What Happens When a FIGHTER PILOT TRIES to HOVER? (It's not pretty!)

[@dariusrucker7854]

Man that lady was one heck of a pilot.

[@thedude4795]

she's like that Dropship pilot in Alien 2 "were in the pipe *5 by 5"*

[@luuk341]

She is a friggin' badass!

[@harrisonpowers4265]

@@thedude4795 Ferro!

[@kandaman304]

she's badass..

[@adambrickley1119]

@@thedude4795 yeah true, similar accent and looks.

[@willbarker5558]

I took an F-15 pilot for his first flight in a helicopter and when I slightly nosed over for takeoff, I thought he was going to jump out 😂

[@NBC_NCO]

Lol. I was on a black hawk going to another fob with company I had never been with. Basically hitching a ride. I was pinned to the bottom of me seat and I smiled ear to ear for about 1.5 seconds. Then he nosed it over and all I could see was tarmac. That smile went away really quick.

[@onixtheone]

I want to like your comment but the you won't have 69 likes anymore, so like mine instead.

[@Intrepid175a]

Helicopters - the only aircraft in the world that put the nose down to take off and power up to land! ;-)

[@sk8erj77]

Man I want to fly a heli so bad, I fly in simulators, but it just makes me want to fly one even more. but I aint got $10,000 for flight school 😂

[@sk8erj77]

@karim lavji the school i looked at had it listed for 10k im sure there are way more expensive schools out there

[@Tom-Servo]

Wow the graphics in DCS are looking better all the time

[@drgw489productions]

Lmao

[@nyandyn]

Don't worry, with the settings required for VR it still looks like Flight Simulator 4.0

[@AviationNut]

👍👍👍

[@PepperPete11]

@@nyandyn But it FEELS real. Flying the Huey in DCS was an eye opener. WAY more respect for the difficulty of flying heli's 100000 times harder than I expected.

[@ImpendingJoker]

@@PepperPete11 I have both the DCS Huey and the DCS Blackshark, I love them both but the Huey is a beast to tame, but once you do, you can pretty much fly anything else at that point. I still do the "Huey Walk" a bit when I take off but I am getting better at controlling it in the transition.

[@JIMJAMSC]

It has been over 30 years ago but when I first started flying helis I was heavy handed. Then one day one of the older guys who flew the box the heli came in handed me a dinner plate and a marble. Made me sit it on my lap and move the plate until the marble stayed centered. This simple exercise helped me more nailing the hover than any other.

[@Rogueginger69]

Thats some deep knowledge!

[@RsPker141]

Sometimes all you need is someone showing you a different way to solve a problem for it to make perfect sense.

[@RonnWaters]

I had an IP open a can of Diet Pepsi and put it in my crotch and say "don't spill".

[@blackhawkuh-6026]

Do you have any tips for becoming a helicopter pilot I plan on being one within the next few years

[@EviLLeoJ]

Was this plate in your lap while you were flying, or on the ground? I think I need a visual reference.

[@shockerthreeone]

As a Black Hawk pilot that visits the channel often, I really appreciate you taking the time to show folks the rotary side of things!

[@Cleared_To_Land]

Me too!

[@blu581]

Are you in the Royal Air Force?

[@paulbarlow9981]

@@blu581 As far as I know, the RAF never bought any Blackhawks, refusing deals on three separate occasions: 'Davies admits that rather than opt for the "earlier acquisition of another helicopter", the government chose to pursue the heavily criticised refit of Britain's ageing Puma fleet.' - The Guardian. My understanding is after the Lynx was further developed into the Wildcat which entered service in 2014, those and the upgraded Pumas both carry on the role that the Blackhawks would have provided.

[@ryanm.191]

What I notice is with most heli instructors when in a first hover with a student they cover the controls, but when you hovered here after a minute she moved her hands away from the controls so she actually was confident in your hover. For a second time that’s amazing

[@scootanow85]

She’s not wearing a ring Mover, you should come back sometime

[@erizsharper]

what is ring mover sir? i don't fly i don't know

[@beargoesrawr5783]

@@erizsharper he meant she isn't wearing a wedding ring. Mover is C.W's pilot name

[@bsn0730]

I noticed that too

[@L3v3LLIP]

Probably just to prevent FOD.

[@bdogjr7779]

Maverick say what♡♡♡

[@MrLapidary]

For only your second time doing it, you did extremely well C.W. I compare helicopter pilots to drummers. They have both feet moving, both hands moving, and can concentrate on all four at the same time. All in a machine that wants to do things you don't want it to do. You both impress me with your nerve and skill.

[@aadvantagegold5220]

Fixed-wing does the same, but just in a different manner. On an aircraft, those corrections that he was doing would be minute and great, but on the helicopter, it is too much. He did do very well for a 1st time, though.

[@richpaul8132]

@@Galf506 True! I'm a drummer. In fact, I started playing when I was 7 and I'm 63 years old now. I have an electronic drum, ("E-Kit") in my home now that I use as a 'cardio exercise machine', (powerful headphone keeps from disturbing the neighbors when they're home). Anyway, I've flown a Cessna 172 when my dad flew but just a few times. I've been a flight-sim hobbyist since 2010 and over a period of time, poured a lot of $$$$ into it to bring it as close as a home simulator can get. That, and I had to learn how to build my own 'super-PC' just so I can run those 3rd-party addons and maintain a 32 frame rate whenever I'm flying low and fast over dense cities. The one thing I found was that I really liked helicopters and I tended to relate to them quickly. Then about 3 years ago, I was the only passenger in a helicopter tour. I was on a photo shoot over the Garden of the Gods. The chopper was a Bell 206B, which I happened to have a lot of familiarity with. The pilot and I talked about helicopters and flight-sims and then went into the photo shoot topic. Turns out that he was just starting into photography (about a year earlier), and liked the Nikon D4S I was shooting. He said he always wanted to try one out and the next thing I knew, he was asking me if he could try out my camera while I flew the helicopter for a few minutes! LOL, He didn't have to ask me twice! He told me that he had no doubt that I could land the helicopter but of course, he couldn't allow that. He said he wasn't just trying to be 'polite' and that if I hadn't told him that I've never had a lesson in my life, he would have thought I was a licensed pilot! I don't know if he really meant it but I know that I had no trouble holding her in a hover while he took shots of those granite formations. I turned and pivoted smoothly and looking back, if I hadn't unloaded all my money in flight simulation, I could have paid for helicopter lessons and got my license twice over! LOL FWIW, Rich

[@richpaul8132]

@@Galf506 Yes, but it's almost always due to pilot error. If they put a common, GA helicopter into a steep dive while gaining a high amount of speed and then pull the stick back too quickly, they'll lose all their lift. The air won't flow under and/or over the 'rotor disk' and just like a plane that loses the air flow across their wings and control surfaces, there's no gliding, just falling. The plane scenario is a 'stall' but if the plane has enough altitude, the pilot has a chance to get the nose down. Then with the proper AOA achieved, it will permit him to regain lift and control by carefully (and slowly), pulling back on the stick (or yoke, as the case may be). If he panics because his remaining altitude is dangerously low, and pulls back too quickly, the plane will stall again. The AOA is critical to planes and helicopters. The stall scenario for the plane is the same for a helicopter but I forget the term used for a helicopter that has no lift due to an incorrect AOA. It's the same for a helicopter and a GA helicopter won't be able to handle maneuvers that a UH-1 or Black Hawk can. The older brother of a friend of mine can back from Vietnam back in 1970. He was a helicopter pilot in the war and when he got his discharge, he hooked up with an air-shuttle service about a month later. From what his brother told me, the guy was a great med-vac pilot and got a number of awards and metals of bravery. Even so, he crashed a helicopter 2 weeks after getting a job with the air-shuttle service and was killed. He was alone in the helicopter and eyewitnesses said he was demonstrating (showing off), some sharp 'flying tricks' that he learned when he flew a Huey. They said that he was flying fast and level and then did a quick pivot and the nose of the copter pointed almost straight down as it came to a stop. Apparently he did that several times but the last time he did, they said it was the most extreme. He was only 200 feet up when he did that 'quick spin & stop nose-stand', (I'm sure there's a proper name for it). Then the helicopter went straight down without any sign of the pilot attempting to pull the nose up. They said that the copter almost appeared to fly straight down into the ground deliberately. My friend said his brother wasn't suicidal and they had planned to take a flight together, scheduled on the day after that crash. I have no doubt that he over stepped the max AOA of that helicopter, (I don't know what model or make the copter was). The UH-1 was highly maneuverable but it was supposed to be. Most GA helicopters can't perform the way a military copter can but that's not a surprise. I think his brother simply forgot that he wasn't in the UH-1 and performed a maneuver that he probably did 1000 times before when he was in the Army. However, that day, he wasn't in the right kind of helicopter for it. FWIW

[@MrBen527]

Helos are so cool. I would love to try flying one.

[@stufields5125]

Yeah. I did peddle turns my first hover in a Huey. Not neat but I kept it on the taxiway. I knew right then that I was a "Natural". I went to LA and got in an R-22 for my first lesson. It was between 0.5 and 0.9 sec before the CFI grabbed the controls. "Natural" my ass. I still have trouble with initial hover in an R-22 and I have time in two different 254# mosquitos, Safari, Bell 47, and now a turbine powered Rotorway looking ship.

[@josephpayne113]

0/10 not enough tower buzzing

[@rashidwahedally1111]

XXX£I

[@stijnvandamme76]

and not enough inverted negative g's either.

[@bdh985]

You Sir, are a real Aviator! Most people couldn't just jump into an unfamiliar aircraft and do that well.

[@Craneman4100w]

I used to fly Jet Rangers and Hughes 500C and for only your second try, you really did great.

[@derykian6029]

I guess he's a pilot after all

[@artisteric]

I retired from flying my R22 because my wife didn’t like the idea of my kids going up for rides. It made her sick to her stomach so I respect that. I’m 40 but I’m hoping that when my kids are no longer dependent, I’ll be back up there

[@ENIGMVTIK]

Is it true that the 500 is a favorite among most heli pilots? I've heard they're quite a joy to fly.

[@johncox4273]

The 500 is like flying a Ferrari😎

[@Murica-gh8bg]

You're right it's not pretty... It's pretty awesome!

[@marcs990]

I’m an ex UK 🇬🇧 JTAC (Joint Terminal Air Controller) for the army, basically I talked in various weapons platforms onto there targets in various places I served. I’ve always been extremely interested in aviation & I didn’t do well at school but just because this happened it didn’t end my dream of being a pilot. Dreams are NEVER over, only when you decide or only sometimes delayed. In fact I believe that if my life path had been any different I wouldn’t be where I am now. I requested a transfer to become an Army Air Corps helicopter pilot after 12 years service & having my left foot blown off, therefore couldn’t carry on being a Para & jumping out of planes into dangerous situations & having to walk up mountains carrying heavy stuff including radios, batteries & my own stuff. I passed my interview to train to be an Army Air Corps Pilot (AAC) or Teeny Weeny Airways (TWA) as us soldiers used to call them & was sent back to England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (i was based in Germany at the time) I started my flight training after many medical exams, I felt as if they WANTED me to not be medically fit enough, but impasses all their tests & I got a training slot. This strangely began with a fixed wing Chipmunk, an ex WW2 era tail dragger, these ones didn’t even have the luxury of a bubble canopy that most Chipmunks have these days, we had the original panelled canopies which in an emergency you could punch out the side window or just retract the canopy off the rails. I remember on start up, the entire instrument panel would vibrate so bad you couldn’t make anything out.The parachutes did not give you confidence either as they formed part of your seat, you had to sit in a metal bucket with you’re parachute as your seat cushion. It’s impossible to stand up straight wearing it so it wasn’t a good Tom Cruise look, so no opportunity to send cool pictures home. I learned to love the Chipmunk though, after 30 hours when we proved we had a basic understanding of flight I was sad to see it go, we progressed onto Gazelles for basic rotary training, the Gazelle is the Mazda MX5 of the helicopter world, after we had completed this stage successfully we then learned more about tactical flying, utilising the airframe/terrain plus even the weather to your advantage to successfully accomplish your mission all mixed in IMC etc, it was VERY VERY intense but 9 of the original 14 of us passed. Which is actually an extraordinarily high pass rate for a course, they have had in the past just 1 or 2 pass. Some people though are invited to retry if they have shown promise. I then moved onto the wonderful/beautiful & fastest flying helicopter in the world 🌍, the amazing Westland Lynx (latest version is the Lynx Wildcat) we, for the first time learned how to fight an advanced aircraft, using all of the assets available to us, from intelligence on the ground using the Mk1 eyeball right up to utilising satellite info ex & more, my past experience as a JTAC proved very useful. When you put all the components of military flying together it’s an amazing thing. You have to think tactical but at the same time deal with all the usual stuff that the average pilot would experience. In much more testing conditions though, which is why I believe that military flying is THE BEST training you can receive. The USA & The UK obviously being the best at it. What I’m trying to get across is even if you didn’t do well at school, thought that you’re dreams of flying are over, joining the army with NO intention of becoming a pilot, that sometimes, if you are passionate enough, you CAN do it. Dreams are NEVER over, only YOU can self eliminate. Make them have to push you through that door if they are trying to tell you no. That attitude WILL get noticed & WILL be you’re best friend. So, when you are crawling through that mud, freezing cold, wearing that 50 kg backpack ensure you have the right attitude & you will magically find that dreams will find their path to you. So, that’s how it works people, now, go & do it ✅. As the man says, MAKE THEM TELL YOU NO!!!!!! Make them force you out that door. No matter what situations you find yourself in, THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY. Now, it’s up to you.........I am now retired, I did want the opportunity as a last hurrah to fly the British version of the Apache. The AH64E. Which was bought from the USA & upgraded by British Aerospace BAE, we had the opportunity to put modern Rolls Royce Turbomeca engines & an updated radar targeting system, a world beating defence system plus the upgrades to operate from naval vessels. This would of been great to get the chance to go to sea but I was just old by this time. I don’t regret anything & please always work off the principle of never self eliminate. You will never have any regrets if you do. Thanks for taking the time to read this very long KZbin comment & I hope it has been of some use. Regards, Mark

[@Daimo83]

Well done for living the dream. I wish I knew better than to choose infantry.

[@shahbazahmad-ud6kj]

This is like a small book.....

[@marcs990]

Daimo Thx I did. start as a grunt n worked my way up. If you’re still in work for a transfer n don’t let anyone put you off.

[@marcs990]

shahbaz ahmad LOL 😆 yeah I admit I did get a bit carried away, it was one of those moments when I was in the zones n just started typing. Thanks for reply

[@shahbazahmad-ud6kj]

Happens to the best of us

[@MurraydeLues]

The best hovering was Stephanie's hands near the stick before she got comfortable with his control. Great effort

[@Mr59Kenzo]

lol yeah I noticed that I suspect if things start to go bad she new she would have seconds to grab it and get it back under control, that might be a career ender, My jaw dropped when she plopped it down on that postage stamp that lady is an awesome pilot.

[@merlin4809]

Did not look ugly at all to me. What were they looking for, him to shave a guy on the ground with a razor taped to the front of the skid?

[@bbx2206]

Maybe

[@crumpler6773]

In my flight lessons, my flight instructor had me moving a traffic cone around with the landing skid. Knocking the cone over, picking it up, moving it to a specific location, and righting it, making sure it was in the exact correct position. That was pretty precision heavy for only having about 6 or 7 hours at the time.

[@parexc07]

He's doing great. Like my 80-year-old instructor taught me.. You're not stirring soup, little inputs

[@Sophie-ly5jn]

Hey Mover, show me another fighter pilot who can hover a rotary when he's thrown in the deep end with only 1 previous, as well as that... You did great 👌 And as for Stephanie? Who says girls can't park? 😜👍👍💋

[@jamescooper2618]

Yes but she has all 3 planes to get it done lol

[@mleo1701]

I’ve taught many fixed wing pilots transitioning into helicopters. Surprisingly, they do very well because they already have what I call “air sense”. I had no air sense or control touch on day one of helicopter flight and I couldn’t keep the aircraft in a football field. He had control touch developed from his fighter days and proved it. I would have loved to see him set it down on that field of grass. An OH 58 two blade is touchy and seems to want to creep around rather than a steady flight hover. Kudos to those that have had the experience and the pilot that put it on that tow pad.

[@KnyghtErrant]

It's great to see all the rotary wing stuff recently, certainly makes me miss it! Former navy helo bubba here (SH-60Bs and IP in the TH-57B/C). I was a contact phase instructor in advanced, and I've seen far uglier first attempts to hover! Nice job! Love the channel!

[@billgates.got.ripped6965]

Now that's fighter pilot concentration! 3:53

[@CrowdControl123]

Helicopter pilot: “We’re not gone crash”. Mover: “Hold my beer”.

[@Murderdronesslays]

Holy smokes, she put that thing on a little lawnmower trailer!

[@Newrise1]

Hovering is for pilots who love to fly but have no place to go! 😆 Nicely done, sir!

[@michaelpritchard4703]

Having served in an Air Assault unit.. I can say that helicopters are amazing machines and the pilots are just as amazing. You did extremely well. I can barely maintain a heading on a Sim in a Helo, and you managed to hover in the real deal. Kinda jealous of your skills, sir. 😊

[@AKStovall]

It's that "seat of the pants" feel you don't get in the sim. you can feel where the bird wants to go, and you just think "nope... not today."

[@millicentsquirrelhole582]

Pretty damn cool transition from them fast dudes to ahem, low, slow an' watchin' the grass grow...ain't nothin' in the whole wide world like...flyin'...take your pick of them babies!

[@Daimo83]

"I have control" and doesn't even look ahead. Badass.

[@mediamagikgroup]

That wasn't bad for a fighter jock. I did about the same the first time as well..and you are correct, it is A LOT to do at once.. LOL

[@youngsouljag08]

Wasn't bad C.W. wasn't bad! 😂 Lol now you know how we helo pilots feel! I'm a Blackhawk/LUH guy from Rucker haha so this is awesome to see the world's cross man!

[@checkyoursix5623]

First time I tried to hover my instructor told me to try and not squeeze all the black juice out of the cyclic hand grip ...

[@MarianneD1952]

Not as bad as you said, Mover!! You are sooo getting the touch!! Thanks, Mare♡

[@Bigsky1991]

I flew an F-15 guy in my Cobra years ago...let's just say afterwards he had a whole new respect for us Rotor heads...

[@CWLemoine]

KNBG?

[@copflyer6569]

I’ve been an X-Plane sim flyer for many years and always flew fixed wing. When our son became a Naval Aviator and flew the SH-60B Seahawk, I started flying helos on my sim. It was not easy learning how to get them off the ground into a hover, but after dozens of crashes over a few months, I finally figured it out. Once in the air, the flying part is not so hard and a lot of fun (Maverick can’t hover) but you face another challenge when its time to land. I recently purchased a Bell 407 for my sim and absolutely love it! When I learned how to preflight it and go through the startup procedure, it made it even more fun. Good job Mover. Your Instructor Pilot is awesome and hope that we see a lot more of Stephanie and her brother and sister deputies. (Bill from Slidell).

[@VictoryAviation]

Low hour fixed wing pilot turned chopper pilot... that was really good man! Very impressive for only your second time attempting to hover. Even after a couple hundred hours of fixed wing time, it took me at least 4 hours of instruction before I could pick up and set down safely without any help. I couldn't believe how much concentration it took just to taxi without wandering all over the place, especially with any kind of wind at all.

[@Scoobz187]

That helmet in black looks so damn Imperial XD

[@PaulXMann]

I could almost FEEL the synapses in your brain firing on that one, Mover... every ounce of effort translation into a motion or counter-motion. Certainly makes you appreciate Stephanie's seemingly effortless comfort and control as she slides it around onto that tiny trailer.

[@TS-mq1fj]

The fact any of you pilots are able to do what you do is amazing.!

[@MLee-uj6ol]

Watched you hovered with only one eye opened. Great job! Stephanie is a fantastic lady.

[@m118lr]

Oh, you’re waaay too modest Sir. If that was your 2nd time...you did great

[@MikeBUSA]

Dude - you did a really great job. Many years ago, I was a crew chief on UH-1N Hueys while serving in the USMC. The pilots used to teach us how to fly so that if he/she became incapacitated, we had at least a chance to survive a flight back to base. After dozens of attempts, we were going to die anyhow if I couldn't do an 80 knot slide-on in the grass because hovering wasn't an option - I sucked at it. Secondly, I flew in the back a lot when the pilot had one of his jet jockey bros attempt hovering. None did as well as you. Not one. The worst day of my life was letting one try landing on the helicopter carrier I was stationed on deployed in the Med. The skid marks are still probably etched in that deck. Well done - you got skills.

[@brentkeller3826]

Next up: "Autorotate!" That should give some heckabug pilots some cold shivers.

[@dash8brj]

You nailed that hovering, and Stephanie nailed that landing. Well done.

[@ozgurkaratas6450]

I fell in love with that spirit combining professionalism n joy at the same time.

[@markroehrich5996]

The joy kick in the second the wheels leave the ground. Or in this case the skids. It doesn't matter what aircraft you're in, flying is pure joy!

[@irench]

She makes it look like gliding on the dance floor. Great job Deputy and easy on the eyes too.

[@georgechino7632]

Miss flying helicopters. Great job hovering and interviewing this great pilot.

[@FD1CE]

You did it perfect, sir. She made it gorgeous in landing :D

[@BrittMac422]

That was not ugly. Good job! I am moving over to rotary from fixed wing, and also, 16yr LEO. I get what you are doing. Great vid. Funny thing is that my father flew -58's and such back in the day and now I am training in -67's and a -58C. Circle of life?

[@AndrewFlyGuy]

Very impressive!!! And for only your 2nd time? Incredible. PS - I really like how you get right to the action in your videos and have an outro instead of an intro.

[@lavalapmjuiceofficial9226]

Seems like he’s doing a pretty good job imo

[@briansmith2125]

Lets get more of Stephanie flying!

[@warrenworrell2870]

That's badass MOVER! I think you killed it!

[@lear31awalker48]

That 58 looks a hell allot nicer than when I was flying them. Good job on the hover, its all in the pedals.

[@psslonaker]

I am a 20,000+ hour fixed wing pilot with ZERO time as a rotor wing pilot, but I thought he did great and most likely way better than what I could have done. Stephanie...dont worry about your helmet hair. You have enough cuteness to over ride the hair and I really like your calm bedside manner with that little bit of country flair. I would fly with you, but you be safe. My son is a Texas State Trooper and I tell him the same thing...watch your back and be safe.

[@billcarlin7411]

You know there is a certain satisfaction in watching an experienced F18/F16 pilot sit in the seat of a helicopter and try to hover, and then watch the female pilot of that helicopter tell him, "you did good", knowing full well she was laughing on the inside or maybe she was impressed, who knows. This video should be a reality check for anyone who doubts the capabilities of a female pilot. That was s great video.

[@firing_pin9971]

omg, he's concentrating SO hard!! well done Mover

[@Nethezbet]

I knew a guy in the Army that washed out of flight school and told us that they flew the trainees out to a field and you could see all the helicopters just start drifting as soon as the newbies took the controls, lol. Hovering is no easy task, lots of respect to the pilots.

[@jordank3141]

You did really well hovering. I used to instruct in Helicopters and constantly saw so much worse!

[@carlahlers9454]

That hover was 10 times better than my first time! I wish I had a video of mine... it was like an out of control spinning top, in a small corral lined by Chilamate trees with a very upset bull inside it. Suddenly the pilot says to me “here, take the cyclic...” I almost rammed into the trees several times but he always corrected in time. I kept yelling, “are you nuts? Take the control back!!!” It was a rather unstable R-44. Took me about 9 hrs to get to the point where I felt comfortable flying it.

[@ptt3975]

He did fantastically well. And landing on a trailer is still beyond me. Experts only.

[@jasonwhite1069]

I spent an hour one day hovering an R22. It was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, and I had a pounding headache afterward. I think you did great!

[@checkyoursix5623]

If you didn't strike the tail boom with the rotor blade, you probably did all right ...

[@jmullentech]

@@checkyoursix5623 lmao well, you're not wrong!

[@jorgealvarez6722]

I'll never forget how stiff I was first time on a Cessna, I had cramps from trying to correct every movement.

[@flyinbrianvids]

Mover, if you remove the M and replace it with a H, Hover. You nailed it dude!

[@truebluemiata]

Helicopters, the only anti-grav machines we'll see in our lifetimes. The pilot backing the heli up rocked.

[@LiveDeerCamByCajun]

good job, thanks to the lady for her service

[@rayworters525]

I think hes a natural -really well done !

[@Stellicopter]

That was actually much better than what I would've expected. I was allover the place my first time, but by the second time it all clicked into place. Of course after you get the hang of it, you'll be moving it around just by thinking about what you want to do and it'll feel like an extension of your body.

[@johnsolenberg201]

Got to tell ya, not bad man. Long time helo pilot here. I've given the controls to a bunch of folks and almost all of them make a giant mess of hovering. Once again good job, you might have a future as a "real" pilot!!!!

[@RobbieM07x]

Its pretty cool how rock steady that thing becomes as soon as she gets controls again.

[@josemadarieta865]

2k+ hours in ah64/ah1. for your second time on the sticks you did great. you were almost at an oge hover but still, great job. now for some 180 auto's

[@leaturk11]

that girl knows her stuff. and the guy is obviously a natural.

[@Agwings1960]

She's like, are your hands getting sweaty, I do this in my sleep lol

[@bluehornet6752]

Back in the 1980s when I first started as a CFI, I owned a little taildragger. There was a helo school on the field and one of their instructors traded me two hours in my Aeronca for one hour in their Engstrom. I had been a drummer for 10 years at that point so 4-limb independence was pretty easy for me. I loved hovering! Helos were WAY too expensive to rent though, so i never pursued it any further. But you did great here and I wanted to see you try to hover-taxi a bit.

[@ostelo84]

Dude not to shabby! Better than my first time trying to hover my rc heli!

[@DragonPilot]

One of the Vietnam era US Army primary trainers was the TH-55 (aka Hughes 300). We had a manual throttle which meant maintaining rotor RPM with the manual throttle, handling the collective and cyclic, plus the two anti-torque pedals...so 5 things going on at once at a hover. Surprisingly, only took about 3 hours to get the hang of it. We just didn't sit and try to hover for an entire period...worked the traffic pattern, did autorotations, etc. Army Aviation regs at the time turned us loose for our solo at a minimum of 10 hours.

[@42krikkit]

You have nothing to worry about, you did just fine IMHO. At any rate, you did better than 99.99% of us would at our first time hovering an OH-58. ;-)

[@JefeDow]

Alright, M/Hover, you've won me over at last. Been watching You(r)Tube vids for a while now - you keep me coming back to more great stuff, then I get distracted by some other aero-interest, and then I spot another post of yours that brings me 'round again. Hornet (my older brother brought the first on duty in the USN & USMC, after first busting knuckles on Phantoms), Falcon, 737 (my brother's son, followed me into the AF and flew Hercs, now he's with SWA), your Corvette, finally whirlybirds... I can relate. Grew up around military aviation in San Diego. Spent my USAF time "flying" SATCOMs & ICBMs stateside for a decade. Been backseat in both a Viper (9G-certificate during ROTC) and in Huey's going out "on alert" in the missile fields over WY/CO/NE. First time out, you hovered a Little Bird, and now a Kiowa? You looked rock-steady!! Thanks for continuing to serve in a uniform and sharing your stories. Best Regards, J. D. Moore

[@sld454]

I watched the video on Stephanie.. She's amazing.

[@garthock1]

Your hover was NOT ugly. You did unbelievably well considering how difficult it is to master.

[@Muskoheim]

I agree with Stephanie, Mover. That was impressive. Maaaybe it's not pretty as you say, but it was a long way from ugly. Good stuff!

[@GRosa250]

Good job. First few times I hovered my palms would be soaked.

[@frankfilippone9679]

She says “ Crash “ to much! lol Great video

[@jdennerlein]

Dude that was awesome. Better than I did on my second try. I hovered but needed a lot help keeping it one place.

[@Bansheeboat]

Awesome video you guys had a blast! I can’t wait to start flying!

[@randyporter3491]

Impressive ! I’ve flown fixed wing for over 20 years and the first time I tried to hover a helicopter.. 😂🤣. Instructor said it was like trying to lay out a softball, a pool ball and a golf ball on the floor. Then, push all three in a straight line with my nose ! lol! It wasn’t that easy ! 🇺🇸🛫

[@IntheeyesofMorbo]

a friend of mines father was a vietnam era b52 pilot who transitioned to rescue helicopters towards the end of the war. I remember she (she was a tech sgt) told me he said helicopters were much harder to control than the buff so even though im a civilian i wouldnt expect you to pick it up fast lol. Her father was a rare bird (he was a colonel) in the AF - someone who had flown both b52s and CH53's (I think) operationally in theatre in Vietnam.. I met her due to a shared love of rpg gaming at the tabletop. By sheer coincidence my cousin T. was her commanding officer (an intel unit at Fort Belvoir). My cousin T. knew 7+ languages so she had plenty of work at the AF lol. I had too many issues to ever serve fyi but i appreciate those who do. My only govt service consisted of working for an EPA contractor for 4 years.

[@jamescooper2618]

If I had an instructor like her, she would have my undivided attention. I would be her best student!

[@USAFraimius]

Nice job...way better than my first time trying to hover as a student!

[@MrThuggery]

Not bad for a Jet boy! And She was great too! Great attitude

[@Hardenawer]

Good job man! Loking at the title I expected a lot worse, you really feel it!

[@BrianAz]

Are you kidding? “It’s not pretty?” I have given TONS of stick time in hover practice to all levels of people who have everything from airplane ATP to complete novice and can’t keep the helicopter in the same area code! Nice!

[@francisschweitzer8431]

Wow she is so smooth. She is a natural helicopter pilot. I wonder how long she’s been doing it I miss any description but I’m thinking she used to be an army chopper pilot.

[@azimuth361]

One of my best friends is a Blackhawk pilot. He tells me that you can either hover or you can't. That moment when it all comes together and you finally get it right, he calls, "His 'hover light' came on." I've been using that term now for years.

[@mjl1966y]

That was actually really good. Fixed- and rotary-wing are worlds apart. They say flying a helo is more about thinking about control than actually doing it. If it was me, I'd just try the collective. Up. Down. Simple. (sure, you bet.)

[@Gabbione5]

Nicely done, Mover! Very nicely done! Kudos to ya.

[@tommynikon2283]

Mover....for what it's worth....I couldn't even hover in MS Flight Simulator. Ever. So....FINALLY, something you can't do. Because had you been successful at that....in addition to a F-18 and F-16 stick, Heavy, and cop....well, that's alot of "catch up" pressure for the rest of us. And it's bad enough as it is. No guts, no glory; you have plenty of each. Kudos brother.

[@streetgangtm]

I've flown a couple times in a huey with fighter pilots in the copilot seat doing dusty landings and shooting rockets and it's mildly terrifying until the HAC takes the controls back lol. For a crew chief just watching it go down up front it's not cool

[@paulbury2366]

For only his second time that was awesome, I would say he has pretty much got it !

[@jeffreycollier8798]

I do believe this is the same wonderfully nice lady that SmarterEveryDay flew with? Either way, you are just an immaculate pilot ma'am. I love rotor wing crafts and can really appreciate the task of holding a vehicle, such as this, in place

[@CWLemoine]

No. She hasn’t done any other videos.

[@jeffreycollier8798]

@@CWLemoine Thank you Mr. Lemoine for the reply. I don't know from where, but I feel like I've seen other videos of her. I recognize the sheriff's helmet, but can't think of the other video. Maybe it's just my mind playing weird tricks. I love your content and enjoy watching every chance I get. I'm on 6a-6p weekends on patrol as a security officer, and get some time in to watch your channel. Loved the video of the civi that punched out on his fam ride. I think I'm one of the few civilian scumbags that would love that crawl into one of these undescribable machines and experience the absolute limit of flight capabilities with an experienced pilot, such as yourself. Best wishes and Regards, Jeff.

[@geminimen]

Man! That lady Pilot is shocked as I am 🤔🤣, just look at her face at the end of the video. She’s like 🤔🤔 how did this guy kept it from rocking 🤔🤔. Too Bloody Cool. 👍

[@ottoclave8289]

Way better than I can do in MSFSX!

[@fightingfalconfan]

Mover...that was fantastic hovering. Most experienced fixed wing pilots would have had that chopper spinning like a top within seconds of taking the controls! You did excellent!