slick1537 Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Well guys I was just fortunate enough to go on my first demo flight. I had to drive about 3 hours to northeast helicopters in CT. However it was worth it as this is a school I am considering for my training. The school has a very clean professional look, however its staff were fun and easy going. Everyone seemed to be friends and enjoy being there. My instructor (Mike if you are reading this , gave me a quick crash course about the control and we were off. Within two minutes of being airborne I would say, mike let me minipulate the cyclic, we flew around, bla bla bla, I am sure you guys already know all about this part, then mike showed me an auto and allowed me to attempt a few hovers. I don't think I could hover, but I heard this can take many hours to learn. I do think I did ok keeping it strait in a taxi hover down the side of the runway. When we were in the air he also said I was pretty good at pitching and turning the ship left or right and kept it pretty steady. I think I was probably the best at this, going in a strait line seemed to be hit or miss before the aircraft became to level and made funny sounds and vibrations (or funny to a noob anyway). Anyway I can see flying is much harder than driving a car or motorcycle but probably very rewarding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmech72 Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Welcome to the addiction. There is no cure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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