Want to Learn to Fly a Helicopter? Which is the Best Training Helicopter - For You?

Selecting which helicopter to learn how to fly in can be a daunting prospect if you are new to helicopters! There are so many helicopters so which is the best?

This video showcases the four most popular training helicopters and talks about how to select the best one to meet your needs!

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0:00 Start
1:05 Robinson R22
4:45 Schweizer H269/S300
8:14 Guimbal Cabri G2
11:13 How To Save Money On Flight Training
12:23 Robinson R44
15:55 Turbine Helicopters
17:55 Using Your Own Helicopter
20:55 Kit Helicopters

If you want to see more on the Ground Resonance video check out Stillicopters awesome YT channel Here:
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My love of aviation began at a very young age and the fascination of everything that flies still lives to this day. This YouTube channel is a mix of aircraft doing their thing or answering questions to some of the most commonly asked aviation questions.

My day job as a full-time helicopter pilot allows me to dive deep into the topics and bring you up close and personal with many aircraft and the more questions I get in the comments the more videos I can create for you to answer those questions.

Being able to fly is a real privilege and taking you along for the ride when I can is something that I love to do!

Enjoy!

Rick James

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[BarryFlo]

I did all my training in the Hughes 269/300 and had chance to do a few hours on the Enstrom and r22 but just stayed on the 300. Very forgiving aircraft always felt safe and comfortable in it and it had the 3 seats

[BlueSideUp]

Actually the Cabri G2 has auto carb heating, so another worry less. I just love the small cutie. Highly recommended. However, the correlator sucks, so governor off is a little less comfortable than e.g. in the R44 where you hardly notice. And the hand throttle really isn't meant to be used. But forget all that. Very safe, fully articulated 3 blade, heavy blades with tons of energy in the rotor system. You have all the time in the world to enter an auto and hardly ever need to watch RPM in either direction. Much safer than the Robinsons in every aspect. Especially regarding low g push overs, no problem in the Cabri at all.

[rockspyder]

The R22 is still the best ab initio trainer, because it is so unstable. If you can fly a R22, you can fly every other helicopter with relative ease. The small, low-inertia rotor makes for very rapid RPM decay, so you have to be very, very aware. Having trained at altitude (5500ft AMSL) in hot South African summers, things were even more demanding. But it gives a very solid respect for the limitations that might otherwise not be appreciated.

[WConn]

Got my rating in a Guimbal Cabri G 2. Loved it. Some quirks but overall I give it an A.

[iBoogieTM]

Sweet. My flight school of choice has the Cabri G2. It was awesome to fly. Thanks for sharing mate

[RANDALLBRIGGS]

I learned to fly on a U.S. Army TH-55A, same thing as a Schweitzer 269. I loved it! My flight-school buddies and I always talked about buying one after our Army aviation careers were over. Just to fly for fun, though. It's so slow that you really can't go anywhere in it. The only thing that I had trouble with was "George, " the throttle-correlation device. If I were starting from scratch, I would not want to learn to fly on a Robinson, with its T-bar cyclic control.

[brianholt]

Trained in three of the four discussed and really thought the three blade option is very stable. All were fun and will never forget the experience. Thanks for the video.

[LatitudeSky]

Plenty of G2s in my area, but my first flight was in a 300 and that's the type I would own. Would be perfect on a big farm or ranch. I have also flown in the R44 and it was indeed roomy, but I am not a Robinson fan.

[pilotpeego]

Awesome video! By the way, the cabri G2 is a really fun heli to fly.

[johnw.ryoniv]

I spent over 2, 000 hours in X-Plane flying an R22 before going for my first flight. I was able to hover on my very first attempt. The owner of the company was dumbfounded as was my flight instructor. I'm just saying it is possible. However I do not recommend anyone try this on their own, I had an instructor.

[gnagyusa]

Enstroms are by far the best and the safest. I got my rating in a Robinson, but I will not fly one of those death-machines any more. Good point about training in a piston helicopter. I have an Enstrom 280FX and an EC120B. I'm planning to get my commercial rating in my Enstrom, so I don't beat up my EC120 with all those full-down autorotations.

[tomdobbo]

That house at 18:55 is about an hour from my house in Airlie Beach, Queensland Australia 👌🏻 the whitsundays are amazing and I’ll be learning to fly there next year

[Stellicopter]

That awesome recovery from ground resonance in the S300 looked very impressive. I bet that guy's an amazing instructor these days.

[davidallyn]

I've been leaning toward the Cabri. I'm in Los Angeles, with 5 Class D (although we're in the Bravo veil of LAX) airports all around me - hopefully I can find a school in there somewhere.

[generfeld]

fantastic video. I like how pure/simple the R22 is

[iflyhelos]

So many good points sir, also Cabri G2 even has like crash worthy seat and can take upto like 2000fpm I’ve heard. Very helpful video thank u so much

[gbo_typc]

don't worry for the Cabri pronunciation, it's excellent ^^

i approve, as a French lad

[Nithhoggr]

Hey brother, the helicopter school near me has an Aerokopter AK1-3, it's comparable to an R22, but I'm worried that it doesn't have the same weight behind the name. Any thoughts on this? They do also have an R44 for getting rated in it if I want.

[hjr]

Your content is great and I wish you had 10 times the number of subs! 🙂 Maybe just maybe a couple of heli lessons might be in the budget in the next year or two for me... !