R44 Helicopter Panel Overview

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Lots of people have been asking me to give them more information about the helicopter itself, so here's my first plain information video. In it, I give you a guided tour of my helicopter's instrument panel, from top to bottom. Airplane pilots will recognize a bunch of the instruments, but there are also a few that are helicopter-only. Keep in mind that this is just an overview -- I don't go into deep detail about any of the instruments or knobs that I discuss. The video has two parts -- I got a phone call from a client and had to fly while I was in the middle of recording it -- so you get the added benefit of seeing the instruments actually reading something near the end. Can you spot the blades still spinning?
I've also gotten requests to show what my helicopter looks like, so I included a photo in the beginning. I should mention here that the intro music was created for me years ago by Mac author Bob Levitus; I'm only using a tiny piece of the opus he composed and recorded for me. (Maybe I'll use the whole thing as background music for a flight in the future.)
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@jorka7 5 жыл бұрын

I love your simple explanations and general manor in which you narrate all your videos. Thank you from the UK. X

@thebestisyettocome4114 5 жыл бұрын

Hello young lady. I used to fly just until about 6 years ago a 1969 Cessna 150. I purchased it in 1972 no longer use it. I'm 98 now and still love Aviation. I still drive my car and go camping no more flying. FAA wouldn't pass me for Medical under no circumstances. Lol. But do I remember how to fly of course. You enjoy that career. 👍Mr. Hahn, Los Angeles California

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

Hello! I wish I’d started earlier, but I’m enjoying it as much as I can now. Thanks!

@FlightHours 5 жыл бұрын

Never toured a helicopter cockpit before your video. Thanks so much, very informative!

@DavidLee-vv3zu 5 жыл бұрын

Well done Ms. Langer !

@kickthesky 4 жыл бұрын

As a non-pilot I think I understood most of what you presented. Very well spoken with technical terms explained and the reason for each control explained well. I learned a lot. Thank you.

@daveogarf 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tour, Maria. As a former fixed wing pilot who's been bitten hard by the rotary wing bug, it was fascinating to see the pedestal and all it's fixin's.

@cember01 5 жыл бұрын

DIRECTIONAL GYRO: Aircraft have this compass like instrument because it's much more smooth and precise than a compass which tends to wobble around and lag behind turns. Much better for precisely tracking your turns and direction under instrument conditions (in clouds). BUT...a gyro instrument is subject to recession, which means it slowly falls behind the true direction. Unlike a compass that always follows magnetic north, a gyro must be reset to the correct direction every flight. You simply note the actual compass during straight flight or sitting on the ground and turn the knob on the directional gyro to match.

@emotiveenergy4598 5 жыл бұрын

Fabulous! Loved it. Looking forward to your flight controls video.

@cigarobsession 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks!

@sinesiobrito 5 жыл бұрын

You made an excellent explanation of the instruments, Maria. Thanks.

@winjarskjelten2856 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking your time to make this video. I'm getting started on my pilot license in about 3 weeks so this is really helpful. Thanks again :)

@tylerjones3875 4 жыл бұрын

Another excellent video! Very well explained, not rushed, nice pace. A nice common sense approach.

@KaiCheetah 5 жыл бұрын

Found your channel in my recommendations and love how you do POVs

@firedavin 5 жыл бұрын

First glance that looks intimidating. But it’s much more simpler than I would have ever imagined. Thanks for the walk though.

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

I know exactly what you mean. When I first climbed into a Bell 206L at the Grand Canyon to get some training for a job there, I was overwhelmed by the number of gauges, controls, and circuit breakers. But as it was explained to me and I began flying, it all fell into place and became pretty simple.

@therealjeff-0459 5 жыл бұрын

can you do a video on how you became a pilot and especially an agriculture pilot

@PsychoPayco 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tour Maria, excellent video. Greetings from Puerto Rico.

@13knots52 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best videos about R44 instruments

@FlyingMAir 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jmstew642 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool tour, thanks

@Predamon 5 жыл бұрын

Here's the video i was looking, thanks Maria :)

@purdy0182 3 жыл бұрын

Great video for new pilots. Keep up the good work!

@keithbraddehmann320 5 жыл бұрын

Very informative, thanks for sharing!

@dgb681 5 жыл бұрын

Great videos! Keep em coming!

@pjwlk 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks for the detailed review. Looking forward to the next video

@MotoGoYo 5 жыл бұрын

Useful video, thanks. Watching your videos is giving me the bug to look into flying helicopters. Used to fly aeroplanes in the UK, last around 2005 I think. Keep the coming!

@swang6782 5 жыл бұрын

Nice, thank you for the tour!

@treaddirt 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you. I passed through Wenatchee last weekend going camping at Alta Lake and I scanned the sky’s in hopes of seeing you flying.

@bandislife2004 5 жыл бұрын

Super fascinating!! Thank you 🚁🚁🚁🚁👏👏👏

@mikebabcock7269 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video very informative thanks for sharing

@Chris-hm4sn 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you for filming this and taking the time to explain everything sure seems pretty involved. Someday I would love to go for a flight in a helicopter

@dingFAching 5 жыл бұрын

You're a great pilot and great KZfaqr. Subscribed.

@user-lv4tw5mk3n 5 жыл бұрын

Very nicely done! Please do a quick video in flight showing & explaining the yaw “slip” string principle if you could sometime! Always look forward to your videos :)

@Chris-hm4sn 5 жыл бұрын

Would love to see a video of you explaining the cyclic and the collective and a take off and flight I would really enjoy that

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

It’s on my list.

@Chris-hm4sn 5 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingMAir awesome! I cant wait for that..

@randiowen9923 5 жыл бұрын

I Really enjoy your Vids .. Brings back good memory's of the days I worked on Helicopters .. I was a Crew Chief / Mech during my Army years .. I took care of Cobra Helos .. many many hours crawling on and around a bird. :)

@ricardowelser220 5 жыл бұрын

You got another subscriver,i love your videos and the way you fly,you make it look so simple,keep the good job,regards from south Brasil

@kelseydavidson8740 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! Love your channel 😊 Looking forward to your live tomorrow!

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

Let's hope I can pull off the big live event. Fingers crossed.

@bandislife2004 5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 " Sorry I had to go fly!! " Love it! Superwoman!!

@wb6she 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Maria, good info..looking forward to more flying :o).

@s_e_maj2807 4 ай бұрын

Very informative! I love it. Keep up the great work.

@FlyingMAir 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@earloutdoors3286 5 жыл бұрын

Cool, great video!

@cliffhammer5886 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info! Interesting stuff! (Cliff - SE Portland )

@bicu77 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you !

@thepokeragency 5 жыл бұрын

Most enjoyable tyvm

@RichieRouge206 5 жыл бұрын

Very informative 😎👍🏼

@peteroc7395 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very very very much for this very interesting happy flying regards Pete

@donfoster5576 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Thanks!

@ivankornmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for info, and presentation

@invisiblerevolution 3 жыл бұрын

Great overview

@mojutammutlane4194 5 жыл бұрын

very nice video, i am not a pilot but like flying machines especially helis interesting instrument analysis

@swarfrat311 5 жыл бұрын

Just joined the channel. Your panel looks a lot like the Cessna 150 I trained in back in the 1970s. The only things missing are a VOR indicator and a couple of Narco Nav/Coms. Nowadays the VOR is pretty much useless because of GPS. I wish I had had a better paying job as I would like to have gotten into flying helicopters. I live on the San Francisco peninsula (near San Carlos airport - SQL). There are lots of grapes near here as well fruit and nut trees in the central valley. I can see myself doing flights to keep stuff from freezing. I've watched most of your videos and love what you do. I've also checked out the Robinson website. Even the R22 costs a bundle! Not a poor mans hobby, just like fixed-wing aircraft! Thanks again for posting your videos. I'll be waiting for the next one. Have a good one! Dave

@karimdaher8943 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for the good informations

@HAL9000. 5 жыл бұрын

Did flying lessons years ago and not a million miles from what I recognise - Cesna. BUT, helicopter pilots are in a whole other league. Interesting vid!

@andygray9285 5 жыл бұрын

Just joined your channel and love your videos Hi from Australia.

@mohammadalzahrani7788 5 жыл бұрын

ty for sharing us this information ..

@luismiguelmarques6584 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jarrodrogers8885 5 жыл бұрын

Loved it i might seen you flying when it rained in wenatchee area

@robertpowell2746 5 жыл бұрын

Love watching your videos Maria I've always had a fascination with helicopters someday I hope to fly in one it's kind of on my bucket list being as how I'm 72 years old now.

@Chris-hm4sn 5 жыл бұрын

Robert Powell, I hope you get your chance to fly in a helicopter one day

@leeow3n 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for this

@billmoran3812 5 жыл бұрын

Great explanation. I’m a fixed wing pilot, although I have had a couple hours in rotor craft, so it’s pretty familiar. Interesting that you have an engine governor. In the old days e.g. Bell 47 era, you had to handle collective and throttle all the time.

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

The collective in my R44 (and my previous two Robinsons) pretty much stays where you put it. The throttle is controlled by an electronic governor that keeps the RPMs just where they need to be. That's a huge reduction in pilot workload. Most modern helicopters have something similar and that's a good thing.

@russ155 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks really cool

@LeeWalklin 5 жыл бұрын

And now I know... thanks Maria! 👍🇬🇧

@LeeWalklin 5 жыл бұрын

Well, apart from cyclic and collective! But that's another story...

@barryg41 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely great video! Looking forward to more like this video. I use flightradar24 and it allows me to go back and look at your flight with speed and ATL. I can go back 7 days with the free app. All I needed was tail number. 😎

@stainlesslobster 5 жыл бұрын

Frigging awesome. You Rick love your Vids.

@stainlesslobster 4 жыл бұрын

Meant (Rock) dam auto spell. Lol

@FlyingMAir 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I kinda figured. :-)

@marekczarnecki6714 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! It's really nice You show us cockpit of your machine! Best wishes from fixed wing pilot, have a nice day!

@overbank56 27 күн бұрын

This is interesting

@chipkankel4073 5 жыл бұрын

Cool! I always thought R44s were turbine and R22s were reciprocating. Learned something new.

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

R66s are turbine.

@daveogarf 4 жыл бұрын

Chip Kankel - the R22 uses a 4-cylinder engine, the R44 a 6-cylinder piston engine, and the R66 is the turbine-powered model. It looks almost identical to the R44.

@stevenmurata4392 5 жыл бұрын

Maria is there somewhere you explain how you got into flying? Great videos. (I'm in ag, lemons & avocados, so the cherry drying & frost protection is interesting.)

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

Future video. Or possibly a live q&a chat.

@AndrewBarfield 5 жыл бұрын

Why would 3 people down vote this? Are they bots? Anyway, great video!

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

🤷🏻‍♀️

@aileron48 5 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, Maria. Actually, I like to concept of warning lights instead of steam gauges for status so you're immediately notified if there's a problem. I know you have a lot of experience in training and it shows in your explanations; "Here's my com panel, we don't need to go into all of that now" Perfect! haha

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

It would take longer than 15 minutes just to explain that com panel. Not worth it!

@aileron48 5 жыл бұрын

I understand. Also I like font intro with sound of the copter. Very cool!

@farmgene 5 жыл бұрын

New subscriber. Impressive. PPL from South Louisiana.

@sagevalleyliving387 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome thank you for your videos and information. :) Please keep doing them. I really enjoy them if I could learn how to fly I would love to have you teach me, but I know from past videos you told someone you are not a flight teacher. Also I unfortunately am a disabled diabetic. Being a diabetic automatically disqualifies one from flying and driving big truck. Oh well it is ok. Continue to fly well and safe. Respectfully. :)

@JonathanChuter1996 5 жыл бұрын

Love your videos! Busy saving up now for my PPL. Costs a fortune here in Cape Town.

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

Costs a fortune everywhere! I'm glad I learned when I still had money!

@raykrv6a 5 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingMAir I've been looking for a Cessna 182 and holding off until I have my house paid for in 5 months. Aviation isn't cheap. I do love helicopters, but probably won't be able to afford one. R44's aren't cheap either.

@Mike7O7O 5 жыл бұрын

Hugely appreciate the vids you upload. As one who always wanted to learn to fly rotary but hasn't got to it yet. Love to see more narrated landings and take-offs. Especially the challenging ones. YT just threw up your 2016 vid where you checked out the Sky Meadow LZ. VERY interesting. One question. Have you ever had to do a forced auto rotate, which wasn't part of training? Thanks again. Michael in Bushmills, Northern Ireland :)

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

No, I’ve never had an engine failure. I hope I never do.

@ThomasGabrielsen 5 жыл бұрын

First of all, thanks for the great videos you're making. I especially liked the video when you showed how you dried crop with your helicopter with a student inside. It was thrilling to watch how low you went over the trees. I have some dumb questions I hope you will take your time to answer: 1. Why did you call them "top row of idiot lights"? Aren't they pretty important? 2. Even if you fly VFR aren't there some areas where you there is a minimum height you have to fly above the ground? For example over Oslo, Norway (where I live) I think you the minimum height is at least 500 feet above the ground when you are over populated areas. I would guess it would be hard to tell if you are 400 or 500 feet above the ground, but I'm not a pilot so I don't have a clue about this so please have that in mind when (if) you are answering. :-) As mentioned, I liked the videos watched so far so I've subscribed and the bell is clicked. :-)

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

1. It’s NYC slang for warning lights. Sorry. Inappropriately used here. 2. There is no specific minimum altitude for helicopters in the US.

@southo69 5 жыл бұрын

Love ya work... Have you done a full start up video, showing a closer look at the gauges etc ??

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

It's on my list of things to do. I need to get the camera set up right for it; can't hold the camera while I'm starting up.

@southo69 5 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingMAir AWESOME.. Kinda binge watching at the moment Only just discovered your channel and loving the content..

@cember01 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Maria. I'll hit that subscribe button.

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@cember01 5 жыл бұрын

ALTIMETER: It must be 'adjusted' because barometric pressure is always changing (think of weather reports). Since an altimeter works off pressure, it will give the wrong altitude when the pressure changes. Pilots correct this by turning the knob, which adjusts to the current barometric pressure, 30.10 inches or some such. Airports broadcast the current pressure, so it's easy to get (and to make sure all nearby pilots are at the same setting). Pilots will reset that knob from 1 to maybe 3 or 4 times during a typical flight.

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

Altimeter.

@cember01 5 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingMAir Done. Thanks for the catch.

@Richqc4 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome thank you very much. Have the chip lights ever lit up? I imagine that might be a scary thing. Thanks again for taking time to do this for us folks that don't fly.

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

I haven't had a chip light. Yet.

@scolbert6644 2 жыл бұрын

Could you make a quick video on the radio? How to change channels and programs.

@FlyingMAir 2 жыл бұрын

In the spring, maybe. I’m not flying this winter.

@kenbryant2570 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks that was very interesting. Maybe one day you can post a video explaining the ciclick and what it does and how it works. Thanks Maria

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

Had to read that twice...you mean cyclic. :-) I'm planning a controls video that describes all four controls and shows how they work in flight. It'll take some doing, though, so it'll likely be later this summer or possibly autumn.

@thomascuddy6439 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, except I didn’t see where the horn button and the ashtray are...LOL😊

@thomascuddy6439 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Here’s a question - why do you sit in the right seat instead of the left like a car? Thank you.😊

@FinsaneLorist 4 жыл бұрын

Since you control cyclic with your right hand, it frees your left hand to operate the instruments if needed. I read a Vietnam war helicopter pilot story and he said they changed the pilot to sit on the left it was easier to land left turns

@kitt28 5 жыл бұрын

awesome video, have you ever consider outfitting your heli with a/c?

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

It has air conditioning.

@jackgunnette6687 4 жыл бұрын

Great video again as usual. Maybe some day I'll set some money aside for a flight with you, but until then I'll fly along with you on KZfaq.

@stainlesslobster 4 жыл бұрын

That would be a good day. You fly pars glider I'll fly chopper. Fair trade😁😁😁

@stainlesslobster 4 жыл бұрын

Until then I'll enjoy your flight gets and try to pick up pointers lol

@listofromantics 5 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Washington State. Fascinating! I'm very curious as to: A) how you got into flying helicopters; and B) How long you've been flying?

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

Topics for future videos. Thanks!

@jpb9064 5 жыл бұрын

Great videos...thank you for sharing and l really enjoy watching every single one.. My question,; in all your years of flying helicopters, what was your single most scary moment ..if there ever was one?

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

www.aneclecticmind.com/2018/03/03/another-stupid-pilot-trick/

@raykrv6a 5 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingMAir Very well written. Glad to see you survived it with minimal injuries.

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

Me, too. I'm still amazed by it.

@jpb9064 5 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingMAir wow Maria...l wasnt expecting any thing like that for an answer! Very well written.... 'What doesn't kill us - makes us stronger' Wishing you many more years of safe flying. JB

@markaoslo5653 5 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingMAir - Thanks for that link! I'm guessing that this was the _"something"_ that wasn't a _retirement_ (as I first surmised about your absence), as a good reason for the YT, absence (rather, your absence, from it) - All the more, good to have you back! Best regards- _Apologies for my 'clunky' post._

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 5 жыл бұрын

@FlyingMAir >>> I understand that Robinson helicopters have to go back for an overhaul every few years. Is that true as other helicopters, or just Robinsons?

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure if 12 years is considered “few,” but yes; the whole helicopter is rebuilt every 12 years or 2200 hours of flight time. This is a Robinson thing. It minimizes maintenance costs throughout the helicopter’s useful life and lumps it all at the end instead.

@demandred1957 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is something I wanted to see. Can you do a full start up zoomed in like that so we can see everything really clearly?

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe. I'd have to fiddle with the camera field of view just for that video.

@demandred1957 5 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingMAir I think that would be really cool, along with you telling us (again, because you already have once) what you are doing. Btw, had never heard of cherry drying before your video. Pretty cool really.

@bandislife2004 5 жыл бұрын

Woohoo!!

@rickeaston3228 3 жыл бұрын

question: Does engine power / thrust change with the clutch or does the rotor pitch change???

@FlyingMAir 3 жыл бұрын

Rotor pitch changes with the Cyclic and Collective. Power changes to maintain RPM in the green.

@rjarpa 4 ай бұрын

0:40 ese fue el instrumento que no le instalo Piñera // That was the instrument that didn't no install Piñera. Great video!

@Fantikerz 5 жыл бұрын

Hi from an instructor in Ellensburg! I’ll keep an ear out for your tail number!

@Demop_VW_garage 5 жыл бұрын

how much maintenance is there between flights?

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

Oil change at 50 hours, inspection at 100 hours. Not much else until the big maintenance items.

@Demop_VW_garage 5 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingMAir thanks for the info :) I guess the big items are pricey ;)

@atlantis.b6599 5 жыл бұрын

You do not have a Gyro-Compass for IFR , but it gives you the benefit vs a magnetic compass of not having a compass rotating error.

@aileron48 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, she has a Direction Gyro (D.G.) which of course, is an (electrical) gyro instrument.

@domore8851 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. Video was amazing to me. I understand to you it must be the norm and not interesting at all. The talk through aswell made me smile . Idiot lights, I think I'm going to steal it for the customers I have now coming into my shop. Great content. Thanks for posting

@toddkennedy6234 2 жыл бұрын

Where are the landing lights

@petethesparky 5 жыл бұрын

Recent subscriber, love your videos :) Possible noob question - Presuming the altimeter is set/calibrated by you at ground level when landed. Does it read height from your set zero point, or actual distance from the ground? For example, if you were flying at 500ft over flat ground and held straight and level then you approached a hill, would the altimeter reflect the decreasing distance to the ground as you passed over the slope of the approaching hill, or would it show your altitude in relation to your starting elevation, regardless of the actual distance to the ground? Thanks in advance for the reply :) x

@FlyingMAir 5 жыл бұрын

Distance from sea level. You set it with a local altimeter setting (inches of mercury, if available) or actual elevation (if known).

@vk4vsp 5 жыл бұрын

The radar altimeter at the very top of the panel tells her the height above ground, so that will change as the aircraft approaches a hill. The other altimeter is a pressure instrument, so it indicates the altitude by measuring air pressure. The higher you go, the less dense the air is.

@stevenmurata4392 5 жыл бұрын

I believe, the 1st device she talks about gives height above terrain.

@MargaretLeber 5 жыл бұрын

The radar altimeter (digital one at the top) would show that decreasing height Above Ground Level (AGL), while the pressure altimeter (the big dial with clock-like hands) shows height above mean sea level (MSL). The mechanism is similar to an aneroid barometer. Setting the "numbers" in the little window (it's called the Kollsman window) adjusts the reading to compensate for local air pressure variations due to weather.

@brendanredler3666 5 жыл бұрын

The barometric altimeter will not respond to terrain but the radar altimeter will.