SURPRISE ENGINE FAILURE

[@robertaseidziunas6118]

As someone who used to teach at university and as a current pilot, I can say that the instructor's personality is perfectly suited to teaching anything. He provides lots of positive reinforcement along with constructive criticism and the message, "you can do it!" This kind of instruction is not only pleasant, but the most effective too, enabling the student to learn well and quickly, and to become independent.

[@Jennifer-007]

He's incredible... a true natural at instructing.

[@daveblackmoto]

I’ve never had a desire to learn to fly a helicopter until watching these videos.

[@dfgvegas]

You're a great instructor your patience goes a long way when training your students I learned a lot thanks for the share

[@chrischarters376]

happiness is a confidence inspiring instructor :)

[@bellaggio1770]

confident

[@michaelhall4987]

Very interesting exercise. Amazing. How u can control the speed to 50knts.

[@mikemachen4170]

I've always been interested in helicopters love your program

[@larrybien7599]

YOUR INSTRUCTOR IS WISE FULL OF PATIENTS AND VERY INSTRUCTIVE AND POSITIVE AND REWARDING

[@remymxo]

Terrific piloting skills by both. I like the way the instructor does not overload the student with the radio mayday, IFF 7700 and complete systems call outs but rather focuses on split in engine rpm to rotor and rotor in the green. Great teacher.

[@billyjoe3309]

This instructor is good because he's happy and like a good friend in a sense. This takes away the nervosity thus making the teaching part allot better. I'd love to fly with this instructor, he'd be a great teacher for me!

[@TheAsheybabe89]

Billy Joe for $60,000 he better act like a damn friend!

[@zaptor1514]

Excellent teaching. I would take training from this pilot in a heartbeat. Awesome 👏

[@gunnarhaldorsen4185]

Wow! This instructor is a real pro. Very good job with very good feedback to the student. Also, nice to see someone with such experience and full control. Wish I could start flying!

[@Jennifer-007]

I'm retired RCMP, now living in Arizona, spend lots of time in RCMP Air 3 up on the Okanagan, never wanted to fly one, was always a passenger on work related flights but you are a freaking AMAZING teacher... you make me want to come back up just to learn to fly with you.

[@Skiebuddy]

I’m a fixed wing Private Pilot and have always wanted to fly choppers. But only with you. You are a fantastic teacher.

[@PilotYellow]

Thanks

[@timothyfields2179]

This guy has an amazing temperment for the job. Best instructor ive seen and i watch these all day long.

[@maxbien2382]

EXCELLENT IN STRUCTURE PLEASE CONTINUE PLEASE KEEP SHARING ALL YOUR BEAUTIFUL, PATIENT, KIND, INFORMATIVE , THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING LOVE IT ALL

[@billyjack3361]

As a ex Huey pilot, I think that was very good! Your a great flight instructor and your student did an excellent job. Cheers.

[@jamescoker9545]

Awesome! You're an exceptional instructor! If I lived closer, I'd come fly with you!

[@decoservices]

Great instructor / student dynamic.

[@henryleschen5141]

Well done both pupil and instructor. Henry😀

[@jdickson242]

Good instructor. Reassuring and allows the student to self analyze his flying.

[@HGVMe]

Good job Dalton. Obviously benefitting from a pilot instructor you like and respect. Love the video pilot yellow. With Dalton making those autos look so easy you have me feeling even a 53 year old truck driver could do it. Inspirational. Thank you.

[@jordanlittle8774]

This just gets me more excited to learn to fly

[@DistantLightProd]

Very intense training session, great student and Mischa, you are a superb teacher, well done!!!

[@larrybien7599]

EXCELLENT MENTORS MAKE EXCELLENT PILOTS LOVE YOUR VIDEOS PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE EVERYONE WELL DONE WELL INFORMED

[@js1fairburn]

I’m a low hour pilot and I haven’t been working recently and these are great videos to keep me sharp! I thank you for that!

[@Skiebuddy]

You are a super great teacher. Enjoy watching your videos.

[@rexwilliams2195]

Excellent instructor very positive, and calm. I am a AGI for fixed wing pilots but this instruction for helo was very interesting makes me want to come out and fly. Great job. My name is Rex. I will keep watching I get some teaching pointers.

[@SkyBaum]

Amazing with the power recovery on the simulated engine failures did not think this was possible. Transitioning into this aircraft soon in Florida.

[@PilotYellow]

George Hennen right on 👍

[@udadni]

Pretty cool! Always fun seeing the beautiful area you get to fly in.

[@prizmoanderson9797]

Really great training. Mischa is an excellent instructor.

[@alwatt9367]

Brilliant work Mischa as ever Very exciting to watch. Thanks

[@HappyCamper1206]

Very nice. a lot to keep an eye out on those full down autorotations but must be satisfying to know you can land safely in an engine failure.

[@MrAvocadoMan]

"this is gonna be the last one for today and of course that means its gonna be the best one" *nervous laughter*

[@toothpik00]

Stressed out driving instructors could learn a LOT from your teaching attitude, Mischa. Great work again to Dalton. That would be a scary exercise to perform. By the way, that is a really sweet little chopper!

[@PilotYellow]

Ya we love the Cabri. It's pretty awesome.

[@mccc4559]

REALLY LIKE YOUR STYLE AND POLITE NATURE --- YOU'RE ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS --- HATS OFF TO YOU -- ONE LOVE - BEST!

[@EnthusiasticCoder]

Wow -- you make it look easy... very chilled pilot!

[@ericshimer6669]

This is something i want on my discovery flight. This just looks fun. I know it is worth learning and staying safe. Safety is key in everything we do. Dalton you did awesome. I can see you enjoyed it.

[@ganthrithor]

Looks nice, guys! Finally got the chance to fly a Cabri a few weeks ago: the rotor inertia was really impressive. I did a number of hover autos, and the instructor was kind enough to demo a touchdown straight-in. With 12-14kts down the runway, he had enough inertia to do a mid-flare check to stop the forward speed, then touch it down... probably not something I'd try in an R22. The hover autos felt almost as relaxed as doing them in a 44-- maybe a bit less hang time, but not much less-- definitely a large improvement over the 22. Wasn't wild about the flight controls, instrumentation, or the overall performance, though. Four of us went down to fly the Cabri, and although everyone was commenting on how stiff the cyclic felt (it didn't really bother me), the thing that threw me was the collective / throttle: I don't know why it's set up so that it feels like you have to turn it several full rotations to get from power on to power-off for an auto. I really prefer the Robinson throttle where you can go from normal flight all the way into the detent with one twist of the wrist. I also couldn't figure out why the first inch of collective travel constantly felt like you'd forgotten to release the friction, then subsequent travel loosened up and felt normal. Weird. The pedals (which everyone loves to talk about) I actually found just fine: you definitely need larger inputs than you do in a Robinson, and there's a bit of a muddy-feeling deadzone in the middle, but it feels like it has a good amount of tail authority and it doesn't seem as affected by LTE wind azimuths as a tail rotor. Unfortunately we didn't have a big area for testing hovering flight (I'd have liked to try scooting it sideways at 30-40kts), but it seemed to handle spot-turns in ~14kts of wind with no problem angles. I was a little taken aback by the performance (or rather, the lack thereof)-- with two relatively small guys on board plus an hour and a half of fuel (including reserve-- fuel for a one-hour lesson) we were pulling 95-100% power just maintaining a normal hover height while easing into forward flight. In terms of power-to-weight it felt almost like the old, beat-up R22 Beta that I did my training in... hovering and takeoff consistently used all the available performance, and the thing never wanted to fly faster than 80kts. A new Beta II would absolutely run circles around the Cabri, although it's trickier to fly and not as crash-worthy. I just thought that a composite aircraft with a 360 would have a little more margin for training work. I also wasn't a fan of the instrument setup: we've got Aspen panels in one of our R44s and although they seem feature-rich, everything's too small and difficult to read IMO. I also wasn't wild about their VEMD (or whatever Guimbal call it) implementation-- the non-linear sweep rate on the NR gauge, or the positioning of the clock-faces, for example. I love that they have a FLI-equivalent indication (I hate that on the Robinsons, you're always referring to charts and tables to update your manifold pressure limits, and they don't even include a bug you can set on the gauge), and the various fuel state indication modes were quite clever. I ~*was*~ a big fan of the layout of the Cabri-- the clamshell cowlings and general accessibility of the engine compartment are phenomenal. The 22 is pretty easy to inspect as well due to the naked back end, but the Cabri is miles ahead of the 44 in that regard... so easy to pre-flight. The rotor head seems very nice as well. All told, though, I'm happy to be flying an R44 at the end of the day. I was also surprised to find that the Cadet (at least in our market) is actually cheaper to fly than the Cabri. That seems crazy to me: there's no way that given the choice between a Cadet at 350/hr and a Cabri at 375/hr that I would choose a Cabri. The Cadet is bigger, safer (at least in terms of power margins, rotor inertia, etc-- I'm sure people will still yell about mast bumping, but that really doesn't frighten me very much in the 44), cheaper, and has A/C. Plus, there are other Robinson products (normal 44s, R66) for students to easily and simply transition to once they've finished their training-- the Cabri is a dead-end unless you've got the cash for a turbine-powered Airbus product. Just my $0.02 USD :) I'm sure if I spend more time in the aircraft, some of its eccentricities (particularly the panel stuff) would become second-nature, but the performance was a little disheartening and overall the aircraft felt like a bit of a mixed-bag: some features are great. Others, not so much. How has the reliability / ease of maintenance been for you guys so far? The one I flew was having issues with the auto carb-heat system, and the guys were saying they found the aircraft was kind of a pain to work on-- something about having to glue and un-glue bits of wiring harness all the time. Is yours having a good run so far?

[@PilotYellow]

Wow that was a very thorough explanation. Thanks for all that excellent feedback from your point of view. I think all helicopter have their drawback unfortunately. I think some of the things you mentioned are valid . However things like the display because extremely easy and user friendly after a couple more flights. I feel that I would trade the safety or the Cabri for any benefits I could get form another helicopter like the R44 as an initial training helicopter. I really appreciate your feedback though.

[@ganthrithor]

It looks like you guys are doing really good work with it! Keep it up!

[@Bustedhead007]

Excellent instruction. Engaged and easy to learn from.

[@dwightbernheimer331]

Now let's see you do it in an R22... Ooops there it is... great video thanks for posting.

[@marccretten]

This guy is a great instructor!! Top class!!

[@4DMarketing]

Brings back memories of yesteryear. Thanks so much.

[@JohnS916]

Fun video, instructor was very good and so was the student. Well done

[@timpattydaechsel5988]

Awesome job Dalton is lucky to have such great instructor,,,,,,You said lots of left pedal at the end of flare on the collective pull,? …. In autorotation , with no engine to counter torque, aren’t you like a gyro copter ? What am I missing ? ….. and oh, five years later , where is Dalton working now ?

[@cliffhelterbran3536]

Nice work and great coaching/ instructing!

[@单身女王-l5n]

You are good instructor.I am learning GABRI G2 as well in CANADA.I learn a lot form your video.Thank you .

[@ryanheathheli8341]

Hi, Could you please explain the "Rotor" and "Motor" part of your checklist and what you are looking for? Thanks

[@sebastianweberChF]

Amazing that auto in min 4:54 great work ! Keep it coming guys !

[@oystercatcher943]

Very exciting stuff, and it all happens so fast. Amazing to see pilot and instructor both so cool and professional. I thought car driving instructors were brave, but thats nothing compared to teaching heli pilots. Got my 1 hour trial lesson in an R22 yesterday - it was amazing. Dissapointing though that I had booked for a Cabri and someone had pranged it, and they hadn't pre-warned me. We even did an autorotation down to about 200 ft which was a nice suprise.

[@shawnfields2295]

Looks great with the GoPro behind you

[@ethancutler7041]

I just turned 18 and I dream to become a pilot but I live in a remote area of Australia and have no access to a instructor or training grounds but I love watching these videos and still developing a understanding for situations and the language used. it so so cool and keep the awesome videos coming.

[@unitedstatesdale]

Ethan Cutler Best rule of thumb is if you need to ask the price. You can't afford it

[@peterfixit7221]

move to melbourne or sydney, heaps of airfields and instructors

[@randallmacdonald4851]

DCS World has several helos. It's a military flight sim that you can fly two fixed winged aircraft for free if you have a desktop (or even a good laptop). You can fly online or on your own. (The helos do cost. Just give up some pizzas for a month or so!)

[@lazervision2602]

Rich Mountains.....Where did he say anything about the price? Keep on surfing troll.

[@Tacticaviator7]

Hey, so how it's going ?

[@MrWiggo91]

Ah I've just seen another video before this with Dalton and yourself, looks amazing! I've recently got it in my head that I'd like to persue helicopter pilot training. I'm currently a tank crewman in the Army and was pushed forward to go for an Officer's Commission, the course of which I start in 9 days. I thought it would be a great opportunity to cross deck to the Army Air Corps but sadly the British Armed Forces like many other Armed Forces won't allow people in Aviation if they can't pass the Ishihara test whereas the CAA (our version of the FAA) has other tests which means it may still be possible to persue flight privately. I really hope that I can do it, my Colour Vision deficiency is so mild, I can tell the difference in colours in lights and on screens and in the real world, I just can't pass the ishihara test (lots of dots with numbers and patterns) because its an extremely sensitive test that is designed to tell whether you do or don't have the condition, not measure its severity. This being said, they let Prince William fly helicopters in the Air Force and he is relatively colour vision deficient by his own admission.

[@jcnme2020]

Excellent A R Guys

[@letsgosieurs]

How do you record the communication system so clearly ?

[@ryanheathheli]

I'm still yet to find an instructor that will let me practice full-down autos, both in the UK and the US. Kudos for teaching this and giving your students the experience!

[@helimad100]

Solo, no. Every school I know will do auto's to the ground with an instructor.

[@ryanheathheli]

helimad100 Nope. I’m qualified and still can’t find an instructor to do it with me!

[@helimad100]

What machines are you rated on, or should I ask what company you are using? It's a skill that should be regularly practiced.

[@ryanheathheli]

helimad100 I’m rated on the R44. Qualified in March, now at 65 hours

[@helimad100]

I'm southern England, Bliss aviation, Advance helicopters, Elite helicopters and dare I say Heliair will happily give you practice to the ground auto's given a decent head wind. R44 is not the nicest in auto's but it should be practiced every now and then.

[@texassportsoutdoors]

Excellent instructor! And great landings!

[@PPC4]

I'm not a pilot but i'm curious as to why you have to push the left pedal when you gather the the collective in the flare when its a clockwise rotating rotor. My brain is going surely its the right pedal? Please correct me as to why this is?

[@cmeola1066]

Great job! Love watching Pilot Yellow handle!

[@TYOUNG0168]

Nice work Dalton... Excellent instruction. Thanks for sharing...

[@shannonsmith148]

great instruction! very personable...way better than my old grumpy instructor was.

[@melvinalicea3234]

Dude u are an awesome instructor I have always dream to learn to pilot helicopters I love helicopters but I know is expensive to learn but I see your videos and for sure it encourage me to learn , nice work man

[@PilotYellow]

Melvin Alicea that’s awesome to hear man, thanks.

[@deeremeyer1749]

Is "declutching" Cabri-speak for "autorotation"? The "flight manual" for those "training helicopters" says that intentional "declutching" is "prohibited". That's also a VFR-only aircraft you're instructing "instrument flying" in.

[@mntbighker]

How is the G2 rotor inertia compared to the R22 I learned in or the Schweizer? My instructor chopped throttle on me crazy low a few times. I impressed him enough that he mentioned it to my check ride examiner ;-) Back then we never practiced full down autos.

[@prankmonkey650]

Nice job. I wish I could fly helicopters. The instructor seems very patient, and wants his student to learn.

[@UTubeGlennAR]

:} Since U use the same area for your touch down zone, perhaps a second ground camera capturing the flair would be of assistsance to the student? :}

[@PilotYellow]

Ya that would be a great idea.

[@hekikuu]

I really like it when pilots do it with flair.

[@mrcrock2095]

@@PilotYellow hi , I am interested in becoming a helicopter pilot can you tell me how long it takes and what cost? Thanks

[@noahpfeifer6931]

@@mrcrock2095, look at the webside from BC-Helicopter....

[@daveogarf]

(*flare)

[@Weasel1970]

Looks like it’d be a blast to fly with you. Great instructor and student.

[@bubba1984]

What's your opinion of the Mosquito kits? The G2 is super nice but at around 1/2 a mill it's outside of most "normal" people's price range?

[@brodylechman1195]

Stumbled across your video and see myself as the trainee.... Love how you handled a new pilot with questions on what he needs to do better or what was missing instead of drilling him on this or that. A pleasure to watch and very informative as well. Thatnk u for the time it takes to make the videos.. Sincerely, new sub 👍

[@whattheheck3553]

You better watch out there with the fantastic instruction or student will become the master. Lol great job the both of ya. 👍

[@cptairwolf]

This reminds me of flight school and forced approaches in a cessna (so stressful lol). You're an awesome instructor man. I wish I lived in BC as I'd come take a few courses.

[@danielc5731]

This is really awesome, I know it’s not considered for training purposes but I really learned a lot on this video, I’ve already watched 3 others. You have me as a subscriber now🙌

[@julia9077]

If there's an engine failure (engine totally shuts down) will the tail rotor also lose power? If the tail rotor loses power, can you still safely land a helicopter? Seems like it would spin uncontrollably. Thank you

[@briancooney9952]

The tail rotor is being driven by the main rotor, in an autorotation. The only thing that's disconnected is the engine

[@aquasurfer9]

Good instruction. Love watching this. Watching you train pilots inspired me to land my mavic without return to home. Not the same but for me it was. Thanks for the great video and edit. Hopefully Sailing Doodles will meet up with you. Guess he is Vancouver but maybe heading south by now.

[@coeu8967]

Nice ,Thanks Mischa

[@chrisdelacroix1231]

Great patient instructor. I will choke on those. Scary but necessary.

[@joseparjus3591]

Smooth technic. Excellent!

[@t.c.3027]

Great instructions 👍 great instructor👌& super vlog!!! Wonderful leading towards professional hands on training by an qualified, boni-fided, certified, & dignified trainer! "Hoping to receive my sport's flying Gyrocopter certificate soon"!🤗

[@davidwhite8168]

Well done, both of you!

[@-Galavanta-]

GREAT instructor.

[@timothyduguid8792]

Very nice landing

[@Dracstar]

nicely done! great instructor!

[@j.francismacdonald1506]

Great video, very informative for a novice flyer!! Really don't want to sound nit-picky but I think far too often pilots get far too wrapped up in maintaining "the numbers" ?? I'll admit it's a great exercise, especially for beginners as it teaches them to think and "aviate" (drive the damn machine) but in a real world emergency, they mean far less... The best auto-training I ever had (as a relatively low-time pilot) was on a PPC. I was to "shoot for the runway #'s" and verbalized relatively late "sh!t, we are going to overshoot" . The ACP let me finish, said I was close enough, but inquired why I did nothing to correct the situation? When I told him I had considered an "S turn" but figured it was too late. He asked "why not slow it down" ? I said I didn't want to let the airspeed drop below 50kts (Bell 206), he said "buddy I don't care if we drop backwards, as long as you get the nose forward and gain at least 40kts for your flare I'm happy" ! He verbally set up a scenario where "stove quits over heavy timber, you have one very small clearing in which to land, you aim for it and entering this clearing you have 60kts airspeed... you gonna pile it into the trees at 60kts??" "No, you do what ever you need to do to walk away. It may mean flaring above the trees and performing an eng failure from the hover at 150'. It may mean screaming into the hole at 80kts (range extension to make the hole), then standing that thing up in a flare and pulling pitch in an effort to bleed off that airspeed.... Whatever you need to do to walk away!!" Anyway, I thought it an important point... numbers aren't everything!!! That being said, I love the instructors demeanor and teaching style and as a 6,000+ hr pilot.... I still don't think you'd get me in the left seat with a beginner. I know how awful I was... that takes guts!!! :)

[@rueridge7597]

Outstanding video!

[@alwatt9367]

You know, my wife likes your videos/ channel as she gets to watch the TV while I drool over your videos

[@Moose88]

Worked on autos today. Takes a bit to get used to hurdling toward the ground! Nice job!!

[@عطيهالقطعاني-د9ي]

I want to learn helicopter driving how long ,whether your certificate is certified ,how much training costs and where you are,

[@mrcrock2095]

Great teacher!

[@brianmatthews609]

Very nice...I would love to learn and autorotation seems a bit intimidating. Calm IP must help a lot.

[@scottsteinlage7619]

Well done on the autorotations Dalton. :)

[@thedrivewaypyrotechnics5262]

How would an autorotation differ in a helicopter with wheels, like an S76?

[@PilotYellow]

Very similar

[@bigstevebaker]

How high/altitude can you perform an auto rotation??

[@briancooney9952]

The higher the better. Height = time and distance to find a suitable landing area. It's the low ones that are tricky.

[@TheRustAdmin]

4:15 for the impatient

[@alex_31932]

You really get me 😂. Thx

[@ibmlenovo1]

One man like you is required on every video.

[@timothylindsey7925]

Really appreciate your tutorials, thank you. Nice work.

[@theshazman]

That's an awesome instructor.

[@DaysandNightsMinistry]

Great Vlog! Well done Dalton.

[@simworldhunter3101]

Great instructor..

[@LizardMane]

What if the gearbox fails?

[@georgew.5639]

Quite nice!

[@spruceguitar]

What if this happens over a forest with nowhere to land?

[@judge9171]

Thats awsome. I would love to be able to take helicopter flight lessons

[@backcountrybluegrass4770]

That is awsome i want to learn so bad.