This is a YouTube video titled "Wanna Impress the DPE? Nail the 5 C’s Without Thinking #helicopterschool #helicoptertraining" created in July 2025. The content features a conversation between Kenny Keller and another speaker discussing the five Cs strategy for pilots during checkrides, including climb, communicate, confess, comply, and conserve. The video also promotes a helicopter training resource authored by Kenny Keller.
So if you want to impress your.
Examiner on your checkride, really any checkride, what are the five Cs?
If you get lost and if you.
Think about it makes a lot of.
Sense, number one is climb.
And in our instance here, we're flying along at 1800 bus trying to figure out where I was at. I could climb up 500ft and go, oh there's that lake I was looking for or there's that water tower, whatever the case is. So climb up. Number one, still don't know where you're at.
Communicate. Which you could call a local unicom.
I've done that when I was a little bit lost. You could call a tower, you could.
Call an approach, anybody that you could talk to, communicate and then confess to them. So communicate to them that you're not.
Sure where you're at, you're lost, confess.
That you're lost, comply with what they tell you to do.
And I can tell you that's worked.
When I've called for help, they gave.
Me directions to get me where I needed to be.
And then conserve your fuel.
So basically slow down to the speed or manifold pressure setting, whatever that works best for your aircraft for fuel endurance. Use that so very simply, what are the five Cs examiner will love it. Climb, communicate, confess, comply and conserve. Hope you've been enjoying these daily tips. We have another tip for you right here. Private Pilot 101 Helicopter Training Blueprint. This is our Amazon number one bestseller. It's a got all a ton of free information in it about training tips and all kinds of different topics. There's a free PDF version or the paperback. There's a link around this video somewhere. Check that link, download the free PDF and we'll see you in the next video. Peace out.
