A short instructional YouTube video by Kenny Keller demonstrating how to simplify helicopter startup by bundling several checklist items (e.g., alternator on, avionics on, strobes on, start timer, engage clutch) immediately after initiating engine start, then verifying them against the checklist. The video also promotes a free PDF (privateblueprint.com) and an affiliate program (Hogspaysme.com — 50% commission), and ends with Speaker B advising pilots to choose a safe no‑go when under pressure (Helicopterground.com).
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There's a short videos we're doing for you with just some tips to help things go a little bit better in the cockpit. And one of them is when you're doing your startup, you can bundle some things together. In this instance, we're going to hit start. As soon as we do, we're going to go alternator on, avionics on, make sure the strobes on, start my timer and then go up here and hit the clutch switch. And then once you start, you can go back and verify with the checklist that we got everything we need to that point. So I've done everything in the checklist to the start point and now we'll start and we'll just show you what I'm talking about. So look left and right. Looks clear. All right, so started. We'll go alternator on, avionics on, strobes on. I'm going to hit my timer and engage my clutch when I go back to the checklist and oil pressure is up, so make sure oil pressure is up. So when I go back and look. Switch on. Start them both. Yep. Starter on, Light out. Yep. The engine 50 to 60%. Yep. Clutch switch engaged. It is Blaze turning. Less than five seconds. They are. Alternator switch is on. Oil pressure was up with 30 seconds. We already got our headsets on for the purposes of making this video. So we took care of those few steps in a series and then I'm documenting it that I made that I've got those steps in. So stay tuned for some more videos on just little tips and things to help make it go smoother and Private Pilot 101 for some other free tips. You get this free PDF. Put a link around the video somewhere. It's privateblueprint.com a ton of free information in here. Free PDF available for you. And then we want to mention Hogspays me.com you can become an affiliate for HOGS. We pay you 50% commission, whether you're a fellow member or you're an instructor and you're bringing your students into Hogs, we pay you 50% of the revenue from member signups. So that's Hogs Pays Me.com and Peace Out. We'll see you in the next video.
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.
