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Navigation Diversions
(Reviewed on 3rd April 2021) How to Fly Navigation Diversions A large part of anyone’s helicopter flight training is spent on teaching Navigation. Navigation is an acquired skill and takes practice. During your skills test you will have to carry out a navigation diversion. Navigation diversions can be the most intimidating part of a License […]
The Helicopter Circuit
(Reviewed on 5th April 2021) Why Fly a Helicopter Circuit? Airplanes fly circuits. They fly them a lot and we can understand how this helps the pilots improve their handling of the aircraft. But most helicopters do not normally do their approaches to a runway. We normally approach directly to where we want to land. […]
Common Helicopter Training Mistakes
(Updated on 2nd April 2021) Introduction When you first start learning to fly a helicopter, you soon realize that it is not as easy as it looks. Students make common training mistakes. Your instructor seems to do everything so effortlessly and moves the helicopter sometimes as if by mental control, as the flight controls do […]
Visual Cues When Hovering Helicopters
(Reviewed on 1st March 2021) Visual Cues The next time you watch a helicopter take off and lift into the hover and it takes off smoothly and comes to a really steady hover; ask yourself how the pilot is holding everything so steady. The main reason is lots of practice. Good co-ordination and muscle memory […]
