Back in the left seat! Rotorway (RotorX) JetExec Experimental Turbine Helicopter - Airport Patterns

[@dwightdodd3734]

The picture in picture was pretty Neat !

[@HongyaMa]

And It all started at Bob's Cafe with Walt and Dave Domanski shown a drawing on a napkin by Don Hillberg and his Turbine powered helicopter RotorMouse

[@shannonallen4851]

This was super fun to see in person.

[@akshaybagi]

Good going Adam! All the best!

[@airplaneramp]

Nice helicopter!

[@Aerohead]

Thanks!

[@Aerohead]

By the way, watching this after, it was SUPER obvious that he wanted me to take off down bravo taxiway, but in the moment it was loud and I didn't understand. Go easy on me internet! 🙂

[@Tom-zs6bb]

I most likely would have asked for a departure from the ramp but the way you did it is just as good for a training mission.

[@Aerohead]

@Tom-zs6bb I do often do that now, my parking ramp is right next to that bravo taxiway, so depending on wind direction. But that first year I mostly stuck to the taxiway and runway directions. I know the guys in the tower well and they knew I was training, so if there wasn't any traffic, they would give me the runways.

[@Tom-zs6bb]

@@Aerohead I have flown into airports at which the controllers seemed to think that helicopters should operate as if they were fixed-wing aircraft but I never understood the reasoning.That being said, the way you operated in the video was perfectly fine if you chose to do so. And if I didn't mention it before, I enjoyed your video.

[@Aerohead]

@Tom-zs6bb thanks so much! I appreciate it! For me, having a good long gradual transition through my h-v curve when I was starting out was comforting. The helicopter was shaking out its first hours too, so if I had an engine failure on climb out, having the runway out in front of me would be a lot better than the trees next to the ramp.

[@seoceancrosser]

That’s a pretty chopper!

[@Aerohead]

Thanks!

[@Tom-zs6bb]

For a self-confessed beginner you did pretty well, I think.

[@Aerohead]

Thanks! Have done a lot since then. I'm hard on myself looking back at these videos.

[@dynamicexcavating6611]

Did you have time in a piston RW or did you go straight into the jetexec?

[@Aerohead]

Straight to the JetExec. I did also do about a dozen hours in the piston during my training though. But I started on the turbine.

[@lowsniper1]

Is this Ed’s old ship?

[@Aerohead]

No, I built this one myself, but I do know the new owner of Ed's ship.

[@ticenits1926]

​@@Aerohead KISS no longer makes the conversion components do they?

[@Aerohead]

@Tice Nits That's correct, they do not.

[@tonepilot]

Such a tiny cockpit.

[@Aerohead]

It sure is cozy!

[@avalanche9026]

Lots of guts fly that toy .. that altitude

[@avalanche9026]

Terrified sensitive the controls. I can see that. You over do it ? You lose it.

[@Aerohead]

This was very low hours for me. Take a look at some of my newer stuff, that smoothed out. :-)

[@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254]

Show.

[@IO-zz2xy]

Flying 101: Use clipboard and WRITE DOWN INSTRUCTIONS. Do not rely on your memory, that is why pilots are trained to use checklists. Best practice for ALL pilots. Regards from South Africa

[@clipperskipper75]

Have u ever flown a heli ? Both hands are on the controls. On larger helis there are 2 pilots or have an autopilot.