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Old 23rd May 2012, 08:00
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John Eacott
 
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Originally Posted by SoCalKiwi
Hello Guys and Girls, I hold a fixed wing commercial, instrument, with about 400 hours in single pistons of varying make.

I'm ready to start training for a helicopter add-on, and I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on flying a fixed wing on a short flight to and from another field where I'm looking to train on a Schweizer.

(snip)

So what do you think? Am I going to have issues swapping back and forth (especially early in my heli training)? Or is it a non-issue?
I think there is a big difference between SCK at 400 hours with no helicopter experience, and the responses from experienced aviators with oodles of hours.

I would be very reluctant to encourage SCK to be following his plan of action until he is settled in to helicopter flying: the risk of following an incorrect response is just too high at that stage of training.
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