Kenny Keller explains why helicopter pilots need to master kindergarten basics: keep the aircraft clean, stow controls properly, and follow standard procedures. He shares stories of pilots leaving water bottles in the cockpit and forgetting to latch doors, then promotes his helicopter training blueprint.
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September 29, 2024
About 240 hours since the overhaul.
Private Pilot 101 Helicopter Training Blueprint (free PDF; Amazon paperback/Kindle — advertised as Amazon number one bestseller).
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No controls. It's like where the, where the, are the controls at? So I'm going to show you the reason why this is so important, to keep all this stuff locked up inside. But first, lots of more good tips. Private Pilot 101 Helicopter Training Blueprint. Amazon number one bestseller. Free PDF down below you can get the free PDF and same link you can either get the Amazon paperback and or the Kindle version. You want to know what else drives me effing crazy? Here's an example. And maybe we went overboard, but let's look at the helicopter. Number one doors are open, pilots left and walked away. And there's a far aim in here and here's a water bottle. And then back there's a pre flight checklist. Seat belts freaking dangling everywhere. You know, ho the trash from. You landed in the field by Culver's and got your food, had your snack in the helicopter and there's your garbage and you walked away from the helicopter. Luckily, my first full time CFI job. The people I work for, they were adamant about when you're done with the aircraft, you put everything back, pick up your water, water bottles, pick up your stuff, attach the seat belts. And not only just attach them, they had to be 100%. Every seat belt needed to be attached. All of your debris need to be picked up. And I'm talking like if the seat belt was even a little like kind of twisted or screwy, they were, they would get upset about it. And you know what, it seemed a little bit overboard at the time. It forced me into a good habit to always put everything back when you're done at the end of your flight, before you walk away from the aircraft, pick up your effing water bottles and get them out of the helicopter. Pick up your stuff, put the checklist away, fix the seat belts, get everything nice and neat, attach your doors, flash back up and another one. I worked for a couple of guys that would. A couple of guys that would do rides every weekend and they would take the controls out. And then I come back on Monday, I go out to helicopter. No f cking controls. It's like where the, where the, are the controls at? And so every week I had to go, oh well, go find one of the bosses. Where's the controls at? Oh, I think they're in so. So's office. Oh well, the Collective's over in the maintenance hangar. And it's like, come on guys, you guys are the ones that own the fricking aircraft. You got no better respect for your own aircraft than to put the shit back when you're done drives me in freaking sane. Please put my headset back. Another one that drives me crazy. They take the headset out and they throw it on the couch or they throw it in the floor in the backseat. Have some fricking respect. Put the aircraft back where you found it. Flying ems, one of the favorite Czech airmen I had said, you guys want to know what it really takes to make it in this industry and be a good EMS pilot? Have you ever read the book of something like everything we need to know we learned in kindergarten? He said, that's basically it, gentlemen. Be courteous, be respectful. When you get done with the helicopter, clean it up, put it away, put everything back where it belongs. You know, that's one of the things, it's very simple that we're taught. You never know who's going to come walking up FAA doing a ramp check or what if you have a customer coming in to learn about flying helicopters and what do they think if your crap's just laying all over inside the aircraft, not very impressive. Well, you can ask any of the 15 people that have come here and done checkrides in the last year and a half with us in the R44. They've all come in and said, wow, this is one of the cleanest R44 I've ever been in. We're right now, we're about 240 hours since the overhaul. So of course it should be clean. But not only is it clean and we take care of and give it the maintenance it needs, it flies really well. If you're new to this, you may not realize this, but people have flown more than one style of helicopter or more helicopters in the same make and model. They always feel a little bit different. Everybody talks about how nice this one flies, how clean it is, and we're super proud of it. Down below. Private Pilot 101 Helicopter Training Blueprint. Free PDF down below along with the free PDF of top 10 checkride tips. See you in Vegas. Peace out.
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