Hovering a Helicopter is Hilariously Hard

Hovering a Helicopter is Hilariously Hard - Smarter Every Day 145

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Пікірлер: 4 700

@JakubJJ 4 жыл бұрын

Not as hard as hovering an airplane

@bradhaines3142 4 жыл бұрын

straight up, dont stall the engine

@alaskancabin7506 4 жыл бұрын

just find strong enough headwinds at altitude

@agussupriyanto7343 4 жыл бұрын

Watch swiss001 Or lucaas

@doctorTF_2 4 жыл бұрын

just get an rc plane and get some crazy headwinds aka go to england.

@bunnybear126 4 жыл бұрын

You mere mortals

@sdslim9012 5 жыл бұрын

Spent a career flying for a living, including around 5k hours in helicopters, military and civil. I don't know how many hours of dual instruction you received during the filming of this segment, but.... 'ya did good son!'!!

@PvTNuclear 5 жыл бұрын

Im a mechanic and all my shop works on is robinsons. He did very good, I have probably twice as much time behind the controls as him and im half as good.

@DobermansRock 5 жыл бұрын

I logged 1,500 CE hours in Blackhawks. That duel engine thing kept us away from the sticks but I did chance the simulator one day with my IP. I was just fine until he started turning off the boost and assist. That made for some tough control work. Miss flying beyond anything else.

@droceretik 5 жыл бұрын

Yes dad.

@Vincent-ce9ks 5 жыл бұрын

Legends

@malicoy5018 5 жыл бұрын

ok chad

@noel2am 4 жыл бұрын

Just press R2 and the left stick forward

@billybull7419 4 жыл бұрын

Haha

@kickertanker7804 4 жыл бұрын

Or y2

@billybull7419 4 жыл бұрын

@@kickertanker7804 Just no

@JBARTNICKI 4 жыл бұрын

My man

@zyuukii 4 жыл бұрын

😂

@AbhishekPatry 4 жыл бұрын

"It has its ups and downs." Awful? That was bloody good one! 🤣

@ryanm.191 3 жыл бұрын

It’s the first joke every instructor says to a new student

@AverageAlien 3 жыл бұрын

awfully punny

@rajivagnihotri5182 3 жыл бұрын

stwy

@wayneyadams 2 жыл бұрын

It's called false modesty.

@Kalashnigoon 2 жыл бұрын

I hear that joke a lot as an Elevator Constructors Apprentice

@stabes70 7 жыл бұрын

The hardest part of a flying helicopter.. Finding the money to start!

@Ironhatchy 7 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@viperz888 7 жыл бұрын

Only 25 bucks an hour

@stabes70 7 жыл бұрын

viperz888 What an Rc Helicopter?

@viperz888 7 жыл бұрын

+stabes70 no a real one

@viperz888 7 жыл бұрын

+stabes70 osprey

@FokkerBoombass 5 жыл бұрын

"Today on Smarter Every Day we will see aircraft crash investigators at work."

@m.farizakbarhutasuhut3074 4 жыл бұрын

As you see here, the investigator is collecting my shattered femur, where they will take it to a lab and determine if I shattered it before or after the tail rotor smacked that tree over there.

@nickmendez3707 4 жыл бұрын

Notice how the instructors control arm is longer than the students so that they have more leverage if they start grabbing on too tight.

@chrisbula 4 жыл бұрын

Nick Mendez nice catch!

@alexlawson4173 4 жыл бұрын

It looks like to me that they're the same length. It's just at a pivot in the middle. Destin is just holding it lower down. I'm sure he could lift it up. I obviously don't know for sure though.

@kiradotee 4 жыл бұрын

@@alexlawson4173 3:25 you're welcome

@MaYbYl8eR 4 жыл бұрын

Seems like ergonomics. Its joystick in between passengers leg and even though the arm is linger for the teacher its over his leg still

@AmericanIdiot7659 4 жыл бұрын

Why would you want it longer because if you try to grab it you'll crash the helo

@ScoutSniper3124 3 жыл бұрын

Two things you NEVER want to hear from an Instructor Pilot... Nervous Laughter and the Lord's Prayer.

@chimkinNuggz 8 жыл бұрын

veteran GTA player here. i can confirm this. its really hard to hover a helicopter, especially if youre trying to bust someone out of a prison

@OsamaRana 8 жыл бұрын

+RuggedALAN and if Micheal is the pilot

@GwidazMan 8 жыл бұрын

+RuggedALAN BUT...its easy to hover the hydra..boooyah!

@dacasman 8 жыл бұрын

+RuggedALAN Not even close to the same thing. the helicopters in pretty much all videos games basically fly themselves.

@GwidazMan 8 жыл бұрын

+dacasman dude..that was a sarcasm..god..

@johnpetersen5341 8 жыл бұрын

+dacasman It has proper gyroscopic controls and physics, you should try it. They gave cars phantom torque, and bikes/motorcycles phantom forces, because stunts can be boring without those. But they were very faithful to accurate air flight. Try passing a payload with the 'Cargobob' before you say it flies itself.

@henmich 5 жыл бұрын

I learned this real hard when I just HAD to buy a remote controlled gas helicopter. I was talking to a helicpoter pilot about it and he said. "It's harder to fly those than real ones. When you mess up in the real vehicle, the whole world turns." When you get a RC helicopter facing you all the controls reverse and you have to do the mental gymnastics to remember to fly all the controls backwards. You should add a bit about that on your video.

@Hellsong89 4 жыл бұрын

True, but you can get somewhat over it by using cameras and heatset.

@musoseven8218 4 жыл бұрын

Yep back in the day, I did RC boats, off road race cars, gliders and powered aeroplanes. The latter two? It's not if you crash, it's when you crash - tedious keep rebuilding the model. Interestingly, when racing off road RC cars that are oversteering coming towards you as you say reversed, you have to put your mind in the model. We didn't have cameras or VR back in the day ;-)

@isaaclyonsf1 4 жыл бұрын

@@musoseven8218 I currently do all of those things and I agree, you don't even have to think about reverse steering on an rc buggy.

@scheusselmensch5713 4 жыл бұрын

In my experience a very skilled RC helicopter pilot can fly the real ships quite acceptably within an hour, usually less. They might not be on the numbers but they can fly it.

@kevinmeyer2655 4 жыл бұрын

scheusselmensch , that’s what I’m hoping for. Been flying RC for 20 years back when the gyros where mechanical and only slightly assisted. That was when you really had to know how to fly because you had to compensate for the torque. Anyone flying for less years most likely had a heading hold piezo gyro and never learned that skill. I want to get my license this summer.

@joshcanttakeajoke2853 3 жыл бұрын

Destin: you have the craziest job Instructor: it has its ups and downs I laughed way to hard at this

@iiPrr 10 ай бұрын

Instructor: Ready for your crash course I loved that one too

@conmagnew5542 4 жыл бұрын

I was gonna say Michelle was a really good teacher. That's how you do it, enough encouragement, and drop you right into the situation.

@jakethoover 5 жыл бұрын

I almost bought an rc helicopter as a kid. A guy at the shop told me flying a helicopter is like balancing a marble in the middle of a two foot by two foot pane of glass... running. I bought an rc car instead.

@Cloutwick 5 жыл бұрын

Weird mental picture....but accurate

@simonm1528 5 жыл бұрын

Bahaha

@richmiller9844 5 жыл бұрын

Balancing a pencil by the point. Sitting on top a beach ball. I learned with RC helis($$$) No seat of the pants feed back with RC also no fear of death.

@BitwiseMobile 5 жыл бұрын

I heard bowling ball on top of a bowling ball :)

@arwo1143 4 жыл бұрын

Mine told me the same, and it’s very true He also told me to buy the smaller one with full control (one of those that can flip upside down). It’s the hardest to control (really sensitive), but if you can fly that one, you can fly every one (and it’s cheaper to repair) And that was also true

@Nighthawkinlight 8 жыл бұрын

Your old series about how helicopters work I think is one of your best. Awesome to see you're putting that knowledge to use

@ac11dc110 8 жыл бұрын

+NightHawkInLight wow you are watching all my subs videos :P

@edwardabel3716 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for showing us “how to fly a helicopter” You are dead on when you say there is a “difference between knowing and understanding” Especially with Helicopters!!

@musoseven8218 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing progress, great instructors! I've had a go in a tough old military helicopter and it's like patting your stomach, rubbing your head, whistling a tune all whilst on a unicycle!

@TheHoaxHotel 8 жыл бұрын

Next step an autorotation landing from 10,000 feet after cutting the engine!

@jackielinde7568 8 жыл бұрын

+The Hoax Hotel Predicted results: A long whistling sound, followed by a "Splat!"

@smartereveryday 8 жыл бұрын

If you only knew what was coming up.....

@P07H34D 8 жыл бұрын

+SmarterEveryDay ermergerd! Sperlers!

@wdfwgagyfgagyga 8 жыл бұрын

+1fortheroad1 We are too!!

@JosiasRivera 8 жыл бұрын

From 10k feet? That's easy. All the time in the world. Throw in a 180 power off auto from 500 feet and now we're talking.

@radioshowsradiohour2280 5 жыл бұрын

"It has it's up's and it's down's" lmfao

@devanvlogs6485 4 жыл бұрын

RadioShow's RadioHour I kinda laughed at that too

@petergambier 4 жыл бұрын

Another great educational film thanks Destin. Also loved the guitar music. 'A shell In The Pit' makes an interesting and lovely sound.

@mesillahills Жыл бұрын

A friend of mine in Florida named Tom Howell destroyed an Army helicopter while learning to hover it. Tom later went on to become the main helicopter pilot for POTUS LBJ. Part of that was the fact that he was born and raised in Texas. Top flew into LBJ's ranch in Texas with the man aboard many times. He retired as the owner/operator of a State Farm Insurance agency in Texas. Also, my classmate in grade school's mother was the first licensed female helicopter pilot in the state of Illinois. Alice Dewitt was later killed in a small airplane crash along with her husband. She has a low "Whirligirl" number.

@alexsurh1472 4 жыл бұрын

Hovering a helecoptor in BF4 is already hard enough lol

@AK-pg1fc 4 жыл бұрын

Lol good one

@aa1bb2cc3dd4 4 жыл бұрын

it's literally the same mechanic. Instead of using your whole body it's just your fingers. I have flown both, and having flown in bf4 first, I caught on to irl flying in less than an hour. It's super similar and just as easy to crash lol

@_DarkKnight2301_ 4 жыл бұрын

Can I also just as easy do a barrel roll?

@Hellsong89 4 жыл бұрын

Nah try arma. It essentially takes same amount of time to learn, but with real chopper you need to add in the torque when adding power. Still i flied military training simulator at convention and instructors were impressed so i guess few hundred flight hours in arma paid off in that regard.. too bad i have glasses and few health problems that prevent me flying real helicopter. I even dreamed of going career military pilot, but could not.

@_DarkKnight2301_ 4 жыл бұрын

Bf4 helis are fun. The little bird is a favorite because it can fit into places a helicopter shouldn't go lol

@detaildr 7 жыл бұрын

"You have the craziest job ever!" "It has its ups and downs..." ... Threw my phone across the room at this joke...

@graxx1451 5 жыл бұрын

If you did that,you are an unbalanced psycho nutcase.

@luislopez5523 5 жыл бұрын

Wait, so your phone went up then down?

@bnr3314 5 жыл бұрын

Do you have a Nokia lmao

@wayward4657 5 жыл бұрын

r/ComedyHomicide

@jagfan101 5 жыл бұрын

RIP phone

@miked7728 Жыл бұрын

I come back to this video every year or so to remind me how much I want to get my helicopter license. I recently started flying the R44 on MSFS, and boy howdy did I get a different perspective on the whole hovering thing. It may not be as realistic as the real thing, but after actually trying it I understand how you have to manipulate every input at the same time. It felt almost impossible at first. I just hope I get instructors as cool as these folks when I go to school. Thanks Destin, love your stuff.

@kamp.4466 4 жыл бұрын

I know this video is nearly 4 years old now, but I absolutely loved it! Great stuff man, keep it up!

@EoThorne 8 жыл бұрын

"the R22 was down for maintenance." Did you have anything to do with that, Destin? ;)

@baintprush2931 7 жыл бұрын

"It has its ups and downs" took my a while to get it 😂😂

@Gear1rus 5 жыл бұрын

ye cracking puns seems to be the key to the job lol

@alfs3 4 жыл бұрын

I had my first helicopter lesson a few years ago and hovering is definitely the hardest thing you can ever do, but I actually picked it up quite quickly as the instructor noted. This video was equally as fun as that first lesson was and thanks for making me LOL!

@davehempstead9817 Жыл бұрын

I found it amazing. As a private pilot SEL/SES I was on vacation in FL and wanted a little time in a helicopter. I looked backed in my logbook and I had two lessons in N512GS 3/2014. Same helicopter. Really enjoy your site. I have similar interests. I was a Systems Engineer with IBM in the New England states for over 30 years

@UnboxingJon 8 жыл бұрын

Get to the chopper.

@EnhancedMarket 8 жыл бұрын

GET TO THE CHOPPAAAA!!**

@applejuice8442 8 жыл бұрын

GET TU ZE CHOPPPERRR*

@ExtremeGSE 8 жыл бұрын

your name has nothing to do with your channel, i wanted to subscribe but now i am disappointed

@UnboxingJon 8 жыл бұрын

ExtremeGSE Sorry to dissapoint. The channel is UnBoxing Jon in which we only unbox one thing: Jon.

@ExtremeGSE 8 жыл бұрын

+UnBoxing Jon - Vlogs To My Future Self subbed

@briansmobile1 8 жыл бұрын

I'm so jealous! Way to go Destin! You work so hard and deserve all the good things that come your way.

@simon-pierrelarochelle4403 8 жыл бұрын

+briansmobile1 Funny to see one channel that i'm subscribed at comment on another one !

@briansmobile1 5 жыл бұрын

@@simon-pierrelarochelle4403 Like minded people are practically magnetic to each other. Some people say it's the way we "vibrate" the same. Other people say the whole vibration thing is "woo." I don't claim to know why it happens, but I enjoy watching it happen just the same!

@ArtMeetsScience 3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully explained and illustrated. Looks delicate. Nicely done D!

@mewintle 3 жыл бұрын

I had no idea that there were all of those cool things in St Pete and Clearwater. I was never interested in that area before, but now I really want to go see those museums! Thanks!

@darkless60 8 жыл бұрын

Instructor Brandon: It has its ups and downs Hahahahaa

@AozoraUltra2006 8 жыл бұрын

I couldn't hear the difference between the host's voice and the instructor...

@AozoraUltra2006 8 жыл бұрын

the first instructor

@hrwakelsa 8 жыл бұрын

+Aozotra The host?

@krisztianszirtes5414 8 жыл бұрын

+Lasse Hansen Host as in maker of the video. It's not like a webserver here :D

@TorIvanBoine 8 жыл бұрын

+Lasse Hansen host = not the instructor :)

@AozoraUltra2006 8 жыл бұрын

yeah sorry couldn't recall the name of the guy

@tcswag801 4 жыл бұрын

I love st.pete-clearwater-Tampa area . purchased a little 2 bedroom bungalow in Madeira Beach between Clearwater and st. Pete . such a cool chill beach town + urban city combined .

@gregrtodd 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a fixed-wing pilot but my only rotary-wing training was in an R-22. Such a tricky little bugger to hover! Everything you said was spot on! I have friends who have flown larger helis though (specifically the UH-1H Iroquois) -they say that the bigger the chopper, the easier it is to hover. The R22 sits on a tiny ball of air, and wants to constantly roll off it. An Iroquois sits on a much fatter and flatter air cushion, and isn't so prone to fall off.

@eat_ze_bugs 7 жыл бұрын

They should have auxiliary controls with q,w,e,a,s,d.

@xyzabc9628 7 жыл бұрын

ps4 controller's better

@thrundawolf187 7 жыл бұрын

+Xyz Abc Console idiot

@thrundawolf187 7 жыл бұрын

+Xyz Abc Console idiot

@XOLiD55 7 жыл бұрын

Lol scrubs, flight stick is better.

@brunoalves-pg9eo 7 жыл бұрын

+Xyz Abc peasant

@theQiwiMan 8 жыл бұрын

In my heart I'd like to think I could somehow eventually come to understand and respect the 10 people who have thumbed this video down. But deep down I suspect we could never actually become friends. Too fundamentally different.

@pullarz414 8 жыл бұрын

+theQiwiMan 10 now ..:/

@ldekker97 8 жыл бұрын

27... why...

@aliviabrooks8305 8 жыл бұрын

+theQiwiMan wow that was deep.... Lol

@smhdpt12 8 жыл бұрын

+theQiwiMan There is a unique gene in some humans who just like to be jerks. There is no cure.

@AffordBindEquipment 8 жыл бұрын

+theQiwiMan there's slag in every pot...

@mayurchavhan8590 3 жыл бұрын

1:54 You've the craziest job ever dude. Instructor: It has some ups and down. 🤣🤣🤣

@yannickallard4 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! My father allways told me that it was more complicated to fly the helicopter than a plane. My father was areodynamics enginneer for Bombardier areonautic in Montreal.i was allways hung to his lips to listen to his knowledge and stories. Thanks again!!

@WhatsInside 8 жыл бұрын

You rock as always.

@theromanfish 8 жыл бұрын

+What's Inside? omg hi :DDDDDDDDDDDD

@asj3419 8 жыл бұрын

well, he is good at rocking the helicopter

@maxmyzer9172 8 жыл бұрын

+What's Inside? OMG its whats inside, another one of my favs. (r u realated)

@wyattsmith8853 8 жыл бұрын

you da best say hi to Lincoln for me

@0SKBooth0 5 жыл бұрын

"It has its ups and downs" that has me laughing so hard...my favorite kind of instructor, laid back.

@davelangford2439 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favourite SED vids I've seen so far.

@ACplanet 4 жыл бұрын

I can relate, i tried the same thing in an r22 with no experience! its like every tiny input is delayed and youve got to control in advance, like acellerating in a modern auto gearbox car

@redkb 8 жыл бұрын

Love the Rubik's Cube analogy!

@InsertPi 8 жыл бұрын

+RedKB Nice to see you here RedKB. Still waiting for you to switch from Corners First to the ZZ master race. jk

@TheSphericalCuber1 8 жыл бұрын

+RedKB HOW DO I FIND YOU ALL THE TIME???

@vamshidarisi8400 8 жыл бұрын

Kenneth how do I find you commenting on most of the channels I watch ? yow.

@paulfitch2198 5 жыл бұрын

As I was going through Primary Helicopter flight training in Mineral Wells, TX, I sent my parents a post card that read something like "I know why this school is in Texas - so you only need permission from one governor to learn to hover"

@butchhaight 3 жыл бұрын

Been there, done that. 1972, Brown Hat. I hovered on my very first check flight, that’s up until Capt. Shultzen ask me what 2 divided by 3 was...oops...lol... What’s a WOC? Something you throw at a wabbit!!!

@glenwilliams9752 3 жыл бұрын

Look at us guys!! Wolters, Rucker or Hunter AAF, Nam retirement and we watch a video of kids like we were hovering. Wow.

@TheLovemilife 3 жыл бұрын

honestly a nice change of place from a sponsor. Good job St. Pete Clearwater.

@wilsonblack2201 4 жыл бұрын

Been there and done that. Learned a whole new perspective and appreciation for the skills required to fly helicopters.

@eggbeater4371 4 жыл бұрын

Wilson Black amen!

@ferrari884 8 жыл бұрын

If I can do the exploding oil rig challenge in Microsoft Flight Simulator, I can do this.

@zachclemens1971 8 жыл бұрын

Lol fsx helicopters have such bad flight models.

@ferrari884 8 жыл бұрын

+Zach Clemens exactly

@zachclemens1971 7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Ward Have you heard of the Huey in DCS world sim. It is suppose to be super realistic and feels that way from what I can tell, but I can't say for sure, I'm just a fixed wing pilot. Ain't got the money for helicopter lessons lol.

@the101dad 7 жыл бұрын

Nah never have, but simple microsoft sims dont give the physical raction of whats truly needed for hover work...

@axebeard7677 7 жыл бұрын

Took me a few hours to get that one.

@maverickdallas1004 8 жыл бұрын

... Helicopters don't fly...they beat the air into submission!!!

@jazzsimmons8370 6 жыл бұрын

That's how Chuck Norris does it!

@ColinMill1 5 жыл бұрын

There is an alternative theory - they are so ugly the Earth repels them.

@waynebrown1394 5 жыл бұрын

When I was a cop I was talking to one of our flight division guys. He said controlled crashing.

@michaeltalbot8242 5 жыл бұрын

No they fly as a function of Newton s third law they look so rediculus the earth repels them!

@PyroThunder 5 жыл бұрын

maverickdallas100 sky blender!

@j-c4997 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my. You went to clearwater too! I flew a 172 there, almost the same path along the beach you took! AWESOME!

@rrcaniglia 2 жыл бұрын

When I went through Army rotary wing flight school, it took ten to twelve hours of flight time to learn to hover. If SED was hovering in less time, he is what you’d have to call a ‘natural stick’.

@philipmartin708 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad I found your comment. What were they telling you about the use of the cyclic and hovering?

@johnfriend862 5 жыл бұрын

Destin, this is my "go to" video for showing people how hard what we do actually is. A helicopter is the true embodiment of Newton's third law, but there's usually more than one equal & opposite reaction. Now when someone wants me to explain how hard flying a helicopter is I just show them your video. You've packed a ton of information into just a few minutes. Great job! And I assure those commenters out there who are experienced helicopter pilots because they fly a simulator or RC, you haven't got a clue. I've flown million dollar simulators for instrument work, and even those are nowhere near the real thing. I flew nitro RC helicopters before flying real ones, and it's not even close. If it's so easy, spend a few hundred dollars and go do a discovery flight at your local helicopter school, show the instructors there how much your simulator time taught you.

@jamesordwayultralightpilot 5 жыл бұрын

Obviously it's a lot harder than RC but like all things RC gives you the foundation to build on. A sim can only teach you so much. At least RC helps you apply the physics in a real world scenario. I understand your feelings towards guys who say it's the same thing or RC is harder. I'm not saying that at all because the real deal you pay for your mistakes with your life, so the stakes are higher. But knowing the basic behaviours and controls from RC especially in my case FPV, I feel it helps to have that foundation and build confidence in learning to fly a real Heli. I'm only commenting because I've always thought about it since I was a kid and I've flown FPV, planes, helis, and now quadcopters. It seems like the next step would be to take lessons and I hope to experience the click much quicker having the background to apply to a real copter. Let me know if I'm making sense and if I'm on the right track. Please no insults. This is still a serious matter and I'm not trying to start an emotional online debate. Thank you :-)

@GRDwashere 4 жыл бұрын

"but there's usually more than one equal & opposite reaction" actually no, there's only one reaction, trouble is the non-linear rate of change of both the direction and magnitude of that one reaction.

@kevintedder4202 4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesordwayultralightpilot I disagree. Fly a RC heli away from you and left is left, right is right. Now turn and fly it towards you, left is right, right is left. But only for your right hand controlling the cyclic. Your left hand, on the collective, is not reversed, up and down are the same. Try thinking backwards with one hand and forwards with the other. Also, when stood on the ground looking at a model in the air, you lack that 'seat of you pants' feeling about what the heli is doing. Close your eyes in a real heli and you still feel if it is turning. Try closing your eyes with a RC heli. Both RC and real heli's are difficult to fly, its just that the pilot is detached from a RC heli to add another level of difficulty.

@RaivoltG 4 жыл бұрын

I've got rc helis and they are very difficult to learn to fly, many crashes but also many aerobatic maneuvers that would be impossible in a "real" heli. I've never ever crashed a "real" helicopter, could it be that they are easier to fly? I'm guessing it's because I've never flown a real one! 😂

@BelowMinimums 8 жыл бұрын

As an airplane pilot I found this video really interesting. I've never flown a helicopter but I'd like to get my helicopter pilots license some day. Good video and it was very informative, some of the stuff here is actually pretty similar to airplanes; such as multiple controls inputs are needed to do a maneuver such as turning.

@AIRSOFTMMASKATEBEAST 7 жыл бұрын

You should give it a try! I'm currently a helicopter student and it's pretty fun. Got about 70 hours so far.

@BelowMinimums 7 жыл бұрын

I definitely plan to do it some day, but not for awhile. Too expensive. The only heli school near me is 300/ hour for dual and 250 for solo. A little too much for me at the moment haha.

@the101dad 7 жыл бұрын

only thing is, you cant take your hand off the cyclic, thats asking for trouble... hopefully you learn to use your left hand very well lol

@davidroberts1852 6 жыл бұрын

Much easier being a glider pilot. I need to know is stick and rudder.

@buzzjump9422 6 жыл бұрын

I am going to ground school on march and going to fly a glider. Any tips for first nervous flight?

@somestuffithoughtyoumightl6985 4 жыл бұрын

Hovered around the box on my first lesson. Hardest thing I’ve done in over nine thousand fixed wing hours

@veetour 4 жыл бұрын

So everything related to helicopters is flooding my recommends because I keep watching videos of Kobe's crash!

@LuisMoreno-py7jn 4 жыл бұрын

vee tour same here lmaooo not gunna lie though I’ve now gotten an interest in helicopters and want to fly in one

@WamoAR 4 жыл бұрын

Luis Moreno same

@Danny-fs1hk 4 жыл бұрын

Yep

@TotallyNotHimBTW 4 жыл бұрын

billy bob woah! This is the internet dude not your grandma’s living room

@sssharefff 4 жыл бұрын

@@billybob7947 well, people have opinions?

@burritotorpedo7772 4 жыл бұрын

When he started explaining the helicopter controls. I just thought “WHY ARE THERE SIX PEDALS?!” From Red vs Blue

@AttilaAsztalos 4 жыл бұрын

Duh - clutch, breaks, gas, each doubled for redundancy... ;)

@namedropper9237 3 жыл бұрын

You shot Church!

@scotthrivnak1986 3 жыл бұрын

@@namedropper9237 "You team killing fucktard"

@yeahboi1577 8 жыл бұрын

Its easy, I can do it because I train everyday in CoD.. You should train on CoD everyday to be a master of hovering

@TheOnlyToblin 8 жыл бұрын

+Ricardo Quaresma Can't tell if serious...

@vlurr2610 8 жыл бұрын

What is CoD

@TheDeathdragon401 8 жыл бұрын

call of duty. It's a video game simulating war.

@vlurr2610 8 жыл бұрын

+Tevin Mulumba I'm not In the Internet

@Tevin-MK 8 жыл бұрын

+Thatonelostteddybear stop using it then

@avantoa 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this awesome video! I learned a lot!!

@nicholasfolk5582 2 жыл бұрын

Love St Pete so much, I knew that was where you had to be when you were flying over the beach!

@NeedToBike 4 жыл бұрын

As a professional helicopter pilot in battlefield hardline I can certainly say it's difficult to fly a helicopter.

@AitchT. 3 жыл бұрын

Prove it

@bectaddeo717 3 жыл бұрын

SmarterEveryDay: lets try to hover a helicopter Me: trying to fly a drone

@calartian85 3 жыл бұрын

Calm down, Officer Overlode. Battlefield is a video game. And flying the helos is frickin’ impossible.

@sravan9931 2 жыл бұрын

🧢

@guycha0s380 2 жыл бұрын

Your account name says all, cap

@kirillvishnevsky6327 8 жыл бұрын

I am from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Cool to have a sister city in Florida. Nice video, watch them all!

@SpookyDoopyDoo 4 жыл бұрын

SmarterEveryDay: lets try to hover a helicopter Me: trying to fly a drone

@murdoch817 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, I am so envious . Light , fun and informative.

@nvrumi 7 жыл бұрын

I met an instructor/pilot a few years ago and flew with him in his R22. He needed a photographer for aerial work and I had camera, ability, and inclination. It was such a hoot to fly with him and I had a blast, plus made a few bucks to pay for my equipment. Thanks for reminding me of that, Destin.

@jamesharrell4360 6 жыл бұрын

David Thompson: my father was/is a pilot and a photographer.. as a child I was always to short to see out of the plane. So he taught me how to fly by instrument while he took pictures for hours. Definitely miss those days

@timearly5226 5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesharrell4360 I've told some young men who've never driven a stick shift how my father taught me when I could barely see over the dash. You just blew that out of the water! 👍🙄

@jamesharrell4360 5 жыл бұрын

@@timearly5226 a stick is more of an intensive learning curve. How far to let out, When to shift, At the stop sign Dad put it in third and I killed the engine, Oh my God, my first hill solo from a dead stop on campus with people behind me...a few years in with an old Ford Ranger and your doing the foot work of NASCAR drivers... Those years were much more intense than being an auto pilot that's "activated"(woken up), to hold the yoke.(me). Quote: "being a piolet is 99% boredom, with a few seconds of extreme terror at the end." Needless to say, finding my old childhood drawings of optimally placed dials/controls/displays/etc that I use to draw. Imaginary vehicles/real ones/etc of course.., and realizing my constant life long interest; I love interiors of vehicles and anything with guages and switches. A well designed user interface based on importance, safety, and easy of access (non-touch screen) compounded with dual-redundancy every step along the way... Aircraft have two of everything for this reason...(except in the most recent Boeing incidents..) Plus I've always wanted to "retrofit" my shed to have those 1960's style space ship/launch facility blinking lights of no real correspondence... I'm that type of weirdo who reads a multiple PDF's of manuals, datasheets, and documents on ferro resonance while my wife watches TV and reads romance...

@mntbighker 8 жыл бұрын

I solo flew the R22 after 17 hours. I can't recall how long it took to hover. But when it happened, it was a switch going off and I could "just do it". I guess I took to like a duck to water. My instructor pulled some INSANE stunts on me, like throttle chops on takeoff, over water at really low altitudes. The parallels between heli hover and mountain biking are interesting. If you watch the terrain too close to you, it's a disaster. When you figure out how not to, it comes into focus. Instructors told me back then a LOT of asian students were coming to AZ (I'm in CA), and most didn't solo until about 60 hours (got my license at 70). The vast majority of them would fly the ship right into the ground unless the instructor took over, despite screaming and yelling at them to "flare". Apparently they had a really hard time transferring what they read in class to real world. They would fixate and freeze up. I theorize that what makes that culture so great at math and science is the same thing that makes things like driving and flying so hard. They can focus on one thing really well, but with a car or aircraft you have to do 5 things at once.

@howardflies 8 жыл бұрын

+mntbighker one of our instructors was a former SAR pilot and he managed to make a R22 hover from 70 knots in 3 seconds, pitch up so much I can only see the sky! Apparently he did it all the time back in the day when he flew Dauphins in search and rescue missions.

@mntbighker 8 жыл бұрын

+Howard “Howardflyer” Lau The factory pilots at the Robinson factory fly those little things around like lunatics. The Coast Guard guys here at work fly the Dauphine around all the time. But they are nowhere near as nutz as the Blackhawk pilots.

@johnhutchison9782 4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed your time down here. It is quite a great place to live, aside from road congestion, heat, and humidity. Winter is heavenly!!

@TheHjkane 3 жыл бұрын

As a commercial pilot with helicopter rating, I think you did a good job hovering. I also like your explanation of the operation of a helicopter, you did your research and explained it very well and accurately. I personally really never liked the 'wobble' stick cyclic on the Robinson, as I flew in Bell 47s with two cyclic sticks, but as I was working on my helicopter CFI when my GI bill ran out, I can appreciate the calm demeanor of your instructors. I never had to let go of the stick with a (pretend) student. I really enjoy your videos, keep em coming.

@neversurrender5798 7 жыл бұрын

I like that each teacher themselves that you were taught by was actually a progression in attitude. IE Michelle being quite hands off and a bit sassy was exactly what you seemed to need.

@jakeman025 5 жыл бұрын

The first sentence of your comment confused me but also teacher me that taught teaching English is treacherous and that taught the teaching teachers preachers teach.

@TruthWillFreeYou 5 жыл бұрын

@@jakeman025 I have no idea what you just said, but I think I agree.

@yinyang1217 5 жыл бұрын

@@TruthWillFreeYou yeah me too

@johnhutchison9782 4 жыл бұрын

A fortunate man is one who isn't hands off with Michelle 😂.

@jonathannerz1696 8 жыл бұрын

I am a speed cuber, and the way he was describing solving a Rubik's Cube is exactly right.

@missylongbottom2064 Жыл бұрын

For some reason hovering just clicked in about 3 - 4 hours. Left pattern and right pattern still confuse me (doesn't help that I'm right/left dyslexic)

@Jrb8k3n 4 жыл бұрын

What a cool experience!!! His positivity is contagious

@patrickwhitehead7584 4 жыл бұрын

For me and my taste, this is the best video you've made. Well done!

@nokiot9 5 жыл бұрын

“It’s like trying to stand up on a bicycle while standing completely still”

@xl3real 4 жыл бұрын

Destin you've just got yourself a new sub! Love the content!

@edgarriveravazquez 4 жыл бұрын

I love your channel. Everyone needs to get smarter every day. And you are helping me do so.

@dylanmcewan7504 8 жыл бұрын

So when is the backwards brain helicopter video?

@illidur 8 жыл бұрын

+Dylan McEwan When he tries flying towards himself in 3rd person lol

@pierc7490 8 жыл бұрын

It seems that you put lots of effort in your videos and I really like them, you also really seem like you enjoy making them, thanks for always teaching me something new -a recent subscriber

@christopherfreeman3357 2 жыл бұрын

I'm doing my first discovery flight in the Robinson R44 Raven tomorrow. This video calmed me down a whole lot.

@herronproductions829 4 жыл бұрын

Thats so cool! 8:42 When I was in Clearwater, I saw Winter and Hope, I also went on that dolphin tour speedboat thing.

@killstrees 8 жыл бұрын

Very similar to Rc helis too. One big advantage with the full size is that you can feel what the helicopter is doing... Rc, its all by sight.

@the101dad 7 жыл бұрын

principles are totally different from a rc to the real thing

@the101dad 7 жыл бұрын

Thats kinsethetic system not vestibular...

@the101dad 7 жыл бұрын

And using visual, vestibular and kinesthetic can get you killed...

@the101dad 7 жыл бұрын

oh yea? while flying at night your sensory organ can kill you you...

@the101dad 7 жыл бұрын

oh yea, I'm also a commercial pilot with instrument rating...

@cubeologist42 8 жыл бұрын

Ayyyy Rubik's cubes making an appearance!

@Z3Cubing 8 жыл бұрын

+Cubeologist yay!

@smartereveryday 8 жыл бұрын

I need to watch your channel more.

@Mechanabox 8 жыл бұрын

Yesssss

@na677 8 жыл бұрын

ayyyy cubeologist youre here

@27cuber73 8 жыл бұрын

+SmarterEveryDay it's a good idea. Some of the best videos

@akulahwoihan 2 жыл бұрын

hello hai, im a helicopter pilot and i already flown helicopter for 7 years already, thanks to you dude for remembering my awesome day during my training at flying school....yup i its complex maneuver during hover...thumbs up and chill from Malaysia... love.

@bmarshy 3 жыл бұрын

Just took my first heli lesson a few days ago, hovering is certainly hard but I was surprised to find it doesn’t take much longer than about 1-2 hours to master it

@thebigdog360 6 жыл бұрын

**Watches video of him taking off, flying, and landing.** “Oh, I can do that, easily!!” **Tries to fly Sikorsky S-76 on X-Plane 10** “Ok ummmm”

@rdablock 4 жыл бұрын

bruh

@Bkaithaone 5 жыл бұрын

Just started lessons in a Robinson R22! Thanks Deston! Seen this video a few months back and it blew my mind. Update: hovering; although difficult, wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Unless its windy, then it really is.

@aaronbradshaw4762 4 жыл бұрын

+ I loved this video although he was advertising ClearWater at the end LOL

@kamraam1464 3 жыл бұрын

I will never understand why these videos get dislikes. This content is AMAZING!

@SuperAdnan117 3 жыл бұрын

I like how Destin just HAD to ask the darn question towards the end there. Heli pilots and Fixed-wing pilots notoriously have beef with each other on matters like this LMAOO

@JulesQuimbo2142 8 жыл бұрын

Anyone know how much per hour (if its by hour) the lessons are?

@xcvsdxvsx 8 жыл бұрын

+Jules Quimbo www.groupon.com/deals/airwest-aviation-academy

@JulesQuimbo2142 8 жыл бұрын

+xcvsdxvsx thanks

@xCouragexAbility 8 жыл бұрын

How much?

@seigeengine 8 жыл бұрын

+Jules Quimbo Picked from a few schools online, $25k-$60k~ for a private license, including 50ish hours of flight time and a similar amount of ground school.

@xcvsdxvsx 8 жыл бұрын

***** They probably aren't making huge profits or anything like that. I'm sure its just expensive as f*** to buy and maintain helicopters, rent runway space, pay teachers, and comply with government imposed burdens.

@azyfloof 8 жыл бұрын

A Dali museum AND an Escher museum?! I think I about soiled myself!

@TheoXydias_PerlaCoffeeTrailer 2 жыл бұрын

i am glad that his video is recomending my abandoned R22 Robinson video :D

@jacobshrum9414 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly best sponsorship. I actually want to go there now.

@davidbuschhorn6539 8 жыл бұрын

Michelle is a dream girl. She's smart and pretty and funny, lighthearted and forgiving. Guys? Don't negate how important forgiving is :-)

@1castellp 4 жыл бұрын

Me: hovering a chopper is easy Also Me: dead

@bo64hellfire 4 жыл бұрын

XD, got a god chuckle out of me

@shekharmaela2308 4 жыл бұрын

Kobe be like:

@gideonkloosterman 4 жыл бұрын

@@shekharmaela2308 kobe wasnt the pilot

@shekharmaela2308 4 жыл бұрын

@@gideonkloosterman When did i say he was? I was just going along with the joke.

@gideonkloosterman 4 жыл бұрын

@@shekharmaela2308 The joke didn't make sense

@wtfollow3594 3 жыл бұрын

Dude this is so cool. My pops is a heli pilot and I been flying for years with him. Thanks is for this refreshing upload bro. Ahhhhhh Peace!!!

@samwise9122 2 жыл бұрын

Idk why but an instructor with a southern accent always puts me at ease.

@robertkelly3041 8 жыл бұрын

knowledge is power

@lukasdon0007 8 жыл бұрын

+Rawr “Tato” McRawr France is bacon

@robertkelly3041 8 жыл бұрын

***** Too soon, bro. Too soon.

@Kioget 8 жыл бұрын

+Rawr „Tato“ McRawr And i know a lot...

@lukasdon0007 8 жыл бұрын

Rawr McRawr Oh man that made me laugh. I'm a horrible person :/ Also: had France been bacon, the attacks would probably not have happened.

@ScarletAssasin 8 жыл бұрын

+Rawr “Tato” McRawr simsimhae, baegopa, hastalavistababy.

@ChristianMeyer 8 жыл бұрын

Can you also do a modern helicopter and show the differences?

@HamishMilne83 8 жыл бұрын

+Christian Meyer Yeah, this would be really easy to automate. Millitary jets can pretty much fly themselves, I'd imagine a modern helicopter would be similar.

@matthewmiller7293 8 жыл бұрын

+Christian Meyer The only difference is that computer systems "Correct" the pilot's inputs, making it hard to make mistakes. There's a running joke about Airbus planes among airline pilots, which use the same type of system: "You don't fly it, you just tell it where to go."

@bbgun061 8 жыл бұрын

+Christian Meyer They are the same. The controls might be hydraulically assisted (like power steering in a car) but they all work the same way.

@StalePhish 8 жыл бұрын

+Christian Meyer These aren't really too old. The white R22 you can see at 33 seconds that he was flying at the beginning of the video was built in 1998 (17 years old... not much in aviation terms considering the military is flying jets that are 60 years old). Unfortunately i can't tell the year on the R44 4-seater

@RFC3514 8 жыл бұрын

+Matthew Miller - In the near future, planes will be fully controlled by a man and a dog. The man's role is to feed the dog. The dog's role is to bite the man if he tries to touch any of the controls.

@spitfirekid1 5 ай бұрын

I had my first R22 lesson on New Years Day. I am a fixed wing license pilot. I had an amazing instructor. I had one perfect hover after 30 minutes and couldn’t do it again. I flew a couple patterns all the way to landing. I have a long way to go if I continue but hard a great start!