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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Helicopter

I decided to learn to fly a helicopter.


This was with V2 helicopters at Archerfield.  The pilot took off and we flew East towards the bay. After a short while he gave me control of the "cyclic" which is the stick you can see that I am holding. This controls what direction we travel in.  He kept control of the collective (up and down & trottle) and the pedals (Tail rotor/ steering) and gradually during the flight, he handed them over as well.  It is uber sensitive and I am sure he kept his hands on them just in case.  I was too busy trying to concentrate on not doing a loop the loop to really worry too much about what he was doing.  I think I need a bit more practice.


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