Kenny KellerCreator Helicopter Online Ground School LLC

Is The Strobe Still Flashing… What Did You Forget?

18 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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Short YouTube instructional clip by Kenny Keller advising pilots to always leave the helicopter strobe light on so its flashing indicates if the master/battery is still powered when you walk away. Keller describes this as a habitual safety practice that has prevented accidental battery-on situations. He briefly promotes his 'Private Pilot 101' helicopter training blueprint (claimed Amazon #1 bestseller) and points viewers to a free PDF. A second speaker adds a closing safety admonition: when pressured to fly but the right call is to stay on the ground, 'no go and live to fly another day.'

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I'm going to turn the battery on here so we can see that the strobe light is flashing. We always leave the strobe on all the time. The reason is if you walk away at any point in time, maybe you left the battery on. You go, oh, battery's on. Because you see the strobe flash and you can go back and shut it off. So we never strip shut the strobe off ever. It is always on all the time, never goes off. And it has saved me a couple times where I was somewhere, stopped to go eat and somebody goes, hey, your master's on. Always leave your strobe on. That way you can be 100% sure that you turn the master off. Oh, and by the way, for some more helpful information, Private Pilot 101 a helicopter training blueprint. Amazon number one best seller. Whole bunch of good stuff in there. Tips, tricks, techniques, all kinds of stuff. Private Pilot blueprint.com. there's a free PDF at that link. Click it, download it, and 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.