Ask a helicopter pilot anything !

>>731112072
How do you ignore the fact that you'll probably die if the engine goes out?

How do you fly a helicopter?

>>731112241

Look up Auto-Rotation.

>>731112241
I'm not even OP nor am I a pilot but even I can call you retarded

>>731112241
Most helicopter crashes are not fatal and if they are... Pilot's mistake !
Every pilot learns autorotation (land without engine running)

Are you a helicopter pilot?

>>731112072

How scary is the R22 really? I have known several Heli students and they all despise the 22, but it is all they can afford to fly.

>>731112241
helicopters can glide. The blades don't stop if the engine does and auto rotation is thing

What's your occupation?

>>731112072
Why are your feet not on the rudder pedals?

>>731112072
how many hours have you put into flight time? how many hours before you were flying solo?

What is your favorite color

How does one at almost 30 go about getting their pilot's license

>>731112072
what town is that?

dude how high are you right now

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>>731112407
tbh I only fly 22's and 44's... I prefer the 22 over the 44. You feel like you can control the 22 much better then the 44 (and trust me, I have more hours on the 44 but still prefer 22's)

How did you learn to fly?

Become a real pilot. Get an Osprey.

Can you give me the ol lickaroo?

>>731112072
where are your shoes man

>>731112606

where do you do your safety training

>>731112457
I currently have a company that makes helitours
>>731112468
This is not my picture, that is my friend's. I just uploaded mine (scroll up)
>>731112528
About 250 hours, 60 before going solo.
>>731112534
green
>>731112585
Tbh, at least in Brazil it is hard as fuck, most people can't really afford it and hope for miracles !
>>731112592
Maceió - Brazil
>>731112594
High enough to make this thread.

>>731112407
not OP.
The robinsons aren't really that dangerous it's just that far more hours are completed in them thus most crashes occur in them.

You ever stick your ass out the window a take a shit on the peasants below?

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>>731112413
>>731112364
>>731112321

You dumb motherfuckers. If you're at low altitude and your engine goes auto rotation won't prevent you from death or being paralyzed.

>>731112624
Flight School... xD
>>731112830
Company called Power Helicopteros in Brazil

>>731112932
If you're at a "low" altitude you're probably going to be butt fucked by the FAA for flying like a retard so what is your point

>>731112932
the blades will still have momentum fucknut
Choppers have a 3:1 glide ratio.

>>731112837
Fully agree with you ! It is literally the most flyied machine in the world !
>>731112857
Fuck... I guess I need to make a video on this ;)

Here in Canada we call em Air-Jiggers.

Is it true that helicopters fly because the earth is repelling their uglyness?

I like to be high too

>>731112932
If you are low you need to be fast, and as I said... Most of the fatal crashes are pilots mistakes...

>>731113067
>wut is takeoff and landing

>>731112072
Why are all helicopter pilots assholes, while fixed wing pilots are cool as fuck?

>>731113015

That's like "where do you buy food?"

"a food store"

flightsafety? CAE?

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>>731113306
Now you're talking about two very specific instances that makeup less than a percentage of flight time for most people.

Could you grasp at straws any harder faggot

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>>731113216
nope. this shits dope. they fly because the earth is scared of machine guns.

>>731113067
taking off and landing

retard

>>731113338
You don't need to be a pilot to fly fixed wing... Even monkeys can do it !
Heli pilots can't take theyr hands off the controls for a long time, while the fixed wing "people" can sleep while flying...

>>731113590
Read the thread fag>>731113511

>>731113338
3rd year commercial aviation student here

commercial pilots are self entitled cocksuckers and from well-healed backgrounds.
>tfw working full time night shift job to pay for degree while silver spoon kids post photos of themselves flying private planes in spare time

no, pilots (commercial anyway) are much worse

>>731112072
Since you said ask you anything I'll go ahead...

I've been flying helis and various aircraft in GTA 5 as well as in Battlefield. How realistic is my heli flying experience? Do I know enough to save the crew if the pilot ever passes out while flying and I'm on it along with other passangers?

>>731112241
You don't actually pilot a helicopter. The "pilot" is there for setting coordinates and generally serving the passengers.

Literally a potato can do it.

>>731113369
Flightsafety at Power Helicopteros
My private and commerical licenses were at Voo Solo (Brazil)

>>731113511
>>731113668
It's also the most extreme conditions that the engine will encounter, making it the most probable time to fail. Dumbass.

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>>731113786
you dolt, kys

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>>731113661
you just proved yourself to be an asshole, congrats

>>731113786
Best question in thread. Answer please OP

>>731113786
Nope. you need to know how to correct shit. It's not hard to learn but you can't just do it without proper instruction.

not OP

>>731113837
Yeah and if you're taking off or landing you're probably not over dangerous terrain and definitely not moving at around 100 knots so it really makes the situation much less dangerous. Also routine engine checks before flights are mandatory.

Keep grasping nigger.

>>731112072
Why arent your feet on the rotor pedals?

>>731112932
So much stupid. Everyone take it in. This is what it looks like when you don't have a fuckin clue.

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>>731113786
Tbh I have a lot of experience in ArmA 3, Battlefield, GTA, FSX and most games that have helicopters and I wouldn't be able to save a life or a machine if I never had any real experience before. Imagine if it was completely realistic... It would be kind of a problem right ?! People stealing helicopters all around xD

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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/06/are_helicopters_safer_than_cars.html

choppers 27 to 85 times more dangerous than cars.

See you in hell OP, you wop fag.

>>731113661
That's exactly the attitude I am talking about

BTW I am a roto and fixed wing pilot

>>731114077

Hell no! I am a fixed wing pilot and there is no way I could pilot a helicopter. Even a serious simulator cannot teach you the "feel" you need to fly.

>>731114177
That is the passanger seat. You fly helicopters on the right side.

>>731112072
Has anyone ever leaped to their death from a helicopter you were flying?

>>731113706
Nah man, people that cant fly just cant figure out how to balance debt, I got into plenty getting my commercial, but after I hit commercial I had no problem making my loan payments.

Much better than student loans for college

>>731114215

You can slip and hit your head on the curb while taking a walk too. Life is more fun with a little danger. Take some risks faggot.

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I flew this bad boy during military service
A380 copilot now

>>731114162
Yes, nothing dangerous at all about freefalling 20+ feet. You should go try it.

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>>731114236
This shit between heli pilots and plane pilots is on since forever, if you fly both you should know better then me how the world is.

>>731114634
There is a huge difference between some lacerations and possible broken bones and being ripped to shreds

>>731114289
Nope, I have seen one crash helicopter crash in front of me tho...

>>731114563
Apache?

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>>731114563
Military is another level xD
The machine I fly for now:

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>>731113511
You are pretty gay for saving that photo anon, things aren't looking good for you

>>731114731
>freefalling 20+ feet
>oh just some possible broken bones
yeah, that's all...

>>731114654
I'm a commercial fixed wing pilot that finds helicopters sexier than planes.

Although I can confirm that heli pilots are usually entitled and bigoted.

>>731114180
zero argument in this post, only condescension. have one back at you, retard

If I was walking down a giant field of grass which was recently all mowed down how confident are you that you could cut my head off with the blades of the helicopter without causing a crash?

>>731113927
I always imagine this old rich english dude, boring as fuck dusty life full of routine in his retirement, has a few ales with his rich old friends every afternoon at an exclusive little tavern no one knows about.
His wife, once hot but now an old bag of grey cornflakes mooching around the garden in a moomoo wearing her faded pearls and jewelry does nothing for him anymore, old Fred.
Every so often an event like this happens, his friends daughters birthday, his wife too sick to come, he dresses himself in his finest suit, gladly accepts the glass of cognac or brandy being served for the after dinner entertainment.

His mind wanders back to a time when he was a gentleman of the world, no depressing wife plodding about the garden, a time when he was single and life was full of promise, he sees the girl dancing to Glenn Miller and remembers when he used to dance with his wife to the same song, but tonight he is back there, the best time of his life.

He raises his glass and drinks, a drink to the good times, a drink to what will never be again, a drink to numb the harsh reality of where those good times all lead to.

Sometimes Fred wondered if living a life of opulence was worth the eventual fade out and irrelevance of being a retired aristocrat.

Cheers Fred, I raise my glass to you old boy

>>731112072
Crash into my house please

>>731115001
Not going to lie... Some really are !

About the low level engine failure everyone: https://vimeo.com/207048560
Just like I said... If you are low, be fast.
If you are landing or taking off you must be in the patterns or else you will die. Simple :D

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>>731114909
Top kek

>>731114563
Rooivalk. South African Airforce. Great bird, but weapons system was never sorted out due to sanctions during development

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>>731115101
I'd skull fuck you with my baby cock after the fact.

5.75 inches deep in your throat hole.

>>731114731
Please find a building with 3+ floors and jump off it. Post results.

>>731115314 calm down it's just a question.

>>731115101
You can't chop someone's head off with the blades without causing a crash... I tried xD (lies)
>>731115198
A gun shot is less expensive then a helicopter if you are trying to kill yourself... Just saying.

>>731114934
1. It's not freefalling, by leaving the ground you have already generated lift which does not instantly dissipate when an engine fails.

2. You're in a vehicle. It's not the same as landing on your feet.

>>731115321
False equivalency. See point #2.

>>731114340
UNSW makes you pay from second year. I had to come up with 100k in 6 months. lucky you, I stand by my statement though, the majority of commercial pilots are from extremely wealthy backgrounds and act like they are saving the world, ignoring the fact it's a glorified bus drivers job.

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>>731115182
stfu faget

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>>731115182

>>731112072
How dou you like flying my gender?

>>731115200
>https://vimeo.com/207048560
Wrong link... This is the right one: https://vimeo.com/207049226

>>731114654
I like helicopters, I just hate every helicopter pilot besides myself since they act like they are so cool.

Try flying a Falcon 50 or saberliner, now thats badass

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>>731115200
Praying for your death OP. May your last thoughts be of some autistic deranged board you wasted your time on.

Death to you ;)

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>>731112072
How many commies have you given rides?

>>731115441
1. With the engine out, there is no upward force. By definition, you are in freefall.
2. Yes, with your back firmly pressed against your seat, your head is in perfect position to jam straight down into your spine when the vehicle hits the ground. Sounds safe.

>>731112072
How do you live like such a degenerate?

>>731115461
Then dont go to aviation college, its a waste of cash. buy a cessna 150 and get your ratings through part 91

>>731112072
Do the pitch and yaw pedals feel opposite to you? I use pedals in flight simulators and at first i would always invert it because i felt the center of what my feet were pushing should control the center of the craft but it turns the way the foot pushes which makes sense outloud but not mechanically. I taught myself to do it how it is, but sometime i will still start out and have to reteach myself. Do you know of ways to reverse it on your helicopter or of other pilots who fly like this?

>>731113837
It's pretty obvious that you have no idea how a helicopter works.

Backpedal some more fat fuck.

>>731115798
To be fair he isn't wrong, for about 5-7 seconds after the engine fails the blades should still generate enough lift to not let you plummet right away, giving you those extra precious seconds to identify the issue and fix it, or think about and probably regret, the decisions in your life.

>>731115798
1. The propellers are still mitigating the velocity of the fall without the engine because of the (tremendous) momentum still present.

2. Yes, the force is more directly applied to your spinal column, but the rest of the aircraft absorbing energy from the fall more than makes up for that fact in my medical opinion.

>>731116033
*not pitch just yaw

>>731115462
'stfu faget' he sat for a moment and admired his work.
His brain worked overtime, trying to figure out if the picture was a car or rock, one wrong click could see his masterpiece relegated to a captcha error.
Hovering his mouse over the post button, something didn't feel right....'aha!' how could he be so stupid.
He'd nearly forgotten a reaction image to reinforce his statement, after scrolling through his reaction images folder, names changed for fear of a reverse image search tracing it back to redit, he found the one.
double checking to ensure it wasn't from his 'personal experimental posing' folder and satisfied with his magnum opus, his pièce de résistance, he clicked confidently, leaned back and smiled, knowing he'd just created the greatest post to ever appear on 4chan.

FWIW I was in a helicopter with an engine failure when I was in the army. Engine failed at 2000ft or so and we dropped fast, thought I was done for, then we just landed and we all walked off. Auto rotation is the shit.

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>>731115689
If you hate every pilot besides yourself you probably won't get a job in aviation, you have to lie that you love everyone !
>>731115726
Thank you, I hope your mom gets cancer, your dad will find out he got aids from another man and you will loose both your legs on a train accident :D
>>731115767
A lot of hot women but I still prefer mine <3
My favorite part is when they wear dresses and you lift the collective just a bit so that the dress goes up as they are getting in our out of the machine
>>731115866
Just like you do.
>>731116033
There are no ways to reverse that, all helicopter models are like this, it is mind fucking at first but you get used to it... It is like riding a bike.

>>731112072
Helicopter passenger you mean?

Your feet are not on the controls, therefore youre not flying it.

Sage

>>731116278
Still remember seeing the "master caution" light

>>731116127
5-7 seconds, if that number is even accurate, is barely enough time to realize wtf is happening let alone diagnose and fix an engine failure.

>>731115947
It's worth the opportunity, Qantas hires exclusively through UNSW now. Also it's one of the most well known aviation universities in the world, work anywhere, just fucking expensive for poorfaggots like myself.

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>>731116377
As said before, that is not my picture...
This is:

>>731112072
cheers from BH, brazfag comrade ^^

>>731116351
I don't take my shoes off in the helicopter though

>>731116776
Cheers brazfag <3