tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post111683921158140173..comments2024-03-22T07:12:47.560-07:00Comments on Pitchpull: Let's fly!Greybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-1117731582490568472005-06-02T09:59:00.000-07:002005-06-02T09:59:00.000-07:00Symphany of moving parts????A more apt description...Symphany of moving parts????<BR/>A more apt description might be " a nefarious multitude of moving parts in close formation".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-1117729071006255702005-06-02T09:17:00.000-07:002005-06-02T09:17:00.000-07:00I have a private pilot license with about 70 hrs T...I have a private pilot license with about 70 hrs TT SEL.<BR/><BR/>I have four hours logged time in an R22 with a VERY patient instructor ;-)<BR/><BR/>I also have a couple of hours of 'unlogged' and 'unofficial' time flying a twin-turbine.<BR/><BR/>A pilot once told me that flying a helicopter requires the same amount of dexterity as standing on a basketball while balancing a tray with a marble on it.<BR/><BR/>I love playing around with the helicopter models in MS Flight Simulator 2004. I have flown with a couple of 'virtual airlines' doing heavy iron and simulated medevac.<BR/><BR/>My favorite is an EXTREMELY overmodelled AS365 Dauphin. It is a blast to fly. The engines have been modelled in such an extreme way that pulling full pitch results in an immediate several thousand fpm zoom climb at incredible speed.<BR/><BR/>It also allows unreal aerobatics such as are flown by RC helicopter pilots. Loops, rolls and hammerheads galore!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I digress. Thanks Graybeard for the awesome time in the R22. I learned the best (and simplest) nav trick I have ever heard from him.<BR/><BR/>When you are on course, pick out something on the horizon and fly to it. So simple and obvious, yet I was too naive to think of it. I always 'flew the compass' with sweaty hands and sectional on my lap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com