Kenny Keller compares the Schweizer trainer to the Enstrom for private pilots. The Enstrom offers more room, a baggage area, and greater comfort, making it an upgrade, though Keller still calls the Schweizer a great trainer.
Do you have a minute to chat about instruments? I'm debating moving from my 321, which he would be referring to a Schweitzer. I would love an unbiased view. I thought this great topic for a video I could just shoot real quick because it's an easy answer for me and no, I'm not a Schweitzer hater. The Schweitzer is a cool little helicopter, been used forever. Military used it for years. That design time tested, proven trainer. But to his question as a private owner, and I know he's a new private pilot, he's actually one of our professional pilot members. You could become one of those down below at the link below. But he's a private pilot member or he's a private new private pilot. I say easy go for the instrument. And the reason I say that is it to me it is an upgrade. Going to the instrument again, I'm not bashing the Switzer, so don't think I'm a Schweitzer hater, because I'm not. I trained in the Schweitzer myself many years ago out in the beginning. What I know now from flying both Schweitzers and Instroms, Schweitzer is a great little tra. Great little trainer. It's slow, doesn't go very fast, has no baggage area whatsoever. And when you compare to the Instrum, that's a bigger helicopter, heavier rotor system, nice baggage area, the comfort level of it, more room in the cabin. To me, it's an easy answer. Again, I would have if I could. I got a big enough hangar, I'd have a Schweitzer and an Enstrom and a Jet Ranger, and I'd have a whole load of them if I had the money to blow and just buy helicopters. Right? Every helicopter has its own pros and cons. But for this gentleman, being a private owner, I'm sorry, a private pilot who's got his rating and wants to move up, I say go for the instrument. I don't think there's even really any doubt. And it's again, I say it's unbiased because I've flown both, I've trained in both, I've taught in both. One has a specific purpose. It's a great trainer. The instrument to me is just kind of an upgrade. Again, bigger helicopter, more roomy cabin, baggage area in the back is. It's a big deal. If you're just doing training, you don't really need to carry much. Switzer's great. But if you're a private pilot or above and you want to go somewhere overnight. You got plenty of room to put an overnight bag and a tool kit and some paper towels and some oil. You have place to put stuff big when you're wanting to travel and go somewhere in helicopter. So that's my quick easy answer. You know, all helicopters have pros and cons. Private Pilot 101 this is a free download below. This is our Amazon bestseller we put out in2024. Really proud of it. There's a ton of information in here and and it really goes past just a beginner. There's all kinds of training tips in here. We talk about our new clone that we've been using to ask questions when we're doing our check rides over here. We're getting ready to go. It's gotten faster now than to reach through a book or go scroll through an iPad to find answer. We just ask my clone@askhogs.com it's got 13 years of content piled into it. It's free@askdods askhogs.com and we're doing a book signing November 11th. Let us know if you want to join us. We have a few people so far that said, hey, we want to come and meet you guys. It's myself and Tas Christman and we're doing a book signing on top 10 checkride tips. Taz put this Tas and I put this out. I was home in my pajamas when I launched it on Amazon. We hit Amazon number one best seller and I text him that we hit bestseller as he was in Oshkosh receiving his award for flight instructor of the year. So in one day Taz became official flight instructor of the year and a number one bestselling author. We're going to do a book signing on that. We talked about it over the years and had never done it. So we thought great way to kick off this. Leaving in just a couple of weeks going to Las Vegas. We're going to be training down there through the winter and I just put reached out for a quote on R22 for insurance because we're going to be adding an R22 to our training here for this winter. The R22 will be in Indiana and the R44 is going to be in Vegas. So if you want to take a check ride either place, R22 or R44 reach out to Hogs customer service. We'll put the number below 574-767-1797. We'll put that number below Links below. Ask Hogs link below and we'll see you next video Peace out.
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