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FM ppl a - TO ppl h

got me ppl(A) and loe it but now want my ppl(H).

can i trasnfer any skills, do i have to do more ground exams etc...

surely you get the jist by now, how easy is it tp become a PPL(H) lol???

regards

tris

Sum trasnfer s poss but u av 2 do loads mor flyin n own a bank innit.

All the nav/met/planning stuff is common to both so you won't have to do all that again. The mechanics of flying are totally different. An aeroplane wants to fly and you simply have to get it to go where you want, a helicopter is dynamically unstable and you have to actively fly it all the time. It can all go pear shaped in the blink of an eye so your concentration can never be allowed to lapse.

The first 15 hours or so are incredibly difficult as you have to establish the automatic responses in your brain, but once you have mastered hovering it does get a lot easier.

I did the switch about 15 years ago and it was the best thing I ever did.

Go for it.

From CAP804 Section 4 Part C Subpart 2

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FCL.210.H PPL(H) — Experience requirements and crediting
(3)(c) Applicants holding a pilot licence for another category of aircraft, with the exception of balloons, shall be credited with 10% of their total flight time as PIC on such aircraft up to a maximum of 6 hours. The amount of credit given shall in any case not include the requirements in (a)(2).

So you have to do almost all the hours, except some of the supervised solo time.

Quote:

FCL.215 PPL(H) —Theoretical Knowledge Examination
Applicants for a PPL(H) shall demonstrate a level of theoretical knowledge appropriate to the privileges granted through examinations in the following subjects:
(a) Common subjects:
— Air law,
— Human performance,
— Meteorology, and
— Communications;
(b) specific subjects concerning the different aircraft categories:
— Principles of flight,
— Operational procedures,
— Flight performance and planning,
— Aircraft general knowledge, and
— Navigation.

You are cross credited the first four and have to do the other 5 again.

I can understand the first four, but navigation???? :confused::mad:

Ah yes but he only did horizontal nav fixed wing, it's all vertical in a whirly bird.......

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Sum trasnfer s poss but u av 2 do loads mor flyin n own a bank innit.

Sorry....had to laugh....;)

#Interesting stuff, thanksn for your help guys innit!!! lol