Flight #: 020
CFI: Kristie H.
Aircraft: Robinson R22 Beta II
Aircraft ID: N8340S
Duration: 1.4hrs
Cumulative Time: 20.1hrs
First flight in a long time... and I'm thrilled to say that it came back fast. We did a few approaches in Alpha pattern and then moved over to Bravo and did about 25 sets of lift-off, hover/air taxi, and quickstop. I'm really glad we did that, because it was a very good way to tweak my skills.
One thing than Kristie mentioned a while back is that flying a helicopter requires constant input and control changes. The faster and more smooth you are at this... the better. Today's flight was a big step for me in this understanding.
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She's right, of course, and nowhere does that apply more than in landing.
You'll reach a point (and for me it was probably around 200 hours)where you'll smoothly manage airspeed with cyclic, altitude with collective and keep the ship straight with the pedals, neither over- nor -underarcing and do it all with smooth continuous movements.
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