Chaz Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hi everyone .. I have now 13.1 hrs now .. Still fighting to hovering issues .. But loving every minute of it .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldy Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hi everyone .. I have now 13.1 hrs now .. Still fighting to hovering issues .. But loving every minute of it .. Oh ! THAT kind of pot stirring ! I am soooo much better at the other kind ! I remember having 13 hours, I think it was in 1989, but I remember it ! Just realize you are not doing anything wrong...you just arent feeling the ship move and reacting fast enough. The faster the reaction time, the smaller input you need to correct the movement...took me awhile just to realize that! Have a great time learning to hover, you'll soon forget how hard it was to learn! Good luck, Goldy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopperjess Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 (edited) I remember the first time I held a hover for more than 10 seconds. My instructor stopped trying to help me, and I had never been so damn stiff in my life. He told me relax. I relaxed, and it was like one second I was fighting a bull, and the next moment I just got it. I remember him saying "You're doing the hover. All yourself!" Oh how I sometimes miss learning all that stuff for the first time. First auto, settling with power, run on landing, sloped and confined. ...only sometimes. You will get it, and then you'll tell yourself "Ohhh, so THAT'S how you do it.." Edited September 17, 2008 by Chopperjess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFIAP5544 Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 (edited) I hope you get this before your next lesson! EYES OUTSIDE EYES OUTSIDE EYES OUTSIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you find yourself loosing control YOU ARE PROBABLY LOOKING AT THE GROUND WITH OUT EVEN NOTICING!!!! Trust Me! One minute it will be smooth and the next it falls apart. When it falls apart take note of where you are looking and it will probably be the ground in front of the chopper. EYES OUTSIDE!!!! Focus out in front of the helicopter. Good Luck EYES OUTSIDE!! Edited September 17, 2008 by CFIAP5544 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heligirl03 Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Did anyone mention EYES WAY OUT IN FRONT already? Enjoy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopperjess Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Lord that brings back some memories haha... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADRidge Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Haha, we've all been there! I just got back into helicopters after a 4 month break saving up money. Strapping on a 300 for the first time was interesting and pretty nearly felt like my first day all over again. Another key, I think, is to not consciously think about the control inputs. Just let your hands and feet do what they want. They're probably pretty close to being right at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted September 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Oh ! THAT kind of pot stirring ! I am soooo much better at the other kind ! I remember having 13 hours, I think it was in 1989, but I remember it ! Just realize you are not doing anything wrong...you just arent feeling the ship move and reacting fast enough. The faster the reaction time, the smaller input you need to correct the movement...took me awhile just to realize that! Have a great time learning to hover, you'll soon forget how hard it was to learn! Good luck, Goldy i expected no less from you goldy ... Been lurking on vertical for over a year . in that time i have enjoyed your comments serious and other.. lol As soon as i think i am getting things under control my cfi gives me some new things to work on . Nick is a great though takes my goofs in stride.. lol Did alot better today . I did note everytime i was over controling i was looking just infront of skids. Thanks for all your wisdom and help everyone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam32 Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 Did anyone mention EYES WAY OUT IN FRONT already? Enjoy!! Yeah eyes outside really does make everything easier. Its just kinda hard to make yourself stay looking way out. But, once you get it figured out, it will be a natural reaction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 If I may add, get distracted. It takes your mind off of being stiff and allows you to relax. I started singing a "Wierd Al" song. Got to hovering pretty well that afternoon-kept it in the county. I know some will disagree, but give it a try. Later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted September 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 I got 15.3 showing on logg book now. Wow today was very windy.. Just when i was starting to relax a bit day like today tense me up. I needed a football field to hover in this wind . very depressing day... back to books for the night and go at it again tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopperjess Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 If I may add, get distracted. It takes your mind off of being stiff and allows you to relax. I started singing a "Wierd Al" song. Got to hovering pretty well that afternoon-kept it in the county. I know some will disagree, but give it a try. Later I had a friend that earlier the week I was going to do my pattern solo, who was being a dork and for some reason he had started singing the oscar meyer weiner song. For whatever reason, the damn song got stuck in my head. The day of my first ramp solo/pattern solo, I was so incredibly nervous. When I did my hovering and a pattern, I sang that stupid song outloud. Made me relax, because it gets reeeealllly quiet in that helicopter on your first few solos. Pick a better song though than the oscar meyer weiner song, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted September 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 that should get some crazy looks from my cfi.. But i will try tommorrow and ee if that helps me .. dif a diferent song though... lol maybe tainted love lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADRidge Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 My bologna has a first name, it's O S C A R..... Now that's stuck in your head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted September 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 did alot better today cfi even said wow your impropving very well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted September 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Just and up date started doing hovering auto's and straight in auto's today. Max performance take off and all the fun stuff .... total time 19.1 -3.8 in the sim and some ferry time in the r44 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted October 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 im at 20 hours 3.8 sim and 4 hrs r44 time the rest in r22 . 8 more hrs before solo .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopperjess Posted October 3, 2008 Report Share Posted October 3, 2008 My bologna has a first name, it's O S C A R..... Now that's stuck in your head! I hate you.... So much.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge36 Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 I hate you.... So much.... <_> I started in with that a while back and caught my instructor chuckling with his hand over his mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted October 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 HEY JUST UPDATING LOGGED MY FIRST 0.9 PIC SOLO TODAY YEAH..... TT 29.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RagMan Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 Noble aviation out of Nashville? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted October 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 RagMan Noble aviation out of Nashville? Yes Noble Aviation Well actually we are at lebanon airport M54 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly N. Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 HEY JUST UPDATING LOGGED MY FIRST 0.9 PIC SOLO TODAY YEAH..... TT 29.5 Congratulations Chaz! Keep up the good work. It's all worth it. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted November 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Well stuck at 32.8 till after we get somewere with our tragic loss.. Rip Bob you will be missed!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaredsega Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Look down at your skid. Makes for easy steady hovering. arent we steering the pot.and helps for VR flying in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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