A helicopter instructor walks through descent and approach procedures, focusing on collective, pedal, and cyclic control inputs. The video covers the specific sequence of movements needed to bring a helicopter down safely and position it for landing.
So there's three things we do at the beginning of every descent. A little bit of down collective, a little bit of right pedal, a little bit of aft cyclic. It's the same things we do in the beginning of an auto. They're just a little more abrupt than the auto. So let's start a descent. We're just going to go a little bit of down collective, a little bit of right pedal, a little bit of half cyclic so the nose doesn't start to drop. And then you just start flying your approach down. And the funny thing about the right pedal, you find out that you become an instructor and it's like half the time you're driving, riding around, just going, more right pedal, more right pedal, more right pedal, more right pedal. I don't know why that is, but a student gets to that stage. So a little tip for just thinking about when you're getting ready to step your approach, don't forget the right pedal. What do you do? You initiate your approach by going a little down collective, a little bit of aft cyclic, and a little bit of right pedal to put that thing in trim. And then use your trim strings or turn coordinator, bubble, whatever you use normally to keep yourself in trim. Step by three with an Air 2, step by three with an R2. But people really have a prop pushing that, right? So we want to mention a lot of free information@askhogs.com can you meet me up on 1 2302? Ask Hogs.com is our clone. 16 years, 15 years of my content, 6 million words, hundreds, thousands of blogs, videos, all piped into it. You can talk to it 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and ask helicopter training questions all day and all night long, totally free. You check that out@ask hogs.com and lastly, we do. We have an affiliate program. You can earn 50%, whether you're a student, private pilot, a CFI. Refer people that look at looking for help with ground school to helicopterground.com and you get 50%. Heather pays out every month. Once a month she pays all affiliates, and they get money piped right into their PayPal. So if you're interested in making some easy money, hogspaysme.com go there, sign up, check it out, and reach out for any questions. All right, peace out. When you feel the pressure to fly, but know the right decision is to stay on the ground, hit the hogs. No, go and live to fly another day. Helicopterground.com.
