Kenny Keller (Fort Wayne Helicopters) explains the air cushion effect that forms when a helicopter is about 6–8 inches above the ground during landing. He demonstrates the concept on a magnetic whiteboard (simple sketch of helicopter and cushion), warns pilots to be prepared to push through the cushion or risk wobble and overcontrol, and mentions accompanying short video clips filmed from different angles out a nearby office window. The clip asks viewers to like and comment.
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Hello, everybody. Kenny with Fort Wayne Helicopters. And I want to show you something about air cushion that's pretty important. That seems like a lot of instructors, maybe if nobody's ever showed them and they've never taught this. I got a quick video I'm uploading that. I'll tag at the end. But I want to show you some stuff about the. About an air cushion you get about 6 to 8 inches above the ground. So I was just trying out my new magnetic whiteboard. So got just three points here I want to show you. So again, we're talking about the air cushion happens about 6 to 8 inches above the ground. So don't laugh at my little drawing of my instrument. So when you're practicing your helicopter set down sitting on the ground, remember there's an air cushion happens about 6 to 8 inches above the ground right about there. Got my picture of my helicopter drawn with just a little bit of space in there. When a guy gets down close to almost touching, there's an air cushion that's there. And you have to be ready to kind of push through that air cushion. And if you don't, the helicopter is going to wobble and you're going to start monkeying around with the controls. And got a short video coming up that's just going to kind of give you some different views from some different angles right out our new office window. So it's kind of cool. So trying out our new magnetic whiteboard and shooting video out the video out the window of some helicopter training. So this helps. Please click the like button and or leave comments with feedback. Thanks and enjoy the video.
