Kenny Keller shows how to check your helicopter magnetos without wrecking the engine. Stay on a single mag for only about two seconds before switching back to both, or you risk serious damage. He walks through the exact sequence: left mag, count to two, back to both, then repeat on the right.
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About two seconds or less ("Two seconds, get it back to both").
"One 1000, two 1000, back to both."
Do two clicks for the right, then 'one 1000, two 1000, back to both.'
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Magneto checks. I had a mechanic many years tell me that a couple of the guys I worked for, he was complaining that they would, when they would do their mag check, they would hang too long on the left mag and the right mag. He's like two seconds, get it back to both. Then he was just complaining how these guys would put it on like the left mag. And they just sit there and they'd wait and they'd wait. And he's like, you know they're gonna end up grenading the motor if they keep doing that. He's like, get it to the left, get it to the right. Two seconds or less. And back to both. So we'll just show you here real quick. Basically we're on both. So we would go down to the left 1 1000, 2 1000, back to both, let the RPM stabilize and then we would do two clicks for the right. 1 2, 1 1000, 2 1000, two clicks, back to both. So again, and I've seen people do that where they, they get on a mag and then they want to be on there for like 3, 4, 5, 6 seconds. And I don't know why they do that, that do that. Not good on, not good on the machine. Magneto check should be left check or right. Whichever you do first. One one thousand, two one thousand. Back to both. At least for most of the training helicopters that we fly. So don't spend too much time on the left or right net mag. And I think people are sometimes like, well, is it okay when you get a bad mag? Trust me, you'll know it. When that mag is bad, you most likely you're going to get a really rough sensation when you get to that. So one one thousand, two one thousand. Back to both. 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. So 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.
