Helipilot PTK Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Is an average class size around 60 people? How many people are usually in IERW at the start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 60 is the class size. Many of those will be Guard and Reserve, and some foreign nationals as well. The class is split in two for the flight line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihlfeldl2005 Posted August 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Don't study anything, wait till you get to flight school, and study the stuff they teach and how they teach it. Now If you want to just read, then there are plenty of books on the history of Army Aviation. But while you wait, start a PT program, and some weight training. If anything physical endurance is going to be very useful to you. So work on that. The flying will wear you out, the stronger and more physically fit you are the better. Get a leg up on the time you have between now and your school date. Good advice. I would consider myself fairly fit. I can always get better though. I'll work this into my plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 60 is the class size. Many of those will be Guard and Reserve, and some foreign nationals as well. The class is split in two for the flight line. How many in your class were guard or reserve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 5 Kiowas3 Apaches5 Mike 60sLike 14 or so A/L Whatd the rest of your class pick then... Needs of the army? Thats not 60... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBuzzkill Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Classes aren't solely warrant officers. You have LTs and foreigners too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloidaho Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Plus us Guard/Reserve types don't select. You're really competing against a much smaller pool. The PT test really does make a huge difference. It is 14.2% of your order of merit list, which is more than any two of your check rides combined. Good luck with Principles of Helicopter Flight. That book still feels too deep for me and doesn't have enough pictures. I just try to remember that when I pull one stick, I go up, and when I push the other one I move forward, backwards, or sideways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Fact of life. Other than an occasional intentional 60 pick (we had two) the guns and scouts went first. The bottom 15 or so went 60s. It wasn't a selection for them...... Take that for what's its worth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakfishr19 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Fact of life. Other than an occasional intentional 60 pick (we had two) the guns and scouts went first. The bottom 15 or so went 60s. It wasn't a selection for them...... Take that for what's its worth. How much fun is the OH-58 Kiowa compared to anything else you have flown in your life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Honestly? It's amazing. 1.5lbs of control pressure. Super fast roll rate. Great avionics and navigation. No doors. f*cking machine guns, rockets and missiles. It's a dream to fly. It's just not very fast or powerful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroscout Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Honestly? It's amazing. 1.5lbs of control pressure. Super fast roll rate. Great avionics and navigation. No doors. f*cking machine guns, rockets and missiles. It's a dream to fly. It's just not very fast or powerful. It's heavy, otherwise it might be faster and have more power in reserve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Honestly? It's amazing. 1.5lbs of control pressure. Super fast roll rate. Great avionics and navigation. No doors. f*cking machine guns, rockets and missiles. It's a dream to fly. It's just not very fast or powerful. If we wanted fast we'd fly jets. I'll take my helicopters thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakfishr19 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Honestly? It's amazing. 1.5lbs of control pressure. Super fast roll rate. Great avionics and navigation. No doors. f*cking machine guns, rockets and missiles. It's a dream to fly. It's just not very fast or powerful. But your down lower than anyone else right? So that should make it seem faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharyouTree Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 But your down lower than anyone else right? So that should make it seem faster. Quick..why is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakfishr19 Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 All I was saying was that if oh-58s are always on the deck at 90knots it should seem faster than being up at 1500 feet going 130knots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharyouTree Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 All I was saying was that if oh-58s are always on the deck at 90knots it should seem faster than being up at 1500 feet going 130knots. I know, and there's a reason for it. I was wondering if you knew what it was. I figured someone else might chime in, if not you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yakfishr19 Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 perspective and distance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC8488 Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 angular change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharyouTree Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 angular change Pretty much. We call it motion parallax, and it's one of the monocular cues. It's why driving down the highway, the mountains 20 miles away aren't moving, but the bushes on the side of the road are going REALLY fast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC8488 Posted August 15, 2012 Report Share Posted August 15, 2012 I have heard of parallax before but in a graphic design context, never really thought about it in everyday life. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihlfeldl2005 Posted August 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Well! I got "that" phone call last night. Apparently another state had someone unable to take their flight seat. They asked me if I could be at Ft. Rucker by the 30th of September! Means I've got about two weeks to get my pre-req's done and my DL Classes complete. CRUNCH TIME! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helipilot PTK Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Awesome, Congratulations! Not a very long wait at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharyouTree Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Well! I got "that" phone call last night. Apparently another state had someone unable to take their flight seat. They asked me if I could be at Ft. Rucker by the 30th of September! Means I've got about two weeks to get my pre-req's done and my DL Classes complete. CRUNCH TIME! While it wouldn't have changed much for me, I'm glad I didn't get one of those "be there by next Friday" calls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamer Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Well! I got "that" phone call last night. Apparently another state had someone unable to take their flight seat. They asked me if I could be at Ft. Rucker by the 30th of September! Means I've got about two weeks to get my pre-req's done and my DL Classes complete. CRUNCH TIME! hey congrats... what route are you taking to do this again? street to seat or are you guard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akscott60 Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Yea what he said. Guard? If so what are going to fly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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