Hey! Still running this operation? Would like to learn more!

Do you still have this operation?

Did the owner ever get to fly in his 22 again?

Did you get your aircraft where you needed?

Did you find what you needed?

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I am a university student in my third year, Aviation Management With Logistics currently conducting research. I am in need of 10 additional participants for my study. Your participation would be completely anonymous and would greatly assist me in completing my dissertation with the necessary data. I would be very grateful if you could help me by filling out the questionnaire I have created. I am also a student pilot flying an R22. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LJ5WNvTbLDsXg2d3E8Jgq363ZxMPOkqZEriidcckT90/edit?chromeless=1

Good questions, Michael, and smart to be getting the answers before committing to the big change. 1. Definitely not too late. The best thing you can do to accelerate training is to complete all of the ground study first, while you're still pulling in six figures. Maybe invest in a home flight sim set-up (in legal terms, it would be an ATD, or Aviation Training Device) and at least get a general feel for the controls, but possibly even become proficient at hovering. 2. Average (mean) salary is $100-110k, but starting out you will take a pretty big pay cut. Plan on instructing or some other time-building job for the first couple of years, making $40-50k or less. 3. Yes, you will also accrue vacation. How easy it is to use that vacation time will depend on the management at the company you work for. Ask pilots who work for the specific companies you're looking at whether they have had trouble getting vacations "approved." 4. Very high demand right now, and the number of helicopter pilots has been steadily decreasing--since 2015, the total number of helicopter pilots in the U.S. has declined about 13%. The job postings on Vertical Reference with all the hiring and retention bonuses show you how many positions are currently unfilled. It's pretty desperate. Pay, however, is not commensurate with the supply-demand outlook. Not even close. 5. Yeah, this is a big one. That period of time will be the most difficult, as you seem to know. Instructing is most common, although there are other options. None of them pay well. The good news is that you will gain a lot of really useful experience by instructing, and it is short-term. 6. Yes, absolutely. In fact, you absolutely can and should. The only caveat is that you want flight training to be as regular and as often as possible, and working another job could get in the way of that, but it's worth keeping that salary.

Hi there. Even R66 bigger than R44😊 Bell 206 has absolutely more space than R44, it's 2 different helicopters. Bell 505 obviously larger than R44. You can compare Bell 206 with 505. But anyway the R44 is the smallest one.

I'm obsessing over the FORCE TRIM SYSTEM in actual helicopters, e.g. the Bell 212. I found a good reference online regarding Flight Controls from Campbell Helicopters, but there isn't quite enough info to convince me I really understand it. My online searches almost exclusively return info as how to 'almost' add properly functioning Force Trim for MS Flight Sim. For starters, can anyone point me to a good diagram of the Flight Control System that includes the Force Trim System? I'd like to find a good Systems book as well, but everything seems to be predicated on "Helicopter Dynamics" only.