i am trying learn how to hover my 4 ch Rc heli :-) 

[minotaur878]

I had a go at hovering, it was really hard. Next time I'll really give it a more precise go

[shoado]

Nicely done, looking into learning to fly. Very informative video!

[MetalMonarchy]

@homeworkhater00 ....how do you hover a heli 2 feet off the ground....well how do you hover a heli period? you can hover a helicoper 1 inch off the ground if you know how to do it

[thegenrl]

know what would be cool? if you had one person do the stick and one do the collective. 

[LVCMS]

amazing to see how little you need to move the controls

[doohan12345]

Very good video, might help me with my hover skills :-)

[CondilizaRice]

@pilotman322 buy the R44 from the ONLY robinson factory in the world located in cali, or you can buy one from a local dealer. plan on spending well over $250,000 for an R44

[homeworkhater00]

how do you just hover 2ft off the ground. how do you do that. someone msg me a very simple explaination