YouTube video (Coffee with Kenny #126) by Kenny Keller explaining why many helicopters have the pilot-in-command (PIC) on the left — primarily because the collective is mounted centrally and can be removed to create three-abreast seating, with the remaining collective placed on the left — and discussing factors that determine whether to make left or right clearing turns (visibility, wind, rotor rotation, available power, and flight-school procedures). The video also promotes Kenny's Helicopter Online Ground School (helicopterground.com) with a 25% off code KK25OFF for the Professional Pilot membership, a 24-hour test flight for other memberships, and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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Welcome to day 126 Coffee with Kenny. It's a Saturday, so I'm gonna do this kind of quick so I can get home to my daughter. I had a question. This will be a good one for a quick video, a couple pretty simple answers for a couple simple questions. Well, up here, simple we get asked all the time, why is the NSTROM PIC in the left seat? And he also same member ask about clearing turns in which way you're clearing your tail when you're doing clearing turns. So first off, the reason I didn't design the helicopter, but considering the collective goes in the middle and you can remove the collective, then this becomes a three seat helicopter. So in order to remove that collective, obviously the collective's got to be on the left hand side for the pilot to operate the collective. So you remove the collective in the center, PIC sits on the left, and then you can line three people across. I'm assuming that's why they designed it that way. And then he asked a question about when you're, you know, pic, which way do you clear your tail or which way is best? Well, this is again going to come in many factors, wind for the day, what aircraft you're flying, what power is available. So there are some different things that you're going to be taught with your instructors on whether you should make a right turn or a left turn. I'm not going to dive into all that because that again plays into the type of either clockwise or counterclockwise system that you're flying. So to answer that question, yes, me as PIC in the left side of an instrument. I am normally, weather permitting, conditions permitting, I'm going to make right hand turns because I can clear my left easier than I can clear my right, of course, because I can only look out the right hand side and only see so much. So depending on conditions. Again, in the right conditions, I'm normally going to make a right hand turn because I can see over here, I can look over my shoulder and get a much better look to the left hand side. So really pretty basic and simple. The helicopters, you do have some that are left hand pic. You have some that are right hand pic. I'm assuming that's why the instruments designed that way. Since this is a three seater, you would want to remove that collective to put your passenger in the middle. So it makes sense PIC being on the left and then again for you on which way to clear the tell is best. I think that depends on the individual cases. So there's too many scenarios for me to tell you what is right for you. You're going to learn this through the instruction you're getting in the aircraft that you're flying, whatever flight school. And then depending on clockwise or counterclockwise clockwise system, an amount of power available. There are some tips on left hand turns versus right hand turns. So very simply for a quick video on a Saturday. That's why I believe they do it that way with the pic on the left. That's what we do in the instrument. So hey, I am Kenny Keller, creator, Helicopter Oregon Ground School. Quick plug for our ground school tomorrow I'm gonna highlight one of our members that just sent me a nice email, sent me a picture, I'm gonna set that up tomorrow. Just passed this commercial and he had some great feedback that I want to relate to the other members and people thinking about joining ground school because it was some pretty really constructive feedback on how helicopter line ground school helped him for the commercial. I'm going to air that tomorrow, show you the picture and talk a little bit about it. So you can take any of our courses, Private commercial instrument or CFI. You can go down below at the helicopter link helicopterground.com link below the video you can take any one of the memberships for a 24 hour test flight. 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