In 1963 I took lessons at Burbank Airport, CA, in a Hughes 269 and the instructor would just cut the power and I would have to do a full auto landing. One time he cut the power at a hover, not expecting it and not prepared, we hit the ground pretty hard. After that first autorotation at a hover I got really good. I enjoyed your video as it brought back really good memories. Do to circumstances beyond my control I did not get my private pilot’s license. Thank you.

Man, watching that made me insanely tense. Great video and great work to both folks in the cockpit.

Four words... 'Awesome teacher, awesome student!'

Awesome instructor your in the right line of work man.

Great video. Thank you for leaving it uncut and as it was. Very informative.

i've never seen anyone start the throttle recovery so early. I have always taught a recovery much later in the flare. But I think I like this method for private instruction. I may try it with my new students.

absolutely fascinating

You seem a very patient instructor. It's easy to feel trust listening to you. Good work.

Wow... Thanks for uploading video Christopher,It is a thousands of dollars education

We taught autorotations right to the ground after the first couple of power recoveries. It’s the only way to teach it completely.

I flew into Hayward a lot when i was getting my commercial ticket. When I enter an auto, i do it a lot more deliberately. I count down 3-2-1, but i lower collective smoothly in about three seconds (same cadence) instead of jamming it down.. it lets you apply pedal for yaw- keeps your eyes on the horizon, and more importantly helps you RELAX. Smooth smooth smooth and relaxed. An auto is just another maneuver, relax and breath. Once i have my target picked out and the ship aiming for it, there is nothing to look at outside. Relax, breath and watch the RPM's in the upper part of the green. Your entire life is the tach. When he says "bump" I'm assuming it's bump the decaying RPM's up with aft cyclic; levels the cabin attitude. I can't see his tach with this resolution but we are not talking more than a few percentage of RPM's.. Like someone else said, I don't roll on power until well into the flare, right at level cabin attitude and well on my way to a full touchdown- just before the RPM's start to decay and the horn goes off at 97%. Roll on should be just as smooth as the roll off, apply pedal for the onset of yaw, and either terminate the maneuver in at hover altitude or push forward into ETL and climb out for another pass. Ahhh i can still feel all of this.. :) Great CFI too, chill guy. Not grabbing at the controls the whole time for a (looks like pre-private pilot from both the control inputs and that it's a straight in auto and not a 180/360 auto- or a zero airspeed auto for that matter) student.

Still the best auto video in 2018

Nice instruction, nice work boys....

I wish you the best in your training! Fly a helo in my opinion is the best way to go!

CFI was a great flight school and Wayne (RIP) was the best. He was all about safety. Had great moments flying out of Spot Charlie.

Great view

Thanks for sharing.

I'm just starting to learn to do emergency landings in the pattern in a cessna, this seems even more intimidating!

Vertical CFI out of Hayward CA Also at 60-65 Kts you have longer to glide and react to rising rpm's. Also softer flare to bleed off airspeed

another question. why do you enter at 65kts instead of 75?

Hey Chritopher I hope you're still doing these great tutorials - only just noticed how old this video is. I've just started learning & I'm struggling with VERTICAL takeoffs. How d'you keep pitch level?? I keep drifting backwards 😬 Thanks :) Martyn.

Ok good, it is now clear to me that I do not have the mental fortitude to get my helicopter license. Mark that one off the list.

Good job

My left ear liked this video

Did hundreds of these.

well done

That instructor knows his sh i t..

Are you still flying Chris? That looks like fun.

What about the right pedal? I have done hundreds of autorotation exercises, never any in any emergency, but the right pedal is not mentioned to any big extent.

A real surprise engine failure in an r22 would be a scary prospect.

Sure Do Like That Instructor

I had a garden rake once that looked like that joystick

Realistically, an autorotation will be done without any forward movement after ground contact as in a confined area.

What does it mean when the instructor says ‘roll off’ after ‘baby flare’? Thanks for the great video! Very helpful

yeah. something I will never ever try.love to but scared to and not competent toso glad to watch you do...

im so used to the R44 seing it done in a 22 looks the same but feels different I bet. we also dont let power back in until after the flair has been started almost up until the rotation.

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hi, can you tell me where and how you fix your gopro in this video? I am looking a solution like your... very stable image in this very wide view! I can ALSO see feet and cloche...... amazing! congratulation.... thanks a lot in advice.......

Wondering what “the bump” is... don’t remember that term from my days in the hot seat.

All these flat roofs make me want to land on them

At 12’000 feet is it possible to do it will the rotors still Trurn or is there a limite time do land ?????

Quanto fica a hr de voo de r22 é qual helicóptero é mais barato a hr de voo

"What u mean by using power?"

There is little margin for error in a Robinson when auto rotate. The blades have very low mass .

It looks like in real life helis are much much easier than the ones in DCS

Is it just my speaker or does this Robi sound like a Harley Davidson???

what flight school is this out of curiosity?

Bump? What exactly is that? Thanks.

Which airport was this at?

Im having a very difficult time with autos T.T.

Helicopters are so expensive to maintain making dollars/hour operating ratio so very high

I will love to learn to fly a helicopter, but financially I don't have the means to do so.

Back in the 70's the instructor would roll the throttle off at any time and say practice engine failure,none of this lets set you up in an ideal profile and you took it to the ground.

damn, i though flying helicopter was easy, you also need to know how land like an airplane. it's like you're also studying how to land both types of aircraft

are these useful and clare instructions ? For what? I saw only 2 friends popular chat instead of a real professional debating as I found in other really skilled trainers videos on the subject, thanks to YTube!

Just no market for helicopter pilots Police, search and rescue and air ambulance.