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The next time you watch a helicopter take off and lift in hover and take off without problems and come to a very stable hover, ask how the pilot is keeping everything in a consistent manner. The main reason is a lot of practice. Good coordination and muscle memory will definitely make things easier, but with practice he / she has also developed a scan that allows him to see out the movements of the helicopter. He does not fix a single point on the helicopter during takeoff.Instead, he will look at various places, some near, some far and some of these points will be in his peripheral vision.
The development of a scanning
When you are learning to hover a helicopter is a common mistake to start looking closer to the helicopter and you may soon find yourself set up a blade of grass a few meters from the aircraft. About this time, your instructor will remind you to look well in advance. But where do you watch? Looking aroundthe helicopter will help you maintain your position, but will not help to overcome the instability of the helicopter. Looking ahead will allow you to keep a stable hover. As I said before, you can not fixate on one point. It is necessary to develop a scan. How?
The next time you go to the cinema or in front of a large TV, try to notice as you watch the action on the big screen. They do not move your head constantly. Your head remains stationary while the eyes move. Your eyes are drawn towhere movement or action device is in progress. We can use this type of scan in a helicopter. Unlike in film scanning, the helicopter will not scan peripheral movement or action to draw your attention. You are about to find objects to look at.
Imagine you are sitting in the cinema or in front of a large TV. Watch out and do you see? Look things up a wide field of view without moving his head. For example, the windsock, control tower, parkedaircraft, or further afield, the hills on the horizon or identifiable characteristics. This scan is a scan as natural as what you use when watching TV. Must be developed and this is done through practice. You have to actively search for items you are going to scan while moving.
When you are taking a helicopter flight is necessary to have your head up. Make sure your eyes scan from side to side, and then many of the features you have chosen. These should remain the samerelative position that is removed in a hover.
While it is hovering helicopters, it is necessary to continue scanning to maintain constant characteristics. If you can do this, you will end up having a stable hover and you'll be doing with minimal effort. Once you have developed your scan, has become a much safer driver. Now you have the possibility of a safe place out of ground effect hover. When you sail on a voyage to the bottom, you can start a chart and read it while stillkeeping your attitude and heading using peripheral vision. Each of your helicopter takeoffs and landings must be safe and regular.
If you are flying correctly, the passengers think that anyone can fly a helicopter, because it look so easy, and it seems as though you are doing very little. If wrong, passengers feel insecure and do not want to fly with you. When they say that they want to go flying with you again, you know that youhad a great flight.
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