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allaircooled-
Cool deal! Most folks going for their civilian rotorwing ticket start out in fixed wings to build hours, then switch over to heli's after they have their private license. As soon as you see the hourly rates on heli rental, you'll know why!
Regarding the video-
The thing is, to be flying a turbine Eurocopter Squirrel, you would think he would have been more proficient and/or reacted to the situation better.
By the time you transition to turbines, you should be able to air-taxi a Robinson onto a platform in 20 knots o' wind, no problemo. You should be competent enough to know when it's a no-go as well. Seeing as the Robinson trainer is one of the smallest, least stable heli's out there, if you can master flying it, you can probably fly any "swing-wing".
Last edited by Eric Coffey; 06-30-2008 at 07:23 PM..
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